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Writers & Books

Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.

Awards

Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

2024

Winner

We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Wendy H. Wong

Wendy H. Wong

Finalists

Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis

Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis

Gregor Craigie

Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

Pitfall: The Race to Mine the World’s Most Vulnerable Places

Christopher Pollon

Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging

Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging

M.G. Vassanji

2023

Winner

Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good

Our Tribal Future: How to Channel Our Foundational Human Instincts into a Force for Good

David R. Samson

David R. Samson

Finalists

Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence

Ajay Agrawal,

Joshua Gans

and

Avi Goldfarb

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada

Michelle Good

Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade

Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade

Ryan Manucha

The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy

The Compassionate Imagination: How the Arts Are Central to a Functioning Democracy

Max Wyman

2022

Winner

Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias

Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias

John Lorinc

John Lorinc

Finalists

Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change

Canadian Policing: Why and How It Must Change

Kent Roach

The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying

The Last Doctor: Lessons in Living from the Front Lines of Medical Assistance in Dying

Johanna Schneller

and

Jean Marmoreo

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going

Vaclav Smil

Reconciling Truths: Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada

Reconciling Truths: Reimagining Public Inquiries in Canada

Kim Stanton

2021

Winner

Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World

Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World

Dan Breznitz

Dan Breznitz

Finalists

On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake

On Borrowed Time: North America's Next Big Quake

Gregor Craigie

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

André Picard

“Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power

“Indian” in the Cabinet: Speaking Truth to Power

Jody Wilson-Raybould