Today, the Federation is proud to announce this year’s five Canada Prizes recipients, representing the most inspiring, impactful, and transformative scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences recently funded by the Scholarly Book Awards.
These awards highlight the richness and diversity of Canadian scholarship, celebrating works with fresh perspectives on key topics, and contributing to our collective understanding of the world.
This year, the Prizes jury has selected the following five books.
Meet the 2024 Canada Prizes winners
Select the titles below to explore the books and meet the authors.
Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree and Métis âcimisowina
Deanna Reder
Penser la « pervertibilité » - Avec Jacques Derrida
Nicholas Cotton
Cripping Intersex
Celeste E. Orr
Regards sur le monde. Conflits éthiques et pensées romanesques dans la littérature française contemporaine
Pascal Riendeau
Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada
Stephanie Rutherford
We invite you to join us in celebrating their achievements. Visit us on social media @federation_hss and via the webpage Canada Prizes and take part in the conversation using the hashtag #CanadaPrizes.
You too can be a future Canada Prizes recipient – apply for book grants for your work via the Scholarly Book Awards.
Let us honour these authors as we continue to champion the power of humanities and social sciences ideas to shape our world.