Buffy Sainte-Marie has misplaced her Juno awards, Polaris Music Prize honours and her induction into the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame as arts organizations reply to an announcement from the singer saying she shouldn’t be Canadian.
The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says it’s going to revoke her 5 Juno wins and her 2017 humanitarian award after a assessment of its eligibility necessities.
Sainte-Marie can even not be part of the Canadian Music Corridor of Fame.
Different organizations additionally introduced on Friday that they’re within the technique of taking again Sainte-Marie’s honours.
Organizers on the Polaris Music Prize say they rescinded two awards, together with her 2015 win for greatest Canadian album, after studying she shouldn’t be a Canadian citizen. Polaris representatives say they won’t search a return of the $50,000 money prize.
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And Rideau Corridor says Sainte-Marie pre-emptively returned her Governor Normal’s Performing Arts Awards medallion, and is not a laureate. That follows her Order of Canada termination in January.
Sainte-Marie advised The Canadian Press in an announcement earlier this week that she had “made it fully clear” she was not Canadian to Rideau Corridor.
She says she’s an American citizen and holds a U.S. passport, however was adopted as a younger grownup by a Cree household in Saskatchewan.
Organizers on the Junos stated Friday their choice shouldn’t be a mirrored image of Sainte-Marie’s creative contributions however based mostly on their eligibility standards.
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