2012-02-02
During Phase 1 of the Canadian Ocean Science Assessment, a Core Group of 20 Canadian ocean experts from academia, public sector, industry and civil society, will determine the priority research questions for Canadian ocean science. 2006 Trudeau Fellow Barbara Neis is a member of the group created by the Council of Canadian Academies to conduct the assessment in progress.

2012-02-02
« Lettres à Kateri », a novel written by 2008 Trudeau Scholar Xavier Gravend-Tirole, is available since a few weeks. This book is a correspondence between a narrator, who is a believer, and his ex-girlfriend, who is atheist. Through their discussion, he tries to convince her about his belief on a modern religion based on love, liberty and openness to others. An article about the novel was recently published in Le Soleil. Besides, Xavier Gravend-Tirole will also be invited soon to Second regard, a TV show hosted by Mr. Alain Crevier. In the meantime, you can read Mr. Crevier's blog about this subject.

2012-02-01
2003 Trudeau Scholar Pascale Fournier, actually Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, is now also Research Chair in legal pluralism and comparative law.

2012-02-01
The 2006 Trudeau Scholar Mike Ananny will start a new career as an Assistant Professor at USC's Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism in August.

2012-02-01
2010 Visiting Trudeau Fellow Steven Loft will be doing a lecture, entitled "Lies your nation told you: Aboriginal art and the Canadian state", on February 2, 2012, in Toronto. This lecture will be of interest to those working or studying in art history, public history, First Nations studies, media studies as well as literature. This event will be followed by a public magazine launch and reception at McIntosh Gallery. Please see the poster for more details.

2012-01-31
The University of Toronto reappointed 2003 Trudeau Fellow Janice Gross Stein as head of the Munk School of Global Affairs for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2012.

2012-01-31
2009 Trudeau Scholar Simon Collard-Wexler wrote an article published on Canadian International Council website about analyzing the potential uses and consequences of Iranian nuclear weapons to understand the cost and benefits of current sanctions and future strikes.

2012-01-25
2006 Trudeau Fellow Constance Backhouse won the 2011 SSHRC Gold Medal for Achievement in Research. During her long career of over thirty years, she has become an internationally recognized voice in the areas of feminist research, sex discrimination and the legal history of gender and race in Canada.

2012-01-23
An interview with Claris Harbon has been published in the German Magazine "Jungle World". The 2011 Trudeau Scholar was interviewed about the exclusion of women by Orthodox Jews in Israel. Please note that this article is in German.

2012-01-16
A hard-hitting text, co-written by the Trudeau Foundation Member Roy Romanow with Linda Silas and Steven Lewis, has been published in The Globe and Mail. The authors explain seven reasons why a strong federal presence in health care is vital to Canada.

2012-01-13
2010 Trudeau Mentor Guy Saint-Pierre has been appointed co-president of the "Table des partenaires influents", recently created by Minister Christine Saint-Pierre. The main goal of this group is to find out the best ways to promote the presence of women in boards of directors and in the senior management of Quebec's largest listed private enterprises.

2012-01-04
On December 30, the Governor General of Canada announced his new appointments to the Order of Canada. The Trudeau Mentors James Bartleman (2009) and Robert Fowler (2008) were appointed Officers of the Order of Canada and Trudeau Mentor Margaret Bloodworth (2011) and Trudeau Foundation Board Member Sean E. Riley were appointed Members of the Order of Canada.

2011-12-20
2006 Trudeau Scholar Jason Luckerhoff, now Assistant Professor in Social Communication and Cultural Studies at University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières, has co-directed and co-written a book recently published at Presses de l'Université du Québec. "Enjeux des entreprises culturelles au Québec - identité, mondialisation, convergence" is more specifically about the strenghts that enables the development of cultural companies and organizations in the actual context and about the existing connections between Politics, Economy and Culture.

2011-12-20
2011 Trudeau Fellow Haideh Moghissi wrote an article in The Mark about Islam and Repression of Women.

2011-12-06
2010 Trudeau Fellow Sujit Choudhry is now the Cecelia Goetz Professor of Law at the New York University School of Law.

2011-11-28
2009 Trudeau Fellow Isabella Bakker has been inducted into the Royal Society of Canada as a fellow on November 26, 2011, in Ottawa.

2011-11-18
Here are some links to newspapers and websites mentioning the results of the national public opinion poll commissioned in advance of the 2011 Trudeau Conference: National Post, Canadian Immigrant, Postmedia News, Vancouvers Sun, Calgary Herald, The Windsor Star, Victoria Times-Colonist, Edmonton Journal, Vancouver Province, Montreal Gazette, Saskatoon Star Phoenix, Regina Leader Post, Ottawa Citizen, Yahoo Canada News Blog, Yahoo Canada, Digital Journal, Boomers Info Kiosk, News4U, QMI News agency article 1 and 2, lelezard.com, 24H Montreal article 1 et 2, Journal Metro and Journal de Québec.

2011-11-16
Trudeau Fellow Simon Harel has been appointed Head of the Département de littérature comparée of the Faculté des arts et des sciences at the Université de Montréal. Further to his arrival, the University published two articles, the first one introduces him to the academic community and the second one is about an event he organized this fall in Montreal's Quartier des spectacles. The Université de Montréal also produced a video about him.

2011-11-16
The 2006 Trudeau Scholar May Chazan has been awarded a prestigious SSHRC Postdoctoral Award. Read the article on SSHRC's website and on Carleton University's website. Also, the 2003 Trudeau Scholar Pascale Fournier won the "uOttawa's 2011 Excellence in Media Relations Award" and was nominated "The Fulbrighter of the Month of November" by Fulbright Canada.

2011-11-15
Trudeau Scholar Kathryn Chan wrote an article in The Mark about taxing the philanthropists and the reform of charities by federal government. Trudeau Scholar Simon Collard-Wexler also wrote an article in The Mark about institutions in Libya to ensure the long-term interests of oil riches.

2011-11-15
McGill University constitutional law professor and 2004 Trudeau Fellow Roderick MacDonald was appointed by Quebec Prime Minister Jean Charest as one of the two co-commissioners of the public inquiry commission on corruption and collusion in the construction industry on November 9. The two-year probe is chaired by Madam Justice France Charbonneau of Quebec Superior Court. See the article in The Globe and Mail.

2011-11-01
Read Trudeau Scholar Irvin Studin in the Full Comment section of the National Post: "Why do Canadians shun greatness?" 

2011-10-24
An excerpt from "Damned Nations: Greed, Guns, Armies & Aid," by Trudeau Mentor Samantha Nutt, is available in the Full Comment section of the National Post. In this excerpt, she recalls her first visit in Somalia.

2011-10-18
Article profiling the 2011 Trudeau Fellow Ronald Rudin, History Professor at Concordia University, in The Gazette.

2011-10-17
Read an article presenting 2011 Trudeau Fellows Macartan Humphreys, John McGarry, Haideh Moghissi and Ronald Rudin published in the Globe and Mail this morning. The formal announcement of the 2011 Trudeau Fellows is also on the CNW newswire.

2011-09-26
2006 Trudeau Scholar Taylor Owen has become a Banting Post Doctoral Fellow at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at UBC.

2011-09-23
An article presenting 2011 Trudeau Scholars Laure Waridel and Mélanie Millette was published on the Université du Québec à Montréal's website.

2011-09-19
Trudeau Fellow Guy Vanderhaeghe (2008) was interviewed in the Arts section of Globe and Mail of Saturday, September 17. His most recent historic novel, titled, "A Good Man" was the object of a laudatory review.  

2011-09-15
The Faculty of Law of McGill University announced that 2003 Trudeau Scholar Robert Leckey has been appointed William Dawson Scholar. Moreover, he has been named by the Provost of McGill University as Acting Director of the Quebec Research Centre of Private and Comparative Law until December 31st, 2011.

2011-09-13
2006 Trudeau Scholar May Chazan received on September 6 the Alice Wilson Award from the Royal Society of Canada.

2011-09-12
The Foundation will announce its 2011 Trudeau Fellows in Toronto on October 17. R.S.V.P. 514-938-0001. 

2011-09-07
Ms. Dyane Adam, 2008 Trudeau Mentor and former Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada, has accepted the position of Vice President with the Executive Committee of the Trudeau Foundation Society, thus filling the position left vacant following Ms Renée Dupuis' resignation following her appointment to the position of Vice President, Quebec Commission on Human Rights and Youth Rights. We warmly welcome Ms. Dyane Adam to the Executive Committee.

2011-08-15
On June 30th, the Governor General of Canada announced that Samantha Nutt, War Child Founder and Executive Director and 2011 Trudeau Mentor, was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to improving the plight of young people in the world's worst conflict zones.  

2011-08-05
Since the beginning of July, a new release about multiculturalism in Canada is available at Between the Lines publishing. May Chazan (2006 Trudeau Scholar), Lisa Helps (2006 Trudeau Scholar), Anna Stanley (2003 Trudeau Scholar) and Sonali Thakkar (2005 Trudeau Scholar) edited the book that contains several articles written by critical thinkers and activists.

2011-07-28
Since last spring, 2006 Trudeau Fellow John Borrows is the first to hold the Robina Chair in Law, Public Policy and Society, one of the new chairs established to launch the Minnesota Law School's Law, Public Policy, and Society program.

2011-07-07
2008 Trudeau Scholar Irvin Studin was awarded the Governor General's Medal 2010-2011 for disctinction in scholarship at York University on June 10, 2011.

2011-06-17
An excerpt of the panel presentation delivered by the 2005 Trudeau Scholar David R. Boyd at the Trudeau Foundation's 2011 Summer Institute in Whistler is now available on the Fedcan blog.

2011-06-17
François Crépeau, 2008 Trudeau Fellow, was elected to the position of United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants, for a three year mandate. For more information, please see the conclusion of the 17th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

2011-06-02
Michael Harcourt, 2004 Trudeau Mentor, will be awarded the Peter Lougheed Award for leadership in public plicy at a Public Policy Forum dinner in Vancouver on September 22. 

2011-05-26
Maureen McTeer, 2011 Trudeau mentor, has been appointed Co-Chair of the new National Expert Commission on health system improvement launched by the Canadian Nurses Association.

2011-05-25
2009 Trudeau Fellow Beverley Diamond will present her Trudeau Lecture on Wednesday, June 1st at 12:15 p.m., at St. Thomas University Campus (University of New Brunswick, Fredericton). This lecture is part of the Big Thinking lectures and Congress 2011, organized by the Canadian Federation for Humanities and Social Sciences. The presentation will be in English with simultaneous translation. For more information, please see the invitation and the program.

2011-05-17
The Foundation announces that fourteen talented Canadian and foreign Ph.D. students will each receive the prestigious $180,000 Trudeau Scholarship, joining a community of creative, accomplished thinkers and doers tackling issues of fundamental importance to Canadians.

2011-05-11
Trudeau Fellow (2009) Simon Harel just published Densité, intensité. Tensions. L'urbanité montréalaise en question (Éditions de l'Atelier, Maison de l'architecture du Québec), under the direction of Robert Schwartzwald, Jonathan Cha, and Simon Harel.  

2011-05-10
Next week, on Tuesday, May 17, the Foundation will announce the names of its new Trudeau Scholars, selected by an external panel, among the best and the brightest doctoral students from Canada and abroad. 

2011-04-28
2009 Trudeau Scholar Magaly Brodeur has just published a book entitled Vice et corruption à Montréal : 1892-1970 (Presses de l'Université du Québec). Her book reveals the period of gambling prohibition in Canada.

2011-04-18
Mark Mattner, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, has authored a chapter in a book called Social Justice, Global Dynamics: theoritical and empirical perspectives (London: Routledge). His chapter is entitled Lifting the Resource Curse? The World Bank and Oil Revenue Distribution in Chad.

2011-04-15
2004 Trudeau Scholar Margarida Garcia's doctoral dissertation entitled Le rapport paradoxal entre les droits de la personne et le droit criminel : les théories de la peine comme obstacles cognitifs à l'innovation was awarded the 2011 Best Doctoral Dissertation from the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at Université du Québec à Montréal.

2011-04-12
Amanda Clarke, 2010 Trudeau Scholar, appeared yesterday on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin discussing the health of Canadian political institutions. 

2011-04-11
Trudeau Mentor Rita Deverell plays Madame Marie Jean in Backbencher a radio drama series about a woman who gets elected as a MP. The show airs on CBC Radio One on Thursdays at 11:30 a.m. and 11 p.m., on Sirius satellite radio, and a podcast is available from the CBC website.  

2011-04-11
Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec - a 2005 Fellow - just published, together with co-author Sylvain Paquette, a new book on urban landscapes and planning titled Montréal en paysages with the Presses de l'Université de Montréal. Listen to their interview at Samedi et rien d'autre on CBC French radio April 9 (fifteenth minute of the fourth hour).

2011-04-05
Shauna Labman, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, and a colleague from the Canadian Council for Refugees conducted a series of meetings with organizations in Colombia in mid-November. Click here to read the CCR report.

2011-03-31
Margarida Garcia, 2004 Trudeau Scholar and Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, will be the main speaker at an International conference called Rationalité pénale et démocratie that will take place at the Université du Québec à Montréal on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 3 p.m. Her conference (in French) will be on human rights and penal system in democratic societies. For more information, click here.

2011-03-31
Jason Luckerhoff, 2006 Trudeau Scholar and Assistant Professor of Social Communication and Cultural Studies at Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, has recently published a paper entitled 'The Conflicts Between Grounded Theory Requirements and Institutional Requirements for Scientific Research' in the journal The Qualitative Report. Click here to read the article.

2011-03-25
Trudeau Fellow Simon Harel just published his latest essay Attention écrivains méchants (literally, Beware of bad writers) with the Presses de l'Université Laval.

2011-03-23
Trudeau Scholar 2010 Joël Thibert shares his views on urban planning in Montreal in Spacing Montréal. 

2011-03-22
Mr. L. Jacques Ménard, a member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation, has recently delivered a speech before the Montreal Canadian Club where he explored different avenues to increase productivity in Quebec. He offered a copy of his speech [in French only].

2011-03-15
Jean Michel Landry, doctoral candidate in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and 2009 Trudeau Scholar, published an article earlier this week in La Presse on the revolution in the Arab World. The article focuses on the Arab populations' quest for dignity and how according to him, it can start shifting our views and perceptions. During the last Mentors-Scholars Retreat held in February, Jean-Michel was paired with national affairs writer and 2011 Trudeau Mentor Chantal Hébert. Read the article (in French only).

2011-03-01
2003 Trudeau Scholar and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carleton University James Milner, will be a keynote speaker at a one-day conference held on Friday, March 4, 2011 at Carleton University, to commemorate the late Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania. The conference entitled "The Legacies of Nyerere: Economies, Politics, and Solidarities in Tanzania and Beyond" will examine Nyerere's legacies in economic policy and markets, international politics and solidarities. The event, hosted by Carleton's Institute of African Studies, also builds on Carleton University's 30-year partnership with the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. More details can be found at Carleton.ca/africanstudies. The event is being live-streamed and will be available at: http://www1.carleton.ca/africanstudies/the-legacies-of-nyerere-conference-live-video-stream/.

2011-02-28
2005 Trudeau Scholar and Assistant Professor of Political Science at McGill University Vincent Pouliot, has recently authored a paper entitled "Multilateralism as an End in Itself" in the International Studies Perspectives Journal. Click here to find out more about the article.

2011-02-14
2010 Trudeau Scholar Amanda Clarke will be a guest speaker on a panel entitled Social Media and Innovation: Challenges and Opportunities in engaging the Public, presented as part of the next Human Resources and Skills Development Canada's Knowledge (HRSDC) Talks Series. The panel is scheduled to take place on Monday, February 21, 2011 in Gatineau, Quebec. Click here to see the invitation.

2011-02-08
2009 Trudeau Scholar Jeremy Schmidt, argues for open, democratic resource policies in Ethical oil: a moral misnomer an article he wrote in reaction to Ezra Levant's book Ethical Oil. Read the article, recently published in The Marks.

2011-02-08
2008 Trudeau Scholar Shauna Labman was featured in the January 12, 2011 edition of The Jewish Post & News. In this article
Shauna discusses her academic and professional experience since she left Winnipeg right after High School, and how she is happy to be back in her hometown after 15 years living in Vancouver. Read the article.

2011-01-25
L. Jacques Ménard, Chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns, President of BMO Financial Group, Quebec, and a member of the Board of the Trudeau Foundation, has been named the new Chancellor of Concordia University. Prior to his appointment, M. Ménard, a graduate of Loyola College, was acting as Concordia's Deputy Chancellor since 2009. Read the article published in now, Concordia University's newspaper.

2011-01-18
Magaly Brodeur, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, has co-authored a chapter in a book called L'analyse des politiques publiques (Presses de l'Université de Montréal). The chapter is entitled ''L'éthique publique : à la jonction de la sociologie de l'action publique, vers un renouvellement de l'analyse des politiques publiques''. She has authored a second chapter in a book called Prévenir le jeu excessif dans une société addictive? D'une approche bio-psycho-sociale à la définition d'une politique de santé publique (Médecine & Hygiène Publishers). Her chapter is entitled ''La gestion des jeux de hasard et d'argent : une perspective éthique''.

2011-01-18
2010 Trudeau Scholar Lisa Kelly co-published an op-ed piece in The Globe and Mail underlining the effects of Craiglist's decision to remove the ''Erotic Services'' section from its Canadian websites, and how it will likely result in increased violence against sex workers. Read the article.

2011-01-13
2009 Trudeau Mentor, author and renowned Aboriginal rights lawyer Renée Dupuis's profile was recently featured in Contact, Université Laval's Alumni Magazine. Read the article (in French only).

2011-01-04
2003 Trudeau Scholar and assistant professor of law at McGill University Robert Leckey is the recipient of the International Academy of Comparative Law's 2010 Canada Prize for his book Contextual Subjects: Family, State and Relational Theory. The prize, which is worth $10,000 and only awarded evey four years, recognizes an original legal work ''of high scientific quality'' that critically compares the common law and civil law systems. Robert Leckey specializes in family and constitutional law.

2010-12-16
The dissertation proposal of 2008 Trudeau Scholar Daina Mazutis was chosen as co-winner of this year's Fuqua/Coach K Center on Leadership & Ethics (COLE) Dissertation Proposal Competition, hosted by Duke University. Daina's dissertation proposal is entitled The CEO Effect: A longitudinal, multi-level analysis of the effect of executive orientation on corporate social strategy.

2010-12-14
Robert Huish's students are making their presence known in Halifax to raise awareness about global food and hunger issues. The Globe and Mail published an article on their project. Professor Robert Huish (2004 Trudeau Scholar), teaches at Dalhousie University in International Development Studies. His new course Development and Activism, launched this fall, delves into the history and theory of activism while encouraging practical action.

2010-12-14
2003 Trudeau Fellow and University of Victoria Professor James Tully received the 2010 Killam Prize last April. His prize was conferred on him during a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Tuesday, December 14th. Jeremy Webber (2009 Trudeau Fellow) and Tully's colleague at the University of Victoria, delivered the presentation speech. The Canada Council for the Arts, which administers the Killam program, awards scholars in health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences annually for outstanding career achievements.

2010-12-10
Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec, 2005 Trudeau Fellow and full professor at the Université de Montréal's School of Architecture and Landscape, was appointed member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Commission of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCU) to represent the UNESCO Chair on Landscape and Environment of the Université de Montréal (CUPEUM).

2010-12-07
2010 Trudeau Scholar Scott Naysmith published an article on the efforts to contain bird flu and the need to take into account the importance of birds in Indonesians' lives, in the October-December 2010 edition of Inside Indonesia.

2010-12-06
2008 Trudeau Fellow Rosemary Sullivan's poetry in the pavement will be introduced today by the Toronto Public Library to launch Poetry is Public is Poetry, a new Poet Laureate initiative created to showcase and celebrate the work of Canadian poets. This event also coincides with the re-opening of the Cedarbrae Library in Scarborough, which had been undergoing renovations. 

2010-12-02
2010 Trudeau Scholar Amanda Clarke has been invited by the British Inter-Parliamentary Union as a guest speaker at a conference entitled Youth Participation in Politics. Her presentation will be held at the Westminster Palace in London, United Kingdom, on December 9, 2010, and will cover strategies for engaging young people in the democratic process.

2010-12-02
The latest version of the Scholars' Workshop program on Social Justice and Human Rights, presented at the 2010 Annual Conference on Public Policy in Winnipeg, is now available on the Foundation's website.

2010-11-23
Equal in Dignity: Human Rights and the Passage of Generations, the Trudeau Foundation's 7th Annual Conference on Public Policy held in Winnipeg on November 18-20, received coverage from several Canadian media. The Winnipeg Free Press published three articles related to the Conference and the poll commissioned by the Foundation in collaboration with the University of Manitoba: Trudeau foundation brings luminaries to city conference, Native human rights most at risk, poll finds and Safe water a human right: Canadians. Pierre Gerlier-Forest, President, Trudeau Foundation, also gave an interview to Geneviève Murchison of Radio-Réveil (CBC Radio Manitoba) on November 22, 2010.

2010-11-23
2008 Trudeau Scholar Christopher Tenove's article Deeply Embedded on the Katine Project in Uganda, a new approach to international reporting, is featured in the December 2010 edition of The Walrus. Chris did some of the research for this article while he was in Uganda last summer doing preliminary dissertation research on the International Criminal Court.

2010-11-09
2007 Trudeau Scholar Kristi Kenyon served as panelist at the World University Service of Canada's Annual Assembly, held in Ottawa on November 7, 2010. The panel was entitled The Potential and Pitfalls of the Millenium Development Goal Framework. Professor Stephen J. Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of British Columbia and Trudeau Foundation founding President was among panelists.

2010-11-03
Citizenship from Coast to Coast to Coast, a series of three conferences organized by Trudeau Scholars Shauna Labman, Laura Madokoro and
Erin Tolley started in Vancouver on October 29-30, 2010. The first one, a two-day conference on ''Citizenship without the Nation'', was held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia, and brought together academics, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, as well as several other Trudeau community members. The second event will be hosted as a Trudeau Foundation PIP-Event in Iqaluit in June 2011. Read the article in the The Mark.

2010-10-28
2009 Trudeau Fellow Isabella Bakker recently obtained a strong endorsement for her work by the UN Security Council. The Council's report refers largely to her work on the System Wide Action Plan about women and peace and security. A resolution including her recommendations was adopted by the General Assembly.

2010-10-25
The doctoral research results of 2009 Trudeau Scholar Tamil Kendall will be presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, DC on October 26, 2010. The presentation will be made in the context of a special audience on "Reproductive rights of women living with HIV/AIDS in the American continent".

2010-10-13
2009 Trudeau Scholar Jeremy Schmidt proposes a shift in perspectives within water management in his most recent co-authored article "An Ethic of Compassionate Retreat" published in Minding Nature, a journal of the Centre for Humans and Nature.

2010-10-04
2010 Trudeau Scholar Joël Thibert discusses issues related to the political weight of Canadian cities and the specific case of Montreal, Que., in La Presse. 

2010-10-01
Professor Sujit Choudhry, 2010 Trudeau Fellow (University of Toronto), has been invited to join the United Nations mediation roster. He will be part of a prestigious international panel of advisers to assist during ceasefire, peace and constitutional negotiations. More information. 

2010-09-29
Alberto Vergara Paniagua, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, cordially invites you to his book launch, La Iniciación de la Política. El Perú político en perspectiva comparada (The initiation of politics. Peruvian politics in comparative perspective), on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at the Hilton Hotel in Toronto. The event is held in conjunction with the Conference of the Latin American Studies Association.  

2010-09-28
The 2010 Trudeau Fellows were announced today during a cocktail reception in Toronto. Read selected media coverage about Professor Janine Brodie (University of Alberta), Professor Sujit Choudhry (University of Toronto), Professor Alain-G. Gagnon (Université du Québec à Montréal) and Mr. Steven Loft (Ryerson Art Gallery and Research Center at Ryerson University) in the Edmonton Journal, The Globe and Mail and Le Devoir.

2010-09-24
Magaly Brodeur and Isabelle Chouinard, 2009 Trudeau Scholars, have been respectively elected President and Vice-President of the Association of Doctoral Students in Applied Social Sciences at University of Montreal for 2010-2011.

2010-09-20
François Crépeau, 2008 Trudeau Fellow (McGill University), published an op-ed piece in Francophone daily newspaper La Presse underlining the inefficiency and the inequality of repressing irregular immigrants.

Xavier Gravend-Tirole, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, shares his thoughts about the choice made by some Quebeckers to stay with the Catholic Church in Second Regard on Radio-Canada television. 

2010-09-15
Lisa Kelly, 2010 Trudeau Scholar, has been invited by 2003 Scholar Pascale Fournier, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ottawa, to give a lecture entitled "The Child at Law: Rights, Capacities, and Personhood (Canada, United States)," in her class on "Persons and Family Law," on October 4, 2010.

2010-09-07
Lilia Yumagulova, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, has participated in a NATO science workshop examining global climate change and local adaptation in Hella, Iceland, on June 6-10, 2010. As part of a team of 60 international experts (scientists, engineers and policy makers), Lilia evaluated recent advances in the understanding of climate change, its subsequent management and adaptative measures at regional and local levels.

2010-08-31
Emily Paddon, 2007 Trudeau Scholar, published an article in The Mark about Rwandan crimes in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

2010-08-30
The Application Guidelines for the 2011 Scholarships offered by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation are now online. Visit the website for more information about the program, eligibility criteria and to complete the Application Form. Please note that the deadline to receive the 2011 applications at the Foundation is December 17, 2011, at 5 p.m. (Eastern Time).

2010-08-25
At the World Film Festival, the National Film Board will host the premiere of When all the leaves are gone by filmmaker and Trudeau Mentor Alanis Obomsawin, on Thursday, September 2, at 9:30 p.m., and Sunday, September 5 at 3:10 p.m. (in English), and on Saturday, September 4, at 12:50 p.m. (in French) at the Cinéma Quartier Latin (screen 14, 350 Emery St., Montreal). For more info from the WFF: 514-848-3883. 

2010-08-24
Stay tuned for the formal announcement of the 2010 Trudeau Fellows on September 28. To receive the announcement by email, register at tfinfo@trudeaufoundation.ca.

2010-07-20
You are cordially invited to an exhibition of "Dream Works on Paper" An Alanis Obomsawin Retrospective, 1990 to 2009, Wednesday, July 28, 2010, from 5 to 7pm at the Monument National, 1182 St. Laurent Boulevard, Montreal, Quebec. Please R.S.V.P. before July 23 at 514-933-0987.

2010-07-04
Kristi Kenyon, 2007 Trudeau Scholar, has been awarded a Kappa Kappa Gamma Scholarship in recognition for her academic excellence and her awareness of the needs of others. Kappa Kappa Gamma is one of the oldest women fraternities and continues to promote a broad college experience for young women across North America.

2010-06-16
Nathan Bennett, 2010 Trudeau Scholar, has been awarded the Robin P. Armstrong Memorial Prize for Excellence in Native Studies in recognition of his Masters of Environmental Studies thesis (Nature Based Recreation and Tourism, Lakehead University) entitled "Conservation, Community Benefit, Capacity Building and the Social Economy: A Case Study of Lutsel K'e and the Proposed National Park."

2010-06-10
L. Jacques Ménard, Member of the Board of Directors, was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec.

Edward Roberts, 2010 Mentor, is the most recent recipient of the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Excellence in Public Service.  This is an annual award sponsored by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador Region and given to an individual who has had an exemplary career in public service.

Mike Ananny, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, authored an article entitled "The Limits of Public Participation" in the June 7, 2010 edition of The Mark.

2010-06-04
Alexander Aylett, 2007 Trudeau Scholar, authored an article entitled 'Games Over' for the May-June edition of ReNew Canada.

William Tayeebwa, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, was invited to 2010 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Concordia University for Human Rights Day under the President's Conference Series to share his research insights on a panel entitled "Denounce: The Abuse of Children." The video recording of the event is available online (his remarks start at 01:10:35).

2010-06-02
Samuel Spiegel, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, served as panelist for the 18th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development for the Ministerial Roundtable on the thematic session on mining, which was held at the UN Headquarters in New York on May 12, 2010. His speech was entitled 'Governance Strategies in Artisanal Mining Communities: Supporting Livelihoods and Enhancing Social Opportunities.'

Tamil Kendall, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, has received the Canadian Association for HIV Research New Investigator Award (Social Science) at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research, which was held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan on May 16, 2010.

Jeremy Schmidt, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, has co-authored a paper entitled 'Hunting with polar bears: problems with the passive properties of the commons' in the journal Human Ecology.

Lindsey Richardson, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, has co-authored a paper entitled 'Factors associated with employment among a cohort of injection drug users' in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review 29(3): 293-300.

Rajdeep Singh Gill, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, has been awarded a two-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship. His postdoctoral research project focuses on Ecologies of Non-human Creativity: Cultivating Connectivity, Cognitive Justice, and Earth Democracy.

2010-05-19
The Government of Canada has launched national consultations to help inform the development of a digital economy strategy. It is seeking the advice of Canadians on how the country can regain its leadership position in the digital economy. It is important to participate actively in order to put the humanities and the social sciences at the forefront of the consultations.  You are invited to visit the website www.digitaleconomy.gc.ca where you can read the discussion paper entitled Improving Canada's Digital Advantage. 

2010-05-14
Magaly Brodeur, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, has received the Chercheur-Auteur de la relève 2010 Prize from les Presses de l'Université du Québec for her manuscript entitled 'Vice et corruption à Montréal : L'époque de la prohibition des jeux de hasard et d'argent au Canada'. Her manuscript will be published by les Presses de l'Université du Québec and will be launched at the 2011 ACFAS Conference.

Jason Luckerhoff, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, co-edited a journal issue entitled 'Looking for "Non Publics"' in the journal Society and Leisure. Click here to download the introduction of the issue in English.

Sarah Kamal, 2007 Trudeau Scholar, has authored a chapter in a book called Deterritorialized Youth, published by Dawn Chatty (Bergahahn Books Editors). Her chapter is entitled 'Afghan Refugee Youth in Iran and the Morality of Repatriation'.

2010-05-05
Jason Luckerhoff, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, co-edited a journal issue entitled "Entretiens de groupe : concepts, usages et ancrages I" in the journal Recherches Qualitatives.

2010-04-27
Jason Luckerhoff, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, spoke at the Spring 2010 General Meeting of the Canadian Art Museum Directors Organization (CAMDO) at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec in Québec, April 26-27, 2010. Click here to read the abstract.

2010-04-21
Grégoire Webber, 2004 Trudeau Scholar, Acting President of the Trudeau Foundation Society and Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, has written two articles on the question of bilingualism of the Supreme Court judges and the Governor General of Canada. The first one entitled "Bilingualism: A Legal Competency" was published in The Mark on April 15 and the second one entitled "Many Citizens are not bilingual, so our leaders must be" was published in the April 20th edition of The Ottawa Citizen.

2004 Trudeau Scholar Jillian Boyd was selected as part of the Recruitment of Policy Leaders Program (RPL) of the federal governement. Following the announcement, she seized the opportunity to recognize the key role of the Trudeau Scholarships in her personal journey: "It cannot be said enough that the Foundation provides so much more than a scholarship. It provides a family of ongoing support which can help each of us achieve our greatest dreams and aspirations. Every day I recognize how much I have benefitted from my time as Trudeau Scholar and i am deeply appreciative."

2010-04-14
The Honourable Michel Bastarache, Trudeau Foundation Board Member and retired judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, was appointed chairman of a public inquiry commission by the Quebec Premier Jean Charest. The mandate of the commission is to investigate allegations by Marc Bellemare about the process of appointing judges of the Court of Québec and the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, particularly with regard to allegations of influence by third parties through the process and also through the process of appointing judges to municipal courts and members of the Administrative Tribunal of Quebec.

James Tully, 2003 Trudeau Fellow, received a Killam prize in recognition of his achievements. The specialist in political theory is known for his writings on English philosopher John Locke, examining constitutional theory in an age of cultural and legal pluralism. Since 1981, the Killam prizes have recognized annually the career achievements of five Canadian scholars.

Vincent Pouliot, 2005 Trudeau Scholar and assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, has published his first book entitled International Security in Practice: The Politics of NATO-Russia Diplomacy (Publishers: Cambridge University Press).

Julia Christensen, 2008 Trudeau Scholar, launched at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife on April 4th, 2010 an exhibit of artwork, photography, writing, video, etc. from youth across northern Canada in the spirit of the International Polar Year. She has been leading this project with a small team for the past three years, motivated by a desire to showcase life in the North through the eyes of youth. The IPY Canada Time Capsule Project is accessible online.

2010-04-09
Two members of the Trudeau community were honored at the Order of Canada Investiture Ceremony that was held at Rideau Hall, on Wednesday, April 7. The Honourable Michel Bastarache, Trudeau Board Member, was named Companion of the Order of Canada while the Honourable Edward Roberts, Trudeau Mentor 2010, received the title of Member.  One of our most eminent jurists, Michel Bastarache is known for his invaluable contributions to protecting the linguistic rights of minority communities. He is renowned for his support of the development of common law in French at the faculties of law at the University of Ottawa and the Université de Moncton, where he was also the dean.  Edward Roberts has served as a model of duty, leadership and achievement. A leading cabinet minister under three provincial premiers, he was instrumental in bringing about important reforms in the areas of health, education, social services and government administration.

2010-04-06
Christopher Cox and Lisa Szabo, 2009 Trudeau Scholars, have been recognized at a Celebration of Research and Innovation held at Myer Horowitz Theatre at the University of Alberta on March 30, 2010. This annual event celebrates the breadth of research and creative activity at the University of Alberta, and the impact of the university contributions to Albertan and Canadian society as well as around the world.

2010-03-29
Christopher Cox, 2009 Trudeau Scholar, was recently awarded the 2010 Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and University Microfilms International (UMI) Distinguished Master's Thesis Award for his M.Sc. thesis, "Verbal complementation in Mennonite Plautdietsch: A corpus-based, constructional approach."  The award, granted annually to one candidate among those recommended by the 140 WAGS-affiliated graduate schools in Western North America, is intended to recognize the development of an innovative technology and its utilization for the creative solution of a major problem.

2010-03-26
Rajdeep Singh Gill, 2006 Trudeau Scholar, spoke at the conference Redistribution of Wealth: Economic and Environmental Justice from Indigenous and Faith Perspectives, March 5-7, 2010, organized by the Interfaith Summer Institute for Justice, Peace and Social Movements, Institute for the Humanities, Simon Fraser University.

2010-03-24
The Writers' Trust of Canada announced that John English, a Trudeau Foundation Member, won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his biography Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000, published by Knopf Canada. The prize was awarded at the Politics and the Pen gala in Ottawa.