Adelle Barsky-Moore Cansbridge

Faculty of Arts and Science student Adelle Barsky-Moore has been named a Cansbridge Fellow.

Joining an incredible community of innovators

Faculty of Arts and Science student Adelle Barsky-Moore has been named a Cansbridge Fellow. Each year, the Fellowship accepts a small cohort of Canadian university students with exceptional leader character to participate in a self-organized summer internship in Asia, enabled by a scholarship valued at $10,000.

Ruby Sinclair, second-year Mechanical Engineering student in the Materials Option, Smith Engineering, was also named a Cansbridge Fellow.

Barsky-Moore and Sinclair join 95 other Queen’s University students who have been named as Fellows.

“Honestly, when I first found out, I screamed and jumped for joy!”, says Barsky-Moore (fourth year psychology BScH student in the Department of Psychology). “I felt truly thrilled and honoured to be a part of this esteemed and close-knit community. It was exciting for me to be recognized as a potential leader of innovation, particularly as a psychology student since we are often not seen as innovators in the same way as engineering, business, or computer science students are.”

Barsky-Moore, who is minoring in Health Studies, is currently working on her thesis in Dr. Stanka Fitneva’s Language and Cognition Lab studying how people attribute traits to others.

“Since joining the lab in her second year, Adelle has been a real transformative power questioning accepted ways of doing things and introducing new, more efficient and inclusive methods,” says Dr. Fitneva. “Certainly her work with us shows the innovation, initiative, and entrepreneurship that sets a Cansbridge Fellow apart.”

“I am also currently working on two articles on the responsible use of AI in research, a field I am very passionate about. I am now excited to be applying for clinical psychology Masters programs, working toward the next steps in my academic journey. I plan to continue to nurture my interests in helping people with eating disorders, addictions, and chronic pain.”

There are three components to the Cansbridge Fellowship. The experience starts in January with an online Basecamp program where Fellows acquire the skills to find their Asia internship, develop a “Don’t Ask Don’t Get” mindset, and learn from mentors in our alumni network.

In May, Fellows head to Bootcamp to immerse themselves in a week-long leadership development experience. Afterwards, they meet alumni in-person for the annual Cansbridge Fellowship Conference (CFC) in a major North American entrepreneurial hub.

From May to August, enabled by a scholarship valued at $10,000, Fellows complete a self-organized internship in Asia, catalyzing growth and international perspective.

“I believe the Cansbridge community provides an amazing opportunity to hold yourself accountable,” Barsky-Moore says. “You’re in an incredible community of innovators and leaders, and you want to strive to push yourself like they do. Eventually, through my path in life, I hope to create an organization focused on mental health. My main goal is to become a clinical psychologist and help to innovate how we treat people with mental health concerns. I am very excited to have this community backing me and challenging me throughout the process.

“What excites me most, however, is getting outside my comfort zone and challenging myself through the ‘don’t ask, don’t get’ mindset. I know my internship will be a challenging, frustrating, exhilarating, and rewarding learning experience, and I can’t wait.”

Learn more about the Cansbridge Fellowship on the website.