2023 Walt Grealis Special Achievement -
Ron Sakamoto
Ron Sakamoto receives the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the 2023 JUNO Opening Night Awards Presented by Music Canada
2023 MIMAA - Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew honoured with Musicounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award at the 2023 Juno Awards
2022 Walt Grealis Special Achievement - Denise Jones
Denise Jones, one of the most influential voices in Canada’s Black entertainment community, spent a lifetime championing Afro-Caribbean culture in Canada and around the world through her company Jones & Jones Productions. She also established the internationally renowned JAMBANA™ One World Festival and was the founding Chair of the Reggae Category for the JUNO Awards. At this year’s annual JUNO Awards festivities, Denise Jones will posthumously be awarded the 2022 Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award.
2022 MUSICOUNTS - Teacher of the Year -
Darren Hamilton
Darren Hamilton from David Suzuki Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario is the winner of the 2022 MusiCounts Teacher of the Year Award, presented by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation (CST Foundation).
2022 Humanitarian of the Year - Susan Aglukark
Renowned for her unique blend of Inuit folk, country and pop music, Susan Aglukark is being honoured with the 2022 Humanitarian Award Presented by Music Canada for her long-standing dedication to improving the lives of children and youth in Northern Indigenous communities. In 2012, she started the Arctic Rose Project, which received charitable status in 2016 and became the Arctic Rose Foundation, to support Northern Inuit, First Nations and Metis youth through the creation of Indigenous-led, arts-based after school programs, as well as other engaging cultural and creative projects.
2022 MIMMA - Dallas Green
Dallas Green is the recipient of the 2022 MusiCounts Inspired Minds Ambassador Award, presented by the Canadian Scholarship Trust Foundation. Green’s lasting impact on MusiCounts was built through years of dedicated fundraising drives across the country. He generously donated a dollar for every single ticket sold on his 2017 and 2019 Canadian tour dates and gave a dollar for every sale of his 2018 record Guide Me Back Home, raising tens of thousands of dollars for the MusiCounts Band Aid Program. In 2018 Green also participated in a MusiCounts Band Aid Celebration at the Church Street Public School to celebrate the instruments acquired through the program.
2019 Humanitarian of the Year - David Foster
David Foster receives the Humanitarian Award | Live at the 2019 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by SOCAN.
2019 Walt Grealis Special Achievement -
Duff Roman
Duff Roman receives the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the 2019 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards Presented by SOCAN.