Marie-Eve Sylvestre

Dr. Marie-Eve Sylvestre is President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa. A graduate of the Université de Montréal and Harvard University, she formerly served as Dean, Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) and as Co-Chair of the Senate Committee on Academic Freedom. A renowned legal scholar whose interdisciplinary research examines criminal law and the discriminatory impact of legal practices on marginalized populations. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, member of the U7+ Steering Committee, and former board member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.