Stork Award Descriptions and Past Recipients

The Stork Awards 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 Waterloo 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 Wilson 

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 Waterloo).

Previous Recipients

2023

50 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
  • Juan Manuel Ramirez Olan

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 Morton    
  • 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

2022

  • Helena Ortlieb
  • Cole Sutherland

2021

  • Regan Kat

2020

  • Annie Spencer Crawford
  • Eva Dirschka
  • Yu Huang
  • Matthieu Martin

2019

  • Annie Crawford
  • Eva Drischka
  • 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
  • Misty Matthews-Roper
  • Kristin Yaworski

2013

  • Derek Andrews
  • Taylor Antoniazzi
  • Sara Marsh
  • Sam Schirm

2012

  • Stephanie Cooper
  • Tanya Hagman
  • Jennifer Redler

2011

  • Jelena Srdjenovic