/newsroom/taxonomy/term/3727/all en /newsroom/channels/news/professor-claudia-mitchell-named-trudeau-fellow-270414 <p><em><span>By Meaghan Thurston</span></em></p> <p><span>Professor Claudia Mitchell was in an Ethiopian airport on her way to Russia when she received an email from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation asking her to give them a call. With no phone in sight, Mitchell waited anxiously until landing some hours later to learn that she had garnered a prestigious Fellowship. “They said, ‘you clearly walk the talk because you are traveling from one girl-led project to another’”.</span></p> Mon, 18 Sep 2017 20:40:56 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 32305 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/myriam-denov-awarded-trudeau-fellowship-238950 <p>There are thousands of children born of war-time rape worldwide, but very little is known about their lived experiences and their relationships with their families and communities. Professor Myriam Denov, of ƻ����Ժ's School of Social work, has been awarded one of Canada's most prestigious research awards to help fill this knowledge gap. Named Sept. 16 as one of three recipients of the Trudeau Foundation’s 2014 Trudeau Fellowships, she hopes to shed light on an “invisible, but resilient” population of children and youth. </p> Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:39:43 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 21148 at /newsroom