Suze Youance

Suze Youance (born August 11, 1970) is a Canadian civil engineer, lecturer, researcher, and broadcaster. She was appointed to the Senate of Canada on September 25, 2024. She was nominated by the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments and appointed by Governor General of Canada Mary Simon on the recommendation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Early life and education Youance was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She earned her bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Faculty of Sciences at the State University of Haiti (UEH). She moved to Canada in 2006 to pursue her master's degree at École de Technologie Supérieure after spending more than a decade working on Canadian aid projects in Port-au-Prince. She also holds a PhD in construction engineering from ETS.

Career Based in Montreal, she has since 2008 been a lecturer and researcher at the École de technologie supérieure (ETS), a public research university affiliated with the Université du Québec and that specializes in engineering.

She served as a project officer at the Montréal-based engineering firm FNX-INNOV. She is also a recipient of the Mathieu Da Costa Award from the Black Coalition of Quebec.