

Michael J. Fox has been promoted to the highest Canadian honor a civilian can receive for his advocacy for Parkinson’s disease and Hollywood fame. The promotion was announced this Friday.
Fox first received the Order of Canada in 2011. He was promoted to the Companion of the Order of Canada for the money he raised for Parkinson’s disease. According to Mary Simon, Canada’s Governor General, Fox “is in a remarkable chapter of his life, blending selective acting with powerful global advocacy and unflinching honesty about Parkinson’s. Through his foundation, he drives transformative research and hope.”
Fox was born in Burnaby, Canada, before starting his Hollywood career with his roles in Family Ties and Back to the Future. Today, Fox still acts as he raises money for his The Michael J. Fox Foundation, which researches Parkinson’s disease to help those who suffer from it.
Also on Friday, kids TV producer Roger Damon Price was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada. Damon Price is known as the man who created Nickelodeon’s iconic slime gag. He also co-founded YTV, a Canadian kids’ TV network.
The first time a person was slimed was on You Can’t Do That on Television, a kids’ sketch comedy show, which Damon Price created and wrote for. When the Canadian show was picked up by Nickelodeon in 1982, it became a hit and made the slime an iconic part of the network.
You Can’t Do That on Television had many people working on it who went on to become famous. Bill Prady, a writer for the show, went on to be a co-writer for The Big Bang Theory, and Alanis Morissette would star in 5 episodes of the show years before she began her music career.
