Dr. Sébastien Jodoin is the Associate Dean (Research) and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law of McGill University, where he holds the Canada Research Chair (tier 2) in Human Rights, Health, and the Environment. Drawing on his lived experience with multiple sclerosis, he co-founded and directs the Disability-Inclusive Climate Action Research Programme, a pioneering initiative to generate, co-produce, and translate knowledge at the intersections of disability and climate justice. His research has been cited by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and has been covered by media outlets around the world, including the Associated Press, the CBC, the BBC, and The Guardian. In 2024, he was awarded McGill University’s Oustanding Emerging Researcher Award in 2024 for his intellectual leadership in the field of disability-inclusive climate action. In 2023, he received McGill University’s Changemaker Prize, which i bestowed to scholars whose dedication to sharing their knowledge with the media and the public has had a major impact on society.

Dr. Jodoin holds a Ph.D. in environmental studies from Yale University, an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge, an LL.M. in international law from the London School of Economics, and B.C.L. and LL.B. degrees from McGill University. He has received numerous awards and honours, including the Transnational Environmental Law Fifth Anniversary Issue Prize, the 2012 Public Scholar Award from the Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, and a Doctoral Scholarship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. His research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and the Fonds Québécois de Recherche Société et Culture. Prior to his appointment at McGill, he worked for Amnesty International Canada, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, and the Canadian Centre for International Justice. A leading expert in the fields of human rights and environmental governance, he regularly serves as a consultant and advisor for NGOs, international organizations, and governments around the world.