Bonus: Animals and the Right to Politics with Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka

Sue Donaldson is a research associate in the Department of Philosophy, Queen's University, Canada, and co-convenor of the Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics research group. Her books include Zoopolis: A Political Theory of Animal Rights (Oxford UP 2011) and Animals and the Right to Politics (Oxford UP 2025). She lives in the Frontenac Arch region north of Kingston with husband, Will, and dog, Roxie. Learn more about her via A.P.P.L.E.

Will Kymlicka is Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen’s. His current research focuses on “The Frontiers of Citizenship”, and in particular on struggles to extend norms and practices of citizenship to historically excluded groups, ranging from children and people with intellectual disabilities to indigenous peoples and animals. All of these cases challenge inherited ideas of what defines the attributes of a (good) citizen, and in much of the popular debate and academic literature, attempts to extend citizenship to these groups is often seen as somehow diluting the fundamental values of citizenship. His work disputes this view, and seeks to show how these struggles for inclusion deepen citizenship in Canada and elsewhere. Learn more about Will via his website.