SMP 2026 Delegates Selected

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The Canadian Science Policy Centre in partnership with Canada's Chief Science Advisor Dr. Mona Nemer is pleased to announce the Delegates for the 2026 Science Meets Parliament program.

Special thanks to our sponsors

the Royal Military College of Canada's coat of arms

Gairdner

Congratulations to all successful applicants!

Applicants

Selected Delegates

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Ariany Marques

Faculty of Medicine

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario

Aline Faria

Faculty of Health Sciences

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Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia

Chanele Polenz

Vascular Inflammation & Metabolism

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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON

Dana Lowry

Health Sciences

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Babatounde Moctard Oloulade

Biochemistry

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University of Western Ontario
London, ON

Faculty Members

Samira Abbasgholizadeh Rahimi

Medicine and Health Sciences

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McGill University
Montréal, QC

Zahid Ahmad Butt

School of Public Health Sciences

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University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

Jennifer Davis

Management

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University of British Columbia
Kelowna, BC

Francesca Di Cara

Medicine/Microbiology and immunology

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Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS

Natasha Gallant

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University of Regina
Regina, SK

Brandon Helfield

Arts and Science / Physics (and Biology)

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Concordia University
Montréal, QC

Mahsa Jessri

Food, Nutrition and Health

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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Catherine Martel

Médecine/Médecine

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Université de Montréal
Montréal, QC

Aliki Thomas

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

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McGill University
Blainville, QC

Marie-Eve Tremblay

Division of Medical Sciences

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University of Victoria
Victoria, BC

Jennifer Zwicker

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University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Postdoctoral Fellows

Saiful Hoque

Institute of Biomedical Engineering

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University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Hannah Mahoney

Labratory of Zoonotic Viruses and Comparitive Immunology

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University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK

Louie Lopez

Biochemistry and Microbiology

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University of Victoria
Victoria, BC

Lauren Lawson

Biology

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Carleton University
Ottawa, ON

Ana Bergmann

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Nat Bergbusch

SERS

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University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON

Jessica Serbu

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Katherine Lonergan

Civil Engineering

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University of Victoria
Victoria, BC

Faculty Members

Timothy Audas

Science/Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

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Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC

Cao Thang Dinh

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Queen's University
Kingston, MB

Lawrence Goodridge

Food Science

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University of Guelph
Guelph, ON

Ann Gregory

Biological Sciences

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University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Rachael Mansbach

Physics

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Concordia University
Montréal, QC

Leila Mostaço-Guidolin

Faculty of Engineering and Design / Department of Systems and Computer Engineering

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Carleton University
Ottawa, ON

Edel Perez Lopez

Phytologie

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Université Laval
Québec, QC

Michael Rennie

Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies / Department of Biology

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Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, ON

Sara Sadri

School of Climate Change and Adaptation

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University of Prince Edward Island
Charlottetown, PE

Kristen Schell

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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Carleton University
Ottawa, ON

Jude Kong

Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics

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University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Di Wang

Chemical Engineering

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Postdoctoral Fellows

Emily Duncan

Sociology and Social Studies

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University of Regina
Regina, SK

Lauren Smith

School of Environment and Sustainability

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Royal Roads University
Victoria, BC

Nasrin Sultana

Desautels Faculty of Management

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McGill University
Montreal, QC

Faculty Members

Heather M. Aldersey

School of Rehabilitation Therapy

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Queen's University
Kingston, ON

Kaitlynn Mendes

Sociology

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Western University
London, ON

Kathleen Rice

Family Medicine

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McGill University
Montréal, QC

Stéfanie von Hlatky Udvarhelyi

Political Studies

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Queen's University
Kingston, ON

Independent Researchers

Postdoctoral Fellows

Zaid Taha

Cancer Research Program

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Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Ottawa, ON

Faculty Members

Zakia Djaoud

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

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Catherine Dussault

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University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON

Allyson Menzies

Biological Sciences

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University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Hilding Neilson

Physics & Physical Oceanography

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Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NFL

Nika Shakiba

Biomedical Engineering

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University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC

Thanks to the Science Meets Parliament organizing committee for making this program possible:

Christopher Caputo, York University
Effie Pereira, Queen's University
Mehrdad Hariri, Canadian Science Policy Centre
Cecile Malardier-Jugroot, Royal Military College of Canada
Matt McTaggart, Royal Military College of Canada
Wendi Zhou, Canadian Science Policy Centre

Trushar Patel, University of Lethbridge
Homa Kheyrollah Pour, Wilfrid Laurier University
Peter Thornton, Office of the Chief Science Advisor
Hanna Beauport, Office of the Chief Science Advisor
Vanessa Sung, Office of the Chief Science Advisor

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