[s]Nominate[/s] Victor Inducted for Canada's Walk of Fame

[superintelligentone]

I submitted a nomination for Victor.

It requested "Province" in the application, but the voting requirements didn't ask for Canadian citizenship nor Canadian Residence, so it seems as if Americans and Europeans could vote for Victor if the enter their "State" or Country under the part asking for "Province".

My American friend Toria said she was able to vote.

In the City box, I wrote my city and state. In the Province box, I put USA.

The only requirements is using your real name and your real e-mail address. You'll need to respond to the automated Confirmation e-mail they'll send after you vote.

http://www.canadaswa....com/nomination

 

[superintelligentone]

Help select the 2011 Inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame and the 2011 Canadian Legends Award recipient and you could win a trip to attend the Canada's Walk of Fame induction events and celebrate with the stars!

WHAT THE AWARDS REPRESENT: Canada's Walk of Fame is the most prestigious recognition of achievement in Canada.

CANADA'S WALK OF FAME AWARD is bestowed annually to Canadians who have demonstrated the true essence of the Canadian identity. They are nominated annually via this national nomination promotion.

THE CANADA'S WALK OF FAME - NOMINATION CRITERIA
•Nominee must have been born in Canada or have spent their formative or creative years in Canada.
•Nominee must have a minimum of 10 years experience in their field.
•Nominee must have had national or international impact on Canada's Heritage.

THE NOMINEE SHOULD REPRESENT THE ESSENCE OF CANADIAN IDENTITY
•Peace Loving
•Diverse
•Harmonious
•Socially Responsible
•Creative
•Confident
•Innovative
•Successful

Limit of one entry per individual, regardless of the method of entry or email addresses, telephone numbers or addresses provided before
contest closing date (April 30, 2011 at 11:59:59PM ET)

Contest is open to residents of Canada, who are of age of majority in the province or territory in which they reside. Points of departure are Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Winnipeg, Ottawa and Montreal.

Canada's Walk of Fame

 

[superintelligentone]

Mission Accomplished!

Today’s announcement of the inductees of the Canadian Walk Of Fame followed the annual inductee nomination campaign whereby Canadians from across the country and around the world had their say about who they felt should be inducted. Nearly 30,000 people from 130 countries submitted their nominations online to Canada’s Walk of Fame.

(Toronto, Ontario) June 25, 2013 – Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Canada’s Walk of Fame, along with National Premier Partner RBC and Shaw Media and in partnership with RBC® Visa Infinite‡ Avion®, today announced the names of eight new celebrated Canadians that will be inducted this year. The announcement was held at a press conference in Toronto at the Four Seasons Hotel.

The 2013 inductees, who have excelled in their fields and are a part of Canada’s legacy, will receive their tribute on Saturday, September 21 at Toronto’s Elgin Theatre. The Canada’s Walk of Fame televised Awards show will be broadcast nationally in the fall on Global and Slice™ (date and time TBC).

Canada’s Walk of Fame will add the following icons to its current list of celebrated Canadians, bringing the total number of inductees to 151:

Terry Fox
Victor Garber
Oscar Peterson
Bob Ezrin
Craig and Marc Kielburger
Christine Sinclair
Alan Thicke

Also announced today, pop star Carly Rae Jepsen will receive this year’s Allan Slaight Award that recognizes young, inspirational Canadians. Jepsen, along with this year’s inductees, will be honoured during the Canada’s Walk of Fame Awards show.

“Each year, we are reminded of just how many Canadians have persevered in their fields, leaving us inspired in our own individual pursuit of excellence,” said Dan McGrath, Chair of Canada’s Walk of Fame Board of Directors, and Chief Operating Officer of Cineplex Entertainment. “This year’s inductees are no exception and we are honoured to welcome these outstanding Canadians to the ranks of Canada’s Walk of Fame.”

Today’s announcement followed the annual inductee nomination campaign whereby Canadians from across the country and around the world had their say about who they felt should be inducted. Nearly 30,000 people from 130 countries submitted their nominations online to Canada’s Walk of Fame.

“From music industry icons and celebrated actors to a world-class athlete and international activists, this year's inductees truly reflect the diversity of Canadian enterprise and talent,” said Randy Lennox, President and CEO of Universal Music Canada and Talent Chair, Board of Directors, Canada's Walk of Fame. “As a nation, we should be proud of the indelible marks these individuals have made both here at home and abroad. Their wide array of accomplishments deserves our recognition and celebration."

“Canada’s Walk of Fame is an extraordinary celebration of the talent hailing from this country. This year’s recipients are exceptional individuals adding to the growing roster of remarkable inductees,” said Barb Williams, Senior Vice President, Content. “Shaw Media is proud to collaborate on this important cultural event and we look forward to broadcasting it this fall on Global and Slice™.”

This year’s Cineplex Legends Award, sponsored by Cineplex Entertainment, will be awarded to the late Canadian jazz pianist and composer, Oscar Peterson. Each year, the Cineplex Legends Award is given posthumously to a Canadian pioneer in film and television, music, sports, arts or innovation. Cineplex Entertainment is proud to sponsor the Legends Award as well as Canada’s Walk of Fame.

The 2013 honourees will be added to Canada’s Walk of Fame, which annually recognizes individuals for their achievements in various fields, including music, sports, film and television, literary, visual and performing arts, science and innovation. Commemorating the 2013 inductees, the Canada’s Walk of Fame Awards, which will air on Global and Slice™ in the fall (date TBC), will feature special guest performances and celebrity presenters.

Potential candidates for Canada’s Walk of Fame must have been born in or spent their creative or formative years in Canada. A minimum of 10 successful years is required to qualify, as well as a recognized body of work that has had a significant influence on our cultural heritage.

“We are proud to partner with Canada’s Walk of Fame for a fifth consecutive year, said Prashant Sharma, VP, Retail Credit Cards. “We strongly believe in the vision of Canada’s Walk of Fame that recognizing great Canadians for their superior achievements will inspire future generations of great achievers.”

About Canada’s Walk of Fame
Established in 1998 and now celebrating its 15th anniversary, Canada’s Walk of Fame (CWOF) aims to celebrate Canadians who have excelled in music, sport, film, television as well as the literary, visual, performing arts, science and innovation in order to engage and inspire the next generation. In 2010, CWOF expanded to include a festival featuring some of Canada’s most popular and iconic performers, as well as emerging artists from across the country. The annual celebration culminates with a televised awards special that honours Canada’s finest stars from the worlds of arts, entertainment and sports. With 2013’s additions, Canada’s Walk of Fame will have 151 inductees, each immortalized with their names forever cemented into the sidewalks of Toronto’s Entertainment District. For a complete list of inductees along with more information on Canada’s Walk of Fame visit: www.canadaswalkoffame.com.
- See more at: http://www.canadaswalkoffame.com/news/stor...h.65C05ZpX.dpuf

The 2013 inductees:

Terry Fox - Winnipeg-born, B.C.-raised Fox was the legendary runner and activist who created the Marathon of Hope, with the goal of running across Canada to raise funds for cancer research. Since 1981, when Fox succumbed to cancer, more than $600 million has been raised in his name through the annual, international Terry Fox Run.

Victor Garber - A Hollywood stalwart born in London, Ont., Garber is a regular on both stage and screen. He has earned kudos on Broadway for turns in productions like Damn Yankees, Follies and Art, at the Emmy Awards for shows like Alias and the miniseries Life with Judy Garland, and for Oscar-celebrated films such as Argo, Milk and Titanic.

Oscar Peterson - Montreal icon, Grammy winner and jazz great, Peterson was one of Canada's best known musicians. The internationally celebrated pianist and companion of the Order of Canada died in 2007.

Bob Ezrin - For more than 50 years, Toronto-born music and events producer Ezrin has worked with a wide range of acts — from Pink Floyd and Alice Cooper to Lang Lang, K'naan and Taylor Swift. Most recently, his credits include producing the Jay-Z doc Fade to Black, folk icon Pete Seeger's 90th birthday concert and the Juno-winning charity fundraiser track Raising Flag.

Craig and Marc Kielburger - The Toronto-area Kielburger siblings are human rights activists, authors, columnists and entrepreneurs who co-founded Free The Children, the world's largest youth-driven charity and provider of schools and education to children in eight developing countries. The pair have also created social awareness programs to engage youth in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.

Christine Sinclair - Burnaby, B.C.'s Sinclair is a 10-time winner of the Canadian Soccer Player of the Year title and, in 2012, dramatically led the Canadian women's team to Olympic bronze. The team captain served as Canada's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the London Games and subsequently won the Lou Marsh Trophy (Canada's athlete of the year) as well as the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (Canada's female athlete of the year).

Alan Thicke - A former TV writer and TV theme composer-turned-Emmy-nominated actor, Thicke is best known for his 1980s stint as the patriarch of TV's Growing Pains. Originally from Kirkland Lake, Ont., the actor has continued with a host of TV and film appearances, including in How I Met Your Mother and That's My Boy, turned up on theatre stages and penned books as well as a popular online column.

Hello!

I'm sure that this has been posted elsewhere already, but I wanted to celebrate with you all the fact that Victor is amongst "the latest inductees to Canada's Walk of Fame".


http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/story/2013/06/...-inductees.html

Very happy for Victor!

:clapping:

Thanks for the alert, Louise! ;hug;

I didn't see that news here in Windsor.

I was hoping that this year would be the optimal time to get the people at the Canadian Walk of Fame to recognize Victor, since the film Argo was so widely seen this year.

Mission Accomplished!

Victor is in great company, being recognized with an iconic Canadian Hero, Terry Fox.

Terry Fox

Spoiler

Having lost his right leg to cancer, Terry Fox became a cancer research activist, through his "Marathon of Hope" - the goal was to run from Canada's East Coast to its West Coast while Raising funds for Cancer Research. The run started with little publicity, which resulted in some drivers being angry with Terry holding up traffic with his hop-shuffle method of running on the side of the road.

The physical demands of running a marathon every day took its toll on Fox's body. Apart from the rest days in Montreal taken at the request of the Cancer Society, he refused to take a day off, even on his 22nd birthday. He frequently suffered shin splints and an inflamed knee. He developed cysts on his stump and experienced dizzy spells. At one point, he suffered a soreness in his ankle that would not go away. Although he feared he had developed a stress fracture, he ran for three more days before seeking medical attention, and was then relieved to learn it was tendonitis and could be treated with painkillers.

Tragically, Fox's run was stopped near Thunder Bay, Ontario when cancer was found in his lungs. After 143 days and 5,373 kilometres (3,339 mi), his run ended. He died about 9 months later. The government of Canada had flags lowered to half staff in tribute to him.