Overview
- Willard, a Secwépemc First Nation member based in Neskonlith, British Columbia, received C$100,000 at Saturday’s ceremony in Ottawa.
- She thanked her Secwépemc community and all Indigenous peoples in her remarks and urged people to spend more time with art.
- Works on view include Oregon grape ink drawings, birchbark takeout containers, mixed‑media prints on relationships to land, and Woodpile Score.
- Finalists Tarralik Duffy, Chukwudubem Ukaigwe, Sandra Brewster, Swapnaa Tamhane and Hangama Amiri each receive C$25,000.
- The National Gallery exhibition featuring all six artists remains on view through 8 February 2026.