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Indigenous Visual Artists' Materials 2025-2026

Results Announcement

Deadline Date: January 30, 2026



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.

 


Anemki Art Collective, Fort William First Nation
Number of Applications: 9
Total Requested: $8,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 7
Total Recommended: $5,500
 
Recipients
Adler, Howard, Ottawa, $1,000 
Fox, Teresa, Sturgeon Falls, $500 
Gilbert, Sara, Murillo, $500 
Meshake, Rita, Migisi Sahgaigan, $500 
Morriseau, Chelsea, Fort William First Nation, $1,000 
Palmer-Loffredo, Jesse, Thunder Bay, $500 
Therriault, Zoey, Aroland, $1,000 

Inuit Art Foundation, Toronto
Number of Applications: 8
Total Requested: $7,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 6
Total Recommended: $5,500
 
Recipients
Brown, Kimberley, Ottawa, $1,000 
Flowers, Veronica, Ottawa, $1,000 
Kalinovits, Sheila, Toronto, $500 
Koonoo, Ashley, Gloucester, $1,000 
Partridge, Akinasi, Ottawa, $1,000 
Partridge, Isaac, Ottawa, $1,000 
 

Native Women in the Arts, Toronto
Number of Applications: 23
Total Requested: $21,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 12
Total Recommended: $7,000
 
Recipients
Bernard, Amanda, Mississauga, $500 
Clarke, Shawnee, Bowmanville, $500 
Laking, Richael, Toronto, $500 
Mitchell, Stacey, Akwesasne, $1,000 
Nadjiwon, Kay, Whitby, $500 
Napatchee, Mary, Barrie, $500 
Neegan, Railey, Keswick, $500 
Niece, Tiffany, Simcoe, $500 
Ross, Judy, Kitchener, $500 
Shenandoah, Leah, Toronto, $1,000 
Tremblay, Kara, Matheson, $500 
Vincent, Tiana, Ottawa, $500 
 

Ojibwe Cultural Foundation, M'Chigeeng First Nation
Number of Applications: 25
Total Requested: $21,500
Number of Grants Awarded: 11
Total Recommended: $7,000
 
Recipients
Agawa-Glaves, Rainbow, Sault Ste. Marie, $500 
Fox, Steven, Kagawong, $500 
Granger, Helena, Ottawa, $500 
Jacko, Michael, Espanola, $500 
Kimewon, Jordan, Sault Ste. Marie, $500 
Mckay, Chad, Sault Ste. Marie, $500 
Migwans, G'Mewin, Mchigeeng, $1,000 
Niiganigijig, Jennifer, Wikwemikong, $500 
Sawyer, Brooklyn, North Bay, $500 
Toulouse, Janice, Napanee, $1,000 
Toulouse-Bebamikawe, Georgina, Wikwemikong, $1,000 
 

Wikwemikong Tourism, Wikwemikong
Number of Applications: 24
Total Requested: $23,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 11
Total Recommended: $9,500
 
Recipients
Bryant, Jordan, Owen Sound, $1,000 
Cecchetto, Sheri, Sudbury, $500 
desOrmeaux, Janelle, Sturgeon Falls, $1,000 
Eshkibok-Trudeau, Liz, Sudbury, $1,000 
Fox, Amanda, Ottawa, $1,000 
Godfrey, Melissa, Naughton, $1,000 
Havill, Wesley, Minden, $1,000 
Milliken, Lynn, Kettle & Stony Point FN, $500 
Moore, Stanley, Renfrew, $500 
Paul, Skye, Toronto, $1,000 
Sutherland, Hailey, Sudbury, $1,000 
 

Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford
Number of Applications: 26
Total Requested: $24,000
Number of Grants Awarded: 11
Total Recommended: $7,000
 
Recipients
Atfield, Talena, Woodstock, $500 
Bickell, Dillon, Orillia, $1,000 
Dokis, Denise, Dokis First Nation, $500 
Douglas, Deron, Markham, $500 
Gallant, Kaitlin, Cambridge, $500 
Logan, Kwincey, Ohsweken, $1,000 
Migwans, Sandra, Sudbury, $500 
Plourde, Jennifer, London, $500 
Polson, Neil, Toronto, $500 
Skidders, Marjorie, Akwesasne, $500 
Stonefish, Christina, Windsor, $1,000 
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