Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 17, 2025

Chris Dodd, C.M.
Edmonton, Alberta

Chris Dodd is a Deaf performing artist, playwright and accessibility advocate who has worked in Edmonton’s theatre community for more than 25 years. Founder and artistic director of SOUND OFF, Canada’s national theatre festival for the Deaf performing arts, he entertains and educates audiences on the experience of being a Deaf person in a hearing world.