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Education
DPhil in Philosophy (University of Oxford)
MA and BA in Philosophy (Université de Montréal)

Research Interests
Animal ethics, practical ethics, philosophy of emotion, moral theory, political theory

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Virginie began a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Philosophy at Queen’s University in 2025. During her stay at Queen’s, she will be working with Will Kymlicka on reciprocity in nonhuman animals and its implications for theories of justice. Her research project is funded by Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Fonds de recherche du Québec Société et Culture (FRQSC). For the academic year 2025-2026, she is also a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Oxford’s Philosophy Faculty. In 2025, Virginie completed a DPhil in Philosophy at the University of Oxford with the support of a Rhodes Scholarship and a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec Société et Culture (FRQSC). Her thesis explored the possibility of recognizing some animals as moral agents. She is also the author or co-author of two books on the history and philosophy of animal advocacy: Que veulent les véganes? La cause animale, de Platon au mouvement antispéciste (Fides, 2021, co-written with Alexia Renard) and Au nom des animaux : l'histoire de la SPCA de Montréal (1869-2019) (Somme toute, 2019). You can find out more about her research here:    
 

Publications

Books
Que veulent les véganes ? L’histoire de la cause animale, de Platon au mouvement antispéciste, co-written with Alexia Renard, Montréal, Éditions Fides, 2021, 200 pages
Au nom des animaux. L’histoire de la SPCA de Montréal (1869-2019), Montréal, Éditions Somme toute, 2019, 374 pages.

Peer-Reviewed Articles
Forthcoming: “Capacitisme, traitement inégal et discrimination positive : quelles implications pour le spécisme ?”, Dialogue, book symposium on Le pire des maux by François Jaquet, Paris, Éditions Éliott, 2025.

Book Chapters

“Can Animals Be Moral Agents? Why the Debate Matters for Animal Ethics”, The Plant-based and Vegan Handbook, New York, Springer, 2024.