Companion of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: May 9, 2019
- Invested on: November 21, 2019
Donald McNichol Sutherland, C.C.
Saint John, New Brunswick
The engraving on Donald SutherlandÆs honorary Academy Award reads: ôFor a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness.ö From Norman Bethune and FelliniÆs Casanova, to the CBCÆs PirateÆs Passage, he has been a Canadian presence worldwide for six decades, whose talent and magnetic charisma have made him a shining ambassador and promoter of Canada. When U.S. border patrol agents look at his Canadian passport and ask him why heÆs never become an American citizen, his smiling reply has always been: ôYou donÆt have the same sense of humour.ö
This is a promotion within the Order.