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The John Porter Award / Le Prix du livre de John Porter
Introduction
The John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award, originally named the The John Porter Memorial Book Prize, was created in 1980 by the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association in memory of John Porter for the purpose of recognizing outstanding published scholarly contributions within the "John Porter Tradition" to the advancement of sociological knowledge in Canada. Porter, who died in 1979, was arguably the dominant Canadian sociologist of the post World War Two period.
Autrefois connu sous le nom de Prix en mémoire de John Porter, Le Prix du livre John Porter a été instauré en 1980 par la Société canadienne de sociologie en mémoire du sociologue John Porter, dans le but de reconnaître toute contribution académique exceptionnelle publiée dans la 'tradition John Porter' et contribuant à l'avancement du savoir sociologique au Canada.
Call For Nomination / Appel De Candidatures
Nominations are now being accepted for the John Porter prize from among books published over the previous three years. Nominations may be made by CSA members in good standing or by publishers. The fixed and firm deadline is January 31, 2014.
Please send your proposition to the Chair of the Committee (see below).
Les candidatures sont maintenant acceptées pour le prix John Porter pour les ouvrages publiés au cours des trois dernières années. Les candidatures peuvent être proposées par un membre en règle de la SCS ou par un éditeur. La date limite et ferme pour le dépôt des candidatures est fixée au 31 janvier 2014.
Veuillez faire parvenir la candidature au responsable du comité (see below).
Nomination Procedures / Procédures De Nomination
Works nominated must be within the 'John Porter Tradition' by making a distinguished sociological contribution to the understanding of Canadian society. Nominated works should be:
- Relevant and concerned with one or more major issues of Canadian society;
- Informed by solid theory;
- Buttressed by meticulous research; and,
- Written clearly in language that can be understood by the intelligent lay person.
The committee strives to make its recommendations of awards regardless of the work's theorical perspective, methodological orientation, or substantive subject matter.
Nominations must include a statement outlining the suggested distinguished contribution of the work to the advancement of sociological knowledge to Canadian Society. Only first edition books written by sociologists will be considered for the award, and persons who nominate a book should be a current member of the CSA or a publisher.
The recipient needs not to be a member of the CSA. Edited or republished works, and texts designed only for instructional purposes, may not be nominated. Nominated works must be in English or French and may be single or multi-authored. Works nominated must have been published within the three-year period preceding the date of nomination.
A copy of each nominated work must be sent by the nominator to each member of the Committee and two copies must be sent to the Chair of the Committee (refer below for mailing addresses).
The Committee's recommended nomination shall be ratified by the CSA Executive Committee and the Award will be announced at the following CSA Annual Conference. The recipient will be invited to deliver a lecture or presentation of the nominated work at the Annual Conference subsequent to the official announcement of the nomination.
More details on The John Porter Book Award could also be obtained from the CSA Office or from the Committee's chair.
Les ouvrages en nomination doivent s'inscrire dans 'la tradition John Porter' en contribuant de manière significative à la compréhension de la société canadienne dans une perspective sociologique. Les ouvrages en nomination devraient:
- s'intéresser à des enjeux importants de la société canadienne,
- reposer sur un cadre théorique solide,
- s'appuyer sur une recherche méticuleuse et
- être rédigés de manière à être compris par une personne non initiée.
Le comité fera ses recommandations sans égard à l'orientation théorique ou méthodologique ou au sujet étudié.
Seuls les livres de première édition écrits par des sociologues seront considérés pour ce prix. Les candidatures doivent être proposées par un membre en règle de la SCS.
Le récipiendaire n'a pas à être membre de la SCS. Les ouvrages réédités et ou republiés et les textes destinés à des fins académiques seulement ne peuvent être suggérés. Les ouvrages doivent être rédigés en anglais ou en français et peuvent être signés par un ou plusieurs auteur(e)s. Les ouvrages doivent avoir été publiés dans les trois ans qui précèdent la date de leur nomination.
Un exemplaire de chaque ouvrage proposé doit être envoyé à chacun des membres du Comité et deux exemplairea doivent être envoyés au responsable du Comité.
La recommandation du comité devra être ratifiée par le comité exécutif de la SCS et le nom du ou de la recipiendaire sera annoncé(e) à la prochaine Conférence annuelle. Le ou la récipiendaire sera invité(e) lors de la Conférence annuelle qui suit l'annonce officielle de sa nomination à donner une conférence ou une communication sur l'ouvrage sélectionné.
Plus de détails sur le Prix du livre de John Porter peuvent également être obtenus
au bureau national de la SCS ou auprès du responsable du comité.
Nomination Committee / Comité De Nomination
| Committee Member | Affiliation & Mailing Address |
Term |
| Committee Chair Jim Conley |
Trent University - Department of Sociology 1600 West Bank Drive Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8 |
2011-2014 |
| Sylvie Lacombe | Département de sociologie Faculté des sciences sociales Pavillon Charles-De Koninck 1030, avenue des Sciences-Humaines Bureau 4467 Université Laval Québec, QC G1V 0A6 |
2013-2014 |
| Fiona Kay | Queen's University - Department of Sociology D-431 Mackintosh-Corry Hall 99 University Avenue Kingston, ON K7L 3N6 |
2011-2014 |
Louis Guay |
Université Laval - Département de sociologie Pavillon Charles-De Koninck |
2012-2015 |
| Doug Baer | University of Victoria Department of Sociology PO Box 3050 STN CSC Victoria, BC V8W 3P5 |
2013-2016 |
| Karen Hughes | Department of Sociology 5-21 HM Tory Building University of Alberta Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4 |
2013-2016 |
| Kara Somerville | University of Saskatchewan 1019 - 9 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A5 |
2013-2016 |
List of past recipients / Liste des récipiendaires
| Year / Année | Author / Auteur(es) | Book / Livre |
|---|---|---|
|
2013 |
Wood, Lesley J. |
Direct Action, Deliberation, and Diffusion: Collective Action after the WTO Protests in Seattle. Cambridge University Press 2012 |
|
2012 |
Winter, Elke | Us, Them, and Others: Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies, University of Toronto Press 2011 |
| 2011 | Helmes-Hayes, Rick | Measuring the Mosaic: An Intellectual Biography of John Porter, University of Toronto Press, 2010 |
| 2010 | Goyder, John | The Prestige Squeeze, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009 |
| 2009 | Clement, Dominique | Canada's Rights Revolution: Social Movements and Social Change, 1937-82, University of British Columbia Press, 2008 |
| 2008 | Foster, Cecil | Blackness and Modernity: The Colour of Humanity and the Quest for Freedom, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2007 |
| 2007 | Doucet, Andrea | Do Men Mother? University of Toronto Press, 2006 |
| 2006 | No award made / Pas de prix attribué | |
| 2005 | Carroll, William K. | Corporate Power in a Globalizing World, Oxford University Press, 2003 |
| 2004 | High, Steven | Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America's Rust Belt, 1969-1984; University of Toronto Press, 2003. |
| 2003 | Winson, Anthony Leach, Belinda |
Contingent Work, Disrupted Lives: Labour and Community in the New Rural Economy. University of Toronto Press, 2002. |
| 2002 | Curtis, Bruce | The Politics of Population: State Statistics, and the Census of Canada 1840-1875. University of Toronto Press, 2001. |
| 2001 | Beaujot, Roderic | Earning and Caring in Canadian Families. Broadview Press, 2000. |
| 2000 | McLellan, Janet | Many Petals of the Lotus: Five Asian Communities in Toronto. University of Toronto Press, 1999. |
| 1999 | Livingstone, David W. | The Education-Jobs Gap: Underemployment or Economic Democracy. Westview Press, 1998. |
| 1995 | Greer, Allan | The Patriots and the People: The Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada. University of Toronto Press, 1993. |
| 1993 | Anderson, Kay | Vancouver's Chinatown. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1991. |
| 1992 | Laxer, Gordon | Open for Business: The Roots of Foreign Ownership in Canada. Oxford University Press, 1989. |
| 1990 | Smith, Dorothy | The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology. University of Toronto Press, 1987. |
| 1989 | Delage, Denys | Le Pays renversé: Amérindiens et Européens en Amérique du Nord-Est, 1600-1664, Boréal Express, 1987 |
| 1988 | Carroll, William | Corporate Power and Canadian Capitalism. UBC Press, 1986 |
| 1987 | Trigger, Bruce | Natives and Newcomers. McGill-Queen's University Press, 1985 |
| 1986 | Marchak, Patricia | Green Gold. University of British Columbia Press, 1983. |
| 1985 | MacGregor, David | The Communist Ideal in Hegel and Marx, U of T Press, 1984 |
| 1984 | Clarkson, Stephen | Canada and the Regan Challenge. Canadian Institute for Economic Policy, 1982. |
| 1983 | Niosi, Jorge | Canadian Capitalism. James Lorimer, 1981. |