Editing Rick Mercer (section)

==Awards==
Mercer has received more than 25 [[Gemini Awards]] for his television work. He has also won the [[Peter Ustinov|Sir Peter Ustinov Comedy Award]], presented to him at the 2003 [[Banff Television Festival]]. In 1993, Newfoundland premier [[Clyde Kirby Wells|Clyde Wells]] honoured Mercer with the Newfoundland Arts Council's Artist of the Year award. In 2004, Mercer was presented with the [[National Arts Centre]] Award, a companion award of the [[Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Rick Mercer biography|url=http://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2004/mercer-rick.aspx|publisher=Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Foundation|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> He donated his $15,000 cash prize to the LSPU hall, the theatre in Newfoundland where Mercer performed his early work.

He holds [[honorary degree]]s from [[Laurentian University]] in [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Brock University]] in [[St. Catharines]], [[McMaster University]] in [[Hamilton, Ontario|Hamilton]], [[Bishop's University]] in [[Lennoxville]], the [[University of British Columbia]], the [[University of Guelph]], the [[University of Western Ontario]] in [[London, Ontario|London]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/stories/2014/March/western_to_honour_global_players_at_303rd_convocation__.html |title = Western News - Search| date=23 July 2018 }}</ref> and the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.rmcc-cmrc.ca/en/royal-military-college-canada-honorary-degree-recipients | title=Royal Military College of Canada Honorary Degree Recipients| date=2016-07-19}}</ref> He received an honorary high school diploma for his outstanding efforts and determination from [[Landmark East School]] in [[Wolfville, Nova Scotia]] in 1999.<ref>Reader's Digest, 2002</ref>

Mercer was awarded the 30th Annual [[Robert Chambers Edwards|Bob Edwards]] Award in Calgary.<ref>{{cite web |author=Nolan LewisGauntlet Entertainment |url=http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/4492 |title=University of Calgary Gauntlet article |publisher=Gauntlet.ucalgary.ca |date=2004-09-30 |access-date=2009-02-04 |archive-date=2008-06-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605045406/http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/4492 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2007, he was named [[Colonel (Canada)#Honorary ranks and appointments|honorary colonel]] of the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]]'s [[423 Maritime Helicopter Squadron]], based at [[CFB Shearwater]] in [[Shearwater, Nova Scotia]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/that-s-col-rick-to-you-mercer-gets-a-military-gig-1.644662 |title=That's Col. Rick to you: Mercer gets a military gig |publisher=Cbc.ca |date=2007-01-24 |access-date=2015-09-16}}</ref>

On June 30, 2014, Mercer was appointed an Officer of the [[Order of Canada]] by [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]], [[Governor General of Canada]], for "his ability to inspire and challenge Canadians through humour" and his work with charitable causes.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15694&lan=eng |title = The Governor General of Canada| date=20 September 2017 }}</ref> He was formally invested into the Order in a ceremony at [[Rideau Hall]] on September 23, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rick Mercer, Chantal Kreviazuk, Sarah Polley inducted into Order of Canada|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/order-of-canada-investiture-1.3240117|access-date=25 September 2015|work=CBC News|date=23 September 2015}}</ref> The same year, he was inducted into the [[Canadian Disability Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous Hall of Fame Inductees|url=https://www.cfpdp.com/previous-hall-of-fame-inductees/|website=Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons|access-date=5 January 2018}}</ref> In 2019, Mercer received the Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award as part of the [[Governor General's Awards|Governor General's Performing Arts Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ggpaa.ca/award-recipients/2019/mercer,-rick.aspx|title=Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)|website=ggpaa.ca|access-date=2019-12-16}}</ref>

His memoir ''Talking to Canadians'' was the winner of the 2022 [[Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour]].<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2022/09/17/rick-mercer-wins-the-leacock-medal-for-humour-for-memoir-talking-to-canadians.html "Rick Mercer wins the Leacock Medal for Humour for memoir ‘Talking to Canadians’"]. ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 17, 2022.</ref>

In 2023, he was appointed a Member of the [[Order of Newfoundland and Labrador]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 July 2023|title=Seven People to be Inducted Into Order of Newfoundland and Labrador |newspaper=VOCM |url=https://vocm.com/2023/07/21/seven-people-to-be-inducted-into-order-of-newfoundland-and-labrador/}}</ref>