Matchmaker MicroGrant

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MicroGrant Success: Dechen Yee, Fall 2025

October 15, 2026September 2, 2026
Literary (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Visual Arts (category)

Dechen Yee used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Strings Attached, an interdisciplinary community arts event.

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MicroGrant Success: Qurat Dar & Pujita Verma, Spring 2026

October 8, 2026September 2, 2026
Literary (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category)

Qurat Dar used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce a double book launch in partnership with fellow poet Pujita Verma.

A live musical performance on a stage with a black backdrop. Two women in formal dresses sing into microphones at the front, supported by a live band including a drummer, a bassist, and a keyboardist.

MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

October 1, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Theatre (category)

Anubha Jha used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Bollywood Reimagined: 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s Magic, a live music concert honouring… Read More »MicroGrant Success: Anubha Jha, Spring 2026

A musician performs live on a stage illuminated by moody purple light. He wears a black sleeveless graphic tee, dark pants, and a light-colored scarf wrapped around his neck while singing into a microphone and playing a black electric guitar.

MicroGrant Success: Tom Barlow, Fall 2025

September 24, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Tom Barlow used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to complete and release Supersonic Quadraphonic, including a music video and live performances.

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MicroGrant Success: Max Kingsbury, Spring 2026

September 17, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Theatre (category)

Max Kingsbury used their Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce The Tumblers, a play created and produced by local theatre students.

A woman with long wavy hair and bold makeup poses outdoors on a brick street. She wears a black fishnet top crossed with pink "WARNING" tape, holds the chanter of a bagpipe decorated with a small dragon head, and yellow text to the right reads "CELTIC-INDIAN PARTY."

MicroGrant Success: Archy Jay, Fall 2024

September 3, 2026September 2, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Archy Jay used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create the music video for Restless Dreamer, a remix of a traditional sea… Read More »MicroGrant Success: Archy Jay, Fall 2024

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MicroGrant Success: Gordon Culley, Fall 2024

August 27, 2026August 27, 2026
Film (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category)

Gordon Culley used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to explore new software and create his animated film, The Long Way Home.

A group of four people sitting behind a table, playfully posing with exaggerated expressions. The person on the left is making a funny face, while the person on the right in a cowboy hat mimics a monster claw with his hand over another person's head.

MicroGrant Success: Matthew Sabido, Fall 2025

August 20, 2026July 22, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Theatre (category)

Matthew Sabido used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Table Stage, an immersive table-top role-playing game theatre show.

A group of joyful performers celebrate together on a stage beneath rainbow streamers. In the centre, a person in a blue blazer and black trousers stands with arms wide open. Other individuals surround them, smiling, clapping, and holding Pride and transgender flags.

MicroGrant Success: Angelo Brown, Spring 2026

August 13, 2026July 22, 2026
Literary (category), MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category), Theatre (category), Visual Arts (category)

Angelo Brown used his Matchmaker MicroGrant to produce Rising Colours: A Mississauga Queer Arts Showcase.

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MicroGrant Success: Radhika Baskar, Spring 2025

July 29, 2026July 22, 2026
MicroGrant Winners (category), MicroGrants (category), Music (category)

Radhika Baskar used her Matchmaker MicroGrant to create two new music recordings – seamlessly fusing Carnatic music with Western Jazz.