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About the Business / Arts Awards

September 23, 2022

Presented annually, the Business / Arts Awards recognize innovative partnerships and spotlight exceptional volunteers, leaders and corporate champions. 

Celebrating the power of partnership between business and the arts

 

Business / Arts is celebrating enduring partnerships and exceptional service to the arts with the 2022 Business / Arts awards. Presented annually, the Business / Arts Awards recognize innovative partnerships between business and the arts, and spotlight exceptional volunteers, leaders and companies who have made a significant contribution to the arts in Canada. The 2022 Award recipients will be honoured at an in-person celebration on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at the Artscape Wychwood Barns. Download the announcement here.

 


 

Discover the origins of our five prestigious awards and see who has previously received these honours.

 

Edmund C. Bovey Award

Named after our first chairman, The Edmund C. Bovey Award recognizes a business professional and/or philanthropist who has demonstrated a lifetime of significant philanthropy and/or volunteer leadership in arts and culture in Canada.

The recipient receives $20,000 to direct towards an arts organization(s) of their choice.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2021 – Donald Ross, O.C. & Gretchen Ross
  • 2019 – Mrs. Jenny Belzberg CM, AOE., LLD
  • 2018 – The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain, C.C. O.N.B.
  • 2017 – Tony Gagliano
  • 2016 – Kiki Delaney
  • 2015 – Philip Taylor
  • 2014 – The Hon. Hilary M. Weston
  • 2013 – Gary Slaight
  • 2012 – Pierre Bourgie
  • 2011 – John McKellar, C.M., Q.C., J.D.
  • 2010 – Gail Asper
  • 2009 – A. Charles Baillie
  • 2008 – Hon Henry N.R. Jackman
  • 2007 – Donald K. Johnson
  • 2006 – Michael M. Koerner
  • 2005 – David Fountain
  • 2004 – Michael Audain
  • 2003 – James D. Fleck, C.C, DBA, LL.D
  • 2002 – Dr. Theodore Rozsa
  • 2001 – Israel Asper
  • 2000 – James B. Pitblado
  • 1998 – John F. Fraser, O.C.
  • 1997 – John (Jack) R. Craig, O.C.
  • 1996 – David Lemon
  • 1995 – George R. Gardiner, O.C., O.Ont
  • 1994 – Jake Moore
  • 1993 – Eric Charman
  • 1992 – Dr. Francis Winspear O.C.
  • 1991 – M. Kathleen Richardson C.C.
  • 1990 – Edmund C. Bovey


Peter Herrndorf Arts Leadership Award

Established in 2015, Peter Herrndorf Arts Leadership Award recognizes an arts leader who has spent a lifetime dedicated to fostering the arts in Canada by building partnerships with fellow arts executives, artists, media, business leaders and public sector officials to ensure a vibrant cultural sector for all Canadians.

The recipient receives $5,000 to be directed to the arts organization(s) of their choice.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2021 – Mavis Staines, C.M., DhumL
  • 2019 Antoni Cimolino, CM
  • 2018 Nathalie Bondil, C.M.
  • 2017 Piers Handling, O.C.
  • 2016 Karen Kain
  • 2015 Peter Herrndorf, C.C., O.Ont


Arnold Edinborough Award

Named after the founding president of Business / Arts, the Arnold Edinborough award recognizes a young business professional (40 and under) who has demonstrated exemplary volunteer leadership and volunteerism in the arts.

The recipient receives $5,000 to be directed to an arts organization(s) of their choice.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2021 James Ingold
  • 2019 – Paul Desmarais III
  • 2018 – Ali Shivji
  • 2017 – Diane Obam Dallaire
  • 2016 – Irfhan Rawji
  • 2015 – Jan-Fryderyk Pleszczynski
  • 2014 – Chris Farias
  • 2013 – Stephen Delaney
  • 2012 – Mo Dhaliwal
  • 2011 – Simon Foster
  • 2010 – Melanie Joly
  • 2009 – Marcello Cabezas
  • 2008 – Claudia Moore


Corporate Champion of the Arts Award

The Corporate Champion of the Arts Award recognizes a business that has strengthened arts and culture in Canada through its long-standing support of and commitment to the sector.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2021 – EQ Bank
  • 2019 – RBC Foundation
  • 2018 – Protocase Inc.
  • 2017 – Air Canada
  • 2016 – Sun Life Financial
  • 2015 – Great West Life, London Life, and Canada Life
  • 2014 – BMO Financial Group
  • 2013 – RBC Foundation, RBC Emerging Artists Project
  • 2012 – TD Bank Group
  • 2011 – Enbridge
  • 2010 – Husky Energy
  • 2009 – Telus
  • 2008 – Sun Life Financial
  • 2007 – TD Bank Financial Group
  • 2006 – BMO Financial Group
  • 2005 – Alcan BC
  • 2004 – Sun Life Financial


Community Impact Award

The Community Impact Award recognizes an arts and business partnership that has enhanced the quality of life and enriched a local cultural scene through innovative program(s), creative business partnerships or neighbourhood revitalization initiatives.

Previous Award Recipients

  • 2021 Netflix for their partnership with Hot Docs
  • 2019 – TELUS for their partnership with Green Thumb Theatre
  • 2018 – Sun Life Financial for their Musical Instrument Lending Library
  • 2017 – PATTISON Outdoor Advertising for their partnership with VIBE Arts
  • 2016 – The Daniels Corporation, for their partnership with Artscape
  • 2015 – First Air, for their partnership with the National Arts Centre
  • 2014 – Manulife for their partnership with Luminato Festival


Congratulations to all of the Award Recipients! 

Visit businessandarts.org/awards to learn more about the 2022 Business / Arts Awards celebration and to get to know this year’s exceptional recipients. 

 

 

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