Announcing the New 2025 Cohort
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation is thrilled to announce the recipients of its Scholarship and Mentorship programs for 2025. Sixteen outstanding Scholars and eight inspiring Mentors will join the Foundation's community of engaged researchers and practitioners.
Sixteen Exceptional Scholars
Sixteen doctoral students have distinguished themselves among more than 680 candidates. They come from ten universities across Canada as well as Cambridge and Imperial College London. These exceptional doctoral students were selected through a rigorous process by the Application and Nomination Review Committee (ANRC).
For three years, each Scholar will receive up to $50,000 per year to cover tuition and living expenses, as well as an annual allowance of up to $20,000 for research, networking, and participation in Foundation activities. In total, they can benefit from up to $210,000 over the three years with the Foundation.
Eight High-profile Mentors
The Foundation is also pleased to welcome eight new Mentors, distinguished practitioners and accomplished leaders from diverse backgrounds. As role models outside academia, the Mentors exemplify success and inspire through their practical experience. Each Mentor will receive an honorarium of up to $90,000 during their three-year term, and up to $45,000 for networking-related travel to events and projects related to the Foundation's programs.
2025 Scholars
- Julien Beaulieu (Imperial College of London – Environmental Sciences)
- Climate litigation: greenwashing and compensation for climate damage
- Carolyn Belanger (University of Alberta – Indigenous health and self-governance)
- Exploring resurgent approaches to Indigenous health self-governance using three case studies
- Philippe Boucher (Carleton University – Legal Studies)
- Decolonizing Justice? Indigenous Healing, Exclusion, and Ambivalence in Canada’s Criminal Courts
- Leah Davis (McGill University – Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering / Ethics of Artificial Intelligence)
- (Re)Pointing the Finger: Procedural Accountability in Humanizing Algorithmic System Evaluation
- Stephanie Erickson (University of Victoria – English and Indigenous Studies)
- Reading for Reconciliation: Envisioning Futures for Canada through Everyday Reading Practices of Indigenous Futurism Literatures
- Jenise Finlay (University of Victoria – Nursing: Public & Population Health)
- Addressing Chronic Pain and Sexuality: A Narrative Inquiry into Equity in Health Care Practices
- Pablo Ernesto Gershanik (Concordia University – Individualized Study Program)
- Reconstructing personal tragedies with and for an audience: towards a performance-based tool for creating shared space in the aftermath of violence
- Gabrielle Leblanc Huard (Laval University – Social Work)
- Growing up in pain: a qualitative, exploratory and critical study of the transition to adulthood of young people living with chronic pain
- Preston Jordan Lim (University of Toronto – Law)
- Judging Bennett's New Deal: The New Deal References and the Reshaping of Canadian Federalism
- Francesco MacAllister-Caruso (Concordia University – Political Science)
- Democracy Beyond the Binary: A Mixed-Methods Study of the Political Representation of Two-Spirit, Trans, and Nonbinary People in Canada
- Vineetha Nalla (University of Toronto – Planning & Geography)
- Intersecting injustices: investigating the role of identity, infrastructure planning and governance in experiences of disasters in India’s cities
- Tyler Paetkau (University of British Columbia – Population and Public Health)
- Exploring the Connection Between Mental Health and Medical Assistance in Dying: A New Approach to Assessing Vulnerability
- Leah Schmidt (University of Cambridge – Gender Studies)
- PANIC ATTACK: Theorizing Security Anxiety on the Brink of Doomsday
- Cameron Sparling (University of Toronto – English Literature and Theory)
- Houses in Motion: Memory and Migrant Poetics in Five Late Twentieth Century Novels
- Michelle Sylvestre (University of Lethbridge – AI ethics, Indigenous studies, gender studies, critical theory, new media and art)
- Intersecting Biases: Exploring Gender and Indigenous Representation in Artificial Intelligence to Promote Equity and Inclusion for Historically Underrepresented Communities in Canada
- Elisabeth Viau (Polytechnique – Ethics of artificial intelligence and sustainable agriculture)
- Reducing the digital divide in agriculture: challenges and perspectives for inclusive technology adoption in Canada
2025 Mentors
- Onome Ako, Chief Executive Officer of Action Against Hunger Canada, ON
- Cathy Bennett, Founding and Managing Partner at Sandpiper Ventures, former Minister of Finance and the Status of Women, NFL
- André Juneau, Former Deputy Minister (Infrastructure) and Deputy Secretary (Privy Council Office), Director General (Immigration Canada), ON
- Peter MacLeod, Founder and principal of MASS LBP, ON
- Jennifer Moore Rattray, COO, Southern Chief’s Organization, MB
- Andrea Nemtin, CEO, Social Innovation Canada and Founding CEO and President Inspirit Foundation, ON
- Christine St-Pierre, Fellow Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM-UQAM), former Quebec minister, political analyst and author, QC
- Laure Waridel (2011 Scholar), Ecosociologist, PhD, co-founder of Équiterre (1993), author and columnist, QC