Arts profs win Donner prize

[Tobi Day-Hamilton]

``Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North,'' was named Canada's best
public policy book at a gala event in Toronto last night! 

Please join me in congratulating Ken Coates, Dean of Arts and Whitney
Lackenbauer, history professor at St. Jerome's, on this tremendous
achievement.

See news release below for more information.

Cheers, Tobi

Tobi Day-Hamilton
Director, Advancement
Faculty of Arts
University of Waterloo
Office: 519-888-4567 x37310
Cell: 519-497-1846
www.arts.uwaterloo.ca

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Book on endangered Arctic region nabs $35,000 Donner Prize
The Canadian Press
Thu 30 Apr 2009
Section: Entertainment And Culture

TORONTO _ A book about the endangered Arctic region has won the $35,000
Donner Prize.

``Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North,'' (Thomas Allen
Publishers) was named Canada's best public policy book at a gala event in
Toronto on Thursday.

The book examines the history and future of the Arctic and argues for urgent
political and environmental action to protect its resources and establish
sovereignty.

The prize will be shared by four authors: Ken S. Coates and P. Whitney
Lackenbauer of the University of Waterloo, William R. Morrison of the
University of Northern British Columbia and Greg Poelzer of the University
of the Arctic and University of Saskatchewan.

The winner was chosen from 69 submissions and a shortlist of five.

Other shortlisted books were: ``Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an
Islamic State'' by Tarek Fatah; ``Fixing the Future: How Canada's Usually
Fractious Governments Worked Together to Rescue the Canada Pension Plan'' by
Bruce Little; ``The Limits of Boundaries: Why City-regions Cannot be
Self-governing'' by Andrew Sancton; and ``Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry:
The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation'' by Frances Widdowson
and Albert Howard.

They each receive $5,000.

Jury chairman Grant Reuber called ``Arctic Front,'' ``a very useful, topical
and policy-relevant book.''

``Unquestionably, this book deals with a subject of major public importance
and interest,'' Reuber said Thursday in a release.

``This is a substantial and accessible book that should be widely read by
everyone interested in an insightful introduction to this subject.''

The call for submissions for next year's Donner Prize will go out in
September.

On the Net: www.donnerbookprize.com