2025 Scholar Awards Recipient
Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay
Photo credit: Isabelle Lafontaine
Originally from Charlevoix, Gabrielle Boulianne-Tremblay has been living in Montréal (Tiohtià:ke) for nearly 10 years. Her work explores autofiction, mental health and transgender identity.
Her outstanding performance in the acclaimed film Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves earned her a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress—a first for a trans woman.
An author, actress, human rights advocate (particularly for trans people, serving as co-spokesperson for Interligne, an organization supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities), screenwriter, model, and speaker, she has contributed numerous texts to literary journals and anthologies, and was also a columnist for Le Devoir.
She is the author of the books Les secrets de l’origami and La voix de la nature, and the novel Dandelion Daughter (Prix des libraires 2022, nominated for the Dublin Literary Award). A true critical and popular success, Dandelion Daughter—translated into English and Spanish and distributed in Europe—quickly became a landmark work in advancing the conversation on transgender identity in the mainstream. The highly anticipated sequel to this Quebec bestseller, La fille de la foudre, will be released this fall.
