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The National Business Book Award is an award presented to Canadian business authors. The award, presented every year since 1985, is sponsored by
Bennett Jones ,
The Globe and Mail , and
The Walrus ,
[2] DeGroote, and supported by CPA Canada and with prize management by Freedman & Associates.
Among the jury members is jury chairman
Peter Mansbridge , former Chief Correspondent for the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation 's
CBC News . Also on the jury are
David F. Denison , Chairman of
Hydro One , business journalist Deirdre McMurdy, author and publisher
Anna Porter , and
Pamela Wallin , a
Conservative sitting in the
Senate of Canada .
[3]
Winners
2019: Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik,
Meltdown: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It (
Allen Lane , imprint of
Penguin Random House , 2018)
[4]
2018:
Chris Turner , The Patch: The People, Pipelines and Politics of the Oil Sands (
Simon & Schuster , 2017)
2017:
Daniel J. Levitin ,
A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age (
Allen Lane , imprint of
Penguin Random House , 2016,
ISBN
06700-6994-9 )
2016: Jacquie McNish and Sean Silcoff, Losing the Signal: The Spectacular Rise and Fall of Blackberry (
HarperCollins Publishers , 2015,
ISBN
14434-3618-6 )
2015:
Alfred Hermida , Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why it Matters (
Doubleday Canada , imprint of
Penguin Random House , 2014,
ISBN
03856-7956-4 )
2014:
Jim Leech and Jacquie McNish, The Third Rail: Confronting Our Pension Failures (Signal, imprint of
McLelland & Stewart , 2013,
ISBN
07710-4735-5 )
2013:
Chrystia Freeland ,
Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Doubleday Canada, 2012,
ISBN
1-5942-0409-8 )
[5]
2012 : Bruce Philp, Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World (
McLelland & Stewart , 2011,
ISBN
0-7710-7002-0 )
[6]
2011 :
Ezra Levant ,
Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands (
McLelland & Stewart , 2010,
ISBN
0-7710-4641-3 )
[1]
2010 :
Jeff Rubin , Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization (
Random House , 2009,
ISBN
1-4000-6850-9 )
2009 : Gordon Pitts, Stampede! The Rise of the West and Canada's New Power Elite (
Key Porter Books , 2008,
ISBN
1-55470-120-1 )
[7]
2008 :
William Marsden , Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn't Seem to Care) (
Knopf Canada , 2007,
ISBN
0-676-97913-0 )
[8]
2007 :
Thomas Homer-Dixon ,
The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization (
Island Press , 2006,
ISBN
1-59726-064-9 )
[9]
2006 :
Matthew Bellamy , Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990 (
McGill-Queen's University Press , 2004,
ISBN
0-7735-2815-6 )
[10]
2005 : Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart, Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black (
Overlook Hardcover , 2004,
ISBN
1-58567-636-5 )
[11]
2004 :
Kim Vicente , The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live With Technology (
Routledge , 2004,
ISBN
0-415-97891-2 )
[12]
2003 : Douglas Hunter, The Bubble and The Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream (
Doubleday Canada , 2002,
ISBN
0-385-65918-0 )
[13]
2002 :
John Lawrence Reynolds , Free Rider (
McArthur & Company Publishing , 2001,
ISBN
1-55278-235-2 )
[14]
2001 :
Naomi Klein ,
No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (
Knopf Canada , 2000,
ISBN
0-312-20343-8 )
[15]
2000 : Ingeborg Boyens, Unnatural Harvest: How Genetic Engineering is Altering Our Food (Doubleday Canada, 2000,
ISBN
0-385-25789-9 )
[16]
1999 : Jennifer Wells, Fever: The Dark Mystery of the Bre-X Gold Rush (Viking, 1998,
ISBN
0-670-87815-4 )
[17]
1998 : Anthony Bianco, The Reichmanns - Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia and York (Random House, 1998,
ISBN
0-8129-3063-0 )
[18]
1997 :
Rod McQueen , Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story (McClelland & Stewart, 1996,
ISBN
0-7710-5631-1 )
[19]
1996 :
Heather Robertson , Driving Force: The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car (McClelland & Stewart, 1995,
ISBN
0-7710-7556-1 )
[20]
1995 : Anne Kingston, The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice and the Making of Popular Taste (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1995,
ISBN
0-921912-94-3 )
[21]
1994 : Duncan McDowall, Quick to the Frontier: Canada's Royal Bank (McClelland & Stewart, 1993,
ISBN
0-7710-5504-8 )
[22]
1993 : Peter Foster, Self-Serve: How Petro-Canada Pumped Canadians Dry (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1992,
ISBN
0-921912-38-2 )
[23]
1992 : G. Bruce Doern and Brian W. Tomlin, Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story (Stoddart, 1991,
ISBN
0-7737-2534-2 )
[24]
1991 : Ann Gibbon and Peter Hadekel, Steinberg: The Breakup of a Family Empire (Macmillan of Canada, 1990,
ISBN
0-7715-9102-0 )
[25]
1990 :
Ian Brown , Freewheeling: the Feuds, Broods, and Outrageous Fortunes of the Billes Family and Canada's Favorite Company (HarperCollins Canada, 1989,
ISBN
0-00-215977-5 )
[26]
1989 : Greig Steward, Shutting Down the National Dream (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988,
ISBN
0-07-549675-5
[27]
1988 :
Michael Bliss , Northern Enterprise: Five Centuries of Canadian Business (McClelland & Stewart, 1990,
ISBN
0-7710-1569-0 )
[28]
1987 : Philip Smith, Harvest from the Rock: A History of Mining in Ontario (Macmillan of Canada, 1986,
ISBN
0-7715-9705-3 )
[29]
1986 : Ann Shortell and Patricia Best, A Matter of Trust (Penguin Books, 1986,
ISBN
0-14-007721-9 )
[30]
References
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"Ezra Levant wins National Business Book Award" . Toronto:
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"National Business Book Award" .
University of Western Ontario . Archived from
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"Jury Members" . National Business Book Award. Archived from
the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011 .
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"MELTDOWN: Why Our Systems Fail and What We Can Do About It" . www.nbbaward.com . Retrieved 6 June 2019 .
^
"2013 Winner" . www.nbbaward.com . Archived from
the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013 .
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"2012 Winner" . www.nbbaward.com . Retrieved 27 July 2013 .
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"Business book award winner foresees shift in power to Alberta" .
CBC News . 7 May 2009. Retrieved 2 August 2011 .
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"Gazette reporter wins Business Book Award" .
The Montreal Gazette . Archived from
the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2011 .
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"2007 Winner" . National Business Book Award. Archived from
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^ "Matthew Bellamy Scoops Award for Business Book". The Globe and Mail . 21 April 2006. p. B7.
^ Bloom, Richard (16 June 2005). "Globe Writers Capture Award for Business Book". The Globe and Mail .
^ "Vicente's Human Factor Wins Business-Book Award". The Globe and Mail . 23 April 2004. p. R2.
^ "Book about Rise and Fall of Nortel Wins National Award".
National Post . 11 June 2003.
^ "Reynolds Awarded Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail . 23 April 2002.
^ "Naomi Klein's No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies Wins National Business Book Award". Canada NewsWire. 25 April 2001.
^ "Business Book Award Nominees Named". The Globe and Mail . 17 May 2000.
^ "Globe Writer Nominated for Award". The Globe and Mail . 5 May 1999.
^ "Reichmann Story Winner". The Globe and Mail . 28 April 1998.
^ "Confed Expose Wins Award". Toronto Star. 27 April 1997.
^ "Noises Off Wanted: Journalism With No Conscience". The Globe and Mail . 15 June 1996.
^ "Four vie for business book award". The Globe and Mail . 11 March 1995.
^ "Biography of a Bank Named Best Business Book". The Globe and Mail . 26 March 1994.
^ "Foster Wins Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail . 10 April 1993.
^ "Ottawa Professors Share Book Award".
Calgary Herald . 14 April 1992.
^ "Finalists Announced for Business Book Award". The Montreal Gazette. 20 March 1991.
^ "Brown Wins Book Awar". The Globe and Mail . 17 April 1990.
^ "Avro Arrow Book Named for Award".
Toronto Star . 12 April 1989.
^ "Business Book Award Goes to Michael Bliss". The Globe and Mail . 12 April 1988.
^ "British Writer Wins Book Prize".
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^ Coyne, Andrew (21 June 1986). "Trust Industry Saga Wins New Book Award".
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