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For Immediate Release – Montreal – April 6, 2016
The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation and McGill-Queen’s University Press today are pleased to announce the renewal of funding for the McGill-Queen’s/Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Studies in Art History. The series was established by the Press thanks to a generous donation of $270,000 by the Foundation and the renewal amount of $350,000, which brings the total donation to $620,000, will enable the Press to continue publishing innovative works that advance the understanding of Canadian art and Canada’s visual and material culture over the next three years.
The series currently comprises 17 titles with three more to appear by the end of 2016. Notable titles already published include The Codex Canadensis by François-Marc Gagnon, winner of both the Sir John A. MacdonaldPrize in Canadian History and the Canada Prize in the Humanities whose jury members noted, “This book can scarcely be praised too highly. As a physical object, it is one of beauty, with design and production values of the highest order. As an act of sustained editorial ingenuity, it is impeccable. As a work of interdisciplinary research, it is simply outstanding.” Other exceptional works include Marylin McKay’s Picturing the Land, also a finalist for the Canada Prize in the Humanities, and Ruth Phillips’ Museum Pieces which was shortlisted for the Donner Book Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian.
Philip Cercone, Executive Director of MQUP, says, “This very generous renewed donation of $350,000 helps us maintain our position as the preeminent art history book publisher in Canada.”
Max Aiken, Chair of the Foundation’s board, comments, “The Foundation is proud to continue our partnership with McGill-Queen’s University Press in the publishing of this exciting art history series. In doing so, it is carrying on Lord Beaverbrook’s tradition of major contributions to the world of arts, such as the establishing of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton and furnishing it with a gifted and loaned collection of art; commissioning of war art for the Canadian government beginning with World War I and currently continues with the Foundation’s support for the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. It is the Foundation’s hope that the series will give Canadians greater access to and appreciation for important artists, whose contribution to daily life, culture, and country is immense.”
The Press continues to actively seek submissions on historical and contemporary Canadian art and visual and material culture, including Aboriginal and Inuit art, architecture, photography, craft, design, and museum studies. Submissions of non-Canadian art themes by Canadian scholars are also welcomed.
About McGill-Queen’s University Press
MQUP has been a joint McGill University and Queen’s University publishing venture since 1969 and is one of North America’s leading university presses. It has a global reach and provides an outlet for Canadian authors’ perspectives on Canadian and international themes.
About The Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation
The Foundation was created by Lord Beaverbrook (1878-1964), a Canadian businessman, statesman, newspaper magnate, and writer, who grew up in New Brunswick as William Maxwell Aitken. After moving to England in 1910, he became an influential figure in British society and politics and bought the Daily Express and Evening Standard and created the Sunday Express. He served in the War Cabinets in both World Wars and was Churchill’s right hand man in World War II. He established the Beaverbrook Foundation in 1954 and the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation in 1960 to continue supporting causes he had championed during his lifetime.
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