After ten years as a journalist and host at Radio-Canada, Martine B. Côté joined CLES to work alongside women with experience related to prostitution. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Writing-Communication from the University of Sherbrooke and a Master's degree in Law from the University of Quebec in Montreal. Her research interests focus on legislative frameworks surrounding prostitution and the justiciability of social rights for individuals with experience in prostitution. She presented her work on access to social assistance during the Special Commission on the Sexual Exploitation of Minors (2020) and on the compensation of victims of criminal acts in a parliamentary committee.

Como investigadora, ha contribuido a un proyecto de investigación conjunto destinado a documentar y comprender el papel y la importancia de las redes sociales y las tecnologías de la comunicación en las experiencias de las jóvenes implicadas en actividades de prostitución. Su informe, "Social Media and Recruitment for Sexual Exploitation of Minors: Usos, impactos y estrategias de intervención", que tuvo muy buena acogida entre docentes e investigadores. Como autora, es coautora del ensayo "Faire Corps: Guerre et paix autour de la prostitution en tant que fatalité," publicado por Atelier 10.