Established in 1960 and located in Montreal, Quebec, The National Theatre School of Canada, a private, non-profit institution, offers training in acting, playwriting, directing, set and costume design, and technical production in both English and French. 
 
Since 1986, IODE Canada annual awards two students attending this school to continue develop their specific skill in theatre.

Recipients for this Award

1986 - 1987
Anita Geller

1987 - 1988
Paul Haddad

1988 - 1989
Jennifer Heywood-Jackson

1989 - 1990 
Charles Herriot

1990 - 1991 
Charles Herriot

1991 - 1992
Patrick Gallagher

1992 - 1993
Patrick Gallagher

1993 - 1994
Christine Brubaker

1994 - 1995 
Alicia Thorgrimmson

1995 - 1996 
Severn Thompson

1996 - 1997 
Sandra Lynn Forsell
Naomie Godin-Vigneau

1997 - 1998 
Amy Francis
Veronique Marchand

1998 - 1999 
Claude Dechemin
Annick Bourassa

1999 - 2000 
Charlotte Gowdy
Geneviéve Laroche

2001 - 2002 
Geneviéve Alarie
Jessica Carmichael

2000 - 2001 
Elise Lefebvre
Diana Haynes

​2002 - 2003 
Stephanie Alexander
Jenna-Marynn Brunnen

​2003 - 2004 
Catherine Mathieu
Dalal Badr

2004 - 2005
Sadie Evans
Marie Bernard
Ryan Griffiths

2005 - 2006
Hannah Cheesman
Sounia Balha

2006 - 2007
Eleanor Antoncic
Catherine Mathieu

2007 - 2008
Veronique Chaumont
Kayla Deorksen

2008 - 2009
Julie Lafreniére
Kathryn Swift

2009 - 2010
Melissa Lariviere
Jill Connell

2011 - 2012
Melanie Granger
Juliane Desrsiers Lavoie

2010 - 2011
Lisa Troung
Angelian St-Amour

2012 - 2013
Janet Mader 
Stephen Jackman Torkoff

​2013 - 2014​
Meredith Daley
​Nikki Duval

​2014 - 2015
Mounia Zahzam
Emlyn VanBruinswaardt

2015 - 2016
Carly Chamberlain
​Pascale St.Onge

2016 - 2017
Nadine Desjardins
Dejan Dixon Green

​2017 - 2018 
Megan Froebelius
​Rosalie Leblanc Houle

​2018 - 2019
Tiffany Ledesma
​Isbelle Paquette

2019 - 2020
​Angelica Schwartz
​Ange Bledja Kouassi

2021 - 2022
Marisol Vachon
​Ange Kouassi

2022 - 2023
Jeanne Blouin
​Riel Reddick-Stevens

2023 - 2024
Lula Brouillette
Alia Omar