"Due South" actor Paul Gross will be heading east later this fall, when he accepts the 2015 Symons Medal at a ceremony in Charlottetown.
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Canada's national memorial to the founding of the country, announced the Symons Medal will be going to the Canadian actor, director, writer and champion for the arts, in a news release Tuesday.
Gross will appear in Charlottetown for the Symons Medal ceremony and lecture on Monday, Nov. 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Homburg Theatre.
The lecture is a national platform for an eminent Canadian to discuss the current state and future prospects of Confederation as it relates to the medal recipient’s area of expertise.
Held each fall to mark the 1864 meetings of the Fathers of Confederation, this dialogue provides Canadians an opportunity to reflect upon their country and its future.
Gross wrote, directed and co-starred in his latest feature film "Hyena Road," which is making its world premiere this week at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
He received two Geminis for best actor and one for writing during his stint on "Due South" and he also received two Geminis for the series "Slings & Arrows".
In 2008, he released "Passchendaele," based on the famous Battle of Ypres during the First World War.
Gross wrote and directed the screenplay and starred as a character based on his own grandfather.
In addition to opening TIFF in 2008, "Passchendaele" was the highest grossing Canadian film that year and won five Genies, including best picture.
He has been appointed to the Order of Canada, was selected for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and the Pierre Berton Award, and was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Past recipients of the Symons Medal include Prince Charles, Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, David Suzuki and Mary Simon, president of the national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2009.
For more information, visit confederationcentre.com/symonsmedallecture.
Tickets for Gross's lecture will be available from the Confederation Centre box office on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m.
There is no cost to attend but a printed ticket is required for admission and the booking limit is two tickets per person.
"Due South" actor Paul Gross will be heading east later this fall, when he accepts the 2015 Symons Medal at a ceremony in Charlottetown.
Confederation Centre of the Arts, Canada's national memorial to the founding of the country, announced the Symons Medal will be going to the Canadian actor, director, writer and champion for the arts, in a news release Tuesday.
Gross will appear in Charlottetown for the Symons Medal ceremony and lecture on Monday, Nov. 9 at 12:30 p.m. in the Homburg Theatre.
The lecture is a national platform for an eminent Canadian to discuss the current state and future prospects of Confederation as it relates to the medal recipient’s area of expertise.
Held each fall to mark the 1864 meetings of the Fathers of Confederation, this dialogue provides Canadians an opportunity to reflect upon their country and its future.
Gross wrote, directed and co-starred in his latest feature film "Hyena Road," which is making its world premiere this week at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
He received two Geminis for best actor and one for writing during his stint on "Due South" and he also received two Geminis for the series "Slings & Arrows".
In 2008, he released "Passchendaele," based on the famous Battle of Ypres during the First World War.
Gross wrote and directed the screenplay and starred as a character based on his own grandfather.
In addition to opening TIFF in 2008, "Passchendaele" was the highest grossing Canadian film that year and won five Genies, including best picture.
He has been appointed to the Order of Canada, was selected for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award and the Pierre Berton Award, and was a recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.
Past recipients of the Symons Medal include Prince Charles, Gov.-Gen. David Johnston, David Suzuki and Mary Simon, president of the national Inuit organization Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami, 2009.
For more information, visit confederationcentre.com/symonsmedallecture.
Tickets for Gross's lecture will be available from the Confederation Centre box office on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 10 a.m.
There is no cost to attend but a printed ticket is required for admission and the booking limit is two tickets per person.
