Biography

Pascal Lefebvre is a registered speech-language pathologist in Québec since 1996.  He completed his baccalaureate and masters at the Université de Montréal.  He worked as a speech-language pathologist in many clinical settings as various as rehabilitation centers, hospitals, schools, and local health centers.  He developed expertise in sign language approaches with deaf children, in school integration teaching adaptation for children and adolescents with severe language impairments, and in preventative approaches of oral and written language difficulties with young children and their family, especially in rural areas.

Mr. Lefebvre completed his doctoral studies in the “Laboratoire des technologies pour la communication” at the Ste-Justine Hospital Research Center (Université de Montréal), under the supervision of Dr. Natacha Trudeau.  He is a member of the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network and the “Réseau provincial de recherche en adaptation-réadaptation”.  His research interests are linked to emergent literacy in children.  More precisely, he is interested in the origin and development of phonological sensitivity in young children, in preventative interventions of reading difficulties, and in environmental factors influencing language and early literacy development in children.

Upon completing his CCHCSP Doctoral training, Dr. Lefebvre accepted a position as Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa.