Editing Governor General's Awards (section)

==Governor General's Performing Arts Awards==
[[File:82nd Academy Awards, Ryan Reynolds - army mil-66450-2010-03-09-180346b.jpg|thumb|[[Ryan Reynolds]], winner of a 2021 Governor General's Performing Arts Award]]
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The Governor General's Performing Arts Awards are the foremost honours presented for excellence in the [[performing arts]], in the categories of [[dance]], [[classical music]], [[popular music]], [[film]], [[broadcasting]], and [[theatre]]. They were initiated in 1992 by Governor General [[Ray Hnatyshyn]] and the first recipients were [[William Hutt (actor)|William Hutt]], [[Gweneth Lloyd]], [[Dominique Michel]], [[Mercedes Palomino]], [[Oscar Peterson]], [[Léopold Simoneau]], [[Norman Jewison]], and [[Gilles Maheu]] and CARBONE 14.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients.aspx?year=1992#results| title=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards > Award Recipients| date=4 May 2012| access-date=31 July 2013| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012020558/http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients.aspx?year=1992#results| archive-date=12 October 2013}}</ref> Initially, the award came with a $15,000 prize from the [[Canada Council]]; today's winners receive $25,000 and a medallion struck by the [[Royal Canadian Mint]].<ref name=GGPAALA>{{cite web| url=http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/awards.html| title=The Awards| publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation| access-date=23 April 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090310104211/http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/awards.html| archive-date=10 March 2009}}</ref> In addition, two complementary awards are given: The Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Voluntarism in the Performing Arts, recognizing the voluntary services to the performing arts by an individual or group, and the National Arts Centre Award, which recognizes an individual artist's or company's work during the past performance year. There is also a mentorship program that connects award recipients with artists in their early to mid-career.<ref name=GGPAALA/> Since 2008, the [[National Film Board of Canada]] has produced short films about each of the laureates, which are screened at the awards ceremony and streamed online.<ref>{{cite web| title=Short Films| url=http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/nfb_short_films.html| publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation| access-date=9 November 2011| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826075040/http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/nfb_short_films.html| archive-date=26 August 2011}}</ref>