Since 2016, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has contemplated developing a training, research and fieldwork centre designed to equip Quebeckers with the means to develop their reasoning, their critical thinking, their empathy, their emotional intelligence and their citizenship dispositions in order to cope with these social and political issues. This project is conceived as an invitation for all citizens to engage on a path toward responsible citizenship.

With the creation of the IPCY in 2018, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Montréal has embraced its mission of training, research and civic commitment by valuing philosophy as a means to orient oneself toward freedom and away from indoctrination, magical thinking and fake news. The IPCY is conceived as a resource available to all and allowing everyone to take the time to think and to embark on a path toward responsible citizenship.