Burnaby’s Michael J. Fox honoured at Emmy Awards with Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his Parkinson’s advocacy
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Sally Field gave a big nod to Canada during her acceptance speech for best actress in a limited or anthology series or TV movie Monday night during the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony that also saw Burnaby’s Michael J. Fox honoured with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award.
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“Blessed Canada, our neighbours, our friends,” Field said to applause and cheers while accepting her trophy for her role in the Vancouver-shot Netflix film Remarkably Bright Creatures.
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The supportive shout out came amid the trade war between Canada and the U.S., and on the heels of U.S. President Donald Trump announcing he wanted a federal tax credit put in place for TV and film projects shot domestically rather than in other countries.
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At 79, Field became the oldest Emmy winner in the category. She now has four Emmy Awards.
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“I have been so grateful and so proud to be a part of this community — the arts — for 62 years or something,” said the two-time Academy Award-winning Field. “With art, we matter. Our voices matter. Our diversity, our unique storytelling matters.”
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Introduced as a “proud son of Canada,” Fox took to the stage to a standing ovation and accepted the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award for his work transforming Parkinson’s disease research and advocacy through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
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The foundation has funded more than $3 billion in global Parkinson’s research since it was established in 2000, two years after the 65-year-old Back to the Future star, who was born in Edmonton and grew up in Burnaby, announced he had been living with since 1991.
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