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Every donation to OCAD University, large or small, sparks transformation. Discover the inspiring stories of remarkable donors and the impact of their contributions, and perhaps find yourself among the cherished names on our donor recognition wall. Join us in recognizing the power of giving that fuels creativity and innovation in our community. Your support makes a world of difference, and we're excited to share the heartwarming stories of generosity that shape the OCAD U experience.
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Donor Impact Stories
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The Donor Wall recognizes OCAD U donors with cumulative lifetime giving totals of $10,000 or greater.
Explore OCAD University's Donor Wall, recognizing individuals and organizations whose generous contributions have reached $10,000* or more in lifetime giving.
Their support drives innovation, champions student success and helps secure a thriving future for OCAD U. We are deeply grateful to our donors for their commitment to advancing education and creativity in art and design.
Gifts-in-kind and Art Auction-related donations are not included.
* Indicates donor is an alumni
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$1 Million+
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George & Martha Butterfield
The Delaney Family
RBC Foundation
Scotiabank
Rosalie* & Isadore Sharp
Ada Slaight
TD Bank Group
Nora E. Vaughan
Nancy Beal Young*
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$500k-$999k
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BMO Financial Group
The Catherine & Maxwell Meighen Foundation
Peter* and Camillla Dalglish & The W. Garfield Weston Foundation
The Manchee Foundation
Caro MacDonald & Mark McCain
OCAD U Foundation
The Slaight Family Foundation
St. Joseph Communications
TD Insurance Meloche Monnex
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$250k-$499k
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Anonymous (1)
Apple Canada Inc.
David Binet
Pulin Chandaria
The Counselling Foundation of Canada
The Dalglish Family Foundation
Michael & Honor de Pencier
Ernie & Rivette Herzig
Hullmark Asset Management Ltd.
The McLean Foundation
Dorene MacAulay Milligan* & Peter Milligan
Nexus Investment Management Inc.
The Barford Foundation
Lady Elizabeth (Pixie) Mudge Massey Shaw*
John Robert & Elizabeth Ann Veres
The Jack Weinbaum Family Foundation
Peter Ziegler
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$100k-$250k
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Anonymous (1)
Aboveground Art Supplies
The Angelo Donghia Foundation
The Estate of Andre N. Beaulieu
Bell Media Inc.
BentallGreenOak
Birch Hill Equity Partners
George & Patty* Boake & Family
Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life
Candian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce Charitable Foundation
Carol & Morton Rapp Foundation
David L. Stevenson & Son Ltd.
DH Gales Family Charitable Foundation
Estate of Joseph Vincent Febbo
First Capital REIT
The Fleck Family Foundation
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
Friends of OCA
The Henry White Kinnear Foundation
Dorothy Hoover
Susan*, Erin and Gillian Iles
Inspirit Foundation
Rosamond Ivey
The Jackman Foundation
The Joan and Clifford Hatch Foundation
The KPMG Foundation
Elizabeth* & Goulding Lambert
Nancy Lang* & Roger Martin
Donald & Gretchen Ross
McCall MacBain Foundation
The Estate of Doris McCarthy
Doris McCarthy*
Estate of William Thomas McConnell
Keith McLean
Leslie McNeill
Jim Meekison & Carolyn Keystone
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
NEO Exchange Inc.
The Norman and Margaret Jewsion Charitable Foundation
OCAD U Faculty Association
OCAD U Printmaking
Partners In Art
Margaret V. Paull*
Estate of S. Helene Lang Poggetto
Power Corporation of Canada
The R. Samuel McLaughlin Foundation
The Richard Ivey Foundation
Roman & Mary Schneider Foundation
The Estate of Paul James Ruhnke
Sherman Foundations
The St. George's Society of Toronto
Tesari Chartiable Foundation
TVO
William & Phyllis Waters
William F. White International Inc.
The Estate of Peter Ziegler
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$50k-$99k
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Abitibi-Consolidated Inc.
Ellen Adams* & Peter Harris*
Ample Labs
Bluma Appel
Autodesk Canada Inc.
Auxly Cannabis Group Inc.
Salah Bachir & Jacob Yerex
Bazil Developments Inc.
Bell Kearns & Associates Ltd.
The Birks Family Foundation
Peter Caldwell & Stephen Mader*
Canada Council for the Arts
Canopy Growth Corporation
Barbara Amesbury & M. Joan Chalmers*
Yeon-Tak* & Jae Sook Chang
The Estate of Elizabeth Anne Roberts Cook
The Estate of Sully Corth
Corus Entertainment Inc.
Cumine Family
Sheila Demsey Beiko
Foote Cone & Belding Canada
Jill Eisen
Ford Foundation
The Estate of Mrs. Marjorie Forsyth Barlow
Glenview Corporation
Linda & Robert J. Goldberger
Heritage Educational Foundation (Knowledge First Financial)
David P. Holland
The Hospital for Sick Children Foundation
Imperial Oil Limited
Joel Mechanical Inc.
The Family of Elliot Joel
The John Dobson Foundation
Doug Johnson* & Valerie Gordon Johnson
Helen Kearns & Gary Ursell & Family
Knowledge First Foundation
Richard J. Kostoff
Arthur & Sonia Labatt
Laidlaw Foundation
Elizabeth* & Goulding Lambert
Lanterra Developments
Leo Burnett Company Ltd.
MacLaren McCann Canada Inc.
Mark Mandelbaum
The Estate of John S. Manuel
John Schofield Manuel
Sarah McKinnon & Peter Dawes
Derek Mclean
Meta
The Metrick System Inc.
Joseph Miller
Morgan Stanley Canada Limited
Museum of Promotional Arts, Toronto
Navigator Limited
Margaret Newall
Nienkämper
OCAD U Alumni Association
OCAD U Student Union
The P. & L. Odette Charitable Foundation
Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation
Karen Pilosof*
Carol & Morton Rapp
Republic Live Inc.
RME Capital Corporation
Ryerson University
The Salvation Army
The Estate of James E. Saull
William & Meredith Saunderson
The Scott Mission
Richard St. John*
Michael Stewart*
Strategic Objectives Inc.
TBWA Toronto
Teknion Corp.
The Toronto Hospital Foundation
The University of British Columbia
University of Victoria
John & Barbara Vivash
Joan* & Alan Watson
Don Watt*
The William Birchall Foundation
Women's Art Association of Canada
York University
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$25k-$49k
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3M Canada Company
Accerta
AGF Management Limited
Albert White & Co. Ltd.
Herbert S. Alpert
American Express Canada Inc.
Robert Andrews
The Appleton Charitable Foundation
Arnold Worldwide Canada Inc.
Arts Etobicoke
AT&T Canada
The Atkinson Charitable Foundation
The Azrieli Foundation
Ballast Holdings Limited
BBDO Canada
Bell Media
Estate of Joanna Berlinghoff
E.W. Bickle Foundation
Jill Birch
BlackBerry
The Estate of Kenneth T. Burt
C. J. Graphics Printers and Lithographers
Tony Caldwell & Martha Durdin
Canadian Federation of University Women
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Dr. Paul & Joyce Chapnick
The Chastell Foundation
David & Valerie Christie
Brian & Francine Chu
Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd.
Scott Connolly
Cott Corporation
Victoria Cowan* & Brian Smith*
Estate of Cathy Daley
Bryan Davies
Michael B. Davies
Trevor Davies
DDB Canada / Frank Palmer
Dr. Sara Diamond
Jack Dixon*
The Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation
Ernst & Young
John & Gay Evans
Goldie Feldman
John Fletcher
Fonds Quebecor (PDPT)
Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited
The Fraser Elliott Foundation
Lorne Gertner Charitable Foundation
Gilbert's LLP
Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc.
GMF Flexo Prepress Inc.
Gorrie Marketing Services
Maxwell Gotlieb
Lindy Green
Grip Limited
Hal Jackman Foundation
GMF Flexo Prepress Inc.
Graham* & Mary Hallward
Hambly & Woolley Studio
Dmitri Handera & Louise Tsang
The Haynes-Connell Foundation
James Hewson*
Pandora Y. Ho*
IBM Canada Ltd.
Ink Dezyne
Ilan Ishai
Nancy Jain
Johnson Controls
Louise & Ernie Kerr
Tom Kierans & Mary Janigan
The Lloyd Carr-Harris Foundation
Charles Magee
Manulife Financial
William McCauley
James & Jane McMyn
The Estate of Miroslav Mesesnel
Métis Nation of Ontario
Microsoft Canada Inc.
The Estate of Mariko Miyazaki
Ketih Muller*
Nicholas Metivier Gallery
Klaus Nienkämper
Ogilvy & Mather (Canada) Ltd.
Olivetti Canada Limited
Onex Corporation
Ontario Association of Architects
OPSEU, Local 576
PAC Global
Uwe Petroschke
Richard Pilosof
Tim & Frances Price
IODE Ontario
Publicis Canada Inc.
RBC Financial Group
Paul Rowan & Marcee Ruby
The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
Janet & Michael Scott
John Seagram
Second Chance Scholarship Foundation
Sid Lee Inc. (Toronto)
smart Canada Inc.
Jennifer Snyder
Southam Publications Inc.
Marie-Josée Therrien & Robert Sprachman*
Steam Whistle Brewing Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Tanabe/Thorne Fund, held at Vancouver Foundation
TELUS Corporation
The Toronto Star
Torys LLP
Evadene F. Traill*
Jane & Tony Urquhart
WATERFRONT Toronto
Robert Watson
Gregory Weeden
Richard S. White
The Wolfond Family
Women's Art Association of Hamilton
Ian Woodbury
JWT
Young & Rubicam Advertising Ltd.
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$10k-$24k
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Al & Malka Green
A Plus Creative
Accessibility Directorate of Ontario
Achilles Media Ltd.
AIMIA
Alexander E. Grossman Foundation
Algoma Steel
David G. P. Allan
American Iron and Metal (AIM)
Art Works Art School and Gallery
The Estate of Percy William Atkinson
Michael Audain
Walter M. and Lisa Balfour Bowen
Helen G. Balfour*
Barrick Gold Corporation
Bealight Foundation
Peter & Joan Beattie
The Bennett Family Foundation
Binah Charitable Foundation
Blackstock Leather Inc. & The Manchee Foundation
Blue Ant Media
Fondation J. Armand Bombardier
Mary & Murray Bosley
Betsy and Catherine Bray
Stephen Bulger
Butterfield & Robinson
C.M. Odette Philanthropic Foundation
C.P. Express & Transport
Mark Campbell* & Katherine Skippon
Canada Packers Inc.
Canada's Walk of Fame
Canadian Tire Corporation Ltd.
The Canadian Wool Council
Sheldon Caplan
Gary Carr*
Chair-Man Mills Inc.
The Estate of Wendy Coburn
The Estate of Helen Ann Cole
Community Foundation of Southeastern Alberta
Computer Systems Centre
ZIG
Robin & Doreen Cumine
Donna Cummings*
Mark & Ann Curry
The Cyril & Dorothy, Joel & Jill Reitman Family Foundation
Danbe Foundation Inc.
The Daniels Corporation
The Davies Charitable Foundation
Janet & Douglas Davis
DDB Needham Advertising
DDB Public Relations
The Estate of Dorothy de Bruno Austin
Beth DeMerchant
Frederick and Douglas Dickson Memorial Foundation
Dion Durrell & Associates Inc.
Direct Energy
Dominion Securities & Steel Limited
Beatrice Donald & Timothy Porteous
Father Dan Donovan
Dream Office REIT
Dianne Dunham-Martin
E.&.G Odette Charitable Foundation
Eaton Foundation
Edith Lando Charitable Foundation
Edwards Charitable Foundation
The Estate of Mary Egan Haines
Eight Elm Photo & Video
Jeff Elliot
Emerald Foundation
Interprovincial Pipe Line Ltd.
The Estate of Barbara K. Endres
Jayanne English*
Epson Canada Ltd.
Noreen Falkner
Murray Favro
Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) Education Foundation
Estate of Drajoblub (Danny) Filipovic
David Fisher
Norman Fisher
Estate of John F. Fletcher
Justin Garak
Gee Jeffery & Partners Inc.
George Weston Limited
Gerald Sheff and Shanitha Kachan
Colin & Sherrill Graham
Al & Malka Green
Kurt Hagan
David Hall-Humpherson*
Marjorie Hancock*
Harbourfront Centre
The Estate of Joseph M. Harper
Lam Hei
Barbara Henderson
Armure Studios
The Howitt Dunbar Foundation
Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) - Toronto Section
Office Specialty/Inscape
Intel Corporation
The J.P. Bickell Foundation
The Jay & Barbara Hennick Family Foundation
Jones Brown Inc.
K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation
Anne Adler Kagan
Simon Kattar
Keilhauer
June Kenner
Key Publishers Co. Ltd.
Brian King
David Knight
Kobo Inc.
Michelle Koerner
H. Joyce Kofman
Jim and Elske Kofman
KPMG
KUO Investment Co.
Estate of Ann Elizabeth Kurdyak
Bruce Kuwabara
Sy Landau
Estate of Aurele H.R. Lemieux
Lemon Bay Sunrise Rotary
Phil Lind
Christine Loewie
Longo Brothers Fruit Markets Inc.
L'Oreal Canada Inc.
Lowe Roche
Bertha & David MacElwain
Patrick Mackenzie & Roweena MacKeen
Maclean Hunter Limited
Darlene Madott
Main Frame Computer Graphics Ltd.
Les & Wendy Mandelbaum
Nancy McCain & Bill Morneau
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited
Mark McQueen
Roderick McQueen
Melleny Melody
Mendelson Family Foundation
Andrea & Greg Milavsky
Sarah & Tom Milroy
Anne Mirvish
Harry Mitz*
Dr. Kathy Moscou & Dr. Gervan Fearon
The Muller Family
The Nadir & Shabin Mohamed Foundation
Thomas Newton
Onsite @ OCAD U
ORT Toronto
Michael Page
Jeanne Parkin
Paul Dowsett Architecture Inc.
Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario
Rundi Phelan*
Jennifer Pierce*
PLM Group
Margaret Priest & Tony Scherman
Procter & Gamble Inc.
Prudential Financial
The Estate of Dorothy Purchase
Dorothy M. Purchase*
Dominion Securities Ames Ltd.
RBC Ventures Inc.
ReMax Promotions Inc.
Residences at Bianca Inc.
Residences of Form Inc.
Jim Johnson & Mark Robert
Mary Robertson
Rogers Communications Inc.
Rothmans of Pall Mall Canada Ltd.
Janis Rotman
The Estate of H. L. Rous
Royal Trust Corporation of Canada
Warren Rudd*
Robert & Kathleen Rueter
Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising Inc.
Jan & Robert Sage
The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation
Patricia Sauerbrei
Savage Sloan Design Group
McLeod Young Weir Ltd.
Dr. John Semple*
Beverley Shave
Estate of Larry Morgan Sherman
Shirley Blumberg Architect Inc.
Shops of Oakville South
John Shore
Stephen Shore
Ron Shuebrook & Fran Gallagher-Shuebrook
Heather Simmons*
David R. Smith
The Friends of Verant Richards
Stephen Bulger Gallery
John Stephens*
Marlene Stephens
Nan L. Stewart
The TORA Foundation
Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts
Toronto International Cultural Exchange Foundation
Tucker's Pottery Supplies Inc.
The Estate of Allen Turner
UBS Securities Canada Inc.
Umbra Ltd.
Unilever Canada
Julie-Anna & John Vogel
Brian & Bunny Vyner
Vysniauskas Family Foundation
Waddington's Auctioneers & Appraisers
Elaine Waisglass* and Michael Hirsh
Watt International Inc.
Wendy R. Eisen Endowment Fund at the Jewish Foundation
The Estate of Isabella Henrietta Wilson
Joyce Wilson
Winberg Foundation
Woodbridge Company Limited