List of alumni of Trent University

A list of alumni of note from Trent University.

Politics

• John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia
• Maryam Monsef, Minister of Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament of Canada
• Jeff Leal, Member of Provincial Parliament and Minister of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs in the 41st Parliament of Ontario
• Chris Hodgson, former Ontario government cabinet minister
• Lucie Edwards, diplomat, Canadian High Commissioner to India, Kenya and South Africa; Ambassador in Nepal
• Jennifer May Alice Loten, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Canada to the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.^[1]
• Laurie Peters, High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica^[2]
• Stewart Wheeler, Ambassador to Iceland.

Arts

• Yann Martel, writer (Life of Pi)^[3]
• Linwood Barclay, journalist and novelist
• Paul Boghossian, philosopher
• Gary Botting, poet, playwright, lawyer and legal scholar
• Tim Cook, historian and author
• Mani Haghighi, filmmaker
• Richard Harrison, poet
• Christine Love, visual novelist
• Leah McLaren, writer
• James Motluk, filmmaker
• Paul Nicholas Mason, writer

Business

• Darren Huston, Fmr. CEO of Priceline^[4]
• Don Tapscott, writer/futurist

Media

• Stephen Stohn, entertainment lawyer and television producer (Degrassi franchise)
• Jason "Human Kebab" Parsons, member of the band Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker (USS)
• David McGuffin, CBC News, Africa correspondent
• Nancy Anne Sakovich, model, actress
• Ian Tamblyn, Juno Award-winning folk music singer-songwriter, record producer and playwright

Religious

• Michael Mulhall, Bishop of Pembroke
• Peter Elliott, Dean of New Westminster, Vancouver

Medicine

• James Orbinski, Doctors without Borders, Nobel Prize winner

Academia

• Christl Verduyn, Professor of English literature and Canadian Studies; recipient of the Governor General's International Award for Canadian Studies (2006)

Sports

• Leonid Urlichich, rally driver

References