Made in Canada | Canadian Crooners Inspire

Humankind. Be both! This year’s Juno awards gave a sampling of how made in Canada music makers feel about this amazing country.

Made in Canada Juno’s style

Did you catch it? Anne Murray was awarded a truly made in Canada lifetime achievement award at the 2025 Junos!

Anne’s songs were the soundtrack of my childhood. Watching her receive her award with grace and pride felt just-so-right. And hearing her acknowledge the safe haven that her homeland has been for her was heartwarming, too. Simple. No flash or pomp (apart from the sequins adorning her proudly worn Team Canada jersey), Ms. Murray lauded the goodness of being home on this side of the border.

Buble champions the diversity of what it is to be Canadian

Michael Buble was host to the music awards. His opening monologue did a gentle justice to some of who this country is made of. Namely? The artists, teachers, healthcare workers, farmers, and fishermen. “When you love something, you show up for it! We don’t just acknowledge our differences. We embrace them.”

Take a look:

A little Canadian made in Canada goes a long way

Around here, human kindness and made in Canada go hand-in-hand. It sometimes feels like they’re synonymous! Just today we received a 5 star Google review from a cancer foundation donor who wrote,

“This is an easy process. Everyone is courteous and friendly.
Our experience donating our van towards cancer research foundation was so smooth and rewarding. Thanks to everyone involved including Glen who picked up are van in Edmonton. He’s a great guy.”

Yup. Glen. Glen the tow guy (maybe Buble will call out tow drivers next year?). He’s such a fabulous human. He exudes professionalism and helpfulness. And words like “courteous,” and “friendly” are just the workaday way things go for our little team here, too. Charity reps? Caring, compassionate, and endlessly useful sorts of humans. Donors? Expansively generous — they share kindness on four wheels again and again…and again.

Side bar: just today one War Amps donor submitted his third donated vehicle in two days!

This is the “home” that Anne Murray espoused in her acceptance speech. It’s the “showing up” that Buble crooned about, too.

Whatever may come, in our little patch of the world’s geography, Canada seems to know something about being safely human and deeply kind. We are utterly unique in our Canadian expression of humankind.