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Michelle Giroux is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law – Civil Law Section, where she teaches Droit des personnes et de la famille and Bioethics and Medical Law. She has held visiting professorships at Université de Montréal (2008, 2017), INRS-UCS (2014-2015), Université Paris 1-Panthéon-Sorbonne/EHESS (2012), and University of Barcelona (2003).
- Education: MA in Medical Law and Ethics from King's College London (1991), LL.L. from University of Ottawa (1988)
Her research focuses on end-of-life care law, parental rights, and assisted reproduction, with particular attention to LGBTQ+ family formation, children's right to know origins, and surrogacy arrangements. She employs comparative law and multidisciplinary approaches to analyze legal frameworks.
Recent publications examine Quebec's family law reforms, LGBTQ+ separation experiences, and transgender rights. She has received significant funding including the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Grant (2007) and Louvain Global College of Law Fellowship (2020).
- Scientific Awards:
- Louvain Global College of Law Fellow (2020)
- Canadian Health Services Research Foundation Grant (2007)
- Associate Member, International Academy of Comparative Law (2017)
- Various visiting professorships (2003-2021)
As Director of Revue générale de droit since 2020, she leads legal scholarship initiatives. Her affiliations include the Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on the Rights of the Child, uOttawa Center for Health Law Policy and Ethics, and LIFE Research Institute.
