The 2024 winners!

For the 2024 Scholarships, the committee chose 5 winners from a number of very worthy entries.

For Visual Arts – Danielle Hawkins

Danielle attended Orangeville District Secondary School and focused on visual arts, earning a dual credit by completing a life drawing class at Humber.

She has been accepted at OCAD University where she will be studying illustration and plans to be a professional illustrator for comics and graphic novels.

Danielle feels that this scholarship not only is an endorsement of her talents but will help financially so that she can concentrate on her studies.

For Visual Arts – Naomi Cameron

Noami attended Centre Dufferin District High School where she was involved with music, fashion and visual arts. She sang with the Orangeville Music Theatre, taught arts at the STREAMS Community Hub and spearheaded the creation of a school mural.

She has been accepted at Sheridan College endeavoring to get her Honours Bachelor of Art for Craft and Design, specializing in Textiles. With this training and education, she is aspiring to become an art therapist.

For Theatre (Acting) – Charlotte Faulkner

Charlotte attended Mayfield Secondary School Regional Arts Program, specifically in Drama. She kept busy with directing a one-act play, competing in the Canadian Improv Games and rehearsing for a lead role in a local play, all the while working for the Haunted Orangeville Walking Tours.

Charlotte has been accepted at Dalhousie University in Halifax working toward her BA with Honours in Theatre. She is looking forward to acting professionally in festival theatres and eventually at the level of Mirvish and Broadway productions.

For Film and Media – Charlotte Payne

Charlotte attended Centre Dufferin District High School with emphasis was on Drama, Writing and Media Arts. She too volunteered at STREAM Community Hub and also found time to work at a photography studio.

Charlotte is enrolled at McMaster University and is studying Humanities and Media Arts. Her goal is to work in filmmaking, film/video editing and videography.

Being awarded this scholarship is a major affirmation of her passion and talent in media arts and provides an inspiration to continue in this area.

For Theatre (Acting) – Isabel LeGallais

 Isabel attended Orangeville District Secondary School and kept busy outside of her studies with various parts at Theatre Orangeville as well as high school productions.  She is thankful for the additional training she received at Second City.

Isabel is enrolled at University of Windsor working toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her goal is to become a professional actor and feels that this scholarship is the first step in her journey to reach that goal.

We acknowledge that the land on which we gather, and on which the Region of Peel operates, is part of the Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit. For thousands of years, Indigenous peoples inhabited and cared for this land. In particular we acknowledge the territory of the Ani-shinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples; the land that is home to the Metis; and most recently, the territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation who are direct descendants of the Mississaugas of the Credit.

We are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land, and by doing so, give our respect to its first inhabitants.