Member of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: May 11, 2017
- Invested on: July 05, 2018
Margo Kane, C.M.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Margo Kane’s devotion to honouring Indigenous performance is both empowering and engaging. An interdisciplinary artist, she has performed on stage, film and television, and has written works reflective of the Indigenous experience in Canada. Her influential solo work, Moonlodge, which blends song, dance and oral storytelling, has toured throughout Canada and abroad for more than a decade. Founder of Full Circle: First Nations Performance and the Talking Stick Festival, she has provided opportunities for many artists to celebrate and take pride in their rich language, culture and art forms.