From paper competitions to conferences, professionalization luncheons, and funding opportunities, the CSSR has a great deal to offer students and we want to make sure you hear about it! One Student Ambassador per year, per institution acts as local liaison between their home institution and the CSSR, ensuring that their student body is kept up-to-date on all academic, funding, and professionalization opportunities offered throughout the year.
If you don’t see your institution represented on this year’s list and you’d like to volunteer, please get in contact with the Graduate Student Member-At-Large (cssrstudents@gmail.com) and get involved! If you want to be the SA for the next academic year, stay tuned for the call each September! Positions are filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Call for Student Ambassadors
If your institution does not yet have an ambassador and you’d like to apply, see here for details.
Student Ambassadors 2024-2025
Paige Thombs, University of Victoria
Tulika Singh, University of Alberta
Hanif Mirrahimi, University of Calgary
Cassidy Ascione, University of Lethbridge
Jacqueline Giesbrecht, Queen’s University (Cultural Studies)
Emma Jean Colvin, Queen’s University (School of Religion)
Morad Algrari, Wilfred Laurier University
Hanieh Bakhtiari, University of Toronto (Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations)
Thinley Gyatso, University of Toronto(Department for the Study of Religion)
Madeline White, University of Ottawa
Samar Mashadi, McMaster University
Reyhab Patel, Carleton University
Morad Bkhait, Université du Québec à Montréal
Tahereh Tavakkoli, McGill University
Katelyn Topshee, Dalhousie University
Student Ambassadors 2023-2024
Morad Bkhait, Université du Québec à Montréal
Jacqueline Giesbrecht, Queen’s University (Cultural Studies)
Paige Thombs, University of Victoria
Catherine van Reenen, University of Manitoba
Tulika Singh, University of Alberta
Pascale Frémond, University of Montreal
Ankita Choudhary, University of Toronto
Faezeh Izadi, University of Calgary
Cassidy Ascione, University of Lethbridge
Samar Mashadi from McMaster University,
Lyn Wattam from Queen’s University (Religious Studies) and
Morad Algrari from Wilfred Laurier University.
Student Ambassadors 2022-2023
Morad Bkhait, Université du Québec à Montréal
Jacqueline Giesbrecht, Queen’s University (Cultural Studies)
Marie-Eve Larivière, Université d’Ottawa, Sociology
Louie-Joseph Gagnon, Concordia University
Forough Passyar, McMaster University
Rutika Gandhi, UBC Okanagan
Dawn Matthew, Wilfrid Laurier University
Paige Thombs, University of Victoria
Catherine van Reenen, University of Manitoba
Tulika Singh, University of Alberta
Pascale Frémond, University of Montreal
Ankita Choudhary, University of Toronto
Faezeh Izadi, University of Calgary
We are looking for new ambassadors from the following institutions :
Memorial University
St. Mary’s University Halifax
Laurentian University
University of Ottawa
University of Waterloo
University of Lethbridge
University of British Columbia
Dalhousie University
Carleton University
University of Regina
Student Ambassadors 2021-2022
Durga Kale, University of Calgary
Paige Thombs, University of Victoria
Heather Patrick, University of Manitoba
Prasenjit Debnath, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Lindsay Mayhew, Laurentian University
Manaal Alsabagh, Queen’s University (Religious Studies)
Jacqueline Giesbrecht, Queen’s University (Cultural Studies)
Zaheeda Alibhai, Univeristy of Ottawa, Classics and Religious Studies
Christina Pasqua, University of Toronto
Tevfik Karatop, McGill University
Sonia Benchaib, Université de Montreal
Morad Bkhait, Université du Québec à Montréal
Findlay Monteith, Saint Mary’s University
Doaa Shalabi, University of Waterloo
Marie-Eve Larivière, Université d’Ottawa, Sociology
Louie-Joseph Gagnon, Concordia University
Student Ambassadors 2020-2021
Sonia Benchaib, University of Montreal
Morad Bkhait, University of Quebec Montreal
Chris Miller, University of Waterloo
Zaheeda Alibhai, University of Ottawa
Lindsay Mayhew, Laurentian University
Durga Kale, University of Calgary
Prasenjit Debnath, MUN
Heather Patrick, University of Manitoba
Holmes, Queen’s University
Paige Thombs, University of Victoria
Christina Pasqua, University of Toronto
Student Ambassadors 2019-2020
University of Manitoba, Daniel Boswick
University of Montreal, Sonia Benchaib
University of Toronto, Sarina Annis
Queen’s University, Ashley Couture
Laurentian University, Julia Brousseau
University of Quebec Montreal, Morad Bkhait
University of Waterloo, Chris Miller
University of Alberta, Jessica Atamanenko
Concordia University, Olivia Schultz
University of Ottawa, Zaheeda Alibhai
McMaster University, Hasan Doagoo
University of British Columbia, Lara-Sophie Boleslawsky
York University, Philip Oddi
Student Ambassadors 2018-2019
McMaster University, Hasan Doagoo
Dalhousie University, Ata Zargarpour
University of Ottawa, Keelin Pringnitz
University of Toronto, Molly Mignault
University of Calgary, Laura Jurgens
Memorial University, Mehmet Ali Basak
University of Lethbridge, Rutika Gandhi
University of Waterloo, Chris Miller
University of British Columbia, Lindsay Fraughton
Bishop’s University, Michelle Huot
Concordia University, Lucas Cober
University of Alberta, Diane Fereig
University of Saskatchewan, Tanya Brittain
University of Regina, Connor Thompson
Wilfred Laurier University, Sahver Kuzucuoglu
York University, Elham Shahsavar Zadeh
Student Ambassadors 2016-2017
McMaster University, Miriam DeCock
Dalhousie University, Kirsten Clarke
McGill University, Ali Smears
University of Saskatchewan, Tanya Brittain
Queen’s University, Hasan Doagoo
Concordia University, Lindsey Jackson
University of Ottawa, Loïc Druenne
University of Regina, Connor Thompson
University of Toronto, Vincent Calabrese
York University, Kimberly Waite
University of Alberta, Diane Fereig
Bishop’s University, Brenna Filion
L’Université Laval, Christian Herve Elisha