Scholarships

CFFEF has also raised funds for scholarships to be given to outstanding students of the Finnish Studies Program. Since the fall of 1990, the Program has given out 5-7 in-course scholarships each year, mostly ranging from $500 to $1000. In 2003, the Ensio family endowed The Martta Maria Aho Ensio Scholarship Fund which is administered by CFFEF.

From 1990 to present, the Finnish Studies Program has awarded more than $60,000 in scholarships to more than 100 students. The scholarships are based on academic excellence and favour students pursuing a major or minor in Finnish Studies.

The file at the bottom of the page contains a complete list of scholarship recipients from 1990 to 2022.

Recent scholarship recipients include:

Anneli Kerr Graduate Student Scholarship

2023 – Lucas Luoma Uhlik

Martta Maria Aho Ensio Scholarship

2025 – Aino Pyring
2024 – Kaisa Kasekamp & Katherine Brown
2023 – Colin Keith Hill
2022 – Jacob Lefkowitz Brooks & Robbie Janzen
2021 – T. Williams
2020 – Raquel Hanson
2019 – Sabine Osmann Deyman
2018 – Kristina Springer
2017 – Cole Goodfellow
2016 – Marko Smiljanic

Raija Kokko Humanitarian Award

2025 – Katherine Brown
2024 – Madeleine Sherwood
2023 – William Ramsay
2022 – Madeleine Sherwood
2019 – Raquel Hanson
2018 – Marko Smiljanic
2017 – Laina Southgate
2016 – Ishara Murray

Finnish Organization of Canada (FOC) Scholarship

2024 – Yoorim Lee
2023 – Kaisa Kasekamp
2022 – Brett McCormick
2021 – Jessica Svab
2020 – T. Williams
2019 – Cole Goodfellow
2018 – Laina Southgate
2017 – Ishara Murray
2016 – Mang Sun Ho

Toronto Finlandia Lions Club Scholarship

2024 – Yuyao Wang
2020 – Laina Southgate
2019 – Jenna Pinard & Noah Franche-Nolan
2018 – Alexandra Southgate
2017 – Chelsea Tanchip
2016 – Yun Niu

Toronto Suomi Lions Club Scholarship

2019 – Evangelia Procopoudis
2018 – Rachel Clark
2017 – Jonah Gadsby
2016 – Barbara Kolodziej

Ville Masalin and Olli Reinikka Scholarship

2025 – Yoorim Lee
2024 – Jessica Svab
2023 – Jessica Svab
2022 – Ashley Xuzhao
2021 – Maija Eisen
2020 – Maija Eisen
2019 – Alexandra Southgate
2018 – Jae Eun Kim
2017 – Kristina Springer
2016 – Emmett Snyder

Canada Finland Chamber of Commerce Scholarship

2025 – Kaisa Kasekamp
2024 – Isabel Xuzhao
2023 – Kristina Kokonis
2022 – Colin Keith-Hill
2021 – Colin Keith-Hill
2020 – Kristina Kokonis
2019 – Brett McCormick
2018 – Joel Navarathinam
2017 – Marko Smiljanic
2016 – Jyri Tyrväinen

Journal of Finnish Studies Scholarship

2017 – Alexandra Southgate & Pierre Kochel

Canadian Friends of Finland (CFF) Scholarship

2023 – Yuyao Wang
2022 – Jessica Svab
2021 – Kristina Kokonis
2020 – Brett McCormick
2019 – Thomas Williams
2018 – Cole Goodfellow

Friends of Finnish Studies Award

2024 – Eljas Muhonen, Aliisa Qureshi, & Nea Vaahtera
2022 – Iia Paloheimo
2018 – Riikka Kujanen

Pieter Sigmundt Scholarship

2025 – Roman Zemetz
2024 – Colin Keith-Hill
2023 – Madeleine Sherwood
2022 – William Ramsay
2021 – William Ramsay
2020 – Elizabeth Reid
2019 – Elizabeth Reid