I have included three screenshots of Alan receiving his medal copied from a news recording of the presentation and circulated via my Google + page. The video is approximately 2 minutes long.
On Alan's official Twitter profile biography he describes himself as a nodder and winker both of which he did during the ceremony. See if you can catch Alan give a wink to someone in the audience.
The article 'Alan Doyle, Joyce Churchill awarded Order of Canada' was published at cbc.ca/news/newfoundland-labrador on 10 May, 2018 and circulated via social media. I have posted an edited copy of the article here. The article was edited for copyright reasons. No copyright infringement intended.
'Alan Doyle, Joyce Churchill awarded Order of Canada.' published on cbc.ca on 10 May, 2018.
"They are among 7,000 Canadians who have received the honour over the years.
One is a well-known musician with a penchant for supporting multiple charities and the other is a decades-long advocate for the autism community — and both of them, who hail from Newfoundland and Labrador, have been bestowed the Order of Canada at a ceremony in Ottawa.
Alan Doyle and Joyce Churchill are two of the 45 Canadians invested in the order Thursday for their outstanding achievement and dedication to community at an event presided over by Gov. Gen. Julie Payette.
"I'm feeling pretty cool. I got to meet Marc Messier again today and a bunch of other outstanding Canadians ... it's just a real thrill and a very humbling feeling," Doyle told CBC News Network's Suhana Meharchand after the ceremony.
Doyle is one of "Newfoundland's most beloved musical ambassadors," according to Rideau Hall.
Former frontman for Great Big Sea and now a solo artist, Doyle has channeled his star power and helped raise money for charities like the Canadian Cancer Society and Canadian Red Cross, with the latter organization awarding him its Humanitarian Award in 2016.
That same year, he helped organize a multi-venue charity concert that featured 30 acts in downtown St. John's, raising $40,000 that went to a Red Cross effort to help people affected by the Fort McMurray wildfires.
Doyle is one of the founders — along with Dr. Andrew Furey and Brendan Paddick — of A Dollar a Day Foundation, which launched in February. It challenges people to donate "small change to work for big change" when it comes to mental health and addictions programs and support.
Born in Petty Harbour, Doyle has credited his parents for instilling in him the importance of helping others.
"I'm really grateful to be from there and I'm grateful to all my friends and family who still live there," he said, giving a shout-out to his parents, siblings, wife and former Great Big Sea bandmates Bob Hallett, Sean McCann and Darrell Power..."
