Results Announcement
Deadline Date:
October 15, 2025
Jurors:
Deaf Arts panel
Bullen, Tamyka, Pickering
Lovell, Sage, London
Disability Arts panel
Bendisari, Hanane, Toronto (written assessments)
Partridge, Isaac, Ottawa
Peterson, Cleo, Toronto
Surmatchewski, Madison, Strathroy
Thomas, Tyneisha, Barrie
Juries are generally used to assess project grant applications at the Ontario Arts Council (OAC). Juries evaluate applications using specific program criteria and decide which applicants should receive grants. In programs that do not have pre-determined grant levels, they also determine the amount of each grant. The number of grants and the amounts are based on the program budget. Jury decisions are authorized by OAC’s CEO.
To safeguard the integrity of the peer assessment process, we do not allow anyone who has a direct conflict of interest with an application to serve on an assessment panel where that application is to be reviewed. Indirect conflicts of interest are managed by a standard OAC procedure.
Number of Applications:
162
Total Requested:
$1,521,475
Number of Grants Awarded:
49
Total Recommended:
$431,799
Recipients:
Akrey, Jude, Guelph, $7,265
Akuoko-Dabankah, Clover, Hamilton, $10,000
Ancheta, Justin, Toronto, $10,000
Brouwer, Olivia, Cambridge, $10,000
Brunner, Melissa, Guelph, $9,000
Cetinkaya, Yekta, Ottawa, $10,000
Chan-Long, Mei, Toronto, $7,500
Cherniski, Christine, Thunder Bay, $7,502
Deelen, Courtney, East York, $10,000
DeSousa, Anselmo, Mississauga, $9,000
Djonin, Desanka, Guelph, $10,000
Drea, Ottawa, $10,000
Ghaffar, Asher, Oakville, $8,925
Ghost Rooster Collective, Ottawa, $10,000
Ghoujalou, Shirin, Niagara Falls, $10,000
Haney, Elizabeth, Toronto, $5,000
Hassan, Abdi, Vaughan, $10,000
Ismailova, Merey, Toronto, $10,000
jovic, sabrina, Belleville, $7,698
Keeling, Laura Kay, Hamilton, $7,636
Khalil, Jouy, Mississauga, $8,000
Klar, Estée, Toronto, $10,000
Knight, Doug, Stouffville, $7,500
Kumar, Ravi, Mississauga, $10,000
Lachance, Kariane, Sudbury, $10,000
Linforth, Corey, Kitchener, $6,666
Little Deaths Salon, Toronto, $10,000
Mihara Creagen, Sarah, Toronto, $10,000
Miller, Kate, Toronto, $4,927
Miller, Richard, Toronto, $10,000
Myers, Cassandra, Richmond Hill, $7,636
oveissi, Sara, Toronto, $7,636
Pakinewatik, Evelyn, North Bay, $10,000
Phoenix The Fire, Mississauga, $10,000
Propeller Dance, Ottawa, $10,000
Raffler, Kessi, Nepean, $2,000
Rafi, Eshan, Mississauga, $8,300
Samuels, Michelle, Toronto, $10,000
Shintani, Laura, Toronto, $10,000
The Fire and Rescue Team, Toronto, $10,000
The People's Theatre Kingston, Kingston, $8,000
Todd, Lynda, Peterborough, $10,000
Unwrap Theatre, Kitchener, $10,000
Vallières, V, Toronto, $8,000
vig, hannah, Ottawa, $8,000
Walker Robinson, Theodore, Mississauga, $10,000
Wilmot, Alten, Kitchener, $6,608
Witcher, Alvin, Cambridge, $9,000
Ziv, Maayan, Toronto, $10,000