REV – Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction

The Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction (June 3-5, 2024) is offering advanced training on contemporary issues in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). This multi-day event is aimed at professionals who work with people involved in ART, as well as researchers and students.
Published on April 27, 2024

June 3-5, 2024, UCS Research Centre, INRS, 385 Sherbrooke street East, Montréal, Québec, H2X 1E3 (next to Sherbrooke metro station)

The Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction is offering advanced training on contemporary issues in assisted reproductive technologies (ART). This multi-day event is aimed at professionals who work with people involved in ART, as well as researchers and students. Participation in the Institute may be recognized as professional development by some professional regulatory boards (OPQ, OTSTCFQ, OPSQ). Certification of attendance will be issued to participants upon request at registration.

Activities include thematic sessionsclinical workshops, a roundtable with people involved in ART, and a public event* focusing on fertility fraud.

*The public event for the launch of the “Born of a Fraud” podcast will be exclusively in French. Access is open to the general public and registration is mandatory, including for Summer Institute participants. Seats are reserved for Summer Institute participants until May 15, 2024. After that, seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to register

Simultaneous French and English translation will be available for the thematic sessions.

The Institute will be accessible in-person (50 participants max.) and online (only thematic sessions, excluding clinical workshops). Registration will close on May 15, 2024.

The Summer Institute on Assisted Reproduction is organised by the Canada Research Chair in Third Party Reproduction and Family Ties, the Canada Research Chair in the Politics of Reproduction, the Couples and Relationships Research Lab and the Partenariat de recherche Familles en mouvance.

  • Isabel Côté

    Professor in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • 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
  • Vincent Couture

    Associate professor in the faculty of nursing sciences at Université Laval
  • Anaïs Martin

    Anthropologist (PhD) and postdoctoral fellow in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais
  • Sabrina Zeghiche

    Professor in the department of social work at Université du Québec en Outaouais