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GOVERNOR GENERAL LAUREATES 

The Embassy Cultural House community has contributed to a wonderful energy and a cultural buzz in London, Ontario.  

At least seventeen artists and curators, who were either involved in the Embassy Cultural House between 1983 and 1990, or more recently with the relaunch of the website, have received Governor General Awards. The recipients include: 

Jamelie Hassan (2001)
, Liz Magor (2001), Murray Favro (2007), Robert Fones (2011), Andy Patton (2013), Jayce Salloum (2014), Marnie Fleming (2016), Suzy Lake (2016). Shelagh Keeley (2017), Shelley Niro (2017), Wyn Geleynse (2018), Spring Hurlbut (2018) , Sandra Semchuk (2018), Stephen Andrews (2019), Jeff Thomas (2019), Michael Fernandes (2020), and Zainub Verjee (2020) 

That’s an impressive list and something to celebrate and make us proud.   
STEPHEN ANDREWS
MURRAY FAVRO
MICHAEL FERNANDES
MARNIE FLEMING
ROBERT FONES
WYN GELEYNSE
JAMELIE HASSAN
SPRING HURLBUT
SHELAGH KEELEY
SUZY LAKE
LIZ MAGOR
SHELLEY NIRO
ANDY PATTON
JAYCE SALLOUM
SANDRA SEMCHUCK
JEFF THOMAS
ZAINUB VERJEE

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CURATORIAL ADVISORS:  Jamelie Hassan & Ron Benner
WEB DESIGN: Tariq Hassan Gordon & Jade Williamson 
 
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Andreas Buchwaldt, Charlotte Egan, ​Shelley Kopp, Olivia Mossuto, Mackenzie Smith, Jade Williamson
EMBASSY CULTURAL HOUSE ADVISORY CIRCLE:
Samer Abdelnour, Wyn Geleynse, Fern Helfand, S F Ho, Lorraine Klaasen, Judith Rodger, Ruth Skinner and Lucas Stenning 
OUR STORY
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Artists Jamelie Hassan and Ron Benner and jazz musician Eric Stach founded the Embassy Cultural House (1983-1990) located in the restaurant portion of the Embassy Hotel at 732 Dundas Street in East London. Other former members of the board were: Debrann Eastabrook, Henry Eastabrook, Sharron Forrest, Wyn Geleynse, Janice Gurney, Jean Hay (1929 - 2008), Doug Mitchell, Kim Moodie, Gerard Pas, Peter Rist, Wanda Sawicki, Jean Spence and Jennie White.

In 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Embassy Cultural House was re-envisioned as a virtual artist-run space and website. 

​London, Ontario is on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Lenape, Attawandaron and Huron-Wendat peoples, at the forks of Deshkan Ziibi (Antler River), an area subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum and other treaties.

Thank you to our supporters

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  • Home
    • ECH News
    • Calendar of Events
  • Projects
    • at the ECH
    • Celebrate African Heritage
    • Hiding in Plain Sight Exhibit
    • Intercambio/Exchange
    • International Women's Day
    • Sleepwalking: ECH stands with Hong Kong >
      • Event 1: Revisiting "Ten Years"
    • Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth
    • YYZ World Tour
  • Community
    • Editorial Team & Advisors
    • Contributors
    • Governor General Laureates
    • In Memoriam
  • Background
    • Past Programming >
      • Exhibitions 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Curators
        • Index of Photographers
        • Index of Visual Artists
      • Film 1983-1990
      • Music 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Musicians
      • Performances 1983-1990 >
        • Index of Performers
    • Embassy Hotel History
  • About