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Donner Prize Winner 2021

Posted by Amy C on Jun 02, 2022

Dan Breznitz was awarded the Donner Prize for Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World. The award and prize of $50,000 was announced by Gregory Belton, Chair of the Donnor Canadian Foundation on May 31, 2022. Click here to read the entire media release on the Donner Book Prize's website.

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2021 Donner prize Shortlist

Posted by Amy C on Apr 28, 2022

The shortlist for the 2021 Donner Prize has been released. Click here to view the entire shortlist on the Donner Prize Official Website. The winner of the 2021 Donner Prize will be presented at a gala dinner in Toronto, Ontario on May 31st, 2022.

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Stephen R. Bown & Mark Carney win 2021 National Business Book Award

Posted by Amy C on Dec 22, 2021

For the first time in 36 years, the National Business Book Awards have named two winners for 2021.

Stephen R. Bown's The Company: Rise and Fall of the Hudson's Bay Empire and Mark Carney's Value(s): Building a Better World for All were chosen as the recipients of the 2021 National Business Book Award and it's $30,000 prize.

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Financial Times 2021 Business Book of the Year

Posted by Amy C on Dec 16, 2021

In December 2021, The Financial Times announced their 2021 Business Book of the Year: This is How They Tell Me the World Ends. This title is an alarming analysis of the threat posed by the arms race between cyber criminals, spies and hackers fighting to infiltrate essential computer systems.

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