Vardit Ravitsky
- Fellow 2020
Vardit Ravitsky (B.A. (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) M.A., (University of New Mexico), PH.D. (Bar-Ilan University)) is Associate Professor at the…
Glenn Cohen
- Fellow 2020
Prof. Glenn Cohen (B.A. (University of Toronto), J.D. (Harvard)) is one of the world's leading experts on the intersection of bioethics and the…
Randall Harp
- Fellow 2020
Fulbright Canada - Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow / Joint Chair in Contemporary Public Policy 2020
Randall Harp's (B.A. (Columbia),…
Ubaka Ogbogu
- Fellow 2020
Ubaka Ogbogu (LL.B. (University of Benin), BL (Nigerian Law School), LL.M. (University of Alberta), SJD (University of Toronto) is an Associate…
Marie Battiste
- Fellow 2019
Professor, College of Education - University of Saskatchewan
Christian Nadeau
- Fellow 2019
Full Professor, Department of Philosophy - Université de Montréal
Aimée Morrison
- Fellow 2019
Associate Professor, Department of English Language and Literature - University of Waterloo
Cynthia Milton
- Fellow 2019
- Alumni
Professor, Department of History - Université de Montréal
Candis Callison
- Fellow 2019
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Journalism - University of British Columbia
Kim TallBear
- Fellow 2018
By blending research and creative practice in her RELAB, Professor Kim TallBear (Native studies, University of Alberta) seeks to showcase "good…
Malinda S. Smith
- Fellow 2018
By excavating and foregrounding often-hidden histories, Professor Malinda Smith (political science, University of Alberta) aims to address the…
Ayesha S. Chaudhry
- Fellow 2018
Engaging the academic, policy, and public spheres, Professor Ayesha Chaudhry (gender and Islamic studies, University of British Columbia) sparks a…
Cecilia Benoit
- Fellow 2018
Using community empowerment and transformative learning strategies, Professor Cecilia Benoit (sociology, University of Victoria) enables sex workers…
Claudia Mitchell
- Fellow 2017
Under Professor Claudia Mitchell's project, girls from seven countries around the world will meet and produce photography or smartphone videos…
Audrey Macklin
- Fellow 2017
Professor Audrey Macklin's project examines private refugee sponsorship from sponsors' perspectives. Macklin will learn about the…
Bernard Duhaime
- Fellow 2017
Professor Bernard Duhaime's project proposes to create a platform that will allow Canadians to learn from Latin American experiences protecting…
Karen Bakker
- Fellow 2017
Professor Karen Bakker and a Community-Based Research collective of Indigenous knowledge keepers, community partners, scholars and artists are…
Norman Vorano
- Fellow 2017
Professor Norman Vorano will create the Arctic Cultural Heritage Research Network, a single, culturally-appropriate web-based portal enabling…
Poonam Puri
- Fellow 2016
Building on her expertise in corporate governance, Professor Poonam Puri's research will develop pragmatic policy and suggest legal solutions to…
Catherine Potvin
- Fellow 2016
An expert in tropical rainforest conservation and climate change, Professor Catherine Potvin's research seeks to foster cross-cultural learning…
Deborah Cowen
- Fellow 2016
- Alumni
Professor Deborah Cowen's research looks at how conflicts over infrastructures have come to define our political landscape. She rethinks…
Adelle Blackett
- Fellow 2016
- Alumni
Drawing on her scholarship on and advocacy for social justice, notably domestic and migrant workers' rights, Professor Adelle Blackett will…
Catriona Sandilands
- Fellow 2016
Professor Catriona Sandilands's project will develop a significant public conversation about climate change, environmental justice, and everyday…
Nancy Turner
- Fellow 2015
- Alumni
Professor Nancy Turner is an ethnobotanist whose expertise spans the fields of botany, linguistics, anthropology, and law.
René Provost
- Fellow 2015
- Alumni
Professor René Provost specializes in international human rights, humanitarian law, and legal theory.
Cleo Paskal
- Fellow 2015
- Alumni
Ms. Cléo Paskal's expertise lies in the bridging of global issues along geopolitical, geoeconomic and geophysical lines, particularly with…
Bessma Momani
- Director
- Fellow 2015
Professor Bessma Momani is an expert on global economic governance issues, Canadian foreign policy, Arab Spring, Arab Canadians and Arab youth.
Jocelyn Downie
- Fellow 2015
- Alumni
Professor Jocelyn Downie is an expert on the protection of human participants in research, end of life law and policy, and the protection and…
Jason Edward Lewis
- Fellow 2014
- Alumni
Building on his work with First Nations high school students on the Mohawk reserve of Khanawake, Professor Lewis' Trudeau project will launch a…
Evan Fraser
- Fellow 2014
- Alumni
A global expert in food security, Professor Fraser raises awareness of the social and environmental consequences of food price volatility and looks…
Myriam Denov
- Fellow 2014
- Alumni
Professor Denov works on the conditions and the prospects of children born of rape in Northern Uganda and other conflict zones. Grounded in one-on…
Timothy Caulfield
- Fellow 2013
- Alumni
This unrivalled communicator is debunking myths and assumptions about innovation in the health sector -- from research on stem cells to diets to…
Kent Roach
- Fellow 2013
- Alumni
A specialist in constitutional law and human rights advocate, Professor Roach has made his mark through work on security certificates in the wake of…
Jean Leclair
- Fellow 2013
- Alumni
Recognized as the foremost expert of federalism in Canada, he turns a critical eye on the political relationships between peoples and governments and…
Jennifer Clapp
- Fellow 2013
- Alumni
Professor Clapp is a political economist wary of the effect of global trade and the influence of transnational corporations on food security and the…
Catherine Dauvergne
- Fellow 2012
- Alumni
One of Canada's foremost authorities on refugee and immigration law, Professor Dauvergne is committed to transforming how Canada and other…
Maria Campbell
- Fellow 2012
- Mentor 2010
- Alumni
A prominent Métis cultural leader, Ms. Campbell will contribute to innovative research at the new Chair in Métis Studies at the University of Ottawa,…
Janine Marchessault
- Fellow 2012
- Alumni
Through her groundbreaking creative work and research, Professor Marchessault aims to interpret and illustrate the city and its sustainability issues…
Joseph Heath
- Fellow 2012
- Alumni
A renowned philosopher with an acute capacity to debunk widespread ideas on environmental, economical, social, and political issues, the scholarly…
John McGarry
- Alumni
- Fellow 2011
John McGarry exemplifies Canadian expertise in conflict resolution and peacekeeping and is actively engaged in the critical negotiations currently…
Macartan Humphreys
- Alumni
- Fellow 2011
Professor Humphreys is internationally acclaimed for his innovative field experiment approach to issues such as the influence of resource management…
Ronald Rudin
- Alumni
- Fellow 2011
Professor Rudin is a renowned public historian who innovatively combines various technologies and media -- books, films, Internet, and GPS -- to tell…
Haideh Moghissi
- Alumni
- Fellow 2011
After a prolific career in Iran as an archivist, Professor Moghissi became an internationally acclaimed analyst of women's issues in the Muslim…
Steven Loft
- Alumni
- Fellow 2010
He addresses issues of cultural identity, human rights, and communication, and provides new perspectives on Indigenous art and cultural discourse.
Alain-G. Gagnon
- Alumni
- Fellow 2010
An internationally renowned researcher and political scientist, Gagnon actively contributes to the debate on the organization and future of western…
Janine Brodie
- Alumni
- Fellow 2010
She endeavours to identify the tools that will effectively reduce poverty and social inequalities at both local and national levels.
Simon Harel
- Alumni
- Fellow 2009
Professor Harel explores ethnic and cultural diversity in our societies, with expertise in comparative literature & migration.
Beverley Diamond
- Alumni
- Fellow 2009
An exceptional leader in conserving and promoting Aboriginal and Canadian traditional music and exploring contemporary media, she is recognized for…
Clare Bradford
- Alumni
- Fellow 2009
She is focused especially on representations of Indigenous peoples and cultures in children's texts.
Isabella Bakker
- Alumni
- Fellow 2009
She is dedicated to enriching the lives of women around the world, her work demonstrating the role of women in the economy shows a persistent…
Jeremy Webber
- Alumni
- Fellow 2009
He is a brilliant communicator who applies his international experience in constitutional law to Canadian reality and explains Canada to…
Rosemary Sullivan
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
Rosemary Sullivan is an award-winning writer, biographer, journalist, activist, and expert on creative non-fiction and biographical studies.
John B. Robinson
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
An expert in climate change mitigation, he is highly respected for his capacity to build bridges between academia, industry and NGOs.
Kathleen Mahoney
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
She is a leader in human rights renowned for her work on the historic settlement agreement between the Government of Canada and Aboriginal…
Jennifer Welsh
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
- Director 2018
Canada 150 Research Chair, Max Bell School of Public Policy and Department of Political Science, McGill University
François Crépeau
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
Professor Crepeau is a pioneer in international migration law, he champions foreigners’ rights in Canada and abroad, including Palestine and…
Guy Vanderhaeghe
- Alumni
- Fellow 2008
A cornerstone of the Canadian historic novel and a strong advocate for the status of the arts in Canada.
Shana Poplack
- Alumni
- Fellow 2007
She studies language as it is spoken, especially in bilingual and minority language contexts in Canada.
Eric Helleiner
- Alumni
- Fellow 2007
Professor Helleiner is the Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy at the University of Waterloo. His latest books include The…
William D. Coleman
- Alumni
- Fellow 2007
He is the Canada Research Chair on Global Governance and Public Policy and Founding Director of the Institute on Globalization and the Human…
Joseph Yvon Thériault
- Alumni
- Fellow 2007
He is the founding Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities at the University of Ottawa where he holds the…
William E. Rees
- Alumni
- Fellow 2007
William Rees coined the term “ecological footprint” in 1990, and was a Distinguished Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at…
John Borrows
- Alumni
- Fellow 2006
John Borrows is a leading scholar in the field of indigenous legal traditions and aboriginal rights.
Constance Backhouse
- Alumni
- Fellow 2006
Prof. Backhouse is an internationally recognized voice in the areas of feminist research, sex discrimination, and the legal history of gender and…
Barbara Neis
- Alumni
- Fellow 2006
She fights for marginalized groups in the fisheries, and in rural and remote communities.
Jocelyn Létourneau
- Alumni
- Fellow 2006
He studies 20th-century Quebec and how its citizens came to define themselves.
Will Kymlicka
- Alumni
- Fellow 2005
He is recognized as one of the world’s most influential philosophers, especially on the link between justice and diversity.
Jane Jenson
- Alumni
- Fellow 2005
She specializes in relations between Quebec and Canada, diversity, feminist studies and family policy.
George Elliott Clarke
- Alumni
- Fellow 2005
Mr. Clarke specializes in African-Canadian and African-American history and culture.
Philippe Poullaouec-Gonidec
- Alumni
- Fellow 2005
He conducts public and experimental works in landscape invention and reinvention.
Margaret Lock
- Alumni
- Fellow 2005
Margaret Lock studies the relationships among culture, technology and the human body.
Roderick A. Macdonald
- Alumni
- Fellow 2004
He was one of the foremost Canadian specialists on secured transactions and property law in Canada, Mr. Macdonald died of cancer on 13 June 2014…
Ann Dale
- Alumni
- Fellow 2004
Ann Dale is leading major research initiatives in sustainability at Royal Roads University and around the world.
Daniel Weinstock
- Alumni
- Fellow 2004
A world-renowned philosopher, Weinstock's work deals with democratic theory and the impact of the recognition of cultural identity on liberal…
Donald Savoie
- Alumni
- Fellow 2004
He has held senior positions with the Government of Canada, including Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Board.
Rohinton Mistry
- Alumni
- Fellow 2004
He has enriched his readers' understanding of India, its society, cultures and politics, reflecting extensively on issues of human rights and…
Danielle Juteau
- Alumni
- Fellow 2003
Danielle Juteau is a co-founder of the Université de Montréal's Centre for Ethnic Studies and a member of the editorial board of the journal…
Janice Gross Stein
- Alumni
- Fellow 2003
She is a pioneer in at least three fields of political science: negotiation theory, foreign policy decision-making and international conflict…
James Tully
- Alumni
- Fellow 2003
Professor Tully is an expert in the field of contemporary political and legal theory and its history, and in Canadian political and legal philosophy.
David Ley
- Alumni
- Fellow 2003
Canada Research Chair in Geography at the University of British Columbia, his work focuses on immigrant poverty, housing and labour market…