Vida-Peene Awards

What is this prize?

The Vida Peene Awards are made annually to eight specified organizations from the investment proceeds of an endowment worth almost $600,000.

The eight organizations are:

• Stratford Festival of Canada
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Ontario College of Art and Design
• Ontario Arts Council
• National Ballet of Canada
• Canadian Opera Company
• St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts
• Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Deadline(s)

Annual remittances

Who created this prize?

This fund was established thanks to a generous bequest from Vida Peene to the Canada Council in 1978 for the purpose of promoting development of the arts in Ontario and the rest of Canada.