I'm a Postdoctoral Associate in the Rotman Institute of Philosophy and the School of Health Studies at Western University working on public health ethics related to pandemics, including COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS. My research and teaching focus on applied ethics, bioethics, and social and political philosophy. I was previously a Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria and I completed my Ph.D. in Philosophy at York University in Toronto. I have published articles in several academic journals as well as the Conversation Canada (republished in both the National Post and the Vancouver Sun), the Winnipeg Free Press, and Ricochet and I have presented my research at numerous professional academic conferences.
Experience
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2022–presentPostdoctoral associate, Western University
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2020–2021Postdoctoral fellow, University of Victoria
Education
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2020York University, Doctor of Philosophy, Philosophy
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2013Western University , Master of Arts, Philosophy
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2012University of Manitoba , Bachelor of Arts, Honours, Philosophy
Publications
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2022The Politics of PrEP: Stigma, Trust, & Solidarity, The Routledge Companion to Gender, Sexuality & Culture
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2021Contextualizing Risk in the Ethics of PrEP as HIV Prevention: The Lived Experiences of MSM, Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
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2020Demedicalizing the Ethics of PrEP as HIV Prevention: The Social Effects on MSM, Public Health Ethics
Grants and Contracts
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2021Mitacs Accelerate Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Role:
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Funding Source:
- Mitacs
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2021Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Reach Grant
- Role:
- Co-Applicant
- Funding Source:
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
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2021Canadian Institutes of Health Research Operating Grant
- Role:
- Co-Applicant
- Funding Source:
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Professional Memberships
- Canadian Philosophical Association
- Canadian Bioethics Society
- Winnipeg, Canada
- Website
- @mmmontess
- Article Feed
- Joined
