Raymond B.
Blake
Raymond B. Blake is a professor of history at the University of Regina and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He has held visiting professorships at Philipps-Universität Marburg and University College Dublin, where he has twice held the Craig Dobbin Chair in Canadian Studies. Blake is the former director of both the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and the Centre for Canadian Studies at Mount Allison University. He has written and edited more than twenty books and is co-author of Where Once They Stood: Newfoundland’s Rocky Road Towards Confederation, which won several awards including a Pierre Savard Award from the International Council for Canadian Studies. Blake lives in Regina.
Award History
2025 Finalist
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writingfor Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Shaping of a National Identity
Jury Citation
“What does it mean to be a Canadian? Prime ministers have answered that question with slogans and speeches designed to get us through challenging chapters in our history. Raymond B. Blake’s comprehensive and compelling analysis of prime ministerial storytelling in the post-war era is remarkably well-timed for this anxious geopolitical moment. This engaging book brings a unique perspective to the question of how leaders leave their imprint on a nation.” —2025 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize jury (Jennifer Ditchburn, Sara Mojtehedzadeh, and Christopher Waddell)
