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Thank you

Writers’ Trust proudly acknowledges our many supporters for their generous investments dedicated to championing Canadian writers.

These lists represent supporters who made a gift or pledge payment between January 1 and December 31, 2023, or whose cumulative donations to Writers’ Trust total $25,000 or greater as of December 31, 2023.

If your name has been omitted or incorrectly acknowledged, we offer our apologies. Please contact Lisa Shaw at lshaw@writerstrust.com so that we can correct this oversight.

2023 Annual Supporters

Writers’ Trust is grateful to supporters who made an annual gift contribution in 2023. Gifts are listed at the full pledge amount.

$1,000,000 +

  • Balsillie Family Foundation 
  • The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation 

$100,000 - $250,000

  • CN 
  • Scott Griffin 
  • The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation 
  • RBC Foundation 

$25,000 - $99,999

  • Amazon.ca 
  • BMO 
  • Canadian Telecommunications Association 
  • CIBC (Ottawa) 
  • Enbridge Inc. 
  • Government of Canada 
  • Lorraine Greey 
  • Imperial Oil Ltd. 
  • Intuit Inc. 
  • Metcalf Foundation 
  • Nadir & Shabin Mohammed 
  • Netflix 
  • C. Paul Osmanski Fund held at Vancouver Foundation 
  • DC Reid 
  • Rio Tinto 
  • Scotiabank 
  • TransCanada PipeLines Limited 

$10,000 - $24,999

  • Air Canada
  • Aird & Berlis LLP
  • Apple (Canada)
  • Stephen Arbib Foundation
  • Bank of Montreal
  • Bluesky Strategy Group
  • CAE Inc.
  • Canadian Credit Union Association
  • CBC Radio-Canada
  • Ceridian
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
  • Chestnut Park Real Estate Brokerage Limited
  • CIBC
  • Crescent Investment Partners, Helen Burstyn
  • Crowe Soberman LLP
  • David Dattels
  • Diamond Schmitt Architects
  • Clair Duff
  • Economic Club of Canada
  • Fogler, Rubinoff LLP
  • The Ira Gluskin and Maxine Granovsky Gluskin Charitable Foundation
  • Joanna Griffiths
  • The Haynes-Connell Foundation
  • Innovative Medicines Canada
  • Insurance Bureau of Canada
  • John Terry Professional Corp.
  • Labatt Brewing Co. Ltd.
  • Lafarge Canada Inc.
  • National Bank / Banque Nationale
  • Onex Corporation
  • PAA Advisory
  • Penguin Random House Canada
  • Pomp & Circumstance
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers (HQ)
  • RBC Enterprise Strategic Client Group
  • Regent Family Foundation
  • Rogers Communications Inc.
  • RONA Inc.
  • Rubicon Strategy
  • Shaw Communications
  • Nicole Tapscott & James Leo
  • TCM Investment Corp.
  • Teck Resources Ltd.
  • Universal Music Canada
  • Vancouver Fraser Port Authority
  • Luc Vanneste
  • Richard Ward & Sandra Sorenson

$5,000 - $9,999

  • AtkinsRéalis 
  • Canadian Bankers Association 
  • Cannabis Council of Canada 
  • CD Capital Developments Ltd 
  • The Chawkers Foundation 
  • William Cheng 
  • Crestview Strategy Inc. 
  • Dentons Canada LLP 
  • Earnscliffe Strategies 
  • The Globe and Mail 
  • Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 
  • Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. 
  • HarperCollins Canada Ltd. 
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies 
  • David Leonard 
  • MDA 
  • Onex Corporation 
  • Pebble Productions 
  • Pitblado Family Foundation 
  • Quebecor Media 
  • RBC Financial Group 
  • Simon & Schuster Canada 
  • StrategyCorp Ottawa Inc. 
  • TD Bank Group 
  • TikTok Technology Canada Inc. 
  • Yosef Wosk 

$1,000 - $4,999

  • Anne Balcome Cook 
  • David Barber 
  • Leslie Belzak & Michael McFadden 
  • Amy Burstyn-Fritz 
  • Taiya Campbell 
  • Mary Cranston and Kevin Spencer 
  • CSR Real Estate 
  • Janet Eger 
  • Charles Foran 
  • Allen Garson 
  • Jen Grant 
  • Jane Griesdorf 
  • Deanna Hayko
  • Valerie Hussey 
  • Sumant Inamdar 
  • Alex Josephson 
  • Mary Koutsoubos 
  • Gwen Lamont 
  • Marla & David Lehberg 
  • Shannon Lewis 
  • Wendy Liu 
  • Clarisa Llaneza 
  • Alison Loat 
  • Dan Mader 
  • Amreen Omar 
  • Laura Rubino & Ana Sainz 
  • Adam Scherer 
  • The Smash & Monk Foundation 
  • Alexandria Sun
  • Dan Tanenbaum 
  • Adrian Tauro 
  • Thomas S. Woods & Lydia M. Lovison 
  • Takashi Yamashita 

Up to $999

  • Katrina Afonso 
  • Kamal Al-Solaylee 
  • Gabi Armenia 
  • Ashley Audrain 
  • Jass Aujla 
  • Yaroslav Baran 
  • Stefan Baranski 
  • Jeff Barnes & Marcia Zucker 
  • Neil Bass 
  • Hardave Birk 
  • Ronna Bloom 
  • Nic Boshart 
  • Maureen Boyd 
  • Heather Bradley 
  • Karma Brown 
  • Naman Budhdeo 
  • Stephen Cabral 
  • Kayla Calder 
  • Joseph Canavan 
  • Diana Carney 
  • Philip Cartwright 
  • Gavin Cheung 
  • CHIMP: Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada) 
  • Jaiman Chin 
  • Sarah Chown 
  • Anna Comfort O'Keeffe 
  • Graeme Cooper 
  • Debby Cordeiro 
  • Shannon Day 
  • Maxwell De Liberato 
  • Daniel Debow 
  • Catherine Donnelly Foundation 
  • Robert and Caroline Duncanson 
  • Argie Eliopoulos 
  • Jason & Fiona Ellis 
  • Aaron Emes 
  • Cary Fagan 
  • Carolyn Forde 
  • Anne & Tony Giardini 
  • Alice Gibb 
  • Andrew Giosa 
  • Joshua Graham 
  • Elizabeth Gray-Smith 
  • Michael Greenstein 
  • Matthew Grennier 
  • Sydney Grieve 
  • Roland Gulliver 
  • Barbara Hackett 
  • Dylan Hanley 
  • R.J. Harlick 
  • Sharon Haward-Laird 
  • Simon Haworth 
  • Kaelen Haworth 
  • Peter Hay 
  • Marian Hebb 
  • Byan Hill 
  • Ken Hunt 
  • Jack Illingworth 
  • Andrew Joyner 
  • Chris Kapches 
  • Patrick Kennedy 
  • John Kidder 
  • Sascha King 
  • Susan Krever 
  • Sue Kuruvilla 
  • Vincent Lam 
  • Rhonda Lam 
  • Jennifer Lambert 
  • Jacquie Laroque 
  • Catherine Lawrence 
  • Doug Laxdal 
  • Brett Lindros 
  • Dougal MacDonald 
  • Susan Magee 
  • David Malach 
  • Marathon Watch Company 
  • Anna Markiewicz 
  • Amanda Mass 
  • Paul Matthews 
  • Lindsay Mattick 
  • Sasha McGrath 
  • Johanna Mizgala 
  • Margaret Nelligan 
  • Chima Nkemdirim 
  • Tobi Nussbaum 
  • Carol Off 
  • Cindy Pattenden 
  • Emily Pearce Rayner 
  • Pledgeling Foundation 
  • Heather Rath 
  • Elsie Redekopp 
  • H. Sanford Riley 
  • Luke Roberts 
  • Craig Robinson 
  • Rob Rosenfeld 
  • Maryanne Runnalls 
  • RustyNB 
  • Fate Saghir 
  • Devyani Saltzman 
  • Ryan Sergeant 
  • Adam Sol & Yael Splansky 
  • David Stephenson 
  • Daryn Sutherland 
  • Robert Tamblyn 
  • Barbara Temple 
  • Emma Truax 
  • Perry Tsergas 
  • United Way of Greater Toronto 
  • United Way of Winnipeg 
  • University of Toronto Press 
  • Voula Vagdatis 
  • Samara Walbohm 
  • Duncan Webb 
  • Russell Weston 
  • Jennifer Wild 
  • Josephine Wong 
  • Sonia Wylie 

In Memoriam

Writers’ Trust gratefully recognizes gifts made in memory of the individuals listed below in 2023.

  • Catherine Caufield 
  • Michael Griesdorf 
  • J. Kirk Howard CM 
  • Violet Kelly 
  • Man-Kin Li 
  • Norma Eloise West Linder 
  • Jim Luff 
  • Larry Murray 
  • Roberta J. Stevens 
  • Johnnie Walker 

Partners

Writers' Trust is grateful for the support offered by the following partners in 2023.

  • ArtHubs Toronto Inc.: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts  
  • Dawson City Community Library 
  • The Globe and Mail 
  • Klondike Visitors Association  
  • Politics and the Pen 
  • Whitehorse Public Library 

Page Turners

The Page Turners listing recognizes supporters whose cumulative donations to Writers’ Trust total $25,000 or greater as of December 31, 2023.

$1,000,000 +

  • Balsillie Family Foundation
  • The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation
  • Metcalf Foundation
  • Politics and the Pen
  • RBC Foundation
  • Rogers Group of Companies
  • Weston Family Foundation

$500,000 - $999,999

  • Amazon
  • Bell
  • CIBC
  • Microsoft Canada Co.
  • TD Bank Group

$250,000 - $499,999

  • BMO 
  • CN 
  • Enbridge Inc. 
  • Government of Canada 
  • Imperial Oil Ltd. 
  • The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation 
  • Marla & David Lehberg 
  • The McClelland & Stewart Charitable Foundation 
  • MTS Allstream Inc. (Ottawa) 
  • C. Paul Osmanski Fund held at Vancouver Foundation 
  • Rogers Communications Inc 
  • Scotiabank

$100,000 - $249,999

  • Aimia 
  • Aird & Berlis LLP   
  • Bank of Montreal 
  • Barrick Gold  
  • Canada Council for the Arts 
  • Canadian Bankers Association 
  • Canadian Telecommunications Association 
  • CBC Radio-Canada 
  • Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada 
  • Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP 
  • Ernst & Young LLP 
  • Galewest Investments Limited 
  • GlaxoSmithKline 
  • The Globe and Mail 
  • Lorraine Greey 
  • Harlequin Enterprises Ltd. 
  • Harper Collins Canada Ltd. 
  • Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning 
  • Indigo Books & Music Inc. 
  • Innovative Medicines Canada 
  • Insurance Bureau of Canada 
  • Knightstone Capital Management II Inc. 
  • National Bank / Banque Nationale 
  • Nereus Financial Inc. 
  • Robin Pacific 
  • Pearson Education Canada Inc. 
  • Penguin Random House Canada 
  • Pfizer Canada Inc. 
  • Quebecor Media 
  • Raymond James Ltd. 
  • RBC  
  • Shaw Communications 

$25,000 - $99,999

  • AGF Investments Inc. 
  • Air Canada 
  • William Allen 
  • Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc. 
  • Amgen Canada Inc. 
  • Apache Canada Ltd. 
  • Apple (Canada) 
  • AtkinsRéalis 
  • Margaret Atwood 
  • audible.ca 
  • Bluesky Strategy Group 
  • BMO Nesbitt Burns Inc. 
  • Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc. 
  • CAE Inc. 
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers 
  • Canadian Credit Union Association 
  • Canadian Medical Association 
  • Canadian Real Estate Association 
  • Canadian Tire Corporation 
  • Cannonbury Investments 
  • Ceridian 
  • Chestnut Park Real Estate Brokerage Limited 
  • Stephen & Catherine E. Clark 
  • James A. Coutts 
  • Phillip Crawley 
  • Crestview Strategy Inc. 
  • Crowe Soberman LLP 
  • Kari Cullen & William Bonnell 
  • Deloitte & Touche Foundation Canada 
  • Dentons Canada LLP 
  • Diamond Schmitt Architects 
  • Claire Drainie Taylor 
  • Clair Duff 
  • Earnscliffe Strategies 
  • ENsight Canada 
  • Extra Pocket 
  • Fleishman-Hillard Canada Inc. 
  • Fogler, Rubinoff LLP 
  • Forest Products Association of Canada 
  • FoTenn Urban Planners 
  • Allen Garson & Alanna Rondi 
  • Genome Canada 
  • Goodmans LLP 
  • Gowling WLG (Canada) LLP 
  • Alex & Olivia Graham 
  • Anthony R. Graham 
  • Scott Griffin 
  • Jocelyn G. Hidi 
  • Hill+Knowlton Strategies 
  • Hoffmann-La Roche 
  • IBM Canada Ltd. 
  • Jan Innes 
  • Interac Corp. 
  • Intuit Inc. 
  • Iogen Bio-Products Corporation 
  • J&W Murphy Foundation 
  • Douglas Knight 
  • KPMG Foundation 
  • KPMG LLP 
  • Lafarge Canada Inc. 
  • Amanda Lang 
  • LifeWorks 
  • Longview Asset Management Ltd. 
  • Lowe's Companies Canada 
  • Deborah MacLeod & Ward Sellers 
  • Manulife Financial 
  • McKesson Canada Corp. 
  • Mark McLean 
  • MDA 
  • Nadir & Shabin Mohamed 
  • Mongrel Holdings Inc. 
  • Laurence Murray 
  • National Arts Centre 
  • NATIONAL Public Relations 
  • Netflix 
  • NetStar Enterprises Inc. 
  • Nexus Investment Management Inc. 
  • Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt 
  • PAA Advisory 
  • Lisa Pasold 
  • Passmore Group Inc. 
  • Paterson MacDougall 
  • Pebble Productions 
  • Wendy Pitblado 
  • Pitblado Family Foundation 
  • Power Corporation of Canada 
  • PriceWaterhouseCoopers (HQ) 
  • Lynda Reeves 
  • DC Reid 
  • Resolute Forest Products 
  • Rio Tinto 
  • Bryan Rogers 
  • Scotia Capital Inc. 
  • Chris Sexton & Wendy Daniels 
  • Simon & Schuster Canada 
  • The Slaight Family Foundation 
  • Sandra Lee Simpson 
  • Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd. 
  • Sobec Investments Ltd.  
  • St. Joseph Media 
  • Standard Radio Inc. 
  • The Strategic Counsel 
  • StrategyCorp Ottawa Inc. 
  • Sun Life Financial 
  • Don Tapscott & Ana P. Lopes 
  • Nathan Taylor 
  • Telus (Ottawa) 
  • Robert Tennant 
  • Thomson Reuters 
  • TikTok Technology Canada Inc. 
  • Toronto Star  
  • Torys LLP 
  • TransCanada 
  • TransCanada PipeLines Limited 
  • Transcontinental Inc. 
  • TSX Group 
  • VISA Canada 
  • Richard Ward & Sandra Sorenson 
  • The Woodbridge Company Limited 
  • Ingeborg Woodcock 
  • Yosef Wosk 
  • Beatrice Wright 
  • Janet Wright 
  • Writers' Union of Canada 

Benefactors Circle

When our five founders – Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, Margaret Laurence, and David Young – imagined the sustainability of the Writers’ Trust, they saw a future where people would pledge to leave their legacies to recognize, encourage, and support Canadian Writers.  

We are grateful to all individuals who have, or have indicated their intention, to leave a bequest to Writers’ Trust. 

  • Estate of PK Page 
  • Estate of Nathan Taylor 
  • Estate of Joan Elizabeth Skogan 
  • Estate of Ann Pasold 
  • Estate of George Mercer 

Visionaries Circle

Writers’ Trust recognizes donors who have contributed to endowment funds, which provides support to Canadian writers in perpetuity.

  • Dayne Ogilvie Fund 
  • Woodcock Fund 
“The Writers' Trust is a pillar of the Canadian writing community, providing vital programs for writers at every stage of their careers.”

Lawrence Hill


Winner, 2007 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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