SOCAN members Jully Black, Bruce Cockburn, and the late Salome Bey received their stars on Canada’s Walk of Fame, on Friday, May 26, 2023, after being inducted in 2020 and 2021.
“I’m so grateful for this opportunity to speak, to express, and to represent every little Black boy and girl who looked out and didn’t see someone who looked like them on television, or hear them on the radio, or see them in film and TV, or see them teaching in schools,” said Jully Black on learning of her induction.
“Being inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame feels to me like an excuse for a party,” joked Bruce Cockburn on learning of his induction. “It feels wonderful. When I first heard the news, I was very excited. I was like, ‘What? Me?’”
The other seven Walk of Fame inductees who received their stars are:
- Ajay Virmani (Entrepreneurship and Philanthropy)
- Bret “The Hitman” Hart (Sports and Athletics)
- Damian Warner (Sports and Athletics)
- Frederick Banting, Charles Best, John Macleod, and James Collip (Science, Technology, and Innovation)
- Graham Greene (Arts & Entertainment)
- Keanu Reeves (Arts & Entertainment)
- Lieutenant-General (retired) The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire (Humanitarianism)
SOCAN members previously honoured by Canada’s Walk of Fame include Drake, the late Leonard Cohen, Andy Kim, Col. Chris Hadfield, the late Stompin’ Tom Connors, Michael Bublé, Rush, Sarah McLachlan, Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot, Nickelback, and kd lang.