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Valéry Giroux is the Deputy Director of the Research Center in Ethics at the Université de Montréal, where she focuses on research in animal ethics, overseeing master's and doctoral research projects in the field. She holds a bachelor's degree in law from the Université de Montréal and passed the Bar of Quebec, working in criminal law before pursuing a master's degree in law, with a thesis examining proposed reforms to the Canadian criminal code regarding animal cruelty. Subsequently, she earned her PhD in philosophy, producing a thesis on extending fundamental rights to all sensitive beings, which was published in 2017. Giroux co-authored a book on veganism and has continued to work in animal ethics, contributing to various publications and overseeing research initiatives that aim to clarify our moral responsibilities towards animals.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Department of Philosophy • Montréal
Department of Pharmacology and Physiology - Research intensive with options in Neuropharmacology and Pharmacogenomics.