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

  • Perspectives internationales sur la gestation pour autrui : expériences des personnes concernées et contextes d’action

    Presses de l’Université du Québec (2018)
  • Navigating in Murky Waters: Legal Issues Arising from a Lack of Surrogacy Regulation in Quebec

    Surrogacy in Canada: Critical Perspectives in Law and Policy, pp. 81-111, University of Toronto Press (2018)
  • La reconnaissance de l’homoparenté au Québec. Lorsque les stratégies de mobilisation de la communauté rencontrent l’avant-gardisme de l’État

    Revue des politiques sociales et familiales (2018)
  • A Child Wanted by Two, Conceived by Several: Lesbian-Parent Families Negotiating Procreation with a Known Donor

    Journal of GLBT Family Studies (2018)
  • Chéri.e, j’ai facebooké notre donneur : les réseaux socionumériques comme nouvelle filière d’accès à la procréation assistée par autrui.e

    Bulletin de liaison du Partenariat de recherche Familles en mouvance, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (2018)
  • À l’écoute des adultes et des enfants concernés : pour une réforme pragmatique du droit de la famille

    Mémoire déposé à la Commission citoyenne pour la réforme du droit de la famille (2018)

Projects

  • My Mother’s Surrogacy

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)