Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

The Balsillie Prize for Public Policy is an annual Canadian literary award, presented to honour the year's best non-fiction work on public policy issues.[1] Created in 2021, the award is presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada, and sponsored by technology investor Jim Balsillie.[2]

Nominees and recipients

Year Author Title Ref
2021 Dan Breznitz Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World [3]
Gregor Craigie On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake
André Picard Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic
Jody Wilson-Raybould Indian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power
2022 John Lorinc Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias [4]
Jean Marmoreo, Johanna Schneller The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying [5]
Kent Roach Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change
Vaclav Smil How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Kim Stanton Reconciling Truths: Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada
2023 David R. Samson Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good [6]
Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence [7]
Michelle Good Truth Telling: Seven Conversations About Indigenous Life in Canada
Ryan Manucha Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada's Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade
Max Wyman The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy
2024 Wendy H. Wong We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age [8]
Gregor Craigie Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada's Housing Crisis [9]
Christopher Pollon Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World's Most Vulnerable Places
M. G. Vassanji Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jim Balsillie backs new Writers’ Trust prize for public-policy books". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Writers' Trust of Canada announces new $60K award for best Canadian book on public policy". CBC Books. February 17, 2021.
  3. ^ Vicky Qiao, "Toronto scholar Dan Breznitz wins inaugural $60K Balsillie Prize for best Canadian public policy book". CBC Books, November 24, 2021.
  4. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "John Lorinc wins $60,000 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy". Quill & Quire, November 29, 2022.
  5. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists named for 2022 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy". Quill & Quire, September 28, 2022.
  6. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "David R. Samson wins 2023 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy". Quill & Quire, November 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Talia Kliot, "Canada Reads winner Michelle Good finalist for $60K Balsillie Prize for best public policy book". CBC Books, October 4, 2023.
  8. ^ Brad Wheeler, "Wendy H. Wong wins 2024 Balsillie Prize for her book We, The Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age". The Globe and Mail, November 26, 2024.
  9. ^ Cassandra Drudi, "Finalists announced for 2024 Balsillie Prize for Public Policy". Quill & Quire, October 2, 2024.


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