Martine Lagacé

Martine Lagacé is currently Associate Vice-President, Research Promotion & Development, Science in French, within the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. She is a full professor in the Department of Communication and is affiliated with the School of Psychology. Professor Lagacé was Vice-Dean, Governance, of the Faculty of Arts from 2014 to 2018, and Director of the Department of Communication from 2011 to 2012. In addition to her administrative experience, she has extensive expertise in journalism, having worked at Radio-Canada for more than 10 years. Professor Lagacé's research focuses on older adults and wellbeing. Her work greatly contributes to the advancement of knowledge on the psychosocial aspects of aging, particularly as they relate to discrimination based on age. She has led several field surveys in Canada and abroad, with workers as well as older adults, to better understand the impact of age-based discrimination. In the francophone community, her acad