Sylvie Bérard (born 1965) is a Canadian academic and science fiction writer.Born in Montreal, she studied semiotics at the Université du Québec à Montréal and went on to lecture for the Department of French and perform post-doctoral research at the University of Toronto.
She later lectured on Quebec literature at Trent University; she also was director of the Department of languages and modern literature.Bérard began publishing short stories in 1987.
Her short story "La Guerre sans temps" received a Prix Aurora Award.
She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals.
She is also a member of the editorial board for the journal XYZ.