What is PIP?‎
This fourth program brings together all Trudeau award winners – Fellows, ‎Scholars and Mentors – to generate informed and lively debates on major issues ‎of public policy affecting Canadians and global society. The Foundation is building ‎its own community of creative and critical thinkers while providing ways for them ‎and the wider public to work together to generate and communicate ideas that ‎matter.

PIP comes to life through four annual events:

• the Trudeau Conference, ‎
• the Trudeau Lectures,
• the Trudeau Mentors-Scholars Retreat, and
• the Trudeau Summer Institute.

In ‎addition, members of the Trudeau Community are encouraged to organize events ‎linked to one or several of the Foundation themes with a view to generating a ‎richer public debate on important societal issues. But that is not enough. The ‎Foundation must create opportunities for engagement with a broader public. This ‎in turn leads to a better informed citizenry, new ideas, and heightened ‎opportunities for democratic participation.

Who can propose a PIP event?‎
Only Trudeau Community Members can propose a PIP event, i.e. Trudeau ‎Fellows, Scholars or Mentors.‎

Does the Foundation fund other events or initiatives?‎
Only the initiatives proposed by Trudeau Community Members as part of the PIP ‎are eligible for funding.

Click here to access the PIP event policy.‎