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2026 Feminist Creator Prize Winners
The Feminist Creator Prize acknowledges, celebrates, and supports feminist individuals and groups in
Canada who use digital media to publicly advocate for gender justice and equality, safety, and freedom
from harm. Winners are selected annually by a panel of creator judges to receive $5,000, in honour of
award-winning journalist, activist, and feminist Michele Landsberg.
This year, a record-high of 245 individuals were nominated. The 25 shortlisted nominees can be found
on our website at canadianwomen.org. Winners were selected by a judging panel of well-known
creators: Michelle Osbourne, Jenn Harper and Libby Ward.
This year’s recipients are Anne-Marie Gagné, Jenna Barnable, Olivia Ho and Selam Debs.
> Learn more about the Feminist Creator Prize
Anne-Marie Gagné
Jenna Barnable
@poetrypanacee
@jennabarnable
Anne-Marie is an ethicist currently
pursuing a PhD in philosophy and an
activist committed to the rights of
women, minorities, and marginalized
communities. She raises awareness
about intersectional feminist issues
through social media under the name
Poetry Panacée, aiming to make
critical reflections on current events
and culture accessible in order to
inspire a generation that informs itself
differently.
Jenna is an award-winning, Disabled
changemaker. As a disability inclusion
advocate and anti-ableism educator,
she calls for Disabled, chronically
ill and neurodivergent women, girls
and gender-diverse people to be
protected, respected and empowered.
She’s passionate about advancing
disability and gender justice by
amplifying authentic Disabled
representation in leadership and
media.
Olivia Ho
Selam Debs
“I am committed
to supporting the
Feminist Creator
Prize. The creativity,
strength and actions
of the winners are
needed now more
than ever.”
@ohoxo
@selamdebs
– Liz Rykert
Olivia is the founder of The Give
and Grow and a lifelong advocate
for women and girls in sport. For
more than 15 years, she has worked
with youth through sports camps,
after school programs, coaching, and
community initiatives, always driven
by the belief that sport can build
confidence and transform lives.
Selam is a Black Ethiopian woman, an
antiracism educator, an anti-oppression
coach, a social justice advocate, a
student in dismantling anti-Black
racism, an accomplice in dismantling
anti-Indigenous racism, xenophobia,
Islamophobia, and an advocate for
2SLGBTQ+ and disability rights
through an intersectional lens. She is
the creator of the Antiracism Course
and a yoga and meditation instructor.
Thanks to Liz Rykert,
a generous donor, we
were able to recognize
four winners, an
increase from three in
the last two years of
the Feminist Creator
Prize.
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