Paul Brandt

Paul Brandt is a Multi-Platinum recording artist, philanthropist, and 21-year serial entrepreneur in music - one of the world’s most dynamic and changing business environments. Beginning his musical journey in honky-tonks and talent contests in Calgary, Canada, Brandt’s journey eventually led him to Nashville, Tennessee where his music was first exposed to the entire world. Brandt has been inducted into The Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame.

Influenced by his past work experience as a Registered Nurse at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Brandt often looks for ways to combine humanitarian endeavors with his celebrity platform. Brandt’s humanitarian aid work has taken him to various places and projects in Ethiopia, Malawi, Egypt, Belize, Mexico, Haiti and Cambodia.

Through his Buckspring Foundation, Brandt has participated in and helped fund projects in Nepal, Mexico, Haiti, Cambodia and Canada. By encouraging neighbors to help neighbors, Brandt promotes activities and projects to meet practical physical, emotional and psychosocial needs around the world. Inspired by this philosophy, Brandt also founded the anti-Human Trafficking movement called “#NotInMyCity” which raises awareness about Child Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking. Over the time period of 2020- 2022, Brandt was honored to serve as Chair of the Government of Alberta’s Human Trafficking Task Force, bringing recommendations on how to address and suppress Human Trafficking in his home province.

Aside from his music and medical background, Brandt has a number of honorary degrees, including a Doctor of Fine Arts (University of Lethbridge) and Doctor of Divinity (Briercrest Bible College). In 2018 he was honored with another degree in Business Administration for his Social Innovation work at Mount Royal University’s Bissett School of Business in recognition of his work as Storyteller in Residence at his alma mater. In 2019, Brandt received the Slaight Humanitarian Award at the Canadian Country Music Awards.

Brandt continues to be an active touring and recording musician, speaker, and writer.

He is inspired by people with big vision to help others, and strives daily to defy categorization.