Frederic Bouchard

Frédéric Bouchard, C.Q., Ph.D., FRSC, is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Université de Montréal. As a professor in philosophy of science, his research focuses on the relationship between expertise, science, and society. He is Chair of the Board of Érudit, an open-access digital publishing platform. In 2022 and 2023, he chaired Canada’s Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. Frédéric Bouchard is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and in 2026 he received the Trailblazer Award (Policy for Science) from the Canadian Science Policy Centre.