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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>At the banquet of the Canadian Association for Theatre Research/ Association canadienne de la recherche théâtrale (CATR/ACRT),<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>held in Fredericton on May 30, 2011, the following awards were presented.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The inaugural <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">CATR/ACRT Award</B> was presented to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Mia Perry</B>. These new awards of $500 are the result of our successful fundraising campaign and are intended to help participants attend and present their research at the annual conference. </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The $1,000 <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Heather McCallum Scholarship</B> was awarded this year to <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Richard Wilcox</B> in support of his research on Daniel MacIvor. </FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>The selections for the CATR / ACTR 2010 – 2011 Scholarly Awards are: <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Another new award,<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> the Patrick O’Neill Award for Editing, </B>was presented to:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Louise Forsyth</B>, ed. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Anthology of Quebec Women’s Plays in English Translation.</I> Vol III (1997-2009). Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 2010.<SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Special mention was also made for two other editors:</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Cynthia Zimmerman, ed. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Reading Carol Bolt</I>. Toronto: Playwrights Canada, 2010.</FONT></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: FR-CA" lang=FR-CA><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>M. André Bourassa, ed. <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">La Trilogie inachevee</I>. Montreal: L’instant scene, 2010.</FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Saddlemyer Award </B>for a Book in English or French had two winners this year:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Erin Hurley</B> for <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">National Performance: Representing Quebec from Expo 67 to Celine Dion</I>. University of Toronto Press, </FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston</B> for <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Staging Strife: Lessons from Performing Ethnography with Polish Roma Women</I>. McGill-Queen's UP.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The Godin Award </B>for an article in French was presented to:</FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi"><SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 3"> </SPAN></SPAN><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></FONT></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Yves Jubinville</B> , “Inventaire après liquidation : étude de la réception des Fées ont soif de Denise Boucher (1978)” published in Annuaire théâtral 46 (2010).</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Honourable mention went to Lucie Robert for </FONT><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Consolas; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">"</SPAN><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Yvette Mercier-Gouin ou Le désir du théâtre,” also published in Annuaire théâtral 46 (2010).</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Plant Award </B>for an article in English also had two winners this year:<SPAN style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US" lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Barry Freeman</B> for "Navigating the Prague-Toronto-Manitoulin Theatre Project: A Postmodern Ethnographic Approach to Collaborative Intercultural Theatre."TRIC 30.1-2 (2009): 58-81,</FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>and <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Yana Meerzon</B> for "The Exilic Teens: On the Intracultural Encounters in Wajdi Mouawad's Theatre," TRIC 30 1-2 (2009): 82-110.</FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>And the 2011 CATR/ACRT Honorary Membership was awarded to Jenny Munday for her outstanding contribution to Canadian theatre.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></B></P>
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<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>C</FONT></o:p></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>ongratulations to all!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-JUSTIFY: inter-ideograph; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>Special thanks are due to Kathleen Irwin, the Scholarly Awards Coordinator, and to all the members of the selection committees. Full details, including the membership of each committee and citations for the selections, will appear in the Fall Newsletter, which may be accessed on the Association website, <A href="http://www.catr-acrt.ca">www.catr-acrt.ca</A>, where more information about the awards and lists of previous winners can also be found.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P></FORM></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>