British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction was a Canadian

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.British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction
official website. Awarded annually since 2005 by the

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, it was the largest non-fiction prize in Canada, rising from $25,000 in its initial years to $40,000 in 2008. In May 2018, the British Columbia Achievement Foundation announced that it was discontinuing the award as part of a process of refocusing the foundation's activities and programs."Cancellation of lucrative non-fiction award met with sadness, shock"
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'', May 4, 2018.

Winners

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British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction
official website. Canadian non-fiction literary awards Awards established in 2005 2005 establishments in British Columbia 2018 disestablishments in British Columbia Awards disestablished in 2018