Vanier Canada Graduate Scholars

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) was created to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. It is worth $50,000 per year for three years and is available to both Canadian and international PhD students studying at Canadian universities.

The Vanier CGS program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering, and health.

2025-26

  • Naser Ahmed – Geography & Environment
  • Ella Doornaert – Neuroscience
  • Christina Ji – MD/PhD Physiology & Pharmacology
  • Reforce Okwei – Geography & Environment
  • Ananya Srivastava - Geology/Planetary Science 

Learn more about their research.

2023-24

  • Shahnaza Hamidullah – MD/PhD Neuroscience
  • Kamaldeen Mohammed – Geography & Environment
  • Javier Alvarez Vandeputte – Anthropology
  • Edward Wang – MD/PhD Medical Biophysics

2022-23

  • Sohini Chatterjee – Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
  • Luis Meléndez Guerrero – Anthropology
  • Joseph Rovetti – Psychology

2021-2022

  • Elmond Bandauko – Geography & Environment
  • Lorna Ferguson – Sociology 
  • Olivia Ghosh-Swaby – Neuroscience
  • Samir Hamadache – Biochemistry
  • Peter Zeng – MD/PhD program in Medicine

2020-21

  • Vanessa Ambtman-Smith – Geography
  • Florence Wullo Anfaara – Women's Studies and Transitional Justice
  • Jessica du Toit – Philosophy 

2019-20

  • Jemima Nomunume Baada – Women's Studies & Feminist Research
  • Federica Guccini – Anthropology
  • Amanda Houston – Nursing 
  • Ibrahim Ibrahim – Civil Engineering

2018-19

  • Leona Bruijns – Sociology
  • Roger Hudson – Neuroscience
  • Jason J. Lee – Medical Biophysics
  • Cory Lefebvre - Anatomy and Cell Biology
  • Sarah Stevenson – Structural Engineering  

2017-18

  • Christy Caudill – Geology & Planetary Science
  • Leanne Grieves – Biology (Evolution & Ecology)
  • Marat Slessarev – Medical Biophysics
  • Charles Yin – Microbiology and Immunology

2016-17

  • Melanie Stone – Women’s Studies and Feminist Research

2015-16 

  • Holly Stover – Biology (Environment and Sustainability)
  • Tengyuan Zhang – Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Mechanical)
  • Mayme Lefurgey – Women’s Studies and Feminist Research
  • Diana Moreiras Reynaga – Anthropology (Archaeology and Bioarchaeology)

2014-15 

  • Ayden Scheim – Epidemiology and Biostatistics
  • Raechelle Gibson – Psychology (Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience)
  • Tanya Harrison – Geology (Planetary Science)
  • Dibakar Mondal – Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (Biomaterials and Biochemical)
  • Sarah Mason – Geography (Environment and Sustainability)
  • Katerina Rnic – Psychology
  • Alexandre Sannen – French Studies

2013-14 

  • Mauricio Rodriguez-Torres – Anatomy and Cell Biology (Clinical)
  • Pierangelo Gobbo – Chemistry (Organic)
  • Angus Jonathan McLeod – Biomedical Engineering (Imaging)
  • Sarah Peirce – Geography
  • Elhadji Moustapha Diop – French Studies
  • Celina Kacperski – Kinesiology
  • Andrew Peterson – Philosophy
  • Renée Willmon – Anthropology (Archaeology and Bioarchaeology)

2012-13 (view bios) 

  • Adrienne Elbert - Biochemistry
  • Shih-Han Susan Huang - Biophysics
  • Daniel Langohr - Biomedical Engineering
  • Anna Matejko - Cognitive Science-Development
  • Matthew Meyer - Health Services Research
  • Jorge Rosés Labrada - Linguistics
  • Maria del Carmen Vega Dulanto - Anthropology
  • Krista Vincent - Cancer

2011-12 (view bios)

  • Ahmed Hamada - Civil Engineering
  • Katie Kryski - Mental Health
  • Donald Lafrenière - Geography
  • Matthew Quinn - Imaging
  • Fabrice Szabo - French Studies
  • Jodie Whelan - Business

2010-11 (view bios)

  • Federico Berruti - Chemical Engineering
  • Claudia Caxaj - Nursing
  • Dolleen Manning - Literature, English-Literary Theory
  • Lindsay Mathew - Biomedical Engineering
  • Haley Sapers - Earth Science

2009-10 (view bios)

  • Marlene Bagatto - Human Development, Child and Youth Health
  • Marianne De Gorter - Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
  • Lee Ferchoff - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
  • Ian Holloway - Life Sciences and Psychology
  • Barbora Morra - Organic Chemistry
  • Kevin Morse - Music and Musicology