Oct 14, 2021
Canada's books on public policy are being recognized in a new Writers Trust Award. The inaugural Balsillie Prize for Public Policy short list of 4 nominated titles are: Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World by Dan Breznitz, On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake by Gregor Craigie, Neglected No More: The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of a Pandemic by André Picard, andIndian in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power by Jody Wilson-Raybould.
In supporting this new award, the businessman and philanthropist Jim Balsillie says "Public policy essentially shapes everything in our lives - either you shape it or it shapes you."
Among Balsillie's favourite books on public policy are the classic Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, a true game-changer for the environment, and Democracy in Canada by Donald J. Savoie.
This award joins the Donner Prize in it's focus on public policy discourse - as Balsillie pronounces, you can never have enough.
Balsillie Prize for Public Policyby Collection_Development
The 2021 Inaugural Short List
Innovation in Real Places
Strategies for Prosperity in An Unforgiving World
Neglected No More
The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of A Pandemic
Neglected No More
The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of A Pandemic
Neglected No More
The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of A Pandemic
Neglected No More
The Urgent Need to Improve the Lives of Canada's Elders in the Wake of A Pandemic
