The E.P. Taylor Windfields Farm Champion Award is presented annually to someone who is resilient and innovative and a person with connections to Oshawa.

Nominations for the 2019 award are being accepted by the city until May 15. Examples of those who qualify for the award, are individuals who have developed new ideas in to tangible, programs or projects within the community or those who have led transformational change in the city.

“If you know someone in our city who has made a significant contribution to the community through forward-thinking and overcame challenges along the way, take the time to put their name forward. This award is a great way to recognize their valuable work, and will also serve as inspiration to other innovators in the future,” says Councillor Derek Giberson, Vice-Chair of the Community Services Committee in a press release.

Named for Edward Plunkett Taylor, who via his company, Canadian Breweries Limited, became one of Canada’s richest businessmen and was a pioneer in horse racing, breeding the much celebrated Northern Dancer who sired many champions. Windfield's Farms was the horse breeding farm located in north Oshawa.

In 2016 the City of Oshawa approved a program to honour the legacy of the farm (which is now a large housing estate and soon-to-be- retail centre) with the Champion Award.

The first recipient was Dr. Gary Polonsky, a big thinker who dreamt of an university in Oshawa; that dream became Ontario Tech.

Visit www.oshawa.ca/EPTaylorAward for more details.