2020-2021 Canadian Fulbright Award Recipients

Canadian Fulbrighters

Canadian Fulbright Scholars

Mr. Andrew Cohen, All Disciplines Fulbright Scholar Award Carleton University to the University of Mississippi Turn Me Loose; The Heroic Life of Medgar Wiley Evers*

Dr. Elisabeth Gidengill, Fulbright Scholar McGill University to Harvard University Are Citizens Willing to Resist Democratic Backsliding? A Canada-US Comparison*

Dr. Daniel Nadeau, All Disciplines Fulbright Scholar Award Université Laval to the University of Utah Analysis of evapotranspiration and snow sublimation in complex terrain: towards a better understanding, measurement and modeling*

Dr. Grazia Scoppio, Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies Royal Military College of Canada to Norwich University International perspectives on immigrants’ participation in the military: opportunities and challenges

Canadian Fulbright Students

Melanie Bechard, University of Toronto to Johns Hopkins University Evaluating the Impact of Cannabis Legislation on Youth

Rachel Cooper, University of Waterloo to Harvard University Ethically Centering the Voices of Lived Experience in Medical Education and Health Policy Contexts

Marisa Coulton, Western University to Columbia University Compassion Fatigue - Desensitization Toward News Media Coverage of International Human Rights Crises

Bailey Francis, York University to the National Centre for Complex Health and Social Needs Masters of Social Work and Continuing to Work with Youth Affected by Incarceration

Ji Yeon Kim, University of Toronto to the University of Washington Integrating Palliative Care into Intensive Care Units

Chama Laassassy, McGill University to the University of Scranton Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant

Sophie Nitoslawski, University of British Columbia to the New School Smarter forests for smarter cities? Harnessing open data and artificial intelligence to optimize access to urban forests and green infrastructure*

Fulbright Canada Special Foundation Fellows

Cara Evans, McMaster University to the National Centre for Complex Health and Social Needs Exploring Complexity-Responsive Mental Health Policy

Benjamin Johnson, York University to the University of Washington The True North: Security, Surveillance and Technology in the Canadian Arctic

Samuel Walmsley, University of St. Andrews to the University of Colorado, Boulder Causes and Consequences of Spatial Cognition in the North American Red Squirrel

* denotes awards that were declined due to COVID-19