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Today was the big announcement for the 2015 Canada Prize finalists by the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences.
We are delighted and proud to announce that the following authors are shortlisted! CONGRATULATIONS to Phyllis D. Airhart, Stephen Henighan, Sandra Campbell, and Ron Williams on these wonderful achievements.
SANDINO’S NATION: Ernesto Cardenal and Sergio Ramírez Writing Nicaragua, 1940-2012
By Stephen Henighan
Shortlisted for the 2015 Canada Prize in the Humanities
How two of Latin America’s greatest writers dramatized Nicaraguan nationhood before, during, and after the Sandinista Revolution.
The only comprehensive study of the careers of Cardenal and Ramírez, Sandino’s Nation is essential to understanding transformations to both Nicaragua and the role of the writer in Latin America. More info >
BOTH HANDS: A Life of Lorne Pierce of
Ryerson Press
By Sandra Campbell
Shortlisted for the 2015 Canada Prize in the Humanities
The life and times of a landmark creator of Canadian culture.
Set against the rich backdrop of Canada’s early literary and artistic heritage, Both Hands vividly presents the life and work of an impresario of literary, historical, and art publishing of indisputable influence throughout the country’s cultural milieus. More info >
A CHURCH WITH THE SOUL OF A NATION: Making and Remaking the United Church of Canada
By Phyllis D. Airhart
Shortlisted for the 2015 Canada Prize in the Humanities
A Church with the Soul of a Nation sheds light on the United Church of Canada’s past controversies and present dilemmas by showing how its founding vision both laid the groundwork for its accomplishments and complicated its adaptation to the new world taking shape. More info >
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE IN CANADA
By Ron Williams
Shortlisted for the 2015 Canada Prize in the Social Sciences
A groundbreaking history of the development of designed landscapes in Canada.
Thoroughly researched, practically oriented, and grounded in the country’s many regions, Landscape Architecture in Canada is a richly illustrated and affecting narrative of the ways in which we have shaped our environment and an inimitable lens through which to view the story of Canada. More info >
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 (ASPP).
Celebrating the best Canadian scholarly books across all the disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, the Canada Prizes are awarded to books that make an exceptional contribution to scholarship, are engagingly written, and enrich the social, cultural and intellectual life of Canada. This year marks the 25th awarding of these prestigious prizes.
The winners will be announced April 22, and the awards ceremony will be held on April 29 at the Toronto Reference Library.
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