List of alumni of Trent University

A list of alumni of note from Trent University.

Politics

• John Horgan, former Premier of British Columbia (2017-2022)
• Sheila Malcolmson, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions for British Columbia, and MLA for Nanaimo (2019-present)
• Nathan Cullen, Member of the Legislative of British Columbia (Stikine) 2020-2024, former Member of Parliament (Skeena-Bulkley Valley)
• Maryam Monsef, former Member of Parliament, Peterborough-Kawartha (2015-2021) and Minister of Status of Women in the 42nd Parliament of Canada,
• Dave Smith, Member of Provincial Parliament, Peterborough-Kawartha (2018-Present)
• Michelle Ferreri, Member of Parliament, Peterborough-Kawartha (2021-present)
• Jeff Leal, former Member of Provincial Parliament (2003-2018) 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.
• Laurie Peters, High Commissioner of Canada to Jamaica
• Stewart Wheeler, Ambassador to Iceland.
• Takako Suzuki, Japanese politician.

Arts

• Yann Martel, writer (Life of Pi)
• 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
• Stan Rogers, musician

Business

• Darren Huston, Fmr. CEO of Priceline
• 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

Law

• Kofi Barnes - Judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice

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)
• Ian K. Affleck, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia.
• Duane Rousselle, Professor of Sociology and Noted Psychoanalyst; recipient of the Governor General's Academic Medal

Sports

• Leonid Urlichich, rally driver