2008-09 Undergraduate Awards

This academic year was one of the best ever in terms of enhanced cross-border research at the undergraduate level. This was the second year of our Killam Fellowship partnership with the Killam Foundation, Ottawa. This year also marked the first time cross-border research was accepted and presented at the Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium and that undergraduates were awarded Honorable Mention for a UW Libraries Undergraduate Research Award. Please see below for a listing of the accomplishments of our stellar undergraduates.

2008-2009 Student Awards Reception Program (web resolution)

Archived Distinctions

Killam Foundation Fellowships
2009-2010 Killam Fellows
Rozanna Fang, Senior, French, (minor Public Health and Community Medicine), McGill University, Fall Quarter 2009.
Adam Tanga, Junior, Political Science (minor French), University of Ottawa, Fall Quarter 2009.

2008-2009 Killam Fellows
Lucas Olson, International Studies, University of Victoria, Fall Quarter 2008.
Reva Robinson, Linguistics, Queen’s University, Fall Quarter 2008.

Killam Fellows in Residence from Canada 2008-09
Barry Dewitt, Arts and Sciences Program and Mathematics, McMaster University, residency at UW, Spring Quarter 2009.
Kelvin Fong, Physiology and Music, University of Toronto, residency at UW, Winter and Spring Quarter 2009.

12th Annual UW Undergraduate Research Symposium – Cross-Border Research
Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty and Governance, Kristen Olson, Naama Sheffer, Gustaf Andreasen, Stephen Printz, Andrew Schwartz, Alison McKay, Marta Schwendeman, Julia Troutt, April Nishimura, International Studies; Mentors, Vincent Gallucci, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and Nadine Fabbi, Canadian Studies Center.

The Viability of Shipping Through the Arctic: An Analysis of Risks and Risk Management for Shipping Lines, Naama Sheffer, International Studies, Mary Gates Scholar; Mentor, Anne Goodchild, Civil and Environmental Engineering.

A Comparison of Environmental Stewardship and Social Responsibility in Europe and North America, by Elizabeth Tran, Senior, Environmental Science Resource Management; Mentor, Dorothy Paun, Forest Resources.

Courses with Study-in-Canada Components
The Center would like to thank the following faculty for facilitating undergraduate study-in-Canada opportunities in 2008-09:

SOC WF 312/405 Social Work Policy Practice/Fieldwork Seminar, taught by Stan De Mello, Blake Kaiser and Morna McEachern, field trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, 19 February 2009 (27 undergraduate students in Social Work).

URBDP 474: Site Planning Issues and Techniques, taught by Daniel Abramson, field trip to Vancouver, British Columbia, 7 March 2009 (8 undergraduate students in Urban Design and Planning).

SIS 495C Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty, taught by Nadine Fabbi and Vincent Gallucci, Fact-Finding Mission to Ottawa, 24-31 January 2009 (13 International Studies majors).

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