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Rising Stars
2025
Rising Stars
Allison Graves
Zilla Jones
Dilan Qadir
Liz Stewart
Isabella Wang
Selectors
Michael Crummey
Joseph Dandurand
Charlotte Gill
Rabindranath Maharaj
Casey Plett
2024
Rising Stars
EC Dorgan
Paola Ferrante
Daysha Loppie
Aubrianna Snow
Karianne Trudeau Beaunoyer
Selectors
Hiromi Goto
Monique Gray Smith
John Lorinc
Élise Turcotte
Richard Van Camp
2023
Rising Stars
Manahil Bandukwala
Katia Belkhodja
Erica Violet Lee
Julie Mannell
Terese Mason Pierre
Selectors
Wayde Compton
Catherine Leroux
Shani Mootoo
Candace Savage
Richard Van Camp
2022
Rising Stars
Vanessa Bell
Wendy Bone
Xaiver Michael Campbell
Joseph Kakwinokanasum
Téa Mutonji
Selectors
André Alexis
Nicole Brossard
J.B. MacKinnon
Darrel J. McLeod
Lisa Moore
2021
Rising Stars
Eddy Boudel Tan
Djamila Ibrahim
Keriann McGoogan
Amanda Peters
Rebecca Thomas
Selectors
Deborah Campbell
Brian Francis
Sue Goyette
Lawrence Hill
Katherena Vermette
2020
Rising Stars
Carleigh Baker
Lorax B. Horne
Canisia Lubrin
Troy Sebastian / Nupqu ʔa·kǂ am̓
Laura Trethewey
Selectors
Lynn Coady
Rachel Giese
Anosh Irani
Thomas King
Rosemary Sullivan
2019
Rising Stars
Melissa J. Gismondi
El Jones
Chelene Knight
Dana Mills
Deborah Ostrovsky
Selectors
David Chariandy
Charlotte Gray
Taras Grescoe
David Adams Richards
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
