In 1994, Galvez joined the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at Laval University and became head of the department in 2010. Her academic research has focused on the area of pollution. Her research achievements include advising on international issues such as the protection of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River, studying the oil spill of Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, conducting studies for the Government of the Northwest Territories on mining and lands sustainability and discussed cumulative impacts of a British Columbia hydroelectric project on the Mackenzie watershed.