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Danya Dixon Promoted To CMW's CEO

Canadian Music Week has announced that Danya Dixon has been promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the organization, effective immediately.

Danya Dixon Promoted To CMW's CEO

By External Source

Canadian Music Week has announced that Danya Dixon has been promoted to the role of Chief Executive Officer of the organization, effective immediately.


She has been with CMW for 11 years, most recently serving as vice-president of programming. Her father, Neill Dixon, is the co-founder of the long-running CMW and remains as president.

In 2016, Dixon turned her skills to the creation of the hugely successful O’Cannabiz Conference & Expo in Toronto and shepherded the project as it expanded into Vancouver and Niagara Falls. Her efforts in the evolving cannabis industry connect the worlds of politics, law, commerce, and culture. 

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The 38th Annual Canadian Music Week will return to Toronto May 19 – 23, 2020.

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Angine de Poitrine perform at the Polaris Music Prize ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 22
Courtesy Photo/Polaris Music Prize

Angine de Poitrine perform at the Polaris Music Prize ceremony at Massey Hall in Toronto on Sept. 22

Awards

Angine de Poitrine Win Both the Polaris Music Prize and SOCAN Polaris Song Prize

The Quebec duo took continued their major breakthrough, taking home two major best Canadian music honours at the ceremony at Toronto’s Massey Hall last night (Sept. 22), winning for Vol. II and its track “Fabienk.” The Watchmen and Willie Dunn also earned the Polaris Heritage Prize distinction for their respective 1971 albums, McLaren Furnace Room and Willie Dunn.

Angine de Poitrine earned two of the country’s top musical honours in the same night.

The band emerged victorious at last night’s (Sept. 22) Polaris Concert & Award Ceremony powered by FACTOR at Toronto’s Massey Hall, taking home both the Polaris Album Prize with Vol. II and the SOCAN Polaris Song Prize for “Fabienk.”

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