The Governor General’s International Award for Canadian Studies is intended for a scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to scholarship and to the development of Canadian Studies internationally through research, teaching, outreach and the promotion of the study of Canada.
Throughout a career dedicated to Canadian Studies, the awardee will have demonstrated engagement with Canadian Studies networks and associations as well as an established commitment to the development of the public image of the Study of Canada in institutional and public spheres.
Award Winners
- 2024 award winner – Colin Coates
- 2023 award winner – Jozéf Kwaterko
- 2022 award winner – Jane Koustas
- 2021 award winner – Patrick James
- 2020 award winner – Denys Delâge
- 2019 award winner – Ursula Mathis-Moser
- 2018 award winner – Douglas Francis
- 2017 award winner – Maeve Conrick
- 2016 award winner – Alain-G. Gagnon
- 2015 award winner – Wolfgang Klooß
- 2014 award winner – Claude Couture
- 2013 award winner – Jacques Palard
- 2012 award winner – Simon Langlois
- 2011 award winner – Gerry Turcotte
- 2010 award winner – Brian Young
- 2009 award winner – Zilá Bernd
- 2008 award winner – Robert Schwartzwald
- 2007 award winner – Maria Teresa Gutierrez-Haces
- 2006 award winner – Christl Verduyn
- 2005 award winner – Serge Jaumain
- 2004 award winner – William H. New
- 2003 award winner – Karen Gould
- 2002 award winner – David R. Cameron
- 2001 award winner – Masako Iino
- 2000 award winner – John Lennox
- 1999 award winner – Charles F. Doran
- 1998 award winner – Thomas H.B. Symons
- 1997 award winner – Robin Winks
- 1996 award winner – Maurice Lemire
- 1995 award winner – Alan C. Cairns
Eligibility
- Nominees may be citizens of any country.
- Posthumous or self-nominations are not accepted.
- Members of the ICCS Executive Committee cannot be nominated during their term of office.
Adjudication
- Nominations are reviewed and decisions made by the Awards and Grants Committee appointed by the International Council for Canadian Studies.
- The prize is awarded alternately to an individual having and having essentially had a Canadian Studies career in Canada (the competition in the odd years, e.g. the 2023 competition for the 2024 award) and to an individual having had a Canadian Studies career in another country (the competition in the even years, e.g. the 2024 competition for the 2025 award).
- The nominee must be a member of an association or member association represented by the ICCS
- An applicant may apply for a maximum of three competitions. The nomination must be filed anew in the next competition round.
Content of Nominations
- Full statement explaining the reasons for the nomination;
- Copy of the nominee’s curriculum vitae;
- A maximum of four letters of recommendation including a letter from the President or past President of a Canadian Studies Association;
- A maximum of five publications as pdf files or in an equivalent electronic version or copies of table of contents, introduction, selected chapters etc., if electronic versions are not available. Publications written in a language other than English or French should be accompanied by a one-page statement in one of the official languages of Canada, explaining the content and significance of the publications.
Deadline
Nominations must be submitted no later than December 15.
Submission Information
Nominations will be accepted at:
International Council for Canadian Studies
c/o Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies, York University
723 Kaneff Tower
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3, Canada
E-mail: iccsciec[at]yorku.ca