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Greg
Donaghy

Greg Donaghy was an author, director of the Bill Graham Centre for International Contemporary History at Trinity College, University of Toronto, and formerly head of Historical Section, Global Affairs Canada. He was the author of Tolerant Allies: Canada and the United States, 1963-1968 and Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr, which was a finalist for the 2015 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize. Donaghy was also the general editor of Documents on Canadian External Relations, edited nine collections of essays on Canadian history, and authored more than 50 scholarly articles on Canadian foreign policy. He lived in Ottawa with his family.

Videos

Greg Donaghy on Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr.

Award History

2015 Finalist

Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
for Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr.

Jury Citation

“Paul Martin Senior was a giant in our nation’s politics. Greg Donaghy’s biography explores the understudied life and underappreciated politics of one of the builders of modern Canada. A Member of Parliament for Windsor, Ontario and Liberal government minister, Martin was a champion of ground-breaking policy reform – from pensions and health care, to universal rights and global citizenship – that would lay the foundations of what many still consider to be the core elements of the Canadian identity. Donaghy’s highly readable and important book gives credit where it is due.” – 2015 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Jury (Tim Cook, Robyn Doolittle, and Antonia Maioni)