The StorkÌýAwards in German Studies are made possible by a generous donation from Fred & Ruth Stork. The awards are given out annually based on students’ participation in a recognized institutional Canadian-organized German language or cultural studies program abroad.
Three Types of Stork Awards
1. Stork Awards in German Studies | UW Students
These awards are valued from $500 up to $1,500 per student and are awarded annually to full-time undergraduate or graduate students registered within the first four years of their program at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ and taking at least one Germanic and Slavic Studies course.
Previous Recipients UW Students
Previous Recipients
2021
-
Adam Mowatt
2019
- Veronika Mikolajewski
2018
- Nikita Burman
- Julia Cowderoy
- Jacob William Donohue
- Stephanie Ginovker
- Minghao Ji
- Laura Kathleen Kraheling
- Patricia Halle Lander
- Lily Meikle
- Laura Morales-Pires
- Scott Stever
2017
- Tommy Bourque
- Nicole Buchanan
- Jasmin David
- Shuo Diao
- Jill-Cathrin Heinze
- Henry Hoffman
- Kayla Kenzie
- Neda Moshg
- Erin Murray
- Tomson Tran
- Andrew Wei
- Wen Xu
2016
- Nathan Bartlett
- Ryan Carroll
- Samantha Decan
- Abraham Dominguez
- Shaneene Heupel
- Claire Hunter
- Jennifer Jaeger
- Sydney Kerbs
- Ewen Lee
- Nicholas Legacy
- Steven Lien
- Katelyn Mills
- Marci Nash
- Miranda Podolinsky
- Elizabeth Schmidt
- Katherine Sebben
- Oltion Sokolaj
- Autumn Urquhart
- Christine WilsonÌý
2015
- Patrick Dobson
- Shaneene Heupel
- Simon Hickson
- Julia Lensvelt
- Anjie Liu
- Xiangge (Valentina) Luo
- Elizabeth Milne
- Marleigh Pemberton
- Michael Pinnau
- Bao Yu Yi
2014
- Claire Chan
- Darren Jones
- Kathleen Moritz
- Deanna Ritchie
- Kyle Schattner
- Andrea Smola
- Utej Sohal
- Chris Verbeek
- Michael Wideman
- Roger Wilkinson
- Anastasia Zaiats
- Alyssa Krause-Gray
- Hannah Kunert
- Keira Soutar
- Shivan Ouellette
2013
- Charlotte Page
- Jocelyn Rooyakkers
- Keira Soutar
2. Stork Awards in German Studies | Students from Canadian Universities
These awards are valued from $500 up to $1,500 per student and are awarded annually to full-time undergraduate or graduate students registered within the first four years of their program at a Canadian university (other than the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ).
Previous Recipients
2025
68 students from 17 different universities and colleges received Stork Awards this year!
Acadia University
- Danae Kimpinski
Dalhousie University
- Natalie Taves
McGill University
- Nicole Fitzgerald
- Zachary Munday-Ritchie
Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Fatemeh Mohammadi
- Jessica Tiller
Saint Mary's University
- Simran Pareek
Trent University
- Juliette Barriault
Université du Québec à Montréal
| Sasha-Gabriel Bograd | Maude Langlois |
| Diane Brault | Nayiri Lefebve |
| Sara Caron | Sarah Martel |
| Ariane Dion | Ryan Mirouf |
| Émile Dufour | Martine Moreu-Lemire |
| Marie-Loup Dumas | Ornella Ntaganda |
| Fetullah Erkam Emre | Stanley Pham |
| Luc Forgues | Justine Rodrigue |
| Florence Gaulin | Michelle Yannin-Rosales |
| Alexandre Henri | Charlie-Ann Santonja |
| Rose-Anne Lachance | Ìý |
University of Alberta
- Brayden Darling
- Rubie Lou
- Wanida Thathip
University of Calgary
- Hannah Matechuk-Cheeseman
University of King's College
- Oliver Inglis
- Callie Jurmain
University of Ottawa
- Deanna Schaadt
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Juliette Blanchette-Houle
- Ariane Bouchard
- Émile Chouinard
- Andy Gaudreault
- Charlotte Rivard
University of Regina
- Rowan Demand
University of Toronto
| Yuan Gao | Raghav Raisurana |
| Bingjie Guo | Owen Roberts |
| Nazafarin Jalilian | Tamara Schaad |
| Cayce Koehler | Olav Schei |
| Emma Lavigne | Shantel Watson |
| Julien Levit | Celina Yang |
| Cynthia Lin | Xuan Zhu |
University of Victoria
- Scarlet Bowness
- Eli Caine
Western University
- Brisa Sanabria
York University
- Rosamaria Conenna
- Ekaterina Grigorian
2024
65 students from 16 different universities and colleges received Stork Awards this year.
Acadia University
- Daniel McNeil
- Samuel Richard
Brock University
- Mariann Gantenbein
Concordia Univeristy
- Liam McKindsey
Conestoga College
-
Michael Findlay
Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Julia Silverman
- Spencer Carew
Mount Royal University
- Rachel Towill
Université de Moncton
- Hannah Levyssohn
Université du Québec à Montréal
- Antoine Bujold-Gauthier
- Alexe Archambault
- André Paquin
- Bob Matthey
- Clémence Vallières
- Corine Pinel Forgues
- Cynthia Laroche
- Daphné Jacques
- Emilie L'hôte
- Émilie Pollender
- Jeanne Fradette-Fontaine
- Laurent-Victor Lemieux
- Madeleine Gauthier
- Maïté Carrillo
- Marianne Rancourt
- Marianne Richard
- Marilou Bayard Trépanier
- Marion Brullemans-Bérubé
- Marjorie Côté
- Mathilde Saumier
- Milan Codebecq-Pérusse
- Nathan Prévost
- Rosie Tourangeau
- Samuel Bourque Blanchette
- Sarah Lamy
- Sébastien Royer
- Simon Laplante
- Stephanie Hebert
- Szarah Rondeau
University of Alberta
- Emma Werbowesky
- Gabriel Souza
- Lillian Snowball
University of Calgary
- Kassandra Sharren
- Matthew Mettam
University of Guelph
- John Hardy
- Natalie Watson
- Rowan van Rhijn
- Stefanie Kahnke
University of Manitoba
- Kaitlyn Voth
- Maren King
- Sam Repay
University of Toronto
- Alejandro De Leon Mejia
- Asha Mayadunne
- Celine Yang
- Cynthia Lin
- Elizabeth Frynta
- Emma Rebmann
- Krista Wenxin Tao
- Martin Mittelstaedt
- Mikhail Sloboshan
- Monica Lindsay
- Tayah Strong
- Xavier Sanchez
- Xinze Guan
University of Victoria
- Emilie Shjarback
2023
49 students, from 16 different universities and colleges, received Stork Awards this year.
Acadia University
- Ajanta Deibel
- Kaisa Este
Concordia University
- Kirsten Shute
Dalhousie University
- Delphi Le Blanc
- Em Cooper
- Erin Inglis
- Avery Kelterborn
McMaster University
- Alexia Milu
Queen's University
- Anthea Day
Saint Mary's University
- Grace Hall
University of Alberta
- Athena Arlinghaus
University of British Columbia
- Graham Archibald
- Braden Russell
University of Guelph
- Gabriel Martin
University of King's College
- Emily Frank
- Rowan Jordan
- Livy Lyle
- Olivia MacDonald
Université de Moncton
- Hannah Levyssohn
Université du Québec à Montréal
- Felix Blais
- Jasmine Brett
- Charles Brousseau
- Emilie Carrier
- Kavitha Culasingam
- Marie-Joëlle Gariépy
- Rose-Élisabeth Huard
University of Ottawa
- Chelsea Lahaie
University of Toronto
- Janna Abbas
- Elizabeth Milena Frynta
- Tehlan Lenius
- Owen Meunier
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
- Alexe Allary
- Anne-Sofie Bathalon
- Gabrielle Blanchette
- Sarah Castonguay
- Claudine Charest
- Annie Chiasson
- Léanne Cloutier-Bélanger
- Anaïs Drouin
- Noémie Dupont
- Guillaume Fisette
- Romy Joyal
- Anne-Sophie Lacasse
- Charlotte Léveillé
- Frederic Morin
- Melodie Pilon
University of Victoria
- Petra Brama
- Julie Cohen
2022
- Alicia Auclair
- Colin Barnes
- Juliane Bertrand
- Nathan Brullemans-de Brouwer
- Florence Cantin
- Alexandra Chafe
- Caleb Clarke
- Julie Cohen
- Philippe Comeau
- Fabrice Dion-Ferrara
- Julia Dourte
- Devoney Ellis
- Mira Engelbrecht
- Matis Gélinas
- Janika Gilham-Leblanc
- Isabelle Hansen-Yang
- Juliette Hémono
- Brigitta Holzschuh
- Tom Imler
- Michael Lagace Henripin
- Nolan Lake
- Matthew Loewer
- Laurie-Anne Lüchinger
- Antoine Martin
- Andréane Milord
- Saige Montebello
- Ariane Monzerolle
- Catherine Moreau
- Julia Muller
- Piper Murphy
- Natalia Nesterovsky
- Maria Ovcharenko
- Melissa Phua
- Jessica Ranger
- Madison Redding
- Kyla Richer
- Orla Scott
- Jamie Sherburne
- Orane Thibaud
- Annie Verreault
- Camille Vescovi
- Rao Yao
2021
- Michael Andrew
- Meara Donovan
- Alida Granson
- Tristen Hansen
- Alison Kavanagh
- Matthew Loewer
- Kyle MortonÌýÌý Ìý
- Nicola Skelhorn
- Xinting Yan
2019
- Nathaniel Andre-Peirano
- Christa Bezooyen
- Makoto Bono
- Diandra Chatelard
- David Cléris
- Katrina Cooney
- Alessandra Crerar
- Nathan Deschamps
- Frédérick Deschênes
- Gabrielle Dupuis
- Adam Gemmink
- Nicolas Girouard
- Steven Greer
- Erika Halleman
- Elisa Hernandez-Riveiro
- Shihori Kawamura
- Kellie Lacasse
- Kate Leitch
- Coleman Murray
- Braedon Pauze
- Hannah Peter
- Andréane Petit-Dugas
- Julie Rivest
- Arman Syed
- Gaël Tétrault
- Jay Wang
- Yixin Wang
- Kelsey Wiggers
- Shing Yeung Yu
2018
- Joanna Amores
- Victoria Brodeur
- Chong Chin-Wen
- Brendan Gluth
- Camille Jean-Desnoyers
- Kevin Kelly
- Maria Khramova
- Alana Krahn
- Audrey Lebeau
- Haocheng Ma
- Pierre-Olivier Major-Chayer
- Jayson Masse
- Kyana Meka-Gervais
- Bharat Nadendla
- Suwanwela Napasorn (Mo)
- Simon Ricard
- Dylan Sanderson
- Sam Schwanak
- Amir Taheri
- Anna Happe Turcotte
- Brandon Vukovich
- Remy Wood
2015
- Slavica Petrovic
3. Stork Awards in German Studies | IcGS Students
These awards are valued at up to $2000 per student and are awarded annually to full-time graduate students enrolled in the Joint Intercultural German Studies degree program on the Canadian side.
Previous Recipients
Previous Recipients IcGS Students
2025
- Madison Redding
2022
- Helena Ortlieb
- Cole Sutherland
2021
- Regan Kat
2020
- Annie Spencer Crawford
- Eva Dirschka
- Yu Huang
- Matthieu Martin
2017
-
Konrad Gaerdes
-
Nicole Orminski
2016
- Elizabeth Milne
2015
- Alissa Melitzer
- Alexander Sullivan
- Erica Swyers
2014
- Richard Barnett
- Jeff Lapalme
- Wes Lindinger
- MistyÌýMatthews-Roper
- Kristin Yaworski
2013
- Derek Andrews
- Taylor Antoniazzi
- Sara Marsh
- Sam Schirm
2012
- Stephanie Cooper
- Tanya Hagman
- Jennifer Redler
2011
- Jelena Srdjenovic