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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

All Philosophy courses at AV俱乐部 emphasize the importance of academic integrity. Students are responsible for ensuring that all work they submit is their own, and, unless otherwise explicitly indicated by the instructor, AI-driven tools and generative AI models (including language models like the GPT suite, translation models like Google Translate or DeepL, editing tools like QuillBot, GrammaryGo, etc.) should not be used to generate ideas or written materials for any class offered by the Philosophy department.

All Philosophy courses at AV俱乐部 emphasize the importance of careful scholarship and academic integrity. Students are responsible for ensuring that all work they submit appropriately cites the sources of text and ideas that are not their own. Unless otherwise explicitly indicated by the instructor, students should follow MLA citation practices for written work that is submitted for any class offered by the Philosophy department. Find out more about MLA citation and how to format an MLA works cited page .

AFFILIATED GROUPS

• Atlantic Canada Seminar in Early Modern Philosophy
• AV俱乐部 Women Around Philosophy
• Evolutionary Studies Group
• Animal Studies Group
• The Canadian Philosophical Association - see the CPA's听
• The AV俱乐部 Philosophy Equity Committee

DEPARTMENT KUDOS

• On May 23, Duncan MacIntosh delivered a paper entitled, "Moore's Paradox, Aesthetic Judgements, and Convergent Realism" at CarlCON, a conference at the University of Manitoba Department of Philosophy in honour of Professor Carl Matheson.
• Congratulations to George Arnott, who is the 2026 recipient of the Philosophy University Medal Award.听
• Congratulations to George Arnott, who is the 2026 recipient of the F. Hilton Page Memorial Prize, awarded to a graduating honours student whose thesis is judged to be outstanding.听
• Steven Burns Prize in the History of Philosophy:听Shared prize,听Laskhana Saranyan听(鈥楾he Cartesian Circle鈥�)听&听Sonnie Meltzer: (鈥淎gainst Cartesian Isolation and Toward a Relational Epistemology of Other Minds鈥�)
• Roland Puccetti Prize:听Shared prize,听听Zachary Comber (鈥楢 鈥淏ad Faith鈥� Response to De-Weaponizing Incivility and Disinformation鈥� ) & Ben Baxter (鈥業s it intelligible or ever advisable to have secret laws?鈥�)
• Michael Hymers was recently interviewed about his latest book,听Wittgenstein on Private Language, Sensation and Perception听(Cambridge UP, 2025), by Troy Dana for the听Friction Philosophy听podcast series <>. You can also view the interview on Youtube here: <>.
• On April 9th, Duncan MacIntosh was interviewed by Preston Mulligan of CBC Information Morning Radio Halifax on current geopolitics, including President Trump's threats of Genocide against Iran, and his administration's targeting of survivors of attacks on Venezuelan drug smuggling boats.
• 鈥�,鈥� by Letitia Meynell has been published in a special issue of听Informal Logic, celebrating the work of Cate Hundleby.
• 鈥�,鈥� by Letitia Meynell has been published in听Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology听(PTPBio).
• On January 17th, 2026, Duncan MacIntosh delivered a keynote address to the University of Manitoba's Philosophy Students Association conference, The Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence. The address was entitled "I, Robot; I, Roboticist; I, Philosopher: Reflections From a Philosophical Gadfly of the Military-Industrial Complex".
• 鈥淕aia: the Earth is an organism (not a Darwinian individual)鈥� by Letitia Meynell and Andrew Lopez (Colorado State University) has been published in Biology and Philosophy . The article is behind a paywall, but is available as a pre-print at the PhilSci Archive .
• Andrew Fenton was a guest on听听to discuss what we owe the "Marineland belugas."
• Andrew Fenton talks to听about current events at Universal Ostrich Farms in BC.
• Hear Andrew Fenton鈥檚 recent interviews about nonhuman animal research ethics on听听and听.
• Congratulations to听Julia Chiavegato, on your publication "Broadening the Scope: A Critical Response to Climate-Conscious Clinical Medical Ethics."听
• Congratulations to听Dr. Doolittle听as听one of 83 new appointments announced to the Order of Canada. Presented by the Governor General, the Order honours people from all sectors of society who鈥檝e made 鈥渆xtraordinary and sustained contributions鈥� to the country听/news/2025/07/03/order-canada-ford-doolittle-companion.html?utm_source=dalnewsWeekly&utm_medium=email&utm_content=642&utm_campaign=dalnewsWeekly
• Congratulations to听Dr. Derek Andrews who successfully defended his PhD dissertation, "Psychiatric Natural Kinds: Implications for Nosology, Practice, and Policymaking" in June, 2025.
• Clarisse Paron鈥檚 paper, 鈥淓ugenic Logics and the Pathologization of Children鈥檚 Bodies: Evaluating the American Pediatric Obesity Guidelines for Harmful Scientific and Medical Conduct鈥� is the winner of the 2025 Irving and Jeanne Glovin Award.听Congratulations听Clarisse!
• Congratulations听to Tom Vinci on the eve of publication of his chapter 鈥楽ensibility and Intellect in Descartes鈥�, to appear in the forthcoming book听The Cartesian Mind,听Edited By听,听,听听(Routledge, 2026). Tom鈥檚 chapter marks 51 years since his first publication in 1974 in the听Journal of the History of Philosophy!
• Congratulations to Dr. Tiffany Gordon who successfully defended her PhD dissertation, "A Black Feminist's Defence of Retribution, Incarceration, and Reform" in November, 2024.
• Congratulations听to Dr. Erik Nelson (who defended his dissertation last summer) on winning a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship under the supervision of听 Dr. Kristin Andrews at York University.
• Congratulations听to Erik Nelson who successfully defended his PhD dissertation, "The Nonlinguistic Mind: Nonlinguistic Concepts, Normativity and Animal Cognition"听 in June, 2024.
• Congratulations听to our PhD student, Clarisse Paron, for being awarded the听听for presenting on of the best two student papers at the Annual Meeting, June 2024. The title of her paper is 鈥淎re the New American Pediatric Obesity Guidelines Eugenic? Eugenic Logics and the Medicalization and Pathologization of Children鈥檚 Bodies.鈥�
• Congratulations听to our PhD students, Lara Millman and Clarisse Paron, for being awarded AV俱乐部鈥檚 听President鈥檚 Graduate/Undergraduate Student Teaching Award听(2 of 3 available university-wide awards!)
• Congratulations听to Dr. Travis LaCroix, who has accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Durham University, starting in the fall of 2024.
• Congratulations to Dr. Travis LaCroix, who has been award an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council! Travis鈥檚 research project is entitled 鈥淧hilosophy on the Spectrum: The Philosophy of Autism and Autistic Philosophy.鈥�
• Tyler Hildebrand鈥檚 paper 鈥淚nductive Reasoning Involving Social Kinds鈥� (with Barrett Emerick) has been published in the听Journal of the American Philosophical Association.听
• Congratulations听to Kayla Beals, who is the 2024 recipient of the F. Hilton Page Memorial Prize, awarded to a graduating student whose thesis is judged to be outstanding.听
• Congratulations听to George Arnott, who is the 2024 recipient of the Roland Puccetti Memorial Award for the best essay submitted by a student in a 3000- or 4000-level class. George鈥檚 essay is entitled "The Virtuous Cohort" Habituation and Character-Friendship as Rational Motivators for Aristotelian Courage.