that affirms gay rights and seeks to decriminalize homosexuality. On September 19, 2009, Tewksbury was inducted into Canada's LGBT Human Rights Hall of Fame, the Q Hall of Fame Canada, in honour of his outstanding achievements and efforts to end discrimination in the sports world. On August 5, 2010, he was named the chef de mission of the 2012 Canadian Summer Olympic team. In 2015, Tewksbury was presented the Bonham Centre Award from The Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto, for his contributions to the advancement and education of issues around sexual identification. On July 23, 2015, Tewksbury presented his gold medal to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg for an exhibit promoting the power of sport to influence positive change. In 2017, Tewksbury was chosen as a Grand Marshal for the Fierté Canada Pride Montreal. In May 2019, Tewksbury performed an autobiographical one-man show called Belong, which was produced by Wordfest and staged at the DJD Dance Centre in Calgary. The performance was a spin-off of his 2018 staged reading called 50 & Counting at Buddies in Bad Times theatre in Toronto. Belong was then restaged in January 2020 as part of One Yellow Rabbit theatre’s 34th annual High Performance Rodeo in Calgary. In 2020, he became a Companion of the Order of Canada. In 2022 he is slated to appear as a panelist in Canada Reads, advocating for Esi Edugyan's novel Washington Black. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 100 metres backstroke World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay References External links Mark Tewksbury at Swimming Canada 1968 births Living people Canadian people of English descent Canadian male backstroke swimmers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada World record setters in swimming Gay sportsmen LGBT swimmers Canadian LGBT sportspeople Canadian LGBT rights activists Lou Marsh Trophy winners Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic gold medalists for Canada Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists for Canada Olympic swimmers of Canada Swimmers from Calgary Recipients of the Meritorious Service Decoration Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games University of Calgary alumni World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at