Canada Prizes juries announced

News
February 12, 2013

OTTAWA, February 12, 2013 – The Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the jury members for the 2013 Canada Prizes. The Canada Prizes are awarded annually to the best scholarly books in the humanities and social sciences that have received funding from the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program.

This year’s juries include public intellectuals, prominent scholars and past winners:

Canada Prize in the Social Sciences

Charlotte Gray, Mark Kingwell, Veronica Strong-Boag

Prix du Canada en sciences sociales

Denise Bombardier, Nathalie Des Rosiers, Michel Ducharme

Canada Prize in the Humanities

Natalie Zemon Davis, Susan R. Fisher, Noreen Golfman

Prix du Canada en sciences humaines

Jocelyn Létourneau, Louise Vigneault, Daniel Weinstock

Photos and biographies of the jury members are available on the Federation’s website at: www.ideas-idees.ca/canada-prizes

Over the past several months, the juries have been busy reading and deliberating. The finalists will be announced later this month and the winners will be announced in mid-March, prior to the awards ceremony on March 23.

The Federation is also pleased to reveal the new visual identity for the Canada Prizes. The logo draws upon several images, including a bookmark and an award ribbon, but also a podium, which speaks to the mission of the prizes to highlight the importance of scholarship to Canadian society and to provoke and inform national conversations on important topics.

For more information on the Awards to Scholarly Publications Program, go to www.ideas-idees.ca/aspp.

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