Shaughnessy Cohen Award
Encyclopedia
The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing is a Canadian
literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
to the best non-fiction book on Canadian political and social issues. It was presented for the first time in 2000.
It is named in honour of Shaughnessy Cohen
, a Liberal
Member of Parliament
who died in 1998. The award is sponsored by CTV
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
literary award, presented annually by the Writers' Trust of Canada
Writers' Trust of Canada
The Writers' Trust of Canada is a non-profit organization which provides financial support to Canadian writers.Founded by Margaret Atwood, Pierre Berton, Graeme Gibson, David Young and Margaret Laurence, the Writers' Trust of Canada was registered as a non-profit organization in 1976...
to the best non-fiction book on Canadian political and social issues. It was presented for the first time in 2000.
It is named in honour of Shaughnessy Cohen
Shaughnessy Cohen
Elizabeth Shaughnessy Cohen was a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Windsor—St. Clair for the Liberal Party of Canada from 1993 until her death in 1998....
, a Liberal
Liberal Party of Canada
The Liberal Party of Canada , colloquially known as the Grits, is the oldest federally registered party in Canada. In the conventional political spectrum, the party sits between the centre and the centre-left. Historically the Liberal Party has positioned itself to the left of the Conservative...
Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
who died in 1998. The award is sponsored by CTV
CTV television network
CTV Television Network is a Canadian English language television network and is owned by Bell Media. It is Canada's largest privately-owned network, and has consistently placed as Canada's top-rated network in total viewers and in key demographics since 2002, after several years trailing the rival...
.
Winners of the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize
- 2000 - Erna ParisErna ParisErna Paris is a Canadian non-fiction author born in Toronto, Ontario.After earing a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in Honours Philosophy and English, Paris moved to France for several years, where she continued her studies at the Sorbonne...
, Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History - 2001 - Daniel PoliquinDaniel PoliquinDaniel Poliquin is a Canadian novelist and translator. He has translated works of many Canadian writers into French, including David Homel, Douglas Glover, and Mordecai Richler. He lives in Ottawa, Ontario...
, In the Name of the Father: An Essay on Quebec Nationalism (translated by Don Winkler) - 2002 - John Duffy, Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership and the Making of Canada
- 2003 - Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
, Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda - 2004 - Jane JacobsJane JacobsJane Jacobs, was an American-Canadian writer and activist with primary interest in communities and urban planning and decay. She is best known for The Death and Life of Great American Cities , a powerful critique of the urban renewal policies of the 1950s in the United States...
, Dark Age AheadDark Age AheadDark Age Ahead is a 2004 book by Jane Jacobs describing what she sees as the decay of five key "pillars" in the U.S. and Canada. She argues that this decay threatens to create a dark age unless the trends are reversed. Jacobs characterizes a dark age as a "mass amnesia" where even the memory of... - 2005 - Miriam Shuchman, The Drug Trial
- 2006 - Max Nemni, Monique Nemni (authors) and William JohnsonWilliam Johnson (author)William Johnson, CM is a Canadian academic, journalist and author.Johnson's mother was francophone and his father anglophone and Johnson himself speaks both English and French...
(translator), Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944Young Trudeau: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada, 1919-1944Young Trudeau: 1919-1944: Son of Quebec, Father of Canada is the intellectual biography of the former Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Trudeau that deals with his parents, childhood, and education in the province of Quebec from his birth in 1919 until November 1944 when he left to study at Harvard... - 2007 - Janice Gross Stein and Eugene Lang, The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar
- 2008 - James OrbinskiJames OrbinskiJames Jude Orbinski, OC, OOnt, MSC is a Canadian physician, writer, and humanitarian activist. He is an associate professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs. In January 2011, he also assumed the Chair of Global Health at the Dalla Lana...
, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarian Action in the Twenty-first Century - 2009 - John English, Just Watch Me: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, 1968-2000
- 2010 - Anna PorterAnna PorterAnna Maria Porter, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian publisher and novelist.Born Anna Szigethy in Budapest, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956 to escape the Soviet presence in Hungary. She received a Bachelor degree and Master of Arts degree from the University of Canterbury. She started at McClelland &...
, The Ghosts of Europe: Central Europe's Past and Uncertain Future