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Vanier Scholarship
Supporting top doctoral talent through the Vanier Scholarship
Vanier Scholarship
Supporting top doctoral talent through the Vanier Scholarship
Vanier Scholarship
Supporting top doctoral talent through the Vanier Scholarship
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (VCGS)
*The Government of Canada is no longer accepting applications for the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships. Please refer to the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral program web page for information regarding the new harmonized program.*
For more information, check out our Tricouncil Doctoral Scholarships!
The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (VCGS) program aims to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both superior leadership skills and an outstanding record of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and/or humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health. International and domestic candidates are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier CGS. Please visit the SGPS Vanier webpage to learn more about the award.
Faculty of Social Science (FSS) Process and Deadlines
The internal process involves the Departments nominating candidates according to their own process. See deadlines and full process details.
FSS Vanier Adjudication Committee
- Daniel Ansari - Psychology
- Isaac Luginaah - Geography and Environment
- Andrew Nelson - Anthropology
- Kim Clark - Anthropology
2025 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships Recipients
Rebecca Bourgeois
Anthropology
Naser Ahmed
Geography and Environment
Reforce Okwei
Geography and Environment
2022
- Joseph Rovetti (CIHR) - Psychology
Understanding listening effort to improve the assessment and treatment of hearing loss. - Luis Meléndez Guerrero (SSHRC) - Anthropology
2021
- Elmond Bandauko (SSHRC) - Geography and Environment
Urban governance and the politics of everyday survival for street traders in Harare, Zimbabwe - Lorna Ferguson - Sociology
Exploring police responses to missing persons in Canada
2020
- Vanessa Ambtman-Smith (SSHRC) - Geography
Engaging Indigenous community to improve healthcare environments: Is reconciliation within hospital spaces possible? - Florence Wullo Anfaara (SSHRC) - Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Promoting Community Health and Wellbeing in Liberia: The role of Peace Huts.
2019
- Jemima Baada (SSHRC) - Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Climate Change, Foreign Investment and Migration in Ghana - Federica Guccini (SSHRC) - Anthropology
‘Super-diversifying’ the Multicultural Lens: Hakka Mauritian Heritage Practices in Mauritius and Canada
2018
- Roger Hudson (NSERC) - Psychology- Behavioural Neuroscience - Reward, Motivation
Examining the Roles of Hippocampal Cannabinoid Signaling on Emotional Memory Processing - Leona Bruijns (SSHRC) - Sociology
Engaging men as allies to transform a rape culture: Examining the impact of a multi-modal sexual violence prevention program for male athletes on post-secondary campuses.
2016
- Melanie Stone (SSHRC) - Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Making her life work: re-presenting motherhood, disability and work engagement using photovoice