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Gabrielle Bridi
Senior Research Assistant

Gabrielle Bridi is a fourth-year student studying a double major in Ethics, Society, and Law and Human Geography.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of law, human rights, ethics, and decolonisation. She is currently pursuing an independent study that examines the mechanisms which shape the differential visibility and contestability of torture across detention sites. Focusing on Abu Ghraib and Saydnaya, her project examines how torture becomes legible, documentable, and actionable under different evidentiary and political conditions. As the Open Minds Senior Research Assistant, she looks forward to supporting event programming and ambassadors鈥� research projects.

2026 – 2027 Ambassador Team

Brian Daniel

Brian Daniel is a third-year student pursuing a major in Ethics, Society, & Law, and a double minor in Political Science and Religion.

His research examines the free speech and civil discourse policies of a targeted sample of post-secondary institutions in Canada and the United States that have experienced speech-related violence or serious conflict on campus, identifying recurring language patterns, ambiguities, and enforcement gaps. The goal of his project is to surface concrete, provocative recommendations for policy reform that better sustain open, civil dialogue without simply suppressing controversial viewpoints 鈥� engaging directly with the “speech paradox,” the tension where protecting all speech can itself silence certain voices.

Maria Goemans

Maria Goemans is a third-year undergraduate student at 麻豆视频在线看 double majoring in Cell & Molecular Biology and Environmental Science and minoring in Indigenous Studies.聽

Maria鈥檚 proposed research will examine the controversy surrounding oil pipeline expansion in Western Canada. She plans to analyze the interplay of intra- and international political pressures which are leading to the resistance or endorsement of oil pipeline development. She aims to address academic, political, and community concerns related to financial stability, environmental justice, and Indigenous peoples鈥� jurisdiction and health as these issues intersect in oil pipeline expansion.

Kylie Lin

Kylie Lin is a third-year student majoring in Ethics, Society, & Law and minoring in Applied Data Science and Human Geography.

Her research examines why local resistance to affordable housing is controversial and how that controversy shapes its expression. She will explore how social and moral norms encourage neighbourhood residents to reframe personal concerns about proposed affordable housing developments as more publicly legitimate arguments. By examining which forms of reasoning are validated or dismissed in public debates, she will investigate which societal standards influence community discourse.

Nia Sudhakar

Nia Sudhakar is a third-year student聽double majoring in Ethics, Society, and Law and Canadian Studies, with a minor in Political Science.

Her proposed research question is “How does national politics impact professors鈥� framing of controversial topics and what effect does that have on political diversity & conversation among students?” This study explores how professors present controversial political issues in the classroom, including what they emphasize, avoid, or frame as acceptable debate. It also examines how these choices shape students’ willingness to express differing views鈥攅specially from classroom norms鈥攁nd the overall political diversity in class.

Isabel Tallevi

Isabel Tallevi is a second-year student at the University of Toronto, pursuing a specialist in psychology, a major in neuroscience, and a minor in environmental biology.

Her research interests include misinformation, science communication, and belief formation. Within the Open Minds Project, she plans to research whether psychological-inoculation training (interventions that expose people to weakened forms of misleading arguments to build resistance to misinformation) can reduce emotionally driven responses to false, inflammatory information and promote constructive, evidence-focused civil discourse. She is also interested in identifying effective models of implementation for these interventions in academic environments.

Will Norwood

Will Norwood is a second-year, international student at the University of Toronto, studying criminology and philosophy.

His research interests include how public perceptions of 鈥渕oral鈥� immigration tactics and narratives are contingent on the visibility of women and children in the media. His research will include an extensive review of the treatment of unaccompanied minors in immigration systems and how children are subject to treatment violating basic principles of Human Rights.