Last night when I heard of a friend's partner getting a Chalmers grant I was curious to see who the other recipients for this year were. The Chalmers grants are distributed through the
Ontario Arts Council. "Chalmers Professional Development Grants provide financial assistance to individual professional artists and arts professionals so they can reach their next level of artistic or career development."
Here are the results of the 2005 recipients for both professional development and for arts fellowships - I've rearranged the data out of curiousity:
2005 Chalmers Recipients (Male)
- Grossman, Ben, Elora, $22,000
- Hoolboom, Mike, Toronto, $45,000
- Nemerofsky Ramsay, Benny, Toronto, $40,000
- Oswald, John, Toronto, $37,800
- Pitman, Walter, Toronto, $3,700
- Quirt, Brian, Toronto, $24,000
- Thomas, Jeffrey, Ottawa, $32,500
- Acquaah-Harrison, Kobèna, Toronto, $10,500
- Belluz, Scott, Toronto, $7,300
- Vaillancourt, Laurent, Hearst, $14,930
- Basilières, Michel, Toronto, $18,000
- Bendtsen, Tom, Toronto, $12,000
- Cockburn, Daniel, Toronto, $25,000
- Leonard, Craig, Toronto, $17,000
- Lopes, Damian, Barrie, $38,300
- Manzano, Jorge, Toronto, $29,000
- Monahan, Gordon, Meaford, $25,000
- Kumar, Ravi, Mississauga, $6,700
- Nandy, Manjusri, Pickering, $5,300
- Wilson, Lee, Newmarket, $5,000
419,030 / 20 = average 20,951.50
Highest Grant awarded $45,000
Lowest Grant awarded $3,700
2005 Chalmers Recipients (Female)
- Dey, Claudia, Toronto, $14,200
- Gibb, Camilla, Toronto, $27,400
- Mills, Sonja, Toronto, $28,400
- Robertson, Suzanne, Toronto, $25,000
- Aplin, Julia, Toronto, $7,500
- Johnston, Amanda, Toronto, $9,000
- Lochead, Christina, Toronto, $11,200
- McDonald, Sheona, Toronto, $11,000
- Peerbaye, Soraya, Toronto, $14,500
- Such, Jennie, Toronto, $9,000
- Bartley, Wende, Toronto, $18,000
- Firth-Eagland, Alissa, Brantford, $15,000
- Norris, Jude, Toronto, $20,000
- Heti, Sheila, Toronto, $34,000
- Ivanochko, Sasha, Toronto, $25,000
- Phillips, Paulette, Toronto, $15,000
- Schogt, Elida, Toronto, $25,000
- Valcin, Nadine, Toronto, $16,700
- Headley, Charmaine, Toronto, $10,000
- Nowacka, Malgorzata, Toronto, $5,500
- O'Shea, Meagan, Toronto, $2,250
- Tankus, Edith, Toronto, $10,500
- Terry, Rebecca Hope, Toronto, $8,750
362,900 / 23 average 15,778.26
Highest Grant awarded $34,000
Lowest Grant awarded $2,250
* one recipient not included (Burchell, D., Toronto, $6,000)
The discrepancy between the male and female recipients was $76,130.00 - I would say the gender scales at the Ontario Arts Council are a bit off balance.
Now - when you think that feminists need a sense of humour, or if you think that this is all just about who was most qualified - please take this into account. This is not about individual discrimination. There are systems in place that keep women down in sweeping gestures. If you look at these numbers and think it's an accident or a coincidence - think about why you would leap to that conclusion.
Stepping off soap box and back to work now.
Posts
