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==Honours== [[File:Sudbury fullsizeoutput 3202 (30570601568).jpg|thumb|right|The 2015 bronze statue of Stompin' Tom, with Connors' left hand positioned for [[Chord (music)|chord]] of Cβ, one of the major chords in the song ''Sudbury Saturday Night''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/2015/07/04/stompin-toms-statue-makes-its-sudbury-debut/wcm/8f32e329-10d8-313a-6522-d5b556687aa7|title=Stompin' Tom's statue makes its Sudbury debut|last=Byrne|first=Ryan|newspaper=Sudbury Start|date=July 3, 2015|access-date=January 2, 2019}}</ref>]] The following honours were conferred on him: * From the [[Juno Awards]], Country Male Vocalist of the Year (1971β1975) and Country Album of the Year (1974, for ''To It And at It'')<ref>{{Cite web|title=Artist summary β Stompin' Tom Connors|url=http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=Connors&submit=Search|publisher=[[Juno Awards]]|access-date=March 7, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150526195102/http://junoawards.ca/awards/artist-summary/?artist_name=Connors&submit=Search|archive-date=May 26, 2015}}</ref>βall subsequently returned in 1978.<ref name="Hinkson">{{cite news|title=Stompin' Tom: Juno Awards mum on possible tribute|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2013/03/07/stompin_tom_juno_awards_mum_on_possible_tribute.html|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|author=Kamila Hinkson|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> He left instructions that the Junos were not to celebrate him after his death.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stompin' Tom Connors' Juno protest continues |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/stompin-tom-connors-juno-protest-continues-1.1344667|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=April 17, 2013|access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref> * In 1993, a [[Doctor of Laws]] degree ''[[honoris causa]]'' from [[St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)|St. Thomas University]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dr. Stompin' Tom Connors, eh? β Remembering a Canadian Music Legend|url=http://w3.stu.ca/stu/news/151047|publisher=[[St. Thomas University (New Brunswick)|St. Thomas University]]|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref> which was the inspiration for his album titled ''Dr. Stompin' Tom Connors, eh?'', released the same year. * In 1996, Officer of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Order of Canada citation| date=June 11, 2018 |url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=3568&t=12&ln=Connors}}</ref> * In 2000, a Lifetime Artistic Achievement award for Popular Music from the [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stompin' Tom Connors (1936β2013)|url=http://www.ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/connors-stompin-tom.aspx|publisher=[[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]]|access-date=March 7, 2013}}</ref> * In 2000, an honorary LL.D. from the [[University of Toronto]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honorary Degrees|url=http://www.magazine.utoronto.ca/life-on-campus/spring-2000-honorary-degree-noam-chomsky/|author=Stacey Gibson|publisher=U of T Magazine|date=Summer 2000}}</ref> * In 2002, an honorary [[Litt.D.]] from the [[University of Prince Edward Island]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=UPEI mourns the passing of honorary degree recipient Stompin' Tom Connors|url=http://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2013/03/upei-mourns-passing-honorary-degree-recipient-stompin%E2%80%99-tom-connors|publisher=[[University of Prince Edward Island]]|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=November 11, 2017}}</ref> * In 2009, a [[SOCAN award]] for Lifetime Achievement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Legendary Canadian singer-songwriter Stompin' Tom Connors dead at 77 |url=http://www.socan.ca/news/legendary-canadian-singer-songwriter-stompin-tom-connors-dead-77|publisher=[[SOCAN]]|date=March 7, 2013|access-date=March 8, 2013}}</ref> * In 2014, it was announced that a commemorative statue would be located in downtown Sudbury, ON.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Stompin' Tom Connors bronze statue on its way to Sudbury|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/stompin-tom-connors-bronze-statue-on-its-way-to-sudbury-1.2534249|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=February 12, 2014|access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref> In 1993, he declined to be inducted into the [[Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame]].<ref name="Hinkson" /> In ''[[The Greatest Canadian]]'' list, he ranked thirteenth, the highest placing for any artist on the list. Connors was one of four musicians pictured on the second series of the Canadian Recording Artist Series issued by [[Canada Post stamp releases (2005-2009)|Canada Post stamps]] on July 2, 2009.<ref>Canada Post Stamp Details, July to September 2009, Volume XVIII, No. 3, p. 6</ref>
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