{"id":11726,"date":"2024-01-19T14:18:54","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T19:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/?page_id=11726"},"modified":"2025-10-14T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T14:24:40","slug":"tom-jackson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/honorary-degree-guidelines-and-nominations\/tom-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Tom Jackson\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/senate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/Tom-Jackson.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11727\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Tom Jackson was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2:00 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 14, \u201cin recognition of his award-winning work as actor, musician, philanthropist and university chancellor.\u2019\u2019<br>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recording artist to some, celebrated actor and author to others, he is extraordinarily passionate about creating change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A bass-baritone voice for food banks, the disenfranchised, the traumatized and now an Ambassador for the Canadian Red Cross, he is Canada\u2019s go-to &#8220;minstrel with a mission&#8221; and Renaissance man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jackson is known for organizing the Huron Carole, a touring Christmas-themed production which raises funds for Canadian food banks. He has been honoured with numerous accolades, including Officer of the Order of Canada, Juno and Gemini Humanitarian Awards and nine honorary degrees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He served as chancellor of Trent University from 2009 to 2013 and is a proud bearer of the 2014 Governor General\u2019s Performing Arts Award. Jackson is most content marching into boardrooms or shelters ready to dispense a<br>\nhug and mobilize others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_8Mu5NmE-Ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WATCH THE AWARD CEREMONY OF Tom Jackson<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Jackson was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the 2:00 p.m. ceremony on Wednesday, June 14, \u201cin recognition of his award-winning work as actor, musician, philanthropist and university chancellor.\u2019\u2019 Recording artist to some, celebrated actor and author to others, he is extraordinarily passionate about creating change. 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