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Recommender Grants for Writers

Results Announcement

Deadline Date: January 15, 2021



This is a third-party recommender program. Recommenders are organizations in the arts community authorized by the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) to receive and assess grant applications. Recommenders are each allocated a budget and decide which applications are awarded grants. They also determine the amount of each grant. OAC reviews grant recommendations to confirm applicant and project eligibility and issues grant payments to recipients. Recommender decisions are authorized by OAC’s CEO.

To safeguard the integrity of the assessment process, artists who have a conflict of interest with a particular recommender are not eligible to apply to that recommender. An artist is in a conflict of interest if they are:

  • an employee or board member of the recommender organization
  • a person who reviews applications for the recommender
  • an immediate family member of those described above
In addition, recommenders must not approve grants that will be paid back to them in any way.


Remarque : Ce programme est offert uniquement en anglais.

Annick Press Limited, Toronto
Number of Applications: 58
Total Requested: $224,981
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $16,500
 
Recipients
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $4,000 
Austria, Jennilee, Toronto, $4,000 
Clarke, Fiona, Toronto, $2,000 
Menon, Radha S., Hamilton, $1,500 
Nguyễn, Linh, Toronto, $2,500 
Patrick, Ryan, Toronto, $2,500 
 

Arc Poetry Society, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 69
Total Requested: $267,951
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $21,000
 
Recipients
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $1,500 
Chang-Richardson, Ellen, Ottawa, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
DeRango-Adem, Adebe, Toronto, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Sunderland, $1,500 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $1,500 
Hyder, Maheen, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Hynd, Ashley, Kitchener, $1,500 
Lee, Karen, Toronto, $1,500 
Mudenyo, Elizabeth, Toronto, $1,500 
Myers, Cassandra, Toronto, $1,500 
Smith, Dianah, Toronto, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Zachary, A. Light, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Biblioasis Inc, Windsor
Number of Applications: 141
Total Requested: $545,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $35,500
 
Recipients
Babstock, Ken, Toronto, $1,500 
Barwin, Gary, Hamilton, $1,500 
Bourrie, Mark, Ottawa, $5,000 
Coluccio, Pino, Toronto, $1,500 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $1,500 
Dewar, Elaine, Toronto, $4,000 
Friedman, Kathy, Toronto, $1,750 
Hardcastle, Kevin, Toronto, $1,500 
Janisse-Barlow, Melanie, Windsor, $1,500 
LaPointe, Michael, Toronto, $1,500 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $1,500 
Mah, Melanie, Toronto, $1,750 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Pugsley, Alex, Toronto, $2,500 
Robertson, Ray, Toronto, $2,500 
Ruppel, Justin, London, $1,500 
Schoemperlen, Diane, Kingston, $1,500 
Zarankin, Julia, Toronto, $1,500 
 

BOOK*HUG PRESS, Toronto
Number of Applications: 150
Total Requested: $612,001
Number of Grants Awarded: 21
Total Recommended: $32,500
 
Recipients
Abdullahi, Mariama, Toronto, $1,500 
Balcewicz, Marta, Toronto, $1,500 
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Belleau, Lesley, Peterborough, $1,500 
Berger, Tamara, Toronto, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Code, Devon, Peterborough, $1,500 
Karasik, Daniel Sarah, Toronto, $1,500 
Kirby, Kirby, Toronto, $1,500 
Ladouceur, Ben, Ottawa, $1,500 
McNair, Christine, Ottawa, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $2,500 
Pal, Rajinderpal, Toronto, $1,500 
Peel, Lishai, Hamilton, $1,500 
Petch, Charlie, Toronto, $1,500 
Shimotakahara, Leslie, Toronto, $1,500 
Wright, Angela, Ottawa, $1,500 
Yang, Chuqiao, Ottawa, $1,500 
Zachary, A. Light, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Brick Books, Kingston
Number of Applications: 77
Total Requested: $296,950
Number of Grants Awarded: 15
Total Recommended: $23,500
 
Recipients
Bow, Erin, Kitchener, $1,500 
Byrne, Jake, Toronto, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
Dial, Em, Toronto, $2,000 
Hyder, Maheen, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Hynd, Ashley, Kitchener, $1,500 
John, Aisha Sasha, Toronto, $1,500 
Laliberte, Mark, Windsor, $1,500 
LaPierre, Margo, Ottawa, $1,500 
Lee, Karen, Toronto, $2,000 
Minnery, Christine, Toronto, $1,500 
Myers, Cassandra, Toronto, $1,500 
Platana, Janette, Peterborough, $1,500 
Rina, Kamila, Toronto, $1,500 
Robinson, Ben, Hamilton, $1,500 
 

Coach House Books, Toronto
Number of Applications: 113
Total Requested: $423,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $24,500
 
Recipients
Babstock, Ken, Toronto, $2,000 
Berger, Tamara, Toronto, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $1,500 
Code, Devon, Peterborough, $1,500 
Cruise, Cian, Toronto, $1,500 
Finegan, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Gordon, Spencer, Bowmanville, $1,500 
Gunraj, Andrea, Toronto, $1,500 
Khan, Adnan, Toronto, $1,500 
Kirby, Kirby, Toronto, $1,500 
Ladouceur, Ben, Ottawa, $1,500 
Lund-Teigen, Kari, Ottawa, $1,500 
Mannell, Julie, Fonthill, $1,500 
O'Connor, Jennifer, Toronto, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Tsiang, Sarah, Kingston, $1,500 
 

Cormorant Books Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 124
Total Requested: $476,601
Number of Grants Awarded: 17
Total Recommended: $31,500
 
Recipients
Ansari, Sadiya, Toronto, $1,500 
Clarke, Fiona, Toronto, $2,000 
Coren, Michael, Toronto, $2,000 
Dowding, Philippa, Toronto, $2,000 
Foad, Lisa, Toronto, $1,500 
Kasturi, Sandra, Peterborough, $2,000 
Khaja, Hajera, Mississauga, $1,500 
Lockyer, Brooke, Toronto, $1,500 
Mah, Melanie, Toronto, $2,000 
Martin, Carolyn, Ottawa, $2,000 
Murray, Sheila, Hamilton, $2,000 
Pal, Rajinderpal, Toronto, $2,000 
Scarsbrook, Richard, Toronto, $2,000 
Sheikh, Nazneen, Toronto, $2,000 
Sher, Emil, Toronto, $1,500 
Swan, Dane, Toronto, $2,000 
Taylor, Drew Hayden, Curve Lake First Nation, $2,000 
 

Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society, Toronto
Number of Applications: 71
Total Requested: $286,001
Number of Grants Awarded: 17
Total Recommended: $25,500
 
Recipients
Allidina, Jamila, Toronto, $1,500 
Ansari, Sadiya, Toronto, $1,500 
Belleau, Lesley, Peterborough, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $1,500 
Chao, Lien, Toronto, $1,500 
Fejzic, Sanita, Ottawa, $1,500 
Gunraj, Andrea, Toronto, $1,500 
Hasfal, Ashley, Toronto, $1,500 
Hyder, Maheen, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
John, Aisha Sasha, Toronto, $1,500 
Lubiw-Hazard, Nadja, Toronto, $1,500 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $1,500 
Shahbaz, Nadia, Toronto, $1,500 
Shapiro, Rob, Toronto, $1,500 
Shimotakahara, Leslie, Toronto, $1,500 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Smith, Dianah, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Dundurn Press Limited, Toronto
Number of Applications: 155
Total Requested: $606,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $32,500
 
Recipients
Alexis, Stephane, Ottawa, $1,500 
Berger, Tamara, Toronto, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $2,500 
Clarke, Fiona, Toronto, $1,500 
Coren, Michael, Toronto, $1,500 
Manner, Mark, Toronto, $2,000 
McClelland, Susan, Toronto, $3,000 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $2,000 
Parisien, Dominik, Toronto, $1,500 
Raymond, Katrine, Hamilton, $3,000 
Ruthnum, Naben, Toronto, $2,000 
Shimotakahara, Leslie, Toronto, $2,000 
Tsalikis, Catherine, Toronto, $4,000 
van Staalduinen, Brent, Hamilton, $1,500 
von Palleske, Heidi, Brockville, $1,500 
Wright, Angela, Ottawa, $1,500 
 

ECW Press, Toronto
Number of Applications: 199
Total Requested: $784,824
Number of Grants Awarded: 21
Total Recommended: $34,000
 
Recipients
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Barwin, Gary, Hamilton, $1,500 
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $1,500 
Blizzard, Gloria, Toronto, $1,500 
Carley, Rod, North Bay, $1,500 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $1,500 
Dial, Em, Toronto, $1,500 
Falconer, Tim, Toronto, $1,500 
Foad, Lisa, Toronto, $1,500 
Garebian, Keith, Mississauga, $1,500 
Hardcastle, Kevin, Toronto, $1,500 
Humphreys, Helen, Kingston, $1,500 
Hussain, Salma, Toronto, $1,500 
Keast, James, Toronto, $3,000 
Lund-Teigen, Kari, Ottawa, $1,500 
McGrath, Eamon, Toronto, $1,500 
O'Connor, Jennifer, Toronto, $1,500 
Saeed, Jamal, Kingston, $2,000 
Shahbaz, Nadia, Toronto, $1,500 
Yang, Chuqiao, Ottawa, $2,000 
 

Groundwood Books Limited, Toronto
Number of Applications: 71
Total Requested: $268,601
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $18,500
 
Recipients
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $1,500 
Austria, Jennilee, Toronto, $1,500 
balasubramaniam, saumiya, Toronto, $2,000 
Beard, Caelan, Priceville, $1,500 
Fullerton, Alma, Midland, $1,500 
Madhavan-Reese, Sneha, Ottawa, $1,500 
Menon, Radha S., Hamilton, $1,500 
Nguyễn, Linh, Toronto, $1,500 
Ozkowski, Jane, Waterloo, $1,500 
Reid, Aimee, Hamilton, $1,500 
Reid-Benta, Zalika, Toronto, $1,500 
Ruthnum, Naben, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Guernica Editions Inc, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 118
Total Requested: $470,700
Number of Grants Awarded: 19
Total Recommended: $29,500
 
Recipients
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Besner, Linda, Toronto, $1,500 
Bracuk, Diane, Toronto, $1,500 
Garebian, Keith, Mississauga, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Sunderland, $1,500 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $1,500 
Iacobelli, Luciano, Toronto, $1,500 
Kidd, Joelle, Toronto, $2,000 
Layton, Max, Cheltenham, $1,500 
Lisson, Paul, Hamilton, $1,500 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $1,500 
McCabe, Steven, Toronto, $2,000 
Meyer, Bruce, Barrie, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Reid, Monty, Ottawa, $1,500 
Scheier, Jacob, Toronto, $1,500 
Shimotakahara, Leslie, Toronto, $1,500 
Tsiang, Sarah, Kingston, $1,500 
Zarankin, Julia, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Hamilton Arts & Letters, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 74
Total Requested: $272,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 19
Total Recommended: $29,500
 
Recipients
Athanassious, Mina, Mississauga, $1,500 
Barwin, Gary, Hamilton, $1,500 
Broomer, Stephen, Toronto, $1,500 
Bulmer, April, Cambridge, $1,500 
Chaulk, Mike, Guelph, $1,500 
Colman, Robert, Newmarket, $1,500 
Cooper, Sally, Hamilton, $2,000 
Copp, Trevor, Hamilton, $1,500 
Heslop, Kevin, London, $1,500 
Hyder, Maheen, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $2,000 
JonArno, Lawson, Toronto, $1,500 
Laliberte, Mark, Windsor, $1,500 
LaPierre, Margo, Ottawa, $1,500 
McIsaac, Julie, Hamilton, $1,500 
Parisien, Dominik, Toronto, $1,500 
Rogal, Stan, Toronto, $1,500 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Varnam, Kitlyn, Toronto, $1,500 
 

House of Anansi Press Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 201
Total Requested: $798,401
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $37,500
 
Recipients
balasubramaniam, saumiya, Toronto, $1,500 
Becker, Helaine, Toronto, $2,000 
Daley, Andrew, Toronto, $2,000 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $2,000 
Finegan, Kate, Toronto, $2,000 
Flemington, Sarah, Toronto, $2,000 
Gordon, Spencer, Bowmanville, $1,500 
Gunraj, Andrea, Toronto, $2,000 
Hardcastle, Kevin, Toronto, $1,500 
Khan, Adnan, Toronto, $2,000 
Khan, Imran, Markham, $2,000 
Kirby, Kirby, Toronto, $2,000 
LaSorda, Allison, Oakville, $2,000 
Scott, Walter, Toronto, $2,000 
Sheikh, Nazneen, Toronto, $5,000 
Silveira, Lucas, Toronto, $2,000 
Solie, Karen, Toronto, $2,000 
Stephen, Michaela, Windsor, $2,000 
 

Inanna Publications and Education Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 41
Total Requested: $168,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $16,000
 
Recipients
Berger, Tamara, Toronto, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $2,000 
Fisseha, Rebecca, Toronto, $1,500 
Gunraj, Andrea, Toronto, $1,500 
Mannell, Julie, Fonthill, $1,500 
Mehta, Anubha, Mississauga, $1,500 
Pflug, Ursula, Norwood, $1,500 
Platana, Janette, Peterborough, $1,500 
Smith, Dianah, Toronto, $2,000 
Wright, Angela, Ottawa, $1,500 
 

Insomniac Press, London
Number of Applications: 125
Total Requested: $490,450
Number of Grants Awarded: 13
Total Recommended: $26,500
 
Recipients
Arima, Phlip, Toronto, $1,500 
Bowness, Suzanne, Toronto, $1,500 
Gillespie, Emily, Welland, $1,500 
Hibbs, Angela, Peterborough, $1,500 
Leggett, Catharine, London, $1,500 
Marques, Irene, Toronto, $1,500 
McIsaac, Julie, Hamilton, $1,500 
mclennan, rob, Ottawa, $3,000 
McNair, Christine, Ottawa, $2,000 
Meyer, Bruce, Barrie, $1,500 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $2,500 
Morton, Mark, Kitchener, $2,000 
Rogal, Stan, Toronto, $5,000 
 

Invisible Publishing, Picton
Number of Applications: 80
Total Requested: $326,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 19
Total Recommended: $28,840
 
Recipients
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Blake, Becky, Toronto, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Earl, Amanda, Ottawa, $1,500 
Fejzic, Sanita, Ottawa, $1,500 
Fisseha, Rebecca, Toronto, $1,500 
Fox, John, Peterborough, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Johnston, Liz, Toronto, $1,500 
Khaja, Hajera, Mississauga, $1,500 
Kirby, Kirby, Toronto, $1,500 
LaPierre, Margo, Ottawa, $1,500 
Massey, Karen, Ottawa, $1,500 
McNair, Christine, Ottawa, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,840 
Reid, Monty, Ottawa, $1,500 
Tsiang, Sarah, Kingston, $1,500 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Zarankin, Julia, Toronto, $1,500 
 

James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers, Toronto
Number of Applications: 63
Total Requested: $253,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 11
Total Recommended: $19,500
 
Recipients
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $1,500 
Austria, Jennilee, Toronto, $1,500 
Beard, Caelan, Priceville, $1,500 
Clarke, Fiona, Toronto, $1,500 
Harwood-Jones, Markus, Toronto, $1,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $1,500 
Menon, Radha S., Hamilton, $1,500 
Patrick, Ryan, Toronto, $1,500 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Taylor, Wanda, Mississauga, $1,500 
Tsalikis, Catherine, Toronto, $4,500 
 

Kegedonce Press, Chippewas of Nawash
Number of Applications: 17
Total Requested: $66,900
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $16,500
 
Recipients
Belleau, Lesley, Peterborough, $3,000 
Boudreau, Hélène, Markham, $2,000 
de Giacomo, Rocco, Toronto, $1,500 
Fox, John, Peterborough, $3,000 
Hynd, Ashley, Kitchener, $3,000 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $2,000 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $2,000 
 

Kids Can Press Ltd, Toronto
Number of Applications: 56
Total Requested: $206,600
Number of Grants Awarded: 9
Total Recommended: $17,500
 
Recipients
Arato, Rona, Toronto, $1,500 
Austria, Jennilee, Toronto, $2,000 
Ekoko, Beatrice, Hamilton, $2,000 
Hasfal, Ashley, Toronto, $2,000 
Hune-Brown, Julia, Toronto, $2,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $2,500 
Nguyễn, Linh, Toronto, $2,000 
Rao-Robinson, Anitha, Milton, $1,500 
Waxman, Sydell, Thornhill, $1,500 
 

Mawenzi House Publishers, Toronto
Number of Applications: 65
Total Requested: $267,001
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $23,500
 
Recipients
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $2,000 
Chao, Lien, Toronto, $2,000 
D'Costa, Jasmine, Toronto, $1,500 
DeRango-Adem, Adebe, Toronto, $1,500 
Garebian, Keith, Mississauga, $2,000 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Mehta, Anubha, Mississauga, $1,500 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $2,500 
Pal, Rajinderpal, Toronto, $1,500 
Peel, Lishai, Hamilton, $1,500 
Ruthnum, Naben, Toronto, $1,500 
Sabaye Moghaddam, Maria, Kanata, $1,500 
Scheier, Jacob, Toronto, $1,500 
van Staalduinen, Brent, Hamilton, $1,500 
 

MUSKRAT Magazine, Wasauksing First Nation
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $42,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $16,500
 
Recipients
Belleau, Lesley, Peterborough, $5,000 
Fox, John, Peterborough, $5,000 
Scott, Walter, Toronto, $5,000 
Taylor, Arlaina, Vaughan, $1,500 
 

Owlkids Books Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 35
Total Requested: $142,900
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $13,500
 
Recipients
Austria, Jennilee, Toronto, $2,250 
Birmingham, Maria, Brampton, $1,500 
Hasfal, Ashley, Toronto, $1,500 
JonArno, Lawson, Toronto, $1,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $1,500 
Nguyễn, Linh, Toronto, $2,250 
Swan, Dane, Toronto, $1,500 
Vermond, Kira, Guelph, $1,500 
 

Palimpsest, Windsor
Number of Applications: 67
Total Requested: $270,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 15
Total Recommended: $23,500
 
Recipients
Alexis, Stephane, Ottawa, $2,000 
Barrick, David, London, $1,500 
Boyd, Alex, Toronto, $1,500 
Christakos, Margaret, Toronto, $1,500 
Colman, Robert, Newmarket, $1,500 
de Boer, Tracy, Toronto, $1,500 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $1,500 
Hyder, Maheen, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Leyton, Katherine, Ottawa, $1,500 
mclennan, rob, Ottawa, $1,500 
Mohammadi, Khashayar, Toronto, $2,000 
Mudenyo, Elizabeth, Toronto, $1,500 
Parisien, Dominik, Toronto, $1,500 
Smith, Laurie, Windsor, $1,500 
Zachary, A. Light, Toronto, $1,500 
 

The Porcupine's Quill, Erin
Number of Applications: 90
Total Requested: $355,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $29,500
 
Recipients
Besner, Linda, Toronto, $2,000 
Boyle, Frances, Ottawa, $2,000 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $2,000 
Frutkin, Mark, Ottawa, $2,000 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $1,500 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $1,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $1,500 
Karneef, Natalie, Ottawa, $1,500 
Khaja, Hajera, Mississauga, $1,500 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $1,500 
Matthews, Cindy, Chesley, $1,500 
McCabe, Steven, Toronto, $1,500 
Moffatt, Jordan, Ottawa, $2,000 
Schoemperlen, Diane, Kingston, $1,500 
Shimo, Alexandra, Toronto, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Tunney, Deb, Ottawa, $1,500 
Wadds, Susan, Sebright, $1,500 
 

Second Story Press, Toronto
Number of Applications: 102
Total Requested: $395,100
Number of Grants Awarded: 15
Total Recommended: $24,500
 
Recipients
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $2,000 
Camlot, Heather, Toronto, $1,500 
Dublin, Anne, Toronto, $1,500 
Fisseha, Rebecca, Toronto, $1,500 
Fullerton, Alma, Midland, $1,500 
Gies, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Kacer, Kathy, Toronto, $1,500 
Khaja, Hajera, Mississauga, $2,000 
Kresan, Dawn, Kingsville, $1,500 
McDonnell, Kathleen, Toronto, $1,500 
O'Connor, Jennifer, Toronto, $1,500 
Raymond, Katrine, Hamilton, $2,000 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $2,000 
Spring, Debbie, Thornhill, $1,500 
Wells, Karin, Port Hope, $1,500 
 

Taddle Creek, Toronto
Number of Applications: 109
Total Requested: $416,501
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $24,500
 
Recipients
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Barwin, Gary, Hamilton, $1,500 
Berger, Tamara, Toronto, $1,500 
Boyd, Alex, Toronto, $2,000 
Daley, Andrew, Toronto, $2,000 
Kapodistrias, Theo, Scarborough, $1,500 
Kuriata, Chris, St. Catharines, $1,500 
LaSorda, Allison, Oakville, $1,500 
McCreesh, Sophie, Toronto, $2,500 
Pugsley, Alex, Toronto, $1,500 
Scott, Walter, Toronto, $2,500 
Shahbaz, Nadia, Toronto, $1,500 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay, Toronto, $2,000 
 

New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing, Waterloo
Number of Applications: 148
Total Requested: $553,699
Number of Grants Awarded: 23
Total Recommended: $34,500
 
Recipients
Baldo, Anne, Windsor, $1,500 
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Bow, Erin, Kitchener, $1,500 
Earl, Amanda, Ottawa, $1,500 
Foad, Lisa, Toronto, $1,500 
Friedman, Kathy, Toronto, $1,500 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $1,500 
Hardcastle, Kevin, Toronto, $1,500 
Humphreys, Helen, Kingston, $1,500 
Kasturi, Sandra, Peterborough, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Lund-Teigen, Kari, Ottawa, $1,500 
Massey, Karen, Ottawa, $1,500 
Mordecai, Pamela, Toronto, $1,500 
Parisien, Dominik, Toronto, $1,500 
Ruppel, Justin, London, $1,500 
Ruth, Elizabeth, Toronto, $1,500 
Sanford, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Tsiang, Sarah, Kingston, $1,500 
Varnam, Kitlyn, Toronto, $1,500 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay, Toronto, $1,500 
 

Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Limited, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 162
Total Requested: $631,450
Number of Grants Awarded: 27
Total Recommended: $41,000
 
Recipients
Barwin, Gary, Hamilton, $1,500 
Boileau, Lue, Toronto, $1,500 
Bow, Erin, Kitchener, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Clarke, Fiona, Toronto, $1,500 
Code, Devon, Peterborough, $1,500 
Cooper, Sally, Hamilton, $1,500 
de Meijer, Sadiqa, Kingston, $1,500 
Ekoko, Beatrice, Hamilton, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Sunderland, $1,500 
Gies, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Hardcastle, Kevin, Toronto, $1,500 
Jagoo, Krystal, Scarborough, $1,500 
Khan, Adnan, Toronto, $1,500 
Khan, Imran, Markham, $1,500 
Kirby, Kirby, Toronto, $1,500 
LaPierre, Margo, Ottawa, $1,500 
McCreesh, Sophie, Toronto, $1,500 
McFadzean, Cassidy, Toronto, $2,000 
McIsaac, Julie, Hamilton, $1,500 
McNair, Christine, Ottawa, $1,500 
Near, Stephen, Hamilton, $1,500 
O'Connor, Jennifer, Toronto, $1,500 
Robinson, Ben, Hamilton, $1,500 
Ruth, Elizabeth, Toronto, $1,500 
Tsiang, Sarah, Kingston, $1,500 
Wallace, Jade, Windsor, $1,500 
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OAC Office Locations
OAC Office Locations - Map of Ontario
Toronto Location
121 Bloor Street East, 7th Floor Toronto, ON M4W 3M5
Thunder Bay Location
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Ontario Arts Council


For more than 60 years, the Ontario Arts Council (OAC) has played a vital role in promoting and assisting the development of the arts for the enjoyment and benefit of Ontarians. The OAC reached 27.4 million people through events and arts education activities across the province in 2021-22. In 2024-25, OAC invested its grant program budget of $52.2 million in 204 communities across 123 Ontario ridings, providing 1,969 grants to individual artists and 1,030 grants to organizations.

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