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Émilie Giguère serves as Associate Professor at Laval University's Faculty of Education, School of Counselling and Guidance, where her research examines women's career development, digital transformation impacts on work, and professional integration challenges. Her work bridges academic theory with practical workplace interventions through the Research and Intervention Centre on Education and Working Life (CRIEVAT).
Her educational foundation includes:
- Master's degree in Career Guidance from Laval University (2014)
- Doctorate in Guidance Sciences from Laval University (2020)
Professor Giguère investigates how women navigate managerial roles amid technological disruption, focusing on career progression barriers, work-life integration, and the psychological impacts of digital transformation. Her qualitative research reveals how organizational structures create invisible work burdens and how hyper-efficiency expectations affect female executives. She examines digital transformation through employee perspectives, identifying how automation reshapes support staff roles while creating new career dilemmas.
Her scholarly contributions have earned recognition including the Emerald Literati Award of Excellence (2019). Current research initiatives explore:
- Professional integration of young managers across life domains
- Workplace accident return-to-work policies
- Women's adaptation to digital transformation in insurance sectors
As principal investigator on SSHRC-funded projects and co-researcher on multiple interdisciplinary grants, she connects academic research with workplace interventions. Her teaching spans undergraduate courses on human labor psychology to graduate internships in humanistic-existential counseling, emphasizing practical applications of career development theories. Through CRIEVAT, she contributes to program development and social justice initiatives in education, maintaining an active research profile that bridges gender studies, organizational psychology, and career counseling.
