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Elle \u00e9tait auparavant doyenne de la Facult\u00e9 de droit, Section de droit civil, et copr\u00e9sidente du Comit\u00e9 du S\u00e9nat sur la libert\u00e9 acad\u00e9mique de l\u2019Universit\u00e9. Sous sa gouverne, la Section de droit civil a multipli\u00e9 les exp\u00e9riences d\u2019apprentissage transformateur et intensifi\u00e9 ses activit\u00e9s de recherche comme jamais auparavant. Le certificat en droit autochtone, le tout premier offert en fran\u00e7ais en Am\u00e9rique du Nord, et Jurivision.ca, une plateforme audiovisuelle de mobilisation des connaissances, ont notamment vu le jour. La Facult\u00e9 a aussi resserr\u00e9 ses liens avec les communaut\u00e9s ici comme \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9tranger, par exemple en cr\u00e9ant un conseil consultatif de personnes dipl\u00f4m\u00e9es, la Clinique interdisciplinaire en droit social de l\u2019Outaouais et un programme de double dipl\u00f4me avec l\u2019\u00c9cole europ\u00e9enne et internationale de droit de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Lyon\u202f3.&nbsp;\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chercheuse interdisciplinaire de grande renomm\u00e9e, la professeure Sylvestre s\u2019int\u00e9resse au droit p\u00e9nal et aux lois et pratiques qui ont un impact discriminatoire sur les populations marginalis\u00e9es. Son ouvrage Red Zones: Criminal Law and the Territorial&nbsp;Governance&nbsp;of&nbsp;Marginalized&nbsp;People (Cambridge&nbsp;University&nbsp;Press, 2020), cor\u00e9dig\u00e9 avec Nicholas&nbsp;Blomley&nbsp;et\u202fC\u00e9line Bellot, a remport\u00e9&nbsp;le prix W.-Wesley-Pue du meilleur ouvrage de l\u2019Association canadienne Droit et Soci\u00e9t\u00e9&nbsp;en 2021. De 2017&nbsp;\u00e0&nbsp;2019, elle a contribu\u00e9&nbsp;\u00e0&nbsp;titre d\u2019experte en mati\u00e8re de justice \u00e0 la Commission d\u2019enqu\u00eate sur les relations entre les Autochtones et certains services publics au Qu\u00e9bec (Commission Viens). Membre fondatrice de l\u2019Observatoire des profilages, elle a aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 appel\u00e9e \u00e0 t\u00e9moigner \u00e0 titre d\u2019experte pour le demandeur dans l\u2019affaire&nbsp;Luamba&nbsp;c. Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral du Qu\u00e9bec, qui portait sur le profilage racial lors des interceptions routi\u00e8res.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marie-Eve&nbsp;Sylvestre est membre du Coll\u00e8ge de nouveaux chercheurs et cr\u00e9ateurs en art et en science (Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 royale du Canada) et du conseil d\u2019administration du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada. En 2022, le Barreau du Qu\u00e9bec lui a d\u00e9cern\u00e9 la distinction d\u2019avocate \u00e9m\u00e9rite.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titulaire d\u2019un baccalaur\u00e9at en droit (LL.B.) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, elle d\u00e9tient une ma\u00eetrise (LL.M.) et un doctorat (S.J.D.) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Harvard, o\u00f9 elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 boursi\u00e8re de la Fondation Frank-Knox-Memorial. De 2000 \u00e0 2001, elle a occup\u00e9 le r\u00f4le d\u2019auxiliaire juridique aupr\u00e8s du juge Charles D. 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