ALL : Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, Various awards/ prizes with nominations deadlines beginning June 1, 1999 (fwd)

[Richard L Plant]

Hello Everyone:

Here is a message I received announcing an initiative which surrely can be
acted on by people in the theatre community. 

I urge members of our discipline to get busy nominating articles and books
from the area of theatre. There is little enough support for the work
writers do in our area that we can afford to pass up opportunities such as
this.

Richard Plant


 > >The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
(CRIAW) >http://www3.sympatico.ca/criaw/prize.htm
>
>1. MARION PORTER PRIZE
>
>The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women invites
>nominations for the Marion Porter Prize, to be awarded for the most
>significant feminist research article from a journal or an anthology
>published between July of the previous year and August of the current year.
>The purpose of the award is two-fold: to recognize Canadian authors or
>articles set in a Canadian context, and to publicize work that has been done.
>
>To be considered, the article must promote the advancement of women, and
>will be judged in the following areas:
>- importance of the issue to women
>- originality of the theme
>- academic excellence
>
>
>Nominations, including three or four sentences on why you are making this
>nomination, must be received by August 31, of the current year in order to
>be considered for the Prize. Photocopies of articles nominated would be
>appreciated.
>
>2. THE ROBERTINE BARRY PRIZE
>
>The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women invites
>nominations for the Robertine Barry Prize. It is to be awarded for the best
>feminist article or column in the popular print media published between
>July of the previous year and August of the current year. The purpose of
>the award is twofold: to encourage women who work for the feminist cause in
>this medium, and to recognize their work. This prize is named in honour of
>Robertine Barry, (l863-l910) a pioneering journalist in Quebec, who under
>the name Françoise worked for the advancement of women at the turn of the
>century.
>
>Suitable pieces would include articles such as those published in
>magazines, substantial features and continuing columns in newspapers. The
>articles may be based on original research or may be primarily a
>distillation of research findings in a more popular format. The article
>must promote the advancement of women and will be judged on the excellence
>of its analysis and literary style.
>
>A copy of the article must accompany the nomination as well as three or
>four sentences on why you are making this nomination. All nominations must
>be received by August 31, of the current year.
>
>
>Please forward nominations for both prizes to:
>Chairperson, Awards Committee
>c/o CRIAW
>Suite 408, 15l Slater Street
>Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5H3
>
>3. THE LAURA JAMIESON PRIZE
>
>The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women invites
>nominations for the Laura Jamieson Prize, intended to encourage the
>recognition and celebration of the growing body of feminist research in
>book form. The prize is offered annually to a non-fiction feminist book by
>a Canadian author; the work must advance the knowledge and/or understanding
>of women's experience; it may be theoretical in character, a monograph, or
>an edited collection; it may be drawn from any discipline, or be
>multi-disciplinary.
>
>The prize is named in honour of Laura Jamieson, (1888-1964) a woman who
>devoted more than 50 years of her life to various public causes. She was
>active in British Columbia politics as well as a wide variety of women's
>and social welfare organizations. As a juvenile court judge and MLA she
>introduced or supported important legislation advancing women and other
>less- advantaged segments of the population.
>
>This prize will be awarded for work in each of Canada's official languages
>in alternate years, thus:
>-in 1999, for the book best meeting the criteria published in 1997 or 1998
>(using the imprint date) in English
>-in 2000, for the book best meeting the criteria published in 1998 or 1999
>(using imprint date) in French
>
>and so on, thus the 1999 prize will be awarded to an English book published
>in 1997 -1998.
>The prize is established on this regular alternating basis so as to ensure
>that no publication year will be missed for either anglophone or
>francophone research communities.
>
>Full information on the book to be nominated for the current year(title,
>author, publisher, publication date) should accompany your nomination, to
>be submitted by June 1st of the current year to:
>
>Chairperson, Laura Jamieson Prize
>c/o CRIAW/ICREF
>Suit 408, 151 Slater Street
>Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5H3
>The winning book will be announced in November.
>
>4. MURIEL DUCKWORTH AWARD
>
>The Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women invites
>nominations for the Muriel Duckworth Award. The Muriel Duckworth Award is
>presented each year to a feminist (or a feminist group) that has
>contributed significantly to the advancement of women within Canada through
>action-research in the field of social justice, including peace. (This
>Action- research may be undertaken in the humanities, sciences, art, law,
>the media, etc.)
>
>All nominations should be accompanied by a resumé of the nominee's work and
>a statement as to how this work fits the criteria of the award. Current
>members of the CRIAW Board of Directors are not eligible.
>
>This award will be announced in November, of the current year.
>
>Nominations must be received at the CRIAW office by August 31, of the
>current year.
>
>Please forward nominations to:
>Chairperson, Muriel Duckworth Award
>c/o CRIAW
>Suite 408, 151 Slater St.
>Ottawa, Ontario KlP 5H3
>