Jory Thomas-Blanchard

2026 McCall MacBain Scholar

McGill Faculty of Engineering, MUP, Urban Planning

Education:

University of Manitoba (BEnvD'26)

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Jory is studying Environmental Design at the University of Manitoba. She works as a youth care support worker in a group home and freelances as a creative/strategic consultant.

Jory is the co-president of the Indigenous Design and Planning Students’ Association and the vice president of the Student Architectural Society. A passionate knowledge keeper, Jory is also coordinating an Indigenous Time Capsule with the Indigenous Student Centre. She led a project creating garden boxes for Indigenous medicines and programming in collaboration with Ombishkaawak Migiziwak (Rising Eagles), a youth safe space in Winnipeg. She also worked to restart the Métis University Students’ Association as co-president. This past year, she won an award for Indigenous leadership on campus.

As a McCall MacBain Scholar, Jory will enter the Master of Urban Planning program at McGill.