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Curriculum Vitae

Honorary Degrees

Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree 2010, University of Regina
 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree 2006, University of Alberta
Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree 2004, University of Lethbridge
Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree 2003, University of Calgary
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters 2003, Lakehead University
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree 2000, Trent University
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree 1999, University of Victoria
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree 1998, University of Winnipeg
Honorary Doctor of Letters degree 1998, Laurentian University

Awards and Honours

2009 The Paul Harris Fellow (joint award for Tom and Alison Jackson), Rotary International
 2008 The Duff Roblin Award, University of Winnipeg Foundation
2007 Laureate of Excellence Award (Health Science Centre Foundation of Winnipeg)
2007 Juno Awards Humanitarian Award
2007 Gemini Awards Humanitarian Award
2007 Manitoba Aboriginal Music Hall of Fame inductee
2006 Alberta Men of Country Music Lifetime Achievement Award
2005 Saskatchewan Centennial Medal (joint award for Tom and Alison Jackson)
2004 Alberta Motion Picture Industries Association, David Billington award
2002 Saskatchewan Distinguished Service Award
2002 Queen's Jubilee Medal Recipient
2002 Generosity of Spirit (joint award for Tom and Alison Jackson), Association of Fundraising Professionals, Calgary, AB
2002 Banff TV Festival – Named one of 50 famous faces of the first 50 years of television
2000 Ontario Country Music Association, Lifetime Achievement award
2000 Officer of the Order of Canada
1999 Canadian Aboriginal Music Award, Best Producer
1998 Special Services Medal Recipient, Aboriginal Veterans Society of Alberta
1998 Maclean’s Magazine Honour Roll
1998 Honorary Citizen, City of Winnipeg
1996 Saskatchewan Country Music Association, International Humanitarian Award
1996 National Aboriginal Achievement Award
1996 Country Music Association, C.F. Martin Humanitarian Award
1995 City of Calgary Chief David Crowchild Memorial Award
1993 Human Rights Journalism Award for Television
1992 Canada 125 Medal Recipient

Philanthropic Life
  • A well-known philanthropist, Tom Jackson created an annual series of Christmas concerts called the Huron Carole.  Featuring Tom and numerous other Canadian singers and performers, the Huron Carole troupe travelled across the country each year, raising money for the Canadian Association of Food Banks.   After 17 years, Tom retired the Huron Carole and in its place launched Singing for Supper, a cross-Canada tour that plays smaller communities. $5.5M has been raised for Canadian food banks and family agencies to date.  Awarded Country Event of the Year in 1998 by Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA)
  • In 1997 Tom initiated The Dreamcatcher Tour following the suicide of North of 60 cast member Mervin Good Eagle.  The tour visited 13 cities, delivering a message of empowerment to communities suffering the loss of young lives to suicide.  Since 1997 Tom has visited over 170 communities.
  • Also in 1997, Tom spearheaded The Red River Relief Benefit, raising almost  $3M for flood relief in Manitoba.
  • Tom co-produced The Vigil, a post-9/11 concert fundraiser held September 12, 2001, engaging Canadian Country Music industry professionals to raise money for the Red Cross.  Awarded Country Event of the Year by CCMA.
  • Tom led and hosted the CBC coverage of Say Hay, an Alberta event that raised $1.8M for drought-stricken prairie farmers.  Awarded Country Event of the Year; Country Music Special of the Year and Humanitarian Award by CCMA.
  • In 2003, Tom collaborated with Calgary-based industries to create Beef Relief resulting in over $600,000 of aid for cattle ranchers devastated by border closures.
  • Moved by increasing issues surrounding global food insecurity and homelessness, Tom’s next foray in elevating the quality of life of Canadians is to work on the issue of affordable housing.
Filmography

FILM - Theatrical and Movies-of-the-Week

  • Skinwalkers - Lions Gate/DCP Films
  • Distant Drumming - A North of 60 Mystery
  • Mee-Shee The Water Giant
  • Dream Storm - A North of 60 Mystery
  • Trial by Fire - A North of 60 Mystery
  • Grizzly Falls
  • Medicine River (Best Supporting Actor, American Indian Film Festival)
  • Shining Time Station
  • Street Legal
  • The Diviners (Gemini nomination)
  • Loyalties (Genie nomination)
  • Clearcut
  • Martha, Ruth, and Edie
  • Spirit Rider

TELEVISION - Series Lead Actor

  • North of 60 (6 seasons - 3 Gemini nominations)
  • Shining Time Station (4 seasons)
  • Longhouse Tales (1 season)

TELEVISION - Guest Roles

  • Little Mosque on the Prairie
  • Law & Order Criminal Intent
  • Tom Stone
  • Relic Hunter
  • Star Trek - The Next Generation
  • Street Legal
  • Life and Times (featured guest)
  • The Adventures of Shirley Holmes
  • It’s a Living
  • Mama's Boys
  • Welcome Home Hero (Inside Stories series)
  • The Campbell’s
  • True Confessions
  • Pride of Spirit Bay
  • Seeing Things
  • Where the Heart Is (For the Record series)
  • Mikisew Morning
  • Sesame Street

TELEVISION - Host/Musical Artist

  • Rise Again – Red Cross Manitoba Flood Relief Concert (also Executive Producer/Producer)
  • Kanata - A Tribute to First Nations Contemporary & Traditional Culture (also
  • Executive Producer/Producer)
  • The Huron Carole (11 seasons - also Executive Producer)
  • Chiefs and Champions (2 seasons)
  • Say Hay (also Producer)
  • Great Canadian Ghost Stories
  • National Aboriginal Achievement Awards (7 seasons)
  • Red River Relief Benefit Concert (also Producer)
  • Rita McNeil
  • Ear to the Ground
  • CBC's Fall Launch
  • Canada Day on Parliament Hill – 1992,1993,1997
  • Celebrate the Earth
  • Indian Time I & II
  • True North (3 seasons)
  • Winterlude
  • First Nations (3 seasons)
  • Christmas in a Global Village
  • Christmas on the Avenue
  • Canadian Express
  • Points West
  • DuMaurier Search for Stars
  • Tommy Hunter
  • Manitou Christmas

TELEVISION - Narration

  • Thin Ice:  Saattuq
  • Life & Times – “Better Ask Nellie”
  • The Snow Eater  (Best Narrator, AMPIA 2003)
  • Great Canadian Rivers
  • Chiefs
  • 500 Nations
  • Above All Else - The Everest Story
  • Living on the Vertical
  • Nature of Things

THEATRE

  • Beyond Eden – Theatre Calgary/Vancouver Playhouse
  • Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing – Manitoba Theatre Centre Warehouse/National Arts Centre/Royal Alexandra Theatre
  • Othello - Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan Festival
  • Selkirk Avenue – Gas Station Theatre
  • Royalty is Royalty – Manitoba Theatre Centre
  • Jessica - Theatre Passe Muraille/Great Canadian Theatre Co.
  • Blind Dancer - Prairie Theatre Exchange
  • The Ecstasy of Rita Joe – Prairie Theatre Exchange
  • Almighty Voice – (also Executive Producer/Producer)