Joan Chalmers
Margaret Joan Chalmers, CC OOnt (May 30, 1928 – December 2, 2016) was a Canadian philanthropist and supporter of the arts.
Margaret Joan Chalmers | |
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| Born | May 30, 1928 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | December 2, 2016 (aged 88) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Awards | Order of Canada Order of Ontario |
Born in Toronto, Ontario, she and her parents, Floyd and Jean Chalmers, founded the annual Chalmers Awards in 1972, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music.
She was involved with the travelling exhibit, Survivors in Search of a Voice: The Art of Courage, which as a collaboration among 24 prominent Canadian women artists and over 100 breast cancer survivors.
While celebrating her 70th birthday in 1998, she announced that she would provide 20 arts groups with a total of $1 million in funding.
Chalmers was the partner of former singer-songwriter Barbra Amesbury.
She died on December 2, 2016, in Toronto, from injuries suffered in a fall.