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Original posting: February 2013<\/p>\n

University of Washington (UW) undergraduates will now have more opportunities to study in British Columbia, Canada, thanks to the Gary and Consuelo Corbett Canada U.S. Fellowship Program. The program will provide funding for a full academic year abroad at either the University of British Columbia (UBC) or the University of Victoria (UVic) and will enable exchange students from those universities to attend the UW as well.<\/p>\n

The first Corbett Fellows will begin their studies abroad when the program launches in fall 2014. Corbett Fellows from the UW will attend UBC, while Corbett Fellows from UBC will study at the UW. Exchanges with UVic will be added at a later date. This international exchange between major universities has its roots in something far more personal: the cross-border life of Gary and Consuelo Corbett. While the couple has lived in places like Toronto, New York, and Atlanta, they have spent the majority of their years in what they like to call the \u201ctriangle\u201d of Seattle, Victoria, and Vancouver. They have a passionate belief that the people of these cities share significant commonalities. They are working to help students from these cities better understand their neighbors and to help break down the barriers that separate the two nations \u2014 barriers with which they are well acquainted.<\/p>\n

Gary\u2019s career led them to immigrate across the U.S. Canadian border several times. When they first moved to the U.S., they were unable to become citizens without first giving up their Canadian citizenship, which proved problematic when Gary’s work took him north once again. Policies eventually changed, and today the Corbetts have dual citizenship. But the ordeal had a profound impact on them and shaped their desire for a closer relationship between the two nations. Consuelo says, \u201cWe enjoy a long-standing harmonious relationship along our 3000-plus mile border but we\u2019d like to bring the people of the two countries even closer together.\u201d Gary adds \u201cI\u2019d like it to get like Europe, where you can travel from one country to the next freely. I\u2019d like to see more barriers gone and this fellows program is our way of breaking some of them down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Political barriers aren\u2019t the only thing the Corbetts hope the fellowship will help address. \u201cOur driving force is clearing up misunderstandings between people in the U.S. and Canada,\u201d says Consuelo. She and Gary find that some Canadians view the U.S. as an elephant that rolls over the rest of the world. \u201cI think the Canadians are going to find that most people in the U.S. are not stereotypical American tourists,\u201d says Gary. The Corbetts also believe that American students will gain an essential foundation in the culture and politics of Canada they might otherwise miss. \u201cThe Americans are going to get a better understanding of Canada. Even though Canadians know a lot about the United States, I\u2019ve known college grads in the U.S. that didn\u2019t know Ottawa was the capital of Canada,\u201d says Gary.<\/p>\n

\"Corbetts<\/a>The Corbetts know achieving their goals is a big job, and that is why they are offering students a chance to study abroad for a full academic year. \u201cWe\u2019d like to dispel some of the myths, but one quarter won\u2019t do it,\u201d says Consuelo. Gary adds, \u201cWhat a year will do is give students a feel for the people. If you just go for a quarter, you don\u2019t get involved in the community. If you stay for a year, hopefully you\u2019re not just a visitor. Hopefully you become a part of the community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nadine Fabbi, associate director for the Canadian Studies Center in the UW Jackson School of International Studies, has seen the impact that cultural immersion can have on students. She has taken UW students on short trips to Canada and found even those limited excursions eye-opening. \u201cTo see the impact of just a week on the students is astounding,\u201d says Fabbi. \u201cLike most Americans, the students know Canada is there but take it for granted and never think about the differences or the importance of the relationship. When students go, what they say over and over again is, \u2018My gosh, I didn\u2019t know it was so different.\u2019\u201d She adds that students gain a new perspective on U.S. policy when they compare how Canada, with a history and demography that closely parallels their own, addresses issues like the health care, gun control, and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Students participating in the exchange are encouraged to take a series of core courses in either U.S. or Canadian studies but are given freedom to choose the rest of their classes. The exchange offers UW students a great opportunity to work on a Canadian Studies or Arctic Studies minor, and to gain a deeper understanding of local issues like logging, salmon, and pollution in Puget Sound. \u201cThis program is an opportunity to learn about local issues both politically and environmentally,\u201d says Consuelo. Gary adds that it is natural students from areas around the three universities will be attracted to these Northwest-focused issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis gift from the Corbetts represents the best that citizens can do to make a future of harmonious interactions between Canada and the U.S. a reality,\u201d says Vincent Gallucci, chair of the Canadian Studies Program and professor of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. \u201cFuture generations of citizens will owe the Corbetts a debt of gratitude for their far-thinking contributions to student exchanges.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Corbetts hope to attract students who are interested in a range of issues beyond Canadian or U.S. studies alone. While housed in UW\u2019s Canadian Studies Center, the fellowship will be open to all students at the University, in fields from business to law to art, including students who may not have even considered studying in Canada without the aid of this fellowship. \u201cMy ideal student is someone who has grown up in the Seattle area and will take the opportunity to learn about Vancouver and Victoria, somebody who hasn\u2019t had the chance to spend a lot of time in Canada,\u201d says Gary. \u201cIdeally I want students who will have some influence later in life, students who represent the top of their class, so the impact will go beyond themselves,\u201d says Gary.<\/p>\n

As the Corbetts describe the program and the students they hope will participate, it\u2019s hard not to imagine the program being a perfect fit for younger versions of themselves. In a way, they are providing students with an opportunity they wish they had experienced. \u201cI didn\u2019t study abroad. It would have taken money and we didn\u2019t have it,\u201d says Gary. \u201cI would have loved to do it but I couldn\u2019t, not in the 50\u2019s. The only people who went to the U.S. were athletes on scholarships.\u201d This is, in part, the reason the Corbetts decided to found the pilot stage of the fellowship now, rather than waiting to fund it through a bequest as originally planned. Beginning the program during their lifetime means they will be able to take an active role in guiding the fellowship, help build relationships with UBC and UVic, and personally witness the first Corbett fellows cross the border. As Consuelo puts it, \u201cIt\u2019s so nice that we could do this now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Corbett Fellowships Program provides an opportunity for exceptional UW undergraduate students to spend a full academic year at University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The Corbett Fellowships Program offers a fellowship award of $7,000 for two \u2028semesters (September through April).<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Original posting: February 2013 University of Washington (UW) undergraduates will now have more opportunities to study in British Columbia, Canada, thanks to the Gary and Consuelo Corbett Canada U.S. Fellowship Program. The program will provide funding for a full academic year abroad at either the University of British Columbia (UBC) or the University of Victoria<\/p>\n

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