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Recommender Grants for Writers

Results Announcement

Deadline Date: January 12, 2024



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: 50
Total Requested: $207,199
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $18,500
 
Recipients
Ameyaw, Maya, Scarborough, $4,000 
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $3,000 
green, christopher, Peterborough, $4,000 
Jong, Tamara, Guelph, $1,500 
Maybe, Jacob, Sault Ste. Marie, $1,500 
McDonell, Regan, Toronto, $1,500 
Zelaya, Magally, Toronto, $3,000 

Arc Poetry Society, Ottawa
Number of Applications: 69
Total Requested: $253,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $19,000
 
Recipients
Baird, Lisa, Guelph, $1,500 
de Giacomo, Rocco, Toronto, $1,500 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Janmohamed, Sheniz, Markham, $1,500 
Lau, Grace, Midland, $1,750 
Lee, Karen, Toronto, $1,750 
Lee-Popham, Anna, Toronto, $1,500 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $1,750 
Madhavan-Reese, Sneha, Ottawa, $1,500 
Malik, Fareh, Whitby, $1,500 
MORDECAI, PAMELA, Toronto, $1,750 
Scarsbrook, Richard, Toronto, $1,500 

Biblioasis Inc., Windsor
Number of Applications: 149
Total Requested: $558,501
Number of Grants Awarded: 20
Total Recommended: $34,000
 
Recipients
Baldo, Anne, Windsor, $1,500 
Birrell, Heather, Toronto, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Dewar, Elaine, Toronto, $4,000 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $2,000 
Dundas, Deborah, Toronto, $2,000 
Fair, Hilary, Clinton, $1,500 
Forbes, Andrew, Peterborough, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, David, Hamilton, $1,500 
Mastin, Catharine, Windsor, $1,500 
May, Gary, Windsor, $1,500 
McElroy, Gil, North Bay, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Mulholland, Aefa, Toronto, $1,500 
Power, Sara, Ottawa, $1,500 
Pugsley, Alex, Toronto, $2,000 
Robertson, Ray, Toronto, $1,500 
Sneath, Daryl, Seagrave, $1,500 

BOOK*HUG PRESS, Toronto
Number of Applications: 182
Total Requested: $707,498
Number of Grants Awarded: 22
Total Recommended: $34,000
 
Recipients
Baird, Lisa, Guelph, $1,500 
Balcewicz, Marta, Toronto, $2,000 
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Batler, Jen, Baltimore, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $2,000 
Chernoff, MLA, Etobicoke, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
Dar, Qurat, Mississauga, $1,500 
Dundas, Deborah, Toronto, $1,500 
Fahner, Kim, Sudbury, $1,500 
Fischer, Bronwyn, Toronto, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Hall, Lana, Toronto, $1,500 
Lau, Grace, Midland, $1,500 
Lockyer, Brooke, Toronto, $1,500 
Malik, Fareh, Whitby, $1,500 
McKenna, Emma, Hamilton, $1,500 
Pick, Alison, Toronto, $1,500 
Wang, Lily, Toronto, $1,500 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay, Toronto, $1,500 

BookLand Press Inc, Markham
Number of Applications: 83
Total Requested: $339,999
Number of Grants Awarded: 10
Total Recommended: $20,000
 
Recipients
Agbayani, Shaina, Scarborough, $2,000 
Allen, Kenzie, Toronto, $2,000 
Belleau-Tirone, Lesley, Peterborough, $2,000 
Khan, Imran, Markham, $2,000 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $2,000 
McGregor, Raymond, Wawa, $2,000 
Parisien, Dominik, Hamilton, $2,000 
Saunders, Carolyn, Toronto, $2,000 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $2,000 
Vizhi, Kayal, Mississauga, $2,000 

Brick Books, Kingston
Number of Applications: 79
Total Requested: $292,900
Number of Grants Awarded: 15
Total Recommended: $23,000
 
Recipients
Allen, Kenzie, Toronto, $1,500 
Birrell, Heather, Toronto, $1,500 
Bow, Erin, Kitchener, $1,500 
Cameron Gray, Julie, Toronto, $1,500 
Dar, Qurat, Mississauga, $1,500 
Dial, Em, Toronto, $1,500 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Jamali Rad, Anahita, Windsor, $1,500 
Jamroonjamroenpit, Ploy, Toronto, $1,500 
Lam, Amy, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, Karen, Toronto, $1,500 
Lena, Gitanjali, Toronto, $1,500 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $1,500 
Verma, Pujita, Brampton, $2,000 

Coach House Books, Toronto
Number of Applications: 138
Total Requested: $540,050
Number of Grants Awarded: 19
Total Recommended: $28,500
 
Recipients
Besner, Linda, Toronto, $1,500 
Birrell, Heather, Toronto, $1,500 
Chernoff, MLA, Etobicoke, $1,500 
Clarke, Fiona, London, $1,500 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Earl, Amanda, Ottawa, $1,500 
Fair, Hilary, Clinton, $1,500 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Friedman, Elyse, Toronto, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Lee-Popham, Anna, Toronto, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Sayde, Maria, Waterloo, $1,500 
Seymour, David, Lakehurst, $1,500 
Sullivan, Andrew, Hamilton, $1,500 
Wang, Lily, Toronto, $1,500 
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay, Toronto, $1,500 

Cormorant Books Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 137
Total Requested: $536,599
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $32,000
 
Recipients
Ameyaw, Maya, Scarborough, $2,000 
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $2,000 
Bell, Kerry, Toronto, $1,500 
DeRango-Adem, Adebe, Toronto, $2,000 
Dewar, Elaine, Toronto, $3,000 
Dowding, Philippa, Toronto, $3,000 
Gilbert, Sky, Hamilton, $3,000 
Lackie, Kathryn, Elliot Lake, $1,500 
Mastin, Catharine, Windsor, $3,000 
McNicoll, Sylvia, Burlington, $3,000 
Pagé, Lucie, Toronto, $2,500 
Yildiz, Arzu, Toronto, $2,000 
Zelaya, Magally, Toronto, $2,000 
Zhang, Di, Toronto, $1,500 

Diaspora Dialogues Charitable Society, Toronto
Number of Applications: 87
Total Requested: $362,604
Number of Grants Awarded: 20
Total Recommended: $30,000
 
Recipients
Ameyaw, Maya, Scarborough, $1,500 
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $1,500 
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Belleau-Tirone, Lesley, Peterborough, $1,500 
Bhathena, Tanaz, Mississauga, $1,500 
Chao, Lien, Toronto, $1,500 
Dwyer, Asheda, Toronto, $1,500 
Foad, Lisa, Toronto, $1,500 
Gonzalez, Clarissa, Toronto, $1,500 
ibe, chukky, Hamilton, $1,500 
Jamroonjamroenpit, Ploy, Toronto, $1,500 
Lam, Amy, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Mohammadi, Khashayar, Toronto, $1,500 
MORDECAI, PAMELA, Toronto, $1,500 
Mosadeq, Ghazal, Toronto, $1,500 
Ozkowski, Jane, Bloomfield, $1,500 
Wang, Lily, Toronto, $1,500 
Wong, Christina, Toronto, $750 (co-recipient), INNES, DANIEL, Toronto, $750 (co-recipient) 
Zeitoun, Mary-Lou, Ottawa, $1,500 

Dundurn Press Ltd., Toronto
Number of Applications: 140
Total Requested: $555,700
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $33,000
 
Recipients
Areguy, Fitsum, Kitchener, $3,000 
Coren, Michael, Toronto, $2,000 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $2,000 
Epstein, Rachel, Toronto, $2,000 
Foulger, Hannah, Toronto, $2,000 
Gonzalez, Clarissa, Toronto, $2,000 
Hall, Lana, Toronto, $2,500 
Lockyer, Brooke, Toronto, $1,500 
Nguyen, Mai, Toronto, $1,500 
Paling, Emma, Toronto, $2,000 
Pugsley, Alex, Toronto, $2,000 
Purdham, Adelle, Peterborough, $2,000 
Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis, Toronto, $2,000 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $2,000 
Yildiz, Arzu, Toronto, $3,000 
Zeitoun, Mary-Lou, Ottawa, $1,500 

ECW Press, Toronto
Number of Applications: 214
Total Requested: $824,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 22
Total Recommended: $38,000
 
Recipients
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $1,500 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Edwards, Sophie, Kagawong, $1,500 
Friedman, Arielle, Thornhill, $1,500 
Friedman, Elyse, Toronto, $1,500 
Garcia, Rebecca, Ottawa, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Oakwood, $1,500 
Hasfal, Ashley, Toronto, $1,500 
Kidd, Joelle, Toronto, $1,500 
Li, Vivian (Xiao Wen), Toronto, $1,500 
MacDonald, Margo, Toronto, $3,000 
Merpaw, Amanda, Toronto, $1,500 
Nag, Sabyasachi, Mississauga, $1,500 
Nguyen, Mai, Toronto, $1,500 
Phan, Rachel, Toronto, $1,500 
Pick, Alison, Toronto, $1,500 
Pyle, Don, Toronto, $1,500 
Sullivan, Andrew, Hamilton, $1,500 
Wallace, Jade, Windsor, $1,500 
weisfeld, oren, Toronto, $5,000 
Yung, Helen, Toronto, $1,500 
Zier-Vogel, Lindsay, Toronto, $1,500 

Groundwood Books Limited, Toronto
Number of Applications: 61
Total Requested: $244,699
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $24,000
 
Recipients
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $1,500 
Becker, Shari, Toronto, $1,500 
Belleau-Tirone, Lesley, Peterborough, $1,500 
Bromfield, Asha, Ajax, $1,500 
gudgeon, chris, Toronto, $1,500 
Irwin, Sue, Grimsby, $1,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $1,500 
Kachala, Elaine, Toronto, $1,500 
Krossing, Karen, Toronto, $1,500 
Levy, Joanne, Clinton, $1,500 
Maybe, Jacob, Sault Ste. Marie, $1,500 
Palmer, Dorothy, Burlington, $1,500 
Rao-Robinson, Anitha, Milton, $1,500 
Sher, Emil, Toronto, $1,500 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Stewart, Michael, Ottawa, $1,500 

Guernica Editions Inc, Gananoque
Number of Applications: 148
Total Requested: $588,675
Number of Grants Awarded: 19
Total Recommended: $28,500
 
Recipients
Allen, Kenzie, Toronto, $1,500 
Austria-Bonifacio, Jennilee, Toronto, $1,500 
Baird, Lisa, Guelph, $1,500 
Black, Catherine, Oakville, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
de Giacomo, Rocco, Toronto, $1,500 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Garebian, Keith, Mississauga, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Oakwood, $1,500 
Gilbert, Sky, Hamilton, $1,500 
Lam, Amy, Toronto, $1,500 
MADOTT, Darlene, Etobicoke, Toronto, $1,500 
Massey, Karen, Ottawa, $1,500 
Principe, Concetta, Toronto, $1,500 
Seymour, David, Lakehurst, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Subramanian Kanta, Sneha, Hamilton, $1,500 
van Staalduinen, Brent, Hamilton, $1,500 
Wickers, Brian, Ajax, $1,500 

Hamilton Arts & Letters, Hamilton
Number of Applications: 106
Total Requested: $406,300
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $28,000
 
Recipients
Baldo, Anne, Windsor, $1,500 
Barr, Karen, Nepean, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
Colman, Robert, Newmarket, $1,500 
Ekoko-kay, Evelyna, Hamilton, $2,000 
Fair, Hilary, Clinton, $1,500 
Garja, Bushra, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, Eric, Hamilton, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Madhavan-Reese, Sneha, Ottawa, $1,500 
Maillet, Madeleine, Windsor, $1,500 
Menezes, Sonali, Hamilton, $1,500 
MORDECAI, PAMELA, Toronto, $1,500 
Phan, Rachel, Toronto, $1,500 
Rykov, Mary, Toronto, $1,500 
S. Menon, Radha, Hamilton, $2,000 
Trowbridge, Terry, Beamsville, $1,500 
Yildiz, Arzu, Toronto, $1,500 

House of Anansi Press Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 139
Total Requested: $541,750
Number of Grants Awarded: 21
Total Recommended: $36,000
 
Recipients
Armstrong, Byron, Toronto, $1,500 
Baldo, Anne, Windsor, $1,500 
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $1,750 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,750 
Ekoko-kay, Evelyna, Hamilton, $1,750 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $1,750 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee-Popham, Anna, Toronto, $1,750 
Malek, Ghadeer, Toronto, $1,750 
Melgaard, Michael, Toronto, $2,500 
Ozkowski, Jane, Bloomfield, $1,750 
Paiement, Geneviève, Toronto, $1,500 
Platana, Janette, Peterborough, $1,750 
Power, Sara, Ottawa, $1,500 
Rosner, Anna, Toronto, $1,750 
Sankaran, Krishnakumar, Mississauga, $1,500 
Sivajothy, Subhanya, Toronto, $1,750 
Sullivan, Andrew, Hamilton, $1,500 
Wang, Lily, Toronto, $2,500 
Zeitoun, Mary-Lou, Ottawa, $1,500 

Invisible Publishing, Picton
Number of Applications: 83
Total Requested: $319,950
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $24,000
 
Recipients
Barnier, Vannessa, Toronto, $1,500 
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
DeRango-Adem, Adebe, Toronto, $1,500 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Dunn, Claire, Toronto, $1,500 
Earl, Amanda, Ottawa, $1,500 
Forbes, Andrew, Peterborough, $1,500 
Graham, Laurie, Peterborough, $1,500 
Khan, Imran, Markham, $1,500 
Lee, David, Hamilton, $1,500 
Melgaard, Michael, Toronto, $1,500 
Mohammadi, Khashayar, Toronto, $1,500 
Nwodo, Blessing, Toronto, $1,500 
Pyle, Don, Toronto, $1,500 
Sulaiman, Sonia, Windsor, $1,500 
van Staalduinen, Brent, Hamilton, $1,500 

James Lorimer & Company Ltd. Publishers, Toronto
Number of Applications: 47
Total Requested: $201,499
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $15,000
 
Recipients
Anthony, Carlos, Windsor, $2,000 
Augustine, Myriad, Toronto, $2,500 
Haywood, Kamilah, Milton, $1,500 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $2,500 
Lister, Alison, Ottawa, $2,500 
Mielke, Kristopher, Acton, $2,000 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $2,000 

Kegedonce Press, Chippewas of Nawash
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $33,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 4
Total Recommended: $12,000
 
Recipients
Belleau-Tirone, Lesley, Peterborough, $3,000 
Lockhart, Daniel, Windsor, $3,000 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $3,500 
Sutherland, Adrian, Attawapiskat, $2,500 

Kids Can Press Ltd, Toronto
Number of Applications: 44
Total Requested: $178,699
Number of Grants Awarded: 8
Total Recommended: $15,000
 
Recipients
Birmingham, Maria, Brampton, $2,000 
Dixon, Shawna, Toronto, $2,000 
Kachala, Elaine, Toronto, $2,000 
Levy, Joanne, Clinton, $1,500 
Palmer, Dorothy, Burlington, $1,500 
Rao-Robinson, Anitha, Milton, $1,500 
Sookocheff, Carey, Toronto, $1,500 
Zhang, Kelly, Nepean, $3,000 

Latitude 46 Publishing, Sudbury
Number of Applications: 21
Total Requested: $77,999
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $19,000
 
Recipients
Agnew, Marion, Shuniah, $1,500 
Belleau-Tirone, Lesley, Peterborough, $2,000 
Cameron Gray, Julie, Toronto, $1,500 
Carley, Rod, North Bay, $1,500 
Daniels, Chantel, Peterborough, $2,000 
Edwards, Sophie, Kagawong, $1,500 
Fahner, Kim, Sudbury, $1,500 
Giuliano, David, Marathon, $1,500 
Lackie, Kathryn, Elliot Lake, $1,500 
Mapstone, Lesley, Parry Sound, $1,500 
Maybe, Jacob, Sault Ste. Marie, $1,500 
Schiffler, Carrie, Katrine, $1,500 

Mawenzi House Publishers, Toronto
Number of Applications: 87
Total Requested: $357,350
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $30,000
 
Recipients
Bandukwala, Manahil, Mississauga, $1,500 
Capilongo, Domenico, Toronto, $2,000 
Chao, Lien, Toronto, $1,500 
Chau, David, Kingston, $1,500 
Garebian, Keith, Mississauga, $2,500 
Janmohamed, Sheniz, Markham, $2,000 
Jones, Kevin, Brampton, $2,000 
Malik, Fareh, Whitby, $3,000 
Marques, Irene, Toronto, $2,000 
MORDECAI, PAMELA, Toronto, $2,500 
Mosadeq, Ghazal, Toronto, $2,000 
Nag, Sabyasachi, Mississauga, $2,500 
Sankaran, Krishnakumar, Mississauga, $1,500 
Sheikh, Nazneen, Toronto, $3,500 

MUSKRAT Magazine, Wasauksing First Nation
Number of Applications: 5
Total Requested: $21,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 0
Total Recommended: 0
 
Recipients

Owlkids Books Inc, Toronto
Number of Applications: 34
Total Requested: $138,699
Number of Grants Awarded: 5
Total Recommended: $14,500
 
Recipients
Boudreau, Hélène, Markham, $3,000 
Fejzic, Sanita, Vanier, $3,000 
green, christopher, Peterborough, $4,000 
Humphrey, Anna, Kitchener, $2,500 
Sookocheff, Carey, Toronto, $2,000 

Palimpsest, Windsor
Number of Applications: 71
Total Requested: $285,250
Number of Grants Awarded: 18
Total Recommended: $28,000
 
Recipients
Allen, Kenzie, Toronto, $2,000 
Cameron Gray, Julie, Toronto, $1,500 
Colman, Robert, Newmarket, $1,500 
Dar, Qurat, Mississauga, $1,500 
Dial, Em, Toronto, $1,500 
Hibbs, Angela, Peterborough, $1,500 
Jamali Rad, Anahita, Windsor, $1,500 
Jamroonjamroenpit, Ploy, Toronto, $1,500 
Johnson, Chris, Ottawa, $2,000 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Lisson, Paul, Hamilton, $1,500 
Malli, Nisa, Toronto, $1,500 
Mohammadi, Khashayar, Toronto, $1,500 
Mosadeq, Ghazal, Toronto, $1,500 
Neilson, Shane, Cambridge, $1,500 
Platana, Janette, Peterborough, $1,500 
Shields, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 

The Porcupine's Quill, Erin
Number of Applications: 102
Total Requested: $393,800
Number of Grants Awarded: 16
Total Recommended: $25,500
 
Recipients
Ancheta, Justin, Toronto, $1,500 
Baldo, Anne, Windsor, $1,500 
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $2,000 
Butler, Alec, Toronto, $1,500 
Chernoff, MLA, Etobicoke, $1,500 
Clayton, Conyer, Ottawa, $1,500 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Foulger, Hannah, Toronto, $1,500 
Glickman, Susan, Toronto, $2,000 
Johnstone, Jim, Toronto, $1,500 
JonArno, Lawson, Toronto, $1,500 
Khaja, Hajera, Mississauga, $1,500 
Londry, Jennifer, Kingston, $1,500 
Matthews, Cindy, CHESLEY, $1,500 
MORDECAI, PAMELA, Toronto, $1,500 
Sulaiman, Sonia, Windsor, $2,000 

Second Story Press, Toronto
Number of Applications: 111
Total Requested: $462,200
Number of Grants Awarded: 14
Total Recommended: $26,000
 
Recipients
Besner, Linda, Toronto, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Dublin, Anne, Toronto, $2,000 
Fair, Hilary, Clinton, $2,000 
Faivish, Jerry, Toronto, $2,500 
House, Yolande, Etobicoke, $2,000 
Isomura, Erica, Toronto, $1,500 
Meade, Suzanne, Hamilton, $2,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Shingoose, Nahanni, Stoney Creek, $1,500 
Vannicola, Jo, EAST YORK, $1,500 
Wells, Karin, PORT HOPE, $2,000 
Westerhof, Patricia, Toronto, $2,500 
Zhang, Di, Toronto, $1,500 

New Quarterly: Canadian Writers & Writing, Waterloo
Number of Applications: 144
Total Requested: $537,971
Number of Grants Awarded: 24
Total Recommended: $37,000
 
Recipients
Agbayani, Shaina, Scarborough, $1,500 
Agnew, Marion, Shuniah, $1,500 
Barss, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
Birrell, Heather, Toronto, $1,500 
Boyle, Frances, Ottawa, $1,500 
Cameron Gray, Julie, Toronto, $1,500 
Cayley, Kate, Toronto, $1,500 
de Giacomo, Rocco, Toronto, $1,500 
Donaldson, Emily, Toronto, $1,500 
Dundas, Deborah, Toronto, $1,500 
Dwyer, Asheda, Toronto, $1,500 
Friedman, Elyse, Toronto, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Oakwood, $1,500 
Huggett, Nancy, Ottawa, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Moore, Jessica, Toronto, $2,000 
Norman, Peter, Etobicoke, $1,500 
Ozkowski, Jane, Bloomfield, $1,500 
Pick, Alison, Toronto, $1,500 
Power, Sara, Ottawa, $1,500 
Stauffer, Vanessa, Windsor, $1,500 
Trafford, Matthew, Toronto, $1,500 
Westhead, Jessica, Toronto, $1,500 
Yildiz, Arzu, Toronto, $2,000 

Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Toronto
Number of Applications: 56
Total Requested: $250,525
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $18,340
 
Recipients
Alwani, Sami, Toronto, $1,600 
Bercier, Dominic, Ottawa, $1,500 
Bow, Erin, Kitchener, $1,500 
Fox, Colton, Kingston, $1,500 
Gallowitz, Sherri, North York, $1,500 
Hasfal, Ashley, Toronto, $1,640 
Isomura, Erica, Toronto, $1,500 
Lee, Krispy, Amherstview, $1,500 
McLachlan, Brian, Toronto, $1,500 
Olbey, Jon, Toronto, $1,500 
Scott, Sabrina, Toronto, $1,500 
Vingoe Cram, Kyle, Ottawa, $800 (co-recipient), Cheung, G H Y, Kingston, $800 (co-recipient) 

Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd., Hamilton
Number of Applications: 170
Total Requested: $662,050
Number of Grants Awarded: 26
Total Recommended: $40,000
 
Recipients
Ancheta, Justin, Toronto, $1,500 
Best, Ashley-Elizabeth, Kingston, $1,500 
Bhathena, Tanaz, Mississauga, $1,500 
Davy, Denise, Burlington, $1,500 
Dundas, Deborah, Toronto, $1,500 
Faulkner, Andrew, Picton, $1,500 
Friedman, Elyse, Toronto, $1,500 
Ghadery, Hollay, Oakwood, $1,500 
ibe, chukky, Hamilton, $1,500 
Laliberte, Mark, Windsor, $1,500 
LaPierre, Margo, Ottawa, $1,500 
Lee, Ying, Kingston, $1,500 
Lee-Popham, Anna, Toronto, $1,500 
Menezes, Sonali, Hamilton, $1,500 
Neilson, Shane, Cambridge, $1,500 
Ollmann, Joe, Hamilton, $2,000 
Ozkowski, Jane, Bloomfield, $1,500 
Papamarko, Sofi, Etobicoke, $2,000 
Priest, Robert, Toronto, $1,500 
Rubess, Banuta, Toronto, $1,500 
Sargent, Lynne, Hamilton, $1,500 
Seymour, David, Lakehurst, $1,500 
Subramanian Kanta, Sneha, Hamilton, $1,500 
Sullivan, Andrew, Hamilton, $1,500 
Than, Melissa, Toronto, $1,500 
Wang, Lily, Toronto, $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 2023-24, OAC invested its grant program budget of $53.3 million in 219 communities across all 124 Ontario ridings, providing 2,149 grants to individual artists and 1,043 grants to organizations.

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