Media Release
27 November 2006
Federation Announces Winners of 2005-2006 Book Prizes
(OTTAWA) - Today the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences proudly announced the winners of the 2005-2006 Scholarly Book Prizes. These four prizes are awarded to the best books in the humanities and social sciences published with the support of the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme. Named after the distinguished Canadian scholars Harold Adams Innis, Jean-Charles Falardeau, and Raymond Klibansky, two prizes are awarded in each field, one for best work in French and one for best work in English. The winners received their awards on November 25 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. This year’s winners are:
Harold Adams Innis Prize for best English-language book in the Social Sciences:
Stephen Ward, University of British Columbia, The Invention of Journalism Ethics: The Path to Objectivity and Beyond. (McGill-Queen’s University Press)
Prix Jean-Charles-Falardeau for best French-language book in the Social Sciences:
Denyse Baillargeon, Université de Montréal, Un Québec en mal d’enfants. La médicalisation de la maternité, 1910-1970. (Les éditions remue-ménage)
Raymond Klibansky Prize for best English-language book in the Humanities:
James Flath, University of Western Ontario, The Cult of Happiness: Nianhua, Art, and History in Rural North China. (University of British Columbia Press)
Prix Raymond-Klibansky for best French-language book in the Humanities:
Éric Méchoulan, Université de Montréal, Le livre avalé. De la littérature entre mémoire et culture. (Presses de l’Université de Montréal)
Established in 1990, the Scholarly Book Prizes have been awarded to such acclaimed Canadian researchers as Yvan Lamonde, Evelyn Cobley, Wallace Clement, John Myles, Pierre Camu and Philip Resnick. The Prizes recognize Canadian excellence in research and writing in the humanities and the social sciences, and acknowledge the significant contribution that Canadian scholarly books make to the advancement of knowledge.
These awards are administered by the Federation’s Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme (ASPP), a programme which provides financial support for the publication of manuscripts authored by Canadian scholars. A cross-Canada jury of eminent scholars selects the best ASPP-funded books published each year. This programme is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences represents 68 scholarly associations, 71 universities and colleges, and over 50,000 researchers, practitioners and graduate students. The Federation works to communicate the value of research and scholarship in the human sciences. It also manages the permanent secretariat of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, which is the largest academic gathering of its kind in North America.
For further information, please contact:
Caitlin Kealey, Communications Officer
(613) 238-6112 ext. 353
ckealey@fedcan.ca
www.fedcan.ca
