Emilie Nicolas

Emilie Nicolas is a teaching faculty member at McGill University's Max Bell School of Public Policy, where she teaches the Complexity Seminar on "Race, Inequality and Public Policy." An anthropologist and social justice advocate, she co-founded Québec inclusif in 2013 and initiated a coalition against systemic racism in Quebec in 2016.

Her research spans Public Policy, Anthropology, and Anti-racism with focus areas including:

• Structural inequality in policy frameworks
• Intersectionality in Canadian public institutions
• Human rights advocacy strategies
• Media representation of marginalized communities

Nicolas is a frequent commentator in French and English media, contributing to Le Devoir and The Montreal Gazette on human rights issues. Her work emphasizes practical policy interventions for social inclusion through:

• Citizen-led anti-racism movements
• Coalition-building across civil society
• Public discourse analysis