Michael J. Fox received one of Canada’s highest civilian honors Friday, earning a standing ovation as he was promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada for his decades of advocacy for people living with Parkinson’s disease.
CBC reported on Friday, October 2, that the celebrated actor was honored at a ceremony at Rideau Hall, where Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour formally promoted him to Companion.
Rideau Hall cited Fox’s “powerful global advocacy and unflinching honesty about Parkinson’s” in recognizing his work, CBC reported.
What Did Michael J. Fox Say About the Honor?
View this post on InstagramThe Back to the Future actor said the moment left him feeling both pride and humility as he reflected on growing up in Canada.
“It’s so many things. But mostly it’s just growing up in Canada, loving this country, loving what it stands for and how it’s progressed and corrected course when it needed to, and stayed the course when it needed to,” he told The Canadian Press after the ceremony, as reported by iPolitics.
View this post on InstagramFox added, “At the end, you have a 65-year-old guy who’s uniquely Canadian because of all those things.”
Why Was Michael J. Fox Promoted in the Order of Canada?
The honor recognized Fox’s work raising awareness and funding research into Parkinson’s, the progressive neurological disorder he publicly revealed he had in 1998.
Fox founded the Michael J. Fox Foundation in 2000 and has spent years using his public platform to push for new treatments and a cure.
“I’m privileged to commit my time and energy to bringing everything I’ve got to help cure this disease,” he recently told People.
How Has Parkinson’s Changed Michael J. Fox’s Life?
Fox has spoken candidly about the increasing challenges he faces. “Of course, things have gotten harder over the years,” he told the outlet.
He has also said the diagnosis changed how he thought about fame and success.
“You think about a 19-year-old, 17-year-old kid, you want to be rich and famous and change the world, and you want to be the big ‘it’ thing,” Fox told USA Today in July. “And when you start to search for a cure for a disease, that stuff is just so silly.”
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