Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry

Academic title(s): 

Associate Professor;
Canada Research Chair in Health, Inclusion and Policy

Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry
Contact Information
Email address: 
jonas-sebastien.beaudry [at] mcgill.ca
Address: 

3690 Peel Street, Room 109

Phone: 
514-398-6634
Degree(s): 

DPhil, University of Oxford, 2014
LLM, Harvard Law School, 2007
Member of the Quebec Bar, 2006
BCL/LLB, McGill University, 2004

Department: 
Equity, Ethics and Policy
Law
Biography: 

Professor Jonas-Sébastien Beaudry has taught in the areas of health and disability law, jurisprudence, applied ethics as well as international and domestic human rights. His recent research has focused on health policies, bioethics and theories of autonomy and equality rights. He is the founder and convenor of McGill’s Disability Working Group.

He has advised disability organizations on strategic litigations since 2015, and been consulted by the Quebec Bar, the federal Department of Justice and the Senate on health policies and equality issues. He has presented at academic series and conferences across North America and Europe, and his research has been funded by FQRSC and SSHRC grants and the Quebec Bar Foundation.

Research areas: 
Biomedical Ethics
Disability and Health Policy
Ethics and Social Policy
Health Inequalities
Research Ethics
Areas of interest: 

Disability Law and Disability Studies
Health Law and Bioethics
Legal Theory and Human Rights

Graduate supervision: 

Health law and bioethics, disability law/ethics, animal law/ethics, human rights law/theory, as well as other philosophical approaches to legal concepts and (in)justice

Selected publications: 
Book images: 
The Disabled Contract: Severe Intellectual Disability, Justice and Morality
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