Gordon Montador Award
{{Short description|Canadian literary award}}The Gordon Montador Award was a Canadian literary award, presented by the Writers' Trust of Canada to honour non-fiction writing on social issues."First Montador Award". Financial Post, September 28, 1992. Created in 1991 in memory of book editor and publisher Gordon Montador,"Award announced". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1991. the award was presented until 1999, when it was superseded by a reorganization of the Writers' Trust Awards. The Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, presented for the first time in 2000, encompassed much of the same subject area;Kate Jaimet, "Spirit of Shaughnessy Cohen lives on at literary dinner on Hill". Ottawa Citizen, May 4, 2000. although the Cohen award was never formally stated by the organization to be an official replacement for the Montador award, no new winner was ever announced for the Montador award after the Cohen award was introduced.
Winners and nominees
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! align=center rowspan=6| 1993 | Winner | "Stolen Continents honored with Gordon Montador Award". Ottawa Citizen, April 23, 1993. |
| Doris Anderson
| The Unfinished Revolution | rowspan=5| Shortlist | rowspan=5| "Book awards finalists announced". The Globe and Mail, April 14, 1993. |
| Pat Capponi
| Upstairs at the Crazy House |
| Mordecai Richler |
| Rupert Ross
| Dancing with a Ghost |
| Marlene Webber
| Food for Thought |
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! align=center rowspan=5| 1994 | Blood and Belonging, Journeys into the New Nationalism | Winner | "Ignatieff named non-fiction winner for work examining nationalist issues". Montreal Gazette, May 19, 1994. |
| Brian Maracle
| Crazywater: Native Voices on Addiction and Recovery | rowspan=4| Shortlist |
| Andrew Nikiforuk
| School's Out: The Catastrophe in Public Education and What We Can Do About It |
| Boyce Richardson
| People of Terra Nullius, Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canada |
| Lindalee Tracey
| On the Edge: A Journey into the Heart of Canada |
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! align=center rowspan=5 | 1995 | Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada | Winner | "Debated book wins Montador". Halifax Daily News, May 5, 1995. |
| Maude Barlow, Heather-jane Robertson
| Class Warfare: The Assault on Canada's Schools | rowspan=4| Shortlist | rowspan=4| Christopher Harris, "Montador nominees". The Globe and Mail, April 10, 1995. |
| James Cote, Anton L. Allahar
| Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century |
| John MacLachlan Gray
| Lost in North America: The Imaginary Canadian in the American Dream |
| Judy Steed
| Our Little Secret: Confronting Child Sexual Abuse in Canada |
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! align=center rowspan=5 | 1996 | The Unconscious Civilization | Winner |
| Richard Gwyn
| Nationalism Without Walls | rowspan=4| Shortlist | rowspan=4| "Ottawa author's book among six finalists for prestigious award". Ottawa Citizen, April 18, 1996. |
| Linda McQuaig
| Shooting the Hippo |
| Patricia Monture-Angus
| Thunder in My Soul: A Mohawk Woman Speaks |
| Vic Parsons
| Bad Blood: The Tragedy of the Canadian Tainted Blood Scandal |
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! align=center rowspan=5 | 1997 | A Place Called Heaven: The Meaning of Being Black in Canada | Winner | "A Place Called Heaven earns social-issues book prize". Halifax Daily News, May 30, 1997. |
| Mark Kingwell
| Dreams of Millennium | rowspan=4| Shortlist | rowspan=4| "Globe writer on shortlist for Montador award". The Globe and Mail, May 17, 1997. |
| Brian Maracle
| Back on the Rez |
| Rupert Ross
| Returning to the Teachings |
| Jan Wong
| Red China Blues |
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! align=center| 1998 | Reflections of a Siamese Twin: Canada at the End of the Twentieth Century | Winner | rowspan=2| "Montador award winners named". North Bay Nugget, May 27, 1999. No shortlists were released in these years; both winners were announced concurrently in 1999. |
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! align="center"| 1999 | Becoming Human | Winner |
References
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{{Writers' Trust of Canada awards}}
Category:Canadian non-fiction literary awards
Category:Writers' Trust of Canada awards