THE NINTH
ANNUAL DONNER PRIZE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
RONALD J. DANIELS JOINS 2006 JURY
TORONTO, NOVEMBER
21, 2006 -
Allan Gotlieb, Chairman of the Donner Canadian
Foundation, announced the official Call for
Submissions for the ninth annual Donner Prize, and
welcomed new jury member Ronald J. Daniels. "Last
year's Donner Prize Shortlist gave us an exceptional
group of provocative and controversial books with
topics ranging from our social welfare policy to our
children's education, from the Charter of Rights to
the future of Canada to our search for a clean fuel
supply," said Mr. Gotlieb. "And now, on the eve of the
Prize's 10th anniversary, we look forward with
anticipation to this year's submissions."
Mr. Gotlieb also
welcomed new jury member, Ronald J. Daniels. "Last
year, Ronald Daniels excellent book Rethinking the
Welfare State (written with co-author Michael J.
Trebilcock) was shortlisted for the Donner Prize."
said Mr. Gotlieb, "This year he'll be on the other
side of the judging panel and we hope he'll find the
experience just as rewarding. The jury will benefit
greatly from his insight, knowledge and judgment".
The Donner Canadian
Foundation, one of Canada's largest foundations,
created the prize to encourage increased research into
public policy in Canada and to promote the discussion
of policy issues in the public arena. The winner of
the Donner Prize, the award for best book on Canadian
public policy, will receive $35,000, with $5,000 being
awarded to the other shortlisted titles (to a maximum
of five titles). In giving this annual award, the
Foundation seeks to not only broaden policy debate,
but also to increase general awareness of the
importance of policy discourse.
Books submitted for the
prize should focus on Canadian public policy issues,
for example: regulatory and legal reform, public
finance, the environment, urban affairs, health care,
education reform and social policy. Submissions must
be written by Canadian citizens, but they may be
published by non-Canadian publishing houses, so long
as the books have implications for Canada. For the
2006 prize, books that are written by Canadians in
either English or French, between January 1, and
December 31, 2006, are eligible (see
www.donnerbookprize.com
for complete rules regarding eligibility and
submission procedures).
The $35,000 Donner
Prize for 2005 was awarded to SUSTAINABLE FOSSIL
FUELS: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and
Enduring Energy by Mark Jaccard (Cambridge
University Press). The $5,000 shortlisted titles were:
RETHINKING THE WELFARE STATE: The Prospects for
Government by Voucher by Ronald J. Daniels and
Michael J. Trebilcock (Routledge); THE POLITE
REVOLUTION: Perfecting the Canadian Dream by John
Ibbitson (McClelland & Stewart); SIGNPOSTS OF SUCCESS:
Interpreting Ontario's Elementary School Test Scores
by David Johnson (C.D. Howe Institute) and
GOVERNING WITH THE CHARTER: Legislative and Judicial
Activism and Framers' Intent by James B. Kelly
(UBC Press).
The jury for the 2006
Donner Prize is an eminent group of Canadian academics
and business people. The jury will again be chaired by
Grant Reuber, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe
Institute; former Chairman, Canada Deposit Insurance
Corporation; former President and Chief Operating
Officer and later Deputy Chairman, Bank of Montreal;
former Deputy Minister of Finance for Canada; former
provost and Vice-President (Academic) of the
University of Western Ontario; Officer of the Order of
Canada.
Also returning as a
member of the jury this year is George Connell,
former president of the University of Western Ontario
and the University of Toronto; senior advisor to the
O'Connor Inquiry of the Walkerton water system;
Officer of the Order of Canada; Claude E. Forget,
former Minister of Health for the Quebec government;
former Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry on
Unemployment Insurance; Officer of the Order of Canada
and Denis Stairs, Professor Emeritus in
Political Science at Dalhousie University;
past-president of the Canadian Political Science
Association; founding Director of the Centre for
Foreign Policy Studies; Officer of the Order of
Canada. And joining the jury this year is Ronald J.
Daniels.
Ronald J. Daniels
is Provost and Professor of Law at the University of
Pennsylvania. He was formerly Dean and James M. Tory
Professor of Law at the Faculty of Law at the
University of Toronto and a Visiting Professor at Yale
Law School. Daniels is active in public policy
formulation and has contributed to several Canadian
pubic task forces, and is also the author of numerous
articles and books, including Rethinking the Welfare
State with co-author Michael J. Trebilcock which was
shortlisted for last year's Donner Prize.
The deadline for
submissions for this year's prize is November 30. A
shortlist will be announced late March 2007, and the
winner will be proclaimed at a gala dinner in Toronto
in April 2007.
For further information
please contact:
Sherry Naylor
Meisner Publicity
Phone:(416) 368-8253
Fax:(416) 363-1448
E-mail:
sherry
(at) meisnerpublicity (dot) com
Web:
www.donnerbookprize.com
$35,000 DONNER PRIZE WINNER ANNOUNCED
CONTROVERSIAL BOOK MAKES A COMPELLING CASE FOR
CONTINUED RELIANCE ON FOSSIL FUELS
TORONTO, Thursday, April 27, 2006 -
The winner of the prestigious Donner Prize, the
award for best book on Canadian public policy, was
announced this evening by Allan Gotlieb, Chairman of
the Donner Canadian Foundation, at an awards dinner at
the Carlu. This is the eighth year for this acclaimed
prize, which is awarded annually.
The
$35,000 Donner Prize was awarded to Mark Jaccard
for his book SUSTAINABLE FOSSIL FUELS: The Unusual
Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy,
published by Cambridge University Press. Described by
the Donner jury as "a formidable book on an important
issue of public policy," SUSTAINABLE FOSSIL FUELS
looks at the fundamental global problem of the supply
of, and demand for, energy and offers a survey of the
most promising options for the future.
"SUSTAINABLE
FOSSIL FUELS is the best analysis I have seen on
the future of energy over the next 100 years," said
jury Chairman Grant Reuber. He went on to say, "The
book is well-presented and persuasive and offers
practical solutions to policy issues that must be
among the most important and most urgent for both the
Canadian government, and for governments around the
world."
SUSTAINABLE FOSSIL FUELS, unanimously hailed as 'a
first class piece of work' by this year's jury, deals
with the problems faced by authorities in developing
environmentally sustainable supplies of energy -
clearly one of the central challenges of our time.
Jaccard compellingly argues that we have the
technological capability to use fossil fuels without
emitting climate-threatening greenhouse gases or other
pollutants, and that they will play a key role in our
quest for a sustainable energy system.
Mark
Jaccard is a Professor in the School of Resource
and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver. His earlier book THE COST
OF CLIMATE POLICY (co-authored with John Nyboer
and Bryn Sadownik) was shortlisted for the 2002 Donner
Prize.
The winner
was chosen from 55 submissions and a shortlist of
five, by a five-member jury: Grant L. Reuber
(Chairman), George E. Connell, Claude E.
Forget, Denis Stairs and David W.
Strangway.
The other
nominated titles, which received $5,000 each, were:
RETHINKING THE WELFARE STATE: The Prospects for
Government by Voucher by Ronald J. Daniels and
Michael J. Trebilcock (Routledge); THE POLITE
REVOLUTION: Perfecting the Canadian Dream by John
Ibbitson (McClelland & Stewart); SIGNPOSTS OF
SUCCESS: Interpreting Ontario's Elementary School Test
Scores by David Johnson (C.D. Howe Institute) and
GOVERNING WITH THE CHARTER: Legislative and
Judicial Activism and Framers' Intent by James B.
Kelly (UBC Press).
Last
year's winners of the $35,000 Donner Prize were David
E.W. Laidler and William B.P. Robson for their
compelling book TWO PERCENT TARGET: Canadian
Monetary Policy Since 1991, published by the C.D.
Howe Institute.
The call
for submissions for the 2006/2007 prize will go out in
September 2006.
For
further information or to book an interview please
contact:
Sherry Naylor
Meisner Publicity (Toronto)
Phone: (416) 368-8253
Fax: (416) 363-1448
E-mail:
sherry
(at) meisnerpublicity (dot) com
Web:
www.donnerbookprize.com
EIGHTH
ANNUAL DONNER PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
$35,000 winner to be chosen from shortlist of five
TORONTO, MARCH 30, 2006 -
The five finalists for the 2005/2006 Donner Prize,
the award for best book on Canadian public policy,
were announced today by Allan Gotlieb, Chairman of the
Donner Canadian Foundation. Mr. Gotlieb said, "For
eight years the Donner Prize has been rewarding
excellence and innovation in Canadian public policy
writing and this year's finalists exemplify the
outstanding ideas and insightful writing for which the
prize has become so well known. We hope this year's
shortlist, and eventual winner, will inspire writers,
publishers and booksellers alike to strengthen their
commitment and their efforts in the field of public
policy books."
This
year's five shortlisted books were chosen from a field
of 55 submissions. The titles deftly tackle
challenging public policy issues ranging from our
social welfare policy to our children's education,
from the Charter of Rights to the future of Canada to
our search for a clean fuel supply. Our five finalists
stood out in the eyes of our discerning jury members
for providing stimulating insight into topics that
address the heart of our society.
Jury
Chairman Grant Reuber remarked, "Although we received
fewer submissions than in past years, the five books
that make up this year's shortlist are among the best
we've seen in the eight years of the prize. This year
we have an exceptional group of provocative and
controversial books that are bound to provoke heated
debate on some on the most vital issues facing Canada
today."
The winner
of the $35,000 Donner Prize will be announced at an
awards ceremony in Toronto on Thursday, April 27,
2006.
Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for
Government by Voucher
Ronald J. Daniels & Michael J. Trebilcock (Routledge)
The
Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream
John Ibbitson (McClelland & Stewart)
Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the
Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy
Mark Jaccard (Cambridge University Press)
Signposts of Success: Interpreting Ontario's
Elementary School Test Scores
David Johnson (C.D. Howe Institute)
Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial
Activism and Framers' Intent
James B. Kelly (UBC Press)
The
2005/2006 Donner Prize Shortlist
Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for
Government by Voucher
by Ronald J. Daniels and Michael J. Trebilcock (Routledge)
Rethinking the Welfare State offers a timely,
thought-provoking analysis of social welfare policy
and explores the effectiveness of the voucher system
as a solution to problematic areas in the welfare
program. While evaluating vouchers and their
implementation, Daniels and Trebilcock focus on major
social programs such as food stamps, primary and
secondary education, child-care, health care, low
income housing, long-term care and pensions. A tour de
force, Rethinking the Welfare State is an extremely
important contribution to public policy deliberations.
Ronald J. Daniels Daniels is Provost and
Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He
was formerly Dean and James M. Tory Professor of Law
at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Michael J. Trebilcock is University Professor and
Professor of Law and Economics at the University of
Toronto and Director of the Law and Economics
Programme there.
--
The
Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream
by John Ibbitson (McClelland & Stewart)
In his
compelling book, The Polite Revolution, John
Ibbitson dismantles the old ways of thinking about
Canada's immigration, free trade, social, and defence
policies. His ideas for the future of Canada are
daring - a major devolution of power and dollars from
the federal to the provincial level, a revamping of
medicare, a refashioning of the electoral system. They
amount to no less than a revolutionary plan for the
creation and defence of a new national dream. The
Polite Revolution is a stimulating work that will most
certainly widen the circle of policy issue
discussions.
John
Ibbitson is the political affairs columnist
for the Globe & Mail. His writing has been nominated
for numerous awards, including a Governor General's
Award, and most recently, a National Newspaper Award.
--
Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the
Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy
by Mark Jaccard (Cambridge University Press)
Sustainable Fossil Fuels is a formidable book on
an important policy issue. While many believe we must
quickly wean ourselves from fossil fuels to save the
planet, Mark Jaccard argues that this view is
misguided and that we have the technological
capability to use fossil fuels without emitting
climate-threatening greenhouse gases or other
pollutants. Jaccard skillfully delivers a concise but
comprehensive summary of global problems of supply of
and demand for energy and a survey of the most
promising options for the future.
Mark
Jaccard is a Professor in the School of
Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser
University in Vancouver.
--
Signposts of Success: Interpreting Ontario's
Elementary School Test Scores
by David Johnson (C.D. Howe)
In the
1996-97 academic year, Ontario introduced, to
considerable controversy, standardized testing for all
elementary school students to assess their progress in
key subject areas. In his trailblazing book, Signposts
of Success, David Johnson looks at the argument that
school rankings are based, not on the school's
relative success in teaching students, but on the
socio-economic characteristics of the community from
which the school draws its students, and argues that
other factors - that principals' managerial talents,
the quality of teaching, and the resources available
to the school - also affect students' achievement
scores.
David Johnson is Professor of Economics at the
School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier
University
--
Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial
Activism and Framers' Intent
by James B. Kelly (UBC Press)
Since the
introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms in 1982, the question of judicial power and
its relationship to parliamentary democracy has been
an important one. Some critics view the increased
power of the Supreme Court as a direct challenge to
parliament. In Governing with the Charter, James Kelly
presents a detailed examination of the history, theory
and practice of governing with and living under the
Charter. Thoughtful and well-written, it is a
challenging and serious contribution to a subject that
continues to be hotly debated.
James B. Kelly is Assistant Professor in the
Department of Political Science at Concordia
University.
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further information please contact:
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Meisner Publicity (Toronto)
Phone: (416) 368-8253
Fax: (416) 363-1448
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