Giving

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Giving

Meet Our Donors

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our donors, partners, and sponsors whose generosity fuels creative exploration, academic opportunity and student success.

Your philanthropic impact truly shapes the future of art, design and media, empowering the next generation of creative leaders. In addition to the contributions below, our donors also support our Student Awards Program, including our annual Graduation Awards.

Donor Listing

Cumulative Gifts

Emily Carr Circle ($1M – $7M)

Audain Foundation
Peter + Joanne Brown Foundation
Finning International Inc.
Ian Gillespie
The Estate of Gwyneth Gunn
John C. + Judy Kerr
Reliance Properties Ltd.
Chip + Shannon Wilson
Yosef Wosk


The Charles H. Scott Circle ($500,000 – $999,999)

The Estate of Emily Goetz
John + Dana Montalbano
Michael + Inna O’Brian
RBC Foundation
Bob Rennie, Carey Fouks + Family
The Estate of Abraham Jedidiah Rogatnick
Donald + Jane Shumka
Vancouver Foundation
Y.P. Heung Foundation
Anonymous (1)


The Gordon Smith Circle ($250,000 – $499,999)

C2Monster
CanWest Global Communications Corp.
The Christopher Foundation
Electronic Arts (Canada) Inc.
Emily Carr Students’ Union
FXGear
The Estate of Mary Catherine Gordon
Rodney Graham
Y.P. Heung Foundation
Opus Art Supplies
Scotiabank
The Estate of Larry M. Sherman
Standard Radio Inc.
Peeter + Mary Wesik


The Innovators Circle ($100,000 – $249,999)

Ashlar Incorporated
BC Hydro
Pearley + Norine Brissenden Fund
CIBC
The Estate of Wilhelmina Craner
The Estate of Judy Christine Cranmer
Jo + Liz Delesalle
Douglas C. Gordon + Family
Peter Harnetty
Heffel Gallery Ltd.
Peter L. Herschman
The Highbury Foundation
IronCAD
Jake Kerr + Friends
Timothy C. Kerr Family Foundation
Helmut + Donna Meisl
Moment Factory
André Nudelman + Family
OCE
Helen Pitt Fund for Fine Arts
The Estate of Doris Kathleen Shadbolt
The Vancouver Sun
Yau Family Foundation


The Foundation Circle ($25,000 – $99,999)

Aeroplan Centre
Evangelos Apostolides
The Aragon Group
ARC’TERYX Equipment
BC Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
In Memory of Judson Beaumont
Lisa Birnie Koerner
The Estate of Elsie Boone
Buschlen Mowatt Nichol Foundation
Canadian Forest Products Ltd.
Sam Carter
Simon Chang
James K. Cheng
CMHC – Granville Island
Thomas + Elizabeth Coldicutt
Bequest of Susan Margaret Daly for Canadian Art History
Charlotte A. Davies
Charles + Isabelle Diamond
Craig + Carrie Diamond
Credit Union Foundation of BC
DigiBC
David + Chris Dodge
First Peoples’ Cultural Council
Vida Foubister
Peter Harmon
Heidelberg Materials
Heritage Educational Foundation
Bill + Joan Humphries
IATSE Local 891
Indspire
Sally Lim
London Drugs Foundation
Ken Lum
Jana Rayne MacDonald Memorial Fund
McCann Canada
The McLean Foundation
Minerva Foundation for BC Women
North Family Foundation
Francisco Ortíz + Carolina de la Cajiga
George + Penny Pedersen
Ian Penn + Sandy Whitehouse
Geoff + Janet Plant
RBC
Rix Family Foundation
The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
The Estate of Marianna Schmidt
Roman Skotnicki
Gordon + Marion Smith
Ivan J. Smitlener
Sonoco Flexible Packaging
Jay Sujir
Takao Tanabe
TD Bank Group
Loretta S. Todd
Toshiba Business Solutions
Sheila Tracey
The University Women’s Club of Vancouver
Pietro Widmer + Renée Van Halm
Barbara Vengshoel
WA Architects Ltd.
Ian Wallace
The Estate of Lloyd Stanley Williams
The Women’s Art Association of Canada
Workbench Barcelona Design Ltd.
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun
Anonymous (3)


The Creators Circle ($10,000 – $24,999)

Jan Adaskin
Ames Tile & Stone Ltd.
Mamie Angus
Michael Banwell + Monique Fouquet
Sarbjit Batalia
Beech Foundation
Noel Best
The Estate of W.G Black
The Birks Family Foundation
Laura Boyd
Michael Bull + Marcia Sauder
Barbara Cadario
Irving K. Barber BC Scholarship Society
Graham Buksa
Canadian Society for Asian Arts
Canon Canada Inc.
Cansew Inc
The Cartiere/Strauss Collection
Coast Capital – Kathy Bakony Award for Youth in the Arts through the Victoria Foundation
Edward Cepka + Heather Crichton
Circle Craft Cooperative of British Columbia
City of Vancouver
Colorific Imaging
Constellation Brands Canada, Inc.
Credential Asset Management Inc.
Cygnus Design Group
Andrew D. Dadson
Danica Imports
Gurdeep Dhaliwal
Stan Douglas
Emily Carr University of Art + Design Alumni Association
Emily Carr University of Art + Design Faculty Association
Emily Carr University of Art + Design Foundation
Face The World Foundation
Geoffrey V. Farmer
Harvey E. Fedor
First Capital Realty Inc.
The Estate of Marlene Flater
Forestry Innovation Investment Ltd.
Graham Gillmore
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging
Don + Dana Goedbloed
Goodbye Kansas Group
Tom R. Graff
Dan Graham
Granville Island Brewing Company Ltd.
Rick Griffiths
Scott Hawthorn
Herschel Supply Company
Ross Hill + Jane Irwin
Jack + Alice Hodge
Sean Hosein
David + Shannon Humphrey
Evaleen Jaager Roy
Elsie Jang
Robert M. Jordan
Edward F. Juan
Brian D. Jungen
Robert Kalef
Karo Design Vancouver Inc.
Richard W. Kortje
The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation
Mark Lewis
Livingspace
Attila R. Lukacs
Landon Mackenzie
Myfanwy MacLeod
Georgia Marvin
Elizabeth McIntosh
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios Inc.
Jordan Millar
Millennium Bureau of Canada
MMPC Expositions ULC
Damian J. Moppett
Ann K. Morrison
The Estate of Marion V. Murray
Native Northwest Reconciliation Fund
North-West Ceramics Foundation
MP Lighting
Hanif Muljiani
Gerry + Pam O’Sullivan
Cheryl J. Plumb
Family of Geoff Rees
Chick Rice
Post Haste Video
Susan Quastel
Rona Foundation
Saralee James Memorial Award Fund
Ray Schachter + Beverley Kort
Lou + Debbie Skoda
Frances M. Slaney
The Estate of Norma Ellen Sorensen
Sony Pictures Imageworks Canada Inc
Stuart Olson Constructors Inc.
Martha G. Sturdy
Robert Travers
Tung Wah Charitable Organization of Canada
Dennis Vance
Vancouver Art Guild
Vancouver City Savings Credit Union
Vancouver International Open Spaces Sculpture Biennale
William Vanson
Ian Verchere + Germaine Koh
Viacom Canada Ltd.
Rory S. Wallace
The Warren Family
Wawanesa Insurance
Laura Wears
Joanne Weghsteen
John Wertschek + Gaye Fowler
Rosemarie Wertschek
Michael Wesik
West Vancouver Visual Arts Society
Family of Ute Wilder
Winsor Gallery
Wood Co-op
Maurice Yacowar
YVR Art Foundation
Zynga Game Network Inc
Anonymous (6)

Planned Givers

Joanne Apostolides
Carole Arnston
Alan Bell
Barry + Lin Bompas
Barclay Brown
Stuart Bruce
Simon Chang
Georgiana Chappell
Barbara Cruikshank
Charles Dobson
David Eng
Brittani Faulkes
(Frances) Lesley Garratt
Chris Gaston
Don + Dana Goedbloed
Ian + Lesley Hammocks
Susan Hodge
Elsie Jang
Richard Kuz
Adrienne Lai
Barbara Lumer
Leza Macdonald
Helmut + Donna Meisl
Al Neil
Howard + Coleen Nemtin
Wendy Niamath
Gerry + Pam O’Sullivan
George + Penny Pedersen
David Rayfield
Chick Rice
Norm Stelfox
Martha Sturdy
Joseph + Joan Therrien
Anonymous (9)

In Kind Gifts: January 1 – December 31, 2024

Ken Anderson
Aileen Bahmanipour
Carol Clamp
Paul Geddes
Louis Parsons
George + Penny Pedersen
Elizabeth Pugh
Brendan Tang

Annual Gifts under $10,000: January 1 – December 31, 2024

Stephanie Abt
Diyan Achjadi
Jan Adaskin
Julie A. Andreyev
Joanne Apostolides
Audain Foundation
Ryan Ayoubi
Michael Banwell + Monique Fouquet
Kevin Bertram
Joan Boxall
The Calgary Foundation
Pearl Callaghan
Edward Cepka + Heather Crichton
Benita Ceresney
Chan Family Foundation
Simon Chang
Ghislaine Crawford
Credit Union Foundation of BC
Bailee Croft
Taylor Croft
Michelle Croft
Cygnus Design Group
Kit Dei Cont-Oye
Danica Imports
Larry Garfinkel
Marie Gilbert
Glenmore Custom Print + Packaging
Don + Dana Goedbloed
Vivian Haines
Arghavan Harirchian-Saei
Jack Hodge
IATSE Local 891
Calvin B. Jones
Dylan Kearley
Trish Kelly
Constantine Klemos
Ingrid Koenig
Alexandra Korinowsky
Richard Kuz
Solange Labbé
The Phyllis Lambert Foundation
Peter Lang
Chantale Lavoie
Silvia Liao
Shannon McKinnon
Christopher Munz
John A. Nelson
North Vancouver Community Arts Council
Karen Opas-Lanouette
Opus Art Supplies
Geoff Plant
Esther Rausenberg
Chick Rice
Martin Rose
Claire E. Roskey
The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
Deborah Ryan
Jenny Shigeta
Terry Taylor
Roxanne Toronto
Trek Bicycle Corporation
Rafael Tsuchida
The University Women’s Club of Vancouver
Van Gogh Designs
Vancouver Foundation
The Victoria Foundation
WA Architects Ltd.
Daina A. Warren
Allison Webb
Women’s Art Association of Canada
Valerie York

Sponsors: January 1 – December 31, 2024

Aesop
Clubcard Printing
DeSerres
Emily Carr University of Art + Design Alumni Association
Modo
Opus Art Supplies
TD Insurance

Donor Funded Awards

Donor-funded awards celebrate achievement, encourage creativity, and help students thrive.