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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
Jurors
Terri E. Givens
Terri E. Givens
Nik Nanos
Nik Nanos
Jacques Poitras
2022
Jurors
Charelle Evelyn
Lisa Raitt
2021
Jurors
Peter Dauvergne
Adrian Harewood
Heather Scoffield
2019
Jurors
Greg Donaghy
Althia Raj
Paula Simons
2018
Jurors
André Picard
Angela Sterritt
Chris Turner
2017
Jurors
Taiaiake Alfred
Joseph Heath
Kady O'Malley
2016
Jurors
Nahlah Ayed
Colby Cosh
Megan Leslie
2015
Jurors
Tim Cook
Robyn Doolittle
Antonia Maioni
2014
Jurors
Denise Chong
Terry Glavin
Jane Taber
2013
Jurors
Licia Corbella
Jane O'Hara
Doug Saunders
2012
Jurors
Ed Broadbent
Tasha Kheiriddin
Daniel Poliquin
2011
Jurors
David Akin
Charlotte Gray
Janice Gross Stein
2010
Jurors
L. Ian MacDonald
Rosemary Speirs
Paul Wells
2009
Jurors
Andrew Nikiforuk
Erna Paris
Michael Petrou
2008
Jurors
Chantal Hébert
William Johnson
David Walmsley
2007
Jurors
Robert Bothwell
Lawrence Martin
Brigitte Pellerin
2006
Jurors
Carol Goar
Arthur Kroeger
Susan Riley
2005
Jurors
Sheila Copps
William Fox
Chris Waddell
2004
Jurors
Pat Carney
Andrew Cohen
Marci McDonald
2003
Jurors
Clive Doucet
Margaret MacMillan
Peter Mansbridge
2002
Jurors
Susan Delacourt
Janice Gross Stein
Bob Rae
2001
Jurors
Maggie Siggins
Pamela Wallin
Hugh F. Winsor
2000
Jurors
John Crosbie
Ron Graham
