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===1980β2010=== Cockburn was made a Member of the [[Order of Canada]] in 1982 and was promoted to Officer in 2002. In 1998, he received the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Award]] for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, Canada's highest honour in the performing arts.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bruce Cockburn β biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/1998/cockburn-bruce.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=January 27, 2014}}</ref> He has received thirteen [[Juno Awards]],<ref>Allen, 65</ref> and in 2001, during the 30th Annual Juno Awards ceremony, Cockburn was inducted into the [[Canadian Music Hall of Fame]]. The Cockburn tribute during the awards included taped testimonials from U2's [[Bono]], [[Jackson Browne]], [[Cowboy Junkies]]' [[Margo Timmins]], and [[Midnight Oil]]'s [[Peter Garrett]]. That year he was presented with a [[SOCAN]] Folk/Roots award.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011223091608/http://chartattack.com/DAMN/2001/11/2010.cfm "The Guess Who, Murray McLauchlan Win Big At SOCAN"]}}. ''Chart Attack'', November 20, 2001</ref> The [[Canadian Association of Broadcasters]] inducted Cockburn into the [[Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame]] on October 22, 2002, in [[Vancouver]]. On November 27, 2002, the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s ''[[Life and Times (TV series)|Life and Times]]'' series aired a special feature on Cockburn titled ''The Life and Times of Bruce Cockburn''. In 2007 Cockburn received three [[honorary doctorates]], the fourth, fifth and sixth of his career. In early May he received an Honorary Doctorate of Divinity from [[Queen's University at Kingston|Queen's University]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]], and later in the month he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters at the convocation of [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] for his lifelong contributions to Canadian music, culture and social activism. He was then awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the [[University of Victoria]] in Victoria, British Columbia. Cockburn previously received honorary doctorates from [[York University]] in Toronto, [[Berklee College of Music]], and [[St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)|St. Thomas University]] in [[New Brunswick]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mun.ca/marcomm/news/index.php?includefile=showitem.php&id=1517 |title=Marketing & Communications | index |publisher=Mun.ca |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref> He received an Honorary Doctorate awarded by [[McMaster University]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/bruce-cockburn-addresses-graduates/ |title=Bruce Cockburn addresses graduates |publisher=mcmaster.ca |access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref> In June 2014, Cockburn received an honorary Doctorate of Letters from Laurentian University in Sudbury,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laurentian.ca/newstags/blaine-nicholls/ |title=Laurentian University Recognizes four eminent Canadians in 2014 |publisher=laurentian.ca |access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref> and Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, from Carleton University, in Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsroom.carleton.ca/archives/2014/06/12/bruce-cockburn-receives-honorary-degree-carleton-university// |title=Bruce Cockburn Receives Honorary Degree from Carleton University |date=June 12, 2014 |publisher=carleton.ca|access-date=June 12, 2022}}</ref>
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