Ontario College of Arts and Design University

​Our annual $1,000 award offer is selection by the school, presented to a student in his/her second year at Ontario College of Arts and Design University in Toronto. 

Congratulations are extended to Kennedy Gillett our 2025 recipient.

Kennedy is a Third-Year Student in the Drawing and Painting program.  “I am honoured to be the recipient of the IODE Ontario Scholarship. I wanted to express my utmost thanks to you for your generous support in providing the IODE Ontario scholarship! Your contributions to the OCAD U scholarship program are invaluable and greatly appreciated by students like me. I have immensely enjoyed the last two years attending OCAD U and am thrilled to continue my studies with your donation.”

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Past Recipients:

2025-2026

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2024-2025

Kennedy Gillett

2023 - 2024	Mariane Hach​é	2022 - 2023	Mahir Siraj
2020 - 2021	Olivia Aguiar	2021 - 2022 ​	Chris Canales-Cisneros
2019 - 2020	Marcelo Fermandez	2018 - 2019	Abigail LaChapele
2017 - 2018	Samantha Hazard	2016 - 2017	Sophie Stefanovich
2015 - 2016	Emily Kathleen Norry	2014 - 2015	Alexandra Papouchina
2013 - 2014	Nadia Kuzmics	2012 - 2013	Derek Lea
2011 - 2012	Deborah Blok	2010 - 2011	Holly Morgan Swartz and Ryan Thorne
2009 - 2010	Lea Doyle and Nicole Marie Musina	2008 - 2009	Ann Yen Lam and Liam Torrence Wylie
2007 - 2008	Amanda Doman and Tara Westerman	2006 - 2007	Teruo Takahashi and Kathryn Rozitis
2005 - 2006	Carrie Young and Rachel MacFarlane ​	2004 - 2005	Victoria Cho and Therese Cilia ​
2003 - 2004	Simone Charles and David Kang ​	2002 - 2003	Rayelle Hache and Chantelle Spiers ​
2001 - 2002	Hyan Jung Ahn and Huan Tran ​	2000 - 2001	Lesley Lynn Ashton and Chih-Hsien Lee ​
1999 - 2000	Amanda Worr and Helen Jancic ​	1998 - 1999	Jenni Johnston and Vi Luong Tao ​
1997 - 1998	Shane Charles and Juli Liger-Belair ​	1996 - 1997	Raffi Ghanaghounian and Laura Legg ​
1995 - 1996	Jonathan Kean and Pam Lostracco	1994 - 1995	Rebecca Anweiler and Donald Kwan ​
1993 - 1994	Rory McDonald and Chen Sien Lin ​	1992 - 1993	Andrea Green and Betty Kowall ​
1991 - 1992	Cheryl Lynn Huber and Mark Paul ​	1990 - 1991	Pieter Bakker and Alison Garnett ​
1989 - 1990	Jennifer Hamilton and Torborg Tjensvoll ​	1988 - 1989	Tom Bendtsen and Cathy Jones ​
1987 - 1988	Lory MacDonald and Andra Schwendinger	1986 - 1987	Brenda Lavoie and Thu Nguzen
1985 - 1986	Rebecca Diedericks and Peter MacWhirter ​	1984 - 1985	John Haxton and Hyuk Um
1983 - 1984	Cathy McNeill and Caroline White ​	1982 - 1983	Greg Elliott and Lori Richards ​

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