L茅onard B茅dard
Ph.D. Student
Philosophy
Research Interests:
Political philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Territorial Justice, Ethics of Immigration, Ethics of Policymaking
Biography:
- BA (Philosophy) Laval University
- MA (Philosophy) Laval University
L茅onard鈥檚 (he/him il/lui) work primarily focuses on political issues related to migration and territorial justice. Currently, his main research project examines territorial injustices resulting from Canadian border practices, with particular attention to the experiences of asylum seekers. Additionally, his work explores social exclusion in democratic societies and the ethical dimensions of policymaking.
He is a . In 2023, he was a visiting graduate student in the Department of Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
L茅onard currently serves as co-editor of and is a graduate researcher affiliated with the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations in the School of Public Policy at Queen鈥檚 University.
(Forthcoming, June 2025) Pr茅dire pour 鈥渕ieux exclure鈥 脡tude de la strat茅gie de transformation de Los Angeles en ville intelligente, in Parizeau, M-H., Sze Ang, J-M., & Kash, S. (eds.), Les villes intelligentes : le mirage num茅rique? Perspectives philosophiques. Les Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval.
(with J. Gosselin-Tapp, F. C么t茅, & S-E. Mossu) (2024) 鈥淧ar-del脿 l鈥檕bligation d鈥檈xploiter le territoire. Autod茅termination des communaut茅s locales et transition 茅nerg茅tique au Qu茅bec 禄, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 57(3), 532-552.