The City of Oshawa announced that it is looking for nominations of individuals, collectives and organizations that have made a positive contribution in the community.
Selected ones will be recognized through the annual Community Legends Award and Oshawa Culture Counts Awards.
Nominations for both recognition programs will be accepted until February 14, 2021.
Recipients of the Community Legends and Culture Counts awards will be presented with their awards at a council meeting in spring 2021.
Community Legends Award: The Community Legends Award recognizes a person of any age or an organization/group who:
- made a significant contribution to an activity, sport or community initiative;
- contributed to improving the quality of life of the Oshawa community; and/or,
- made a significant impact on the Oshawa community at a grassroots level through arts & culture, sport or community initiatives.
Culture Counts Awards: Oshawa’s Culture Counts Awards celebrate and honour the creative and cultural achievements of the community. Individuals, groups and/ or organizations can be nominated or apply for three categories:
- Oshawa Culture Counts Professional Artist Award, which recognizes an established artist of any arts discipline who has demonstrated creativity, originality, professional maturity and artistic leadership in the community.
- Oshawa Culture Counts Emerging Artist Award, which recognizes emerging artists of all ages who are in the early stages of their career. The award encompasses all art disciplines and leverages these skills to inspire and enrich the lives of fellow citizens.
- The Innovation and Creation Champion Award, which honours individuals, collectives and/or organization in the creative and cultural industries who have created or enhanced an event, product, program or partnership in the past year.
For a complete outline of the awards eligibility requirements, award information and past recipients visit www.oshawa.ca/achawards.
John E Walker has been feeding and clothing up to 250 people of Oshawa every day for over a year though the LIFE program he selflessly runs. A true hero.