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Gordon Montador Award

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The Gordon Montador Award was a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to honour non-fiction writing on social issues.[1] Created in 1991 in memory of book editor and publisher Gordon Montador,[2] the award was presented until 1999, when it was superseded by a reorganization of the Writers' Trust Awards. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, presented for the first time in 2000, encompassed much of the same subject area;[3] although the Cohen award was never formally stated by the organization to be an official replacement for the Montador award, no new winner was ever announced for the Montador award after the Cohen award was introduced.

Winners and nominees

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Year Author Title Result Ref.
1993 Ronald Wright Stolen Continents Winner [4]
Doris Anderson The Unfinished Revolution Shortlist [5]
Pat Capponi Upstairs at the Crazy House
Mordecai Richler Oh Canada! Oh Quebec!
Rupert Ross Dancing with a Ghost
Marlene Webber Food for Thought
1994 Michael Ignatieff Blood and Belonging, Journeys into the New Nationalism Winner [6]
Brian Maracle Crazywater: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery Shortlist [7]
Andrew Nikiforuk School's Out: The Catastrophe in Public Education and What We Can Do About It
Boyce Richardson People of Terra Nullius, Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canada
Lindalee Tracey On the Edge: A Journey into the Heart of Canada
1995 Neil Bissoondath Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada Winner [8]
Maude Barlow, Heather-jane Robertson Class Warfare: The Assault on Canada's Schools Shortlist [9]
James Cote, Anton L. Allahar Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century
John MacLachlan Gray Lost in North America: The Imaginary Canadian in the American Dream
Judy Steed Our Little Secret: Confronting Child Sexual Abuse in Canada
1996 John Ralston Saul The Unconscious Civilization Winner [10]
Richard Gwyn Nationalism Without Walls Shortlist [11]
Linda McQuaig Shooting the Hippo
Patricia Monture-Angus Thunder in My Soul: A Mohawk Woman Speaks
Vic Parsons Bad Blood: The Tragedy of the Canadian Tainted Blood Scandal
1997 Cecil Foster A Place Called Heaven: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada Winner [12]
Mark Kingwell Dreams of Millennium Shortlist [13]
Brian Maracle Back on the Rez
Rupert Ross Returning to the Teachings
Jan Wong Red China Blues
1998 John Ralston Saul Reflections of a Siamese Twin: Canada at the End of the Twentieth Century Winner [14]
1999 Jean Vanier Becoming Human Winner

References

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  1. ^ "First Montador Award". Financial Post, September 28, 1992.
  2. ^ "Award announced". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1991.
  3. ^ Kate Jaimet, "Spirit of Shaughnessy Cohen lives on at literary dinner on Hill". Ottawa Citizen, May 4, 2000.
  4. ^ "Stolen Continents honored with Gordon Montador Award". Ottawa Citizen, April 23, 1993.
  5. ^ "Book awards finalists announced". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 1993.
  6. ^ "Ignatieff named non-fiction winner for work examining nationalist issues". Montreal Gazette, May 19, 1994.
  7. ^ "Books nominated". Toronto Star, May 3, 1994.
  8. ^ "Debated book wins Montador". Halifax Daily News, May 5, 1995.
  9. ^ Christopher Harris, "Montador nominees". The Globe and Mail, April 10, 1995.
  10. ^ "Writer Saul wins". Montreal Gazette, May 9, 1996.
  11. ^ "Ottawa author's book among six finalists for prestigious award". Ottawa Citizen, April 18, 1996.
  12. ^ "A Place Called Heaven earns social-issues book prize". Halifax Daily News, May 30, 1997.
  13. ^ "Globe writer on shortlist for Montador award". The Globe and Mail, May 17, 1997.
  14. ^ "Montador award winners named". North Bay Nugget, May 27, 1999. No shortlists were released in these years; both winners were announced concurrently in 1999.