 Blackwood was involved in establishing an art gallery at Erindale College (a campus of the University of Toronto), now called The Blackwood Gallery in his honour.In 1976, the National Film Board of Canada produced a documentary film about the artist, "Blackwood", which was nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject.He was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1993, and of the Order of Ontario in 2002.