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Writers & Books
Each of these authors has benefitted from Writers' Trust awards or programs.
Awards
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing
2025
Jurors

Jennifer Ditchburn

Sara Mojtehedzadeh

Chris Waddell
2024
Jurors

Joanna Chiu

Dale Eisler

Kathleen Wynne
2023
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Terri E. Givens

Terri E. Givens

Nik Nanos

Nik Nanos

Jacques Poitras
2022
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Charelle Evelyn

Lisa Raitt
2021
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Peter Dauvergne

Adrian Harewood

Heather Scoffield
2019
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Greg Donaghy

Althia Raj

Paula Simons
2018
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André Picard

Angela Sterritt

Chris Turner
2017
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Taiaiake Alfred

Joseph Heath

Kady O'Malley
2016
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Nahlah Ayed

Colby Cosh

Megan Leslie
2015
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Tim Cook

Robyn Doolittle

Antonia Maioni
2014
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Denise Chong

Terry Glavin

Jane Taber
2013
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Licia Corbella

Jane O'Hara

Doug Saunders
2012
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Ed Broadbent

Tasha Kheiriddin

Daniel Poliquin
2011
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David Akin

Charlotte Gray

Janice Gross Stein
2010
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L. Ian MacDonald

Rosemary Speirs

Paul Wells
2009
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Andrew Nikiforuk

Erna Paris

Michael Petrou
2008
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Chantal Hébert

William Johnson

David Walmsley
2007
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Robert Bothwell

Lawrence Martin

Brigitte Pellerin
2006
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Carol Goar

Arthur Kroeger

Susan Riley
2005
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Sheila Copps

William Fox

Chris Waddell
2004
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Pat Carney

Andrew Cohen

Marci McDonald
2003
Jurors

Clive Doucet

Margaret MacMillan

Peter Mansbridge
2002
Jurors

Susan Delacourt

Janice Gross Stein

Bob Rae
2001
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Maggie Siggins

Pamela Wallin

Hugh F. Winsor
2000
Jurors

John Crosbie

Ron Graham
