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-present, 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, 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
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