She is also a member of various university committees, overseer of psychology graduate programs, deputy director of the Department of Psychology, and vice-rector of academic affairs, international relations, and the Francophonie at the university.
In 1977 became a member of the Quebec College of Psychologists, and served for many years on the board of the Montreal Heart Institute.
[3] She is the younger sister of Françoise David, a member of the National Assembly for the Québec solidaire party from 2012 to 2017.
However, Hélène shares Françoise's staunch feminism; she considers herself "allergic to all domination of women by men.
[citation needed] Her father is Paul David, a former cardiologist and PC Senator under former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.