Laurie Hendren FRSC (December 13, 1958 – May 27, 2019)[7] was a Canadian computer scientist noted for her research in programming languages and compilers, and for her advocacy for patients to have access to their health data in Quebec.

[8] She then joined the School of Computer Science at the McGill University as an assistant professor in 1990.

She also served as Associate Dean (Academic) for the Faculty of Science at McGill University from 2005 to 2014.

In 2014, she became the 5 of diamonds in the Notable Women of Computing card deck.

[11] Hendren has led or co-led several big open source research projects at McGill University.