The Donner Prize is an award given annually by one of Canada's largest foundations, the

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, for books considered excellent in regard to the writing of

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

public policy. The prize was established in 1998 and is meant to encourage an open exchange of ideas and to provide a springboard for authors who can make an original and meaningful contribution to policy discourse. The Donner Canadian Foundation also established the prize to recognize and reward the best public policy thinking, writing and research by a Canadian, and the role it plays in determining the well-being of Canadians and the success of Canada as a whole. The grand prize is $50,000 and short-listed finalists receive $7,500 each. To be eligible, a book must be on a single theme relevant to Canadian policy and be authored by one or more Canadian citizens. Entries are submitted by publishers, and selected by a five-person jury whose members are drawn from the ranks of Canadian professors, university administrators, businessmen, and politicians. The committee announces a short list in April of each year. The winners and runners-up are announced at an awards banquet in April or May.

Winners

*2020:

Joseph Heath Joseph Heath (born 1967) is a Canadian philosopher. He is professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto, where he was formerly the director of the '' Centre for Ethics''. He also teaches at the School of Public Policy and Governance. He ...

, ''The Machinery of Government: Public Administration and the Liberal State'' *2019: Dennis McConaghy, ''Breakdown: The Pipeline Debate and the Threat to Canada’s Future'' *2018: Thomas J. Courchene, ''Indigenous Nationals, Canadian Citizens: From First Contact to Canada 150 and Beyond'' *2017: Patricia Meredith, James L. Darroch, ''Stumbling Giants: Transforming Canada's Banks for the Information Age'' *2016: Alex Marland, ''Brand Command: Canadian Politics and Democracy in the Age of Message Control'' *2015:

Donald J. Savoie Donald Joseph Savoie (born 1947) is a Canadian public administration and regional economic development scholar. He serves as a professor at l'Université de Moncton. In 2015, he was awarded the Killam Prize for his contribution to the field of so ...

, ''What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer'' *2014: Michael J. Trebilcock, ''Dealing With Losers: The Political Economy of Policy Transitions'' *2013: Michael Byers, ''International Law and the Arctic'' *2012:

Jeffrey Simpson Jeffrey Carl Simpson, OC (born February 17, 1949), is a Canadian journalist. Simpson was ''The Globe and Mails national affairs columnist for almost three decades. He has won all three of Canada's leading literary prizes—the Governor Genera ...

, ''Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s Health Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century''. *2011: Peter Aucoin, Mark D. Jarvis, Lori Turnbull, ''Democratizing The Constitution'' *2010: Doug Saunders, ''Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World'' *2009: Brian Bow, ''The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence and Ideas in Canada–US Relations''. *2008:

Ken Coates Kenneth Sidney Coates (16 September 1930 – 27 June 2010) was a British politician and writer. He chaired the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation and edited ''The Spokesman'', the BRPF magazine launched in March 1970. He was a Labour Party Mem ...

, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, William R. Morrison, and Greg Poelzer, ''Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North''. *2007: David E. Smith, ''The People's House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention''. *2006:

Eric Helleiner Eric Helleiner is an author and professor of political science and the Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy at the University of Waterloo, and a professor at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. He holds a Ph.D. and M. ...

, ''Towards North American Monetary Union? The Politics and History of Canada's Exchange Rate Regime''. *2005:

Mark Jaccard Mark Kenneth Jaccard (born April 12, 1955) is a Canadian energy economist and author. He develops and applies models that assess sustainability policies for energy and material. Jaccard is a professor of sustainable energy in the School of Reso ...

, ''Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy''. *2004:

David Laidler David Ernest William Laidler (born 12 August 1938, North Shields, England) is an English/Canadian economist who has been one of the foremost scholars of monetarism. He published major economics journal articles on the topic in the late 1960s an ...

& William Robson, ''Two Percent Target: Canadian Monetary Policy Since 1991''. *2003: Michael Adams, ''Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada, and the Myth of Converging Values''. *2002:

John F. Helliwell John F. Helliwell (born August 15, 1937) is a Canadian economist and editor of the World Happiness Report. He is a senior fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and co-director of the CIFAR Programme on Social Interactions, ...

, ''Globalization and Well-Being''. *2001: Marie McAndrew, ''Immigration et diversité à l'école''. *2000: Tom Flanagan, ''First Nation? Second Thoughts''. *1999:

David Gratzer David George Gratzer (born September 5, 1974) is a physician, columnist, author, Congressional expert witness; he was a senior fellow at both the Manhattan Institute and the Montreal Economic Institute. Though he has written essays on topics as dive ...

, ''Code Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care System''. *1998:

Thomas Courchene Thomas Joseph Courchene (born 16 September 1940), known as Tom Courchene, is a Canadian economist and professor. Born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, in 1940, he received an Honours Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. He receiv ...

with Colin Termer, ''From Heartland to North American Region-State: The Social, Fiscal, and Federal Evolution of Ontario''.

References

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External links

Donner Prize
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