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

  • Interpreting fatherhood after donation: Social representations and identity resonances among men having assisted a lesbian couple in becoming parents

    Psychology of Men & Masculinities (2019)
  • Récits d’enfants sur leur constellation familiale : les liens relationnels au sein des familles lesboparentales avec donneur connu au Québec

    Devenir (2019)
  • Comments on the publication of proposed regulations and the related Guidance Document : Interpretation of the Proposed Regulations under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act

    Submission to Health Canada (2019)
  • « Veux-tu participer à ma recherche? » : Principes, enjeux et stratégies concernant l’assentiment des enfants dans le processus de recherche

    Recrutement et consentement à la recherche : réalités et défis éthiques, p. 127-145, Les Éditions de l’Université de Sherbrooke (2018)
  • La gestation pour autrui et les réseaux socionumériques : la mise en relation et la négociation des ententes au sein d’une communauté en ligne

    Perspectives internationales sur la gestation pour autrui : expériences des personnes concernées et contextes d’action, p. 221-241, Presses de l’Université du Québec (2018)
  • Penser la gestation pour autrui à partir des expériences vécues : un ancrage empirique et multidisciplinaire

    Perspectives internationales sur la gestation pour autrui : expériences des personnes concernées et contextes d’action, p. 1-21, Presses de l’Université du Québec (2018)

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)