Kévin Lavoie

Assistant professor in Université Laval’s school of social work and criminology and is the scientific director of the Centre de recherche Jeunes, familles et réponses sociales

Kévin Lavoie (he/him) holds an interdisciplinary doctorate in applied humanities from Université de Montréal. He is an assistant professor in Université Laval’s school of social work and criminology and is the scientific director of the Centre de recherche Jeunes, familles et réponses sociales (JEFAR, the Centre for research on youth, families and social responses). His research and teaching interests sit at the crossroads of family, sexual and gender diversity. His current research work examines the social and relational aspects of assisted reproduction, particularly the relationship to maternity and paternity among those concerned with surrogacy and gamete donation. He is the lead researcher for the PREFER Study and Narratives within families with children conceived via sperm donation project as well as a co-researcher with the DRIFTS project and the Intergenerational Ties Through the Lens of Third-Party Reproduction project, which fall within the programming of the Canada Research Chair in Third-Party Reproduction and Family Ties.

Publications

  • Recueillir la parole des enfants et des jeunes : Des avenues à explorer, des démarches de recherche à construire

    La recherche centrée sur l’enfant. Défis éthiques et innovations méthodologiques, p. 1-16, Presses de l’Université Laval
  • Obtenir l’assentiment d’une personne mineure, un jeu d’enfant? Principes éthiques, défis méthodologiques et constats tirés d’une étude sur la diversité familial

    Défis éthiques et innovations méthodologiques, p. 139-166, Presses de l’Université Laval (2020)
  • La participation de l’enfant en recherche sociale : Considérations éthiques et méthodologiques

    La recherche centrée sur l’enfant. Défis éthiques et innovations méthodologies, p. 17-37, Presses de l’Université Laval (2020)
  • La recherche centrée sur l’enfant. Défis éthiques et innovations méthodologiques

    Presses de l’Université Laval (2020)
  • Représentations et récits pluriels au sein des familles homoparentales : Reconnaître la diversité familiale pour mieux contrer l’hétéronormativité

    Service social (2020)
  • Regards croisés de mères, de donneurs et d’enfants de familles lesboparentales en France

    Émulations (2020)

Projects

  • Project in recruitment process

    Intergenerational Ties Through the Lens of Third-Party Reproduction

  • Drifts in Donor Conception and Their Impacts on Life Trajectories

  • ACCESS to reproduction for LBP women and QTNB people

  • PREFER Study

  • Narratives within families with children conceived via sperm donation

  • STORIES: Self, Transmission, Origins, Representations, and Identity among Donor-Conceived Teenagers and their Families

Related contents

  • Participate in the Grandparents Project

    We are currently looking for participants
  • Ensuring Equitable Access to Assisted Reproduction for LGBTQ+ Individuals: An Inclusive Practice Guide for Fertility Clinics

    Canada Research Chair in Third-Party Reproduction and Family Ties, LGBT+ Family Coalition, Jeunes, Familles et Réponses Sociales (JEFAR) Research Center [2025]
  • Psychosocial consultations in fertility clinics: what should I expect as a 2SLGBTQ+ person? (French only)

    ACCESS Research Team & LGBT+ Family Coalition (2025)
  • Medically assisted reproduction: what to expect as a 2SLGBTQ+ person

    ACCESS Research Team & LGBT+ Family Coalition (2025)
  • Naissances du futur

    Savoir média (2025)
  • Multiple parentage and the search for ancestry, in the shadow of family law reform: conference booklet

    Observatoire des réalités familiales du Québec (2025)