I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Philosophy at Western University. I am also affiliated with the Canada Research Chair on Epistemic Injustice and Agency at Université du Québec à Montréal.
I received my PhD in Philosophy and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Penn State University in 2024 and my MA in Philosophy from Université de Montréal in 2018. From 2018-2019, I was the research coordinator of the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit at the Montreal Institute of Clinical Research.
I’m a feminist philosopher and ethicist who thinks a lot about what makes our lives meaningful—and how we can build a world in which all people can flourish. Currently, my research explores themes of accessibility, trust, belonging, and loneliness. My recent work has appeared in the Journal of the American Philosophical Association, the Bloomsbury Guide to Philosophy of Disability, Hypatia, the Springer Encyclopedia of Phenomenology, and the edited volume Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies.
I am a guest producer on the feminist public philosophy podcast Thinking Bodies and I run a bimonthly reading group on trust, which anyone is welcome to join.
I live in my hometown of Tiohtià:ke (Montreal), where I especially enjoy spending time with my nephew, reading fiction, and taking long bike rides along the water.
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Hi, I’m Corinne Lajoie (they/them).