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I am working on my Vanier application right now, but I would like to apply for Trudeau, too! Though I don't know so much about the required documents so far! (I just checked the eligibility and its approximate deadline)
I saw that you @Adelaide9216 won the Vanier before! Congrats! In comparison, how much work do you think the Trudeau application need?

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Well, it seems like I'm not eligible because I'm a third-year PhD Candidate. It appears that this criteria has changed, it says only accepted, first or second year PhD students

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Sorry to hear that! Today, my application for Vanier 2022, in the final stage of the university's internal selection, was rejected and I am soooooooo sad and disappointed! I had put lots of time for my application since June! I probably shouldn't expect Trudeau either, but maybe I apply for it.

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On 11/7/2021 at 3:54 PM, Adelaide9216 said:

Ugh! Sadly, this does not surprise me. I made it to the first round of interviews last year and interviewed a lot of past winners and finalists about their experiences and heard similar stories prior to the interview. I basically heard that the foundation wants people who they can put on posters and make them appear in a very specific way. I did not want to believe it, but when I got to the interview, I was forced to face reality. I thought I had made it to the interview process because of my accomplishments but when I got into the group interview, it became very clear that I was there to represent the “rags to riches” student archetype. In all honesty, I felt kind of used and still feel uncomfortable thinking about the interview. I knew I was there to provide the trauma story. Me, along with three or four other students in the zoom room. It felt like I was competing for the token trauma survivor role, which makes things really uncomfortable for a lot of reasons but the main being I try to lift people up who have experienced what I have been through, but it seemed like the interview process forced people of similar backgrounds to fight for the same tokenistic role. I know this happens elsewhere but it is still disheartening to say the least.  I agree with the article in that the foundation creates a hostile environment for marginalized people. In my multi-hour long interview, I definitely felt the tension between wanting to be genuine and wanting to give the foundation what I knew they likely wanted. 

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12 hours ago, Polisci_2016 said:

Ugh! Sadly, this does not surprise me. I made it to the first round of interviews last year and interviewed a lot of past winners and finalists about their experiences and heard similar stories prior to the interview. I basically heard that the foundation wants people who they can put on posters and make them appear in a very specific way. I did not want to believe it, but when I got to the interview, I was forced to face reality. I thought I had made it to the interview process because of my accomplishments but when I got into the group interview, it became very clear that I was there to represent the “rags to riches” student archetype. In all honesty, I felt kind of used and still feel uncomfortable thinking about the interview. I knew I was there to provide the trauma story. Me, along with three or four other students in the zoom room. It felt like I was competing for the token trauma survivor role, which makes things really uncomfortable for a lot of reasons but the main being I try to lift people up who have experienced what I have been through, but it seemed like the interview process forced people of similar backgrounds to fight for the same tokenistic role. I know this happens elsewhere but it is still disheartening to say the least.  I agree with the article in that the foundation creates a hostile environment for marginalized people. In my multi-hour long interview, I definitely felt the tension between wanting to be genuine and wanting to give the foundation what I knew they likely wanted. 

I am hesitant to be overly pessimistic here, but this seems to be a larger trend in academia. While our personal experiences, perspectives and challenges should of course frame the context of our applications for these sorts of things, it's a real bummer that many of these contests have been essentially reduced only to these factors.

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On 11/12/2021 at 10:55 PM, Polisci_2016 said:

Ugh! Sadly, this does not surprise me. I made it to the first round of interviews last year and interviewed a lot of past winners and finalists about their experiences and heard similar stories prior to the interview. I basically heard that the foundation wants people who they can put on posters and make them appear in a very specific way. I did not want to believe it, but when I got to the interview, I was forced to face reality. I thought I had made it to the interview process because of my accomplishments but when I got into the group interview, it became very clear that I was there to represent the “rags to riches” student archetype. In all honesty, I felt kind of used and still feel uncomfortable thinking about the interview. I knew I was there to provide the trauma story. Me, along with three or four other students in the zoom room. It felt like I was competing for the token trauma survivor role, which makes things really uncomfortable for a lot of reasons but the main being I try to lift people up who have experienced what I have been through, but it seemed like the interview process forced people of similar backgrounds to fight for the same tokenistic role. I know this happens elsewhere but it is still disheartening to say the least.  I agree with the article in that the foundation creates a hostile environment for marginalized people. In my multi-hour long interview, I definitely felt the tension between wanting to be genuine and wanting to give the foundation what I knew they likely wanted. 

Oh wow. I'm sorry you had such a negative experience.

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