avid and longtime fan of the Winnipeg Jets, having attended the signing of Bobby Hull in 1972 while working as a reporter for CBWT. Mansbridge's public support for the Jets – including use of his Twitter account – is often seen as a humorous contrast to his balanced reporting style. To underline this image, Mansbridge is also known to occasionally make jokes at the expense of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nonetheless, he continues to support his childhood Maple Leafs in a secondary capacity. Mansbridge had a voice cameo in the 2016 Walt Disney Animation Studios film Zootopia as "Peter Moosebridge," an anthropomorphic moose news anchor. Ahead of his final broadcast in 2017, a space in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in Toronto was renamed as Mansbridge Hall in his honor. Since the 2019 Canadian federal election, Mansbridge has hosted a daily podcast called The Bridge. Awards and honorary degrees Mansbridge has won several honours throughout his career, including 13 Gemini awards. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, the second grade of nation's second highest civilian honour. In that capacity, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal was also conferred upon him in 2012. Peter Mansbridge has received a number of honorary degrees; these include: 1989: Lakehead University, Doctor of Humane Letters (DHL) 1996: Mount Royal University, Bachelor of Applied Communications (Journalism) 1999: Mount Allison University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2001: University of Manitoba, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2005: Ryerson University, Doctor of Journalism 2008: University of Western Ontario, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2010: University of Windsor, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2011: York University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2014: Carleton University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2017: University of Calgary, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2017: McMaster University, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) 2017: University of Toronto, Doctor of Laws (LL.D) References External links CBC Personalities - Peter Mansbridge CBC Newsworld - Mansbridge One on One The Canadian Encyclopedia: Mansbridge, Peter 1948 births Canadian television news anchors Canadian television reporters and correspondents Canadian television talk show hosts CBC Television people Canadian male voice actors English emigrants to Canada Canadian Screen Award winning journalists Living people Members of the Order of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada People from Ottawa People from Stratford, Ontario Royal Canadian Navy personnel 20th-century Canadian journalists 21st-century Canadian journalists Military personnel from London