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Visual artist Kent Monkman receives the Artist award the 2017 Premier's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. (Photo: Bard Azima)
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Remapping the Illegitimate Border (Countering the Legacy of the War of 1812 and the Treaty of Ghent)
, an installation piece by artist Dylan Miner in collaboration with Indigenous and Latino Youth of Waawayeyaattanong, the Autonomous Windsor-Detroit Borderlands, at the Art Gallery of Windsor during the
Border Cultures: Part One (homes, land)
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Photographer Nadya Kwandibens (
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Laureates of the Leslie Bell Prize for Choral Conducting
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Laureates of the Oskar Morawetz Award for Excellence in Music Performance
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Pauline McGibbon Award Laureates
Heinz Unger Award Laureates
2017
Earl Lee
2015
Nicolas Ellis
2013
Martin MacDonald
2011
Nathan Brock
2009
Michelle Mourre
2007
Alain Trudel
2005
Kenneth Hsieh
2002
Postponed while OAC undertook a review of the selection and
adjudication process
2000
Stéphane Laforest
1998
Paul Andreas Mahr
1996
Clyde Mitchell
1994
Véronique Lacroix
1992
Susan Haig
1990
Zdzislaw Kopac
1988
Stewart Grant
1986
Ian Grundy
1984
Marc David and Erna Van Daele
1983
Daniel Swift and Claude Lapalme
1982
James Wegg
1981
Timothy Brown and Ivars Taurins
1978
Roberto De Clara
1977
Stephen A. Rickes
1976
Bruce Richardson
1975
Bruce McGregor
1974
David Gray
1973
Dwight Bennett
1972
Brian Jackson
1971
John Barnum
1970
Harvey Sachs
1969
Voltr Ivonoffski
1968
Wilson Swift
While every attempt has been made to include all laureates of the awards, it is inevitable that some
names will have been inadvertently omitted. Anyone who knows individuals who should be included in a
cumulative list of award laureates is asked to convey this information to the OAC Awards Officer so the
name may be added to the list.