Canadian Sociology Book Award
Nominations accepted October 1, 2025 through January 16, 2026 (11:59pm PST)
Mandate
This new Canadian Sociological Association award has been created to honour outstanding publications which advance sociological knowledge within the Canadian context.
Submissions must be centred on Canadian society or situated in the Canadian context using a sociological approach in research and/or theory.
Eligibility
Nominators:
- Members of the Canadian Sociological Association OR
- Publishers
Authors:
- Has a PhD in Sociology AND/OR
- Holds a position in a Canadian academic institution’s Department of Sociology (or related Department) and whose work focuses on teaching, research, or theory in Sociology
- Membership in the Canadian Sociological Association is not required at the time of nomination.
Books:
- A book may only be nominated twice
- English language
- French language books may be eligible for the Prix d’excellence en sociologie de langue française
- Published between January 1, 2024 and January 1, 2026
- Sole or co-authored book
- Edited collections are not eligible
- First edition publication
Equity Statement
The Canadian Sociological Association (CSA) is committed to the values and principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization. We recognize and honour the intersectionality of equity-based identities. The CSA therefore invites and encourages the nomination (including self-nomination) of members from marginalized groups, including Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, persons who identify as women, and/or 2SLGBTIQ+.
Adjudication Considerations
1. Advances our understanding of a sociological sub-field through theoretical and/or empirical innovation.
2. Employs innovative methodologies and theories or applies established methodologies and theories in an inventive form.
3. Makes a significant contribution to the understanding of society within Canada.
4. The object of study is situated in a relevant and current literature review.
5. Written clearly and lucidly.
6. Books that mobilize sociological knowledge to support equity-deserving groups in the context of Canada and/or contribute to public sociology, community engaged sociology, and/or sociology for social justice are encouraged but not required.
Equity deserving groups are individuals and communities that experience collective barriers in participating in society. These include, but are not limited to, racialised, 2SLGBTIQ+ persons, economically disadvantaged, Indigenous, Black Canadians, those with invisible or visible disabilities, or otherwise structurally excluded peoples. The definition of public sociology is taken from Michael Burawoy’s work wherein public sociology brings sociology to publics outside the academy and promotes dialogue about issues critical to one or more sectors of society. Community engaged sociology considers the intersectional experiences of community members, organizations, researchers, and sociologists to work towards a better understanding of a community issue(s). Sociology for social justice includes in its definition that sociologists are activists who apply sociological skills, theories, knowledge, critiques, and imaginations to the work of organizing, mobilizing, educating, and envisioning social change.
Submitting Nominations
An online form has been created to facilitate the nomination submission process. Submit the requested information through this form no later than January 16, 2026 at 11:59pm PST.
If the nomination is deemed eligible, you will be provided with the information required to send copies of the book to each of the committee members for adjudication.
Click to access nomination form
Honouring Award Recipients
The award recipient will receive a plaque and be recognized through the Canadian Sociological Association communications and website.
Recipients
| Year | Author | Book |
| 2025 | Sarita Srivastava, OCAD University |
“Are You Calling Me a Racist?" Why We Need to Stop Talking about Race and Start Making Real Antiracist Change. (NYU Press, 2024) |
| 2025 Honourable Mention | Lisa-Jo van den Scott, Memorial University |
Walled-In: Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls. (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024) |
| 2024 | Andrew Crosby, University of Waterloo and Carleton University |
Resisting Eviction: Domicide and the Financialization of Rental Housing. (Fernwood Publishing, 2023) |
| 2023 | Saara Liinamaa, University of Guelph |
The New Spirit of Creativity: Work, Compromise, and the Art and Design University. |
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2023 Honourable Mention |
Laura Bisaillon, University of Toronto |
Screening Out: HIV Screening and the Canadian Immigration Experience. |