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The Thomas Henry Pentland Molson Prize for the Arts is awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. Two prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals. One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and humanities. The prizes are $50,000 each, and intended to encourage continuing contribution to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

Endowment

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Funded by an endowment from the Molson Foundation, the prizes are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts in cooperation with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Laureates are chosen by a peer assessment committee appointed jointly by the Canada Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Eligibility

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Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. To be nominated, candidates must have made a substantial and distinguished contribution over a significant period of time. In the words of the deed of gift, the prizes are intended "to encourage Canadians of outstanding achievement in the fields of the Arts, the Humanities or the Social Sciences to make further contribution to the cultural or intellectual heritage of Canada". The terms of reference are interpreted as follows:

  • outstanding achievement must have already been amply demonstrated
  • further contribution implies that the laureates should still be very active and productive.

In other words, the prize is not intended as an "end of service" reward or as recognition for one great accomplishment. Past assessment committees have been quite consistent in choosing laureates who are close to the top of an outstanding career. Corporations and other organizations are excluded from consideration, as are posthumous awards. No individual may be awarded the prize more than once. The prizes are accessible to qualified persons from Aboriginal Peoples and diverse cultural and regional communities. Members of the board of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council are not eligible to be considered for this prize during the course of their terms as members nor for six months following the end of their term.

Nomination process

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Candidates may not apply for the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes on their own behalf. They must be nominated by three individuals or three organizations, or a combination of individuals and organizations. Nominations are sought from persons and organizations that have the interest and capacity to nominate appropriate individuals. Nominators may submit one letter signed by the three nominating individuals or organizations, or submit three separate letters of nomination. Nominators are responsible for gathering and providing relevant documentation to the Canada Council.

Selection procedure

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The two laureates are chosen by a single, multidisciplinary peer assessment committee co-chaired by the Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts and the President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Members are chosen to ensure fair representation of gender, the two official languages, the various regions and cultures of Canada, and the various types of artistic and scholarly disciplines. Committee members are among the most accomplished individuals in their respective fields and, ideally, have interests that extend beyond the confines of a single discipline.

List of recipients

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YearLaureate[1][2]
2024Shirley Cheechoo
Christina Sharpe
2023Joséphine Bacon
Françoise Baylis
2022Cecilia M. Benoit, sociologist
H. Nigel Thomas, author, poet
2021M. NourbeSe Philip[3]
Gordon J. G. Asmundson[3]
2020Mary Kerr, production designer[4]
David Lyon[4]
2019Alexina Louie[5][6]
John Borrows[7]
2018Diane Schoemperlen
Lynne Viola
2017Lawrence Hill[8]
Kent Roach[9]
2016Marie-Claire Blais
John McGarry
2015M. G. Vassanji[10]
Constance Backhouse
2014John Arcand
Jean Grondin
2013Richard Wagamese[11]
Ann Dale
2012Dáirine Ní Mheadhra[12]
Keren Rice[12]
2011Herménégilde Chiasson
Peter Victor
2010Édouard Lock
Linda Hutcheon
2009Ian Wallace
Leonard Wayne Sumner
2008Sheila Fischman
Angus McLaren
2007Alex Pauk
Paul Thagard
2006Nicole Brossard
Henry Mintzberg
2005Iain Baxter
Ramsay Cook
2004Maria Campbell
Richard Tremblay
2003Walter Boudreau
Janice Gross Stein
2002Christopher Newton
Margaret Lock
2001Not awarded
2000Jacques Poulin
Ian Hacking
1999Kiugak Ashoona
Tom Courchene
1998Jeanne Lamon
Michael Trebilcock[13]
1997Mary Pratt
Guy Rocher
1996Mavis Gallant
Pierre Maranda
1995Gerald Ferguson
Donald Akenson
1994Michel Tremblay
Martin Friedland
1993R. Murray Schafer
Juliet McMaster
1992Douglas Cardinal
Fernand Dumont
1991Denys Arcand
Charles Taylor
1990Alice Munro
Jean-Jacques Nattiez[14]
1989Vera Frenkel
Fernande Saint-Martin
1988Robertson Davies
Terence Michael Penelhum[15]
1987Yvette Brind'Amour
Marc-Adélard Tremblay[16]
1986J. Mavor Moore[17]
William Dray
1985Gaston Miron
Ronald Melzack
1984Marcel Dubé[18]
James G. Eayrs
1983Brian Macdonald[19]
Francess Halpenny[20]
1982Alan Cairns
Louis-Edmond Hamelin
Jack McClelland
Gilles Vigneault
1981Margaret Atwood
Marcel Trudel[21]
John Weinzweig[22]
1980Michel Brault[23]
Lois Marshall[24]
Robert Weaver
1979Jean Duceppe
Betty Oliphant
Michael Snow
1978Gabrielle Roy[25]
Jack Shadbolt
George Story
1977John Hirsch
Bill Reid
Jean-Louis Roux
1976Orford String Quartet
Denise Pelletier
Jon Vickers
1975Alex Colville
Pierre Dansereau
Margaret Laurence
1974W. A. C. H Dobson
Celia Franca
Jean Paul Lemieux
1973John James Deutsch
Alfred Pellan
George Woodcock
1972Maureen Forrester
Rina Lasnier[26]
Norman McLaren
1971Northrop Frye[27]
Duncan Macpherson
Yves Thériault
1970Jean-Paul Audet
Morley Callaghan
Arnold Spohr
1969Glenn Gould
Jean Le Moyne
1968Arthur Erickson
Anne Hébert[citation needed]
Marshall McLuhan
1967Georges-Henri Lévesque
Hugh MacLennan
1965-66Jean Gascon
Frank Scott[28]
1964Donald Creighton[29]
Alain Grandbois

References

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  1. ^ "Molson Prizes" (PDF). Canada Council for the Arts. 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Molson Prizes". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  3. ^ a b "Celebrating the 2021 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize Winners: Gordon J. G. Asmundson and M. NourbeSe Philip". Canada Council. July 7, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "What do set and costume design and surveillance studies have in common? The 2020 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize Winners". Canada Council. July 8, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Littler, William (2019-10-04). "Alexina Louie gets a rare honour for a Canadian composer: glory while she's alive | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  6. ^ Vincent, Michael (2019-06-12). "THE SCOOP | One Of Canada's Foremost Composers Lands Canada Council Molson Prize". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  7. ^ Ahearne, Suzanne (2019-06-27). "Borrows, winner of Canada Council Molson Prize - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  8. ^ Caudle, Daniel (2019-03-19). "Author Lawrence Hill will highlight Blyth Festival events". Goderich Signal Star. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  9. ^ "Alumnus Prof. Kent Roach receives a 2017 Molson Prize for outstanding scholarship and contributions | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". www.law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  10. ^ Robertson, Becky (2015-06-29). "M.G. Vassanji wins 2015 Molson Prize". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  11. ^ Blunt, Marney (2013-05-29). "Richard Wagamese receives Canada Council Molson Prize for arts". Kenora Daily Miner. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  12. ^ a b "Queen of Puddings director wins $50K Molson Prize". CBC News. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  13. ^ "Michael Trebilcock | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". www.law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  14. ^ Taylor, Rachelle. "Jean-Jacques Nattiez". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  15. ^ John R. Shook, ed. (2005). "Penelhum, Terence Michael". The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Continuum. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199754663.001.0001. ISBN 9780199754663.
  16. ^ Gadacz, René R. "Marc-Adélard Tremblay". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  17. ^ broadcasting-history.ca. "James Mavor Moore (1919-2006)". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  18. ^ "Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)". ggpaa.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  19. ^ CRABB, MICHAEL. "Brian Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  20. ^ Maude, Mary McDougall. "Francess Georgina Halpenny". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  21. ^ "Les Prix du Québec - le lauréat Marcel Trudel". www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca (in French). 31 December 2000. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  22. ^ Henninger, Richard. "John Weinzweig". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  23. ^ "Michel Brault (1928-2013) - NFB/blog". NFB/blog. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  24. ^ Norman, Barbara. "Lois Marshall". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  25. ^ Ricard, François (2016). "Roy, Gabrielle". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XXI (1981–1990) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  26. ^ Kushner, Eva. "Rina Lasnier". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
  27. ^ Northrop Frye Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Retrieved on: November 30, 2008.
  28. ^ "F.R. Scott: Biography Archived 2014-08-25 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto. Web, March 21, 2011.
  29. ^ Wright, Donald (2016). "Creighton, Donald Grant". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XX (1971–1980) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
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    The Thomas Henry Pentland Molson Prize for the Arts is awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts. Two prizes are awarded annually to distinguished individuals. One prize is awarded in the arts, one in the social sciences and humanities. The prizes are $50,000 each, and intended to encourage continuing contribution to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

    Endowment

    Funded by an endowment from the Molson Foundation, the prizes are administered by the Canada Council for the Arts in cooperation with the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Laureates are chosen by a peer assessment committee appointed jointly by the Canada Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

    Eligibility

    Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. To be nominated, candidates must have made a substantial and distinguished contribution over a significant period of time. In the words of the deed of gift, the prizes are intended "to encourage Canadians of outstanding achievement in the fields of the Arts, the Humanities or the Social Sciences to make further contribution to the cultural or intellectual heritage of Canada". The terms of reference are interpreted as follows:

    • outstanding achievement must have already been amply demonstrated
    • further contribution implies that the laureates should still be very active and productive.

    In other words, the prize is not intended as an "end of service" reward or as recognition for one great accomplishment. Past assessment committees have been quite consistent in choosing laureates who are close to the top of an outstanding career. Corporations and other organizations are excluded from consideration, as are posthumous awards. No individual may be awarded the prize more than once. The prizes are accessible to qualified persons from Aboriginal Peoples and diverse cultural and regional communities. Members of the board of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council are not eligible to be considered for this prize during the course of their terms as members nor for six months following the end of their term.

    Nomination process

    Candidates may not apply for the Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prizes on their own behalf. They must be nominated by three individuals or three organizations, or a combination of individuals and organizations. Nominations are sought from persons and organizations that have the interest and capacity to nominate appropriate individuals. Nominators may submit one letter signed by the three nominating individuals or organizations, or submit three separate letters of nomination. Nominators are responsible for gathering and providing relevant documentation to the Canada Council.

    Selection procedure

    The two laureates are chosen by a single, multidisciplinary peer assessment committee co-chaired by the Chairman of the Canada Council for the Arts and the President of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Members are chosen to ensure fair representation of gender, the two official languages, the various regions and cultures of Canada, and the various types of artistic and scholarly disciplines. Committee members are among the most accomplished individuals in their respective fields and, ideally, have interests that extend beyond the confines of a single discipline.

    List of recipients

    YearLaureate[1][2]
    2024Shirley Cheechoo
    Christina Sharpe
    2023Joséphine Bacon
    Françoise Baylis
    2022Cecilia M. Benoit, sociologist
    H. Nigel Thomas, author, poet
    2021M. NourbeSe Philip[3]
    Gordon J. G. Asmundson[3]
    2020Mary Kerr, production designer[4]
    David Lyon[4]
    2019Alexina Louie[5][6]
    John Borrows[7]
    2018Diane Schoemperlen
    Lynne Viola
    2017Lawrence Hill[8]
    Kent Roach[9]
    2016Marie-Claire Blais
    John McGarry
    2015M. G. Vassanji[10]
    Constance Backhouse
    2014John Arcand
    Jean Grondin
    2013Richard Wagamese[11]
    Ann Dale
    2012Dáirine Ní Mheadhra[12]
    Keren Rice[12]
    2011Herménégilde Chiasson
    Peter Victor
    2010Édouard Lock
    Linda Hutcheon
    2009Ian Wallace
    Leonard Wayne Sumner
    2008Sheila Fischman
    Angus McLaren
    2007Alex Pauk
    Paul Thagard
    2006Nicole Brossard
    Henry Mintzberg
    2005Iain Baxter
    Ramsay Cook
    2004Maria Campbell
    Richard Tremblay
    2003Walter Boudreau
    Janice Gross Stein
    2002Christopher Newton
    Margaret Lock
    2001Not awarded
    2000Jacques Poulin
    Ian Hacking
    1999Kiugak Ashoona
    Tom Courchene
    1998Jeanne Lamon
    Michael Trebilcock[13]
    1997Mary Pratt
    Guy Rocher
    1996Mavis Gallant
    Pierre Maranda
    1995Gerald Ferguson
    Donald Akenson
    1994Michel Tremblay
    Martin Friedland
    1993R. Murray Schafer
    Juliet McMaster
    1992Douglas Cardinal
    Fernand Dumont
    1991Denys Arcand
    Charles Taylor
    1990Alice Munro
    Jean-Jacques Nattiez[14]
    1989Vera Frenkel
    Fernande Saint-Martin
    1988Robertson Davies
    Terence Michael Penelhum[15]
    1987Yvette Brind'Amour
    Marc-Adélard Tremblay[16]
    1986J. Mavor Moore[17]
    William Dray
    1985Gaston Miron
    Ronald Melzack
    1984Marcel Dubé[18]
    James G. Eayrs
    1983Brian Macdonald[19]
    Francess Halpenny[20]
    1982Alan Cairns
    Louis-Edmond Hamelin
    Jack McClelland
    Gilles Vigneault
    1981Margaret Atwood
    Marcel Trudel[21]
    John Weinzweig[22]
    1980Michel Brault[23]
    Lois Marshall[24]
    Robert Weaver
    1979Jean Duceppe
    Betty Oliphant
    Michael Snow
    1978Gabrielle Roy[25]
    Jack Shadbolt
    George Story
    1977John Hirsch
    Bill Reid
    Jean-Louis Roux
    1976Orford String Quartet
    Denise Pelletier
    Jon Vickers
    1975Alex Colville
    Pierre Dansereau
    Margaret Laurence
    1974W. A. C. H Dobson
    Celia Franca
    Jean Paul Lemieux
    1973John James Deutsch
    Alfred Pellan
    George Woodcock
    1972Maureen Forrester
    Rina Lasnier[26]
    Norman McLaren
    1971Northrop Frye[27]
    Duncan Macpherson
    Yves Thériault
    1970Jean-Paul Audet
    Morley Callaghan
    Arnold Spohr
    1969Glenn Gould
    Jean Le Moyne
    1968Arthur Erickson
    Anne Hébert[citation needed]
    Marshall McLuhan
    1967Georges-Henri Lévesque
    Hugh MacLennan
    1965-66Jean Gascon
    Frank Scott[28]
    1964Donald Creighton[29]
    Alain Grandbois

    References

    1. ^ "Molson Prizes" (PDF). Canada Council for the Arts. 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
    2. ^ "Molson Prizes". Canada Council for the Arts. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    3. ^ a b "Celebrating the 2021 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize Winners: Gordon J. G. Asmundson and M. NourbeSe Philip". Canada Council. July 7, 2021. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
    4. ^ a b "What do set and costume design and surveillance studies have in common? The 2020 Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize Winners". Canada Council. July 8, 2020. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
    5. ^ Littler, William (2019-10-04). "Alexina Louie gets a rare honour for a Canadian composer: glory while she's alive | The Star". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    6. ^ Vincent, Michael (2019-06-12). "THE SCOOP | One Of Canada's Foremost Composers Lands Canada Council Molson Prize". Ludwig van Toronto. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    7. ^ Ahearne, Suzanne (2019-06-27). "Borrows, winner of Canada Council Molson Prize - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    8. ^ Caudle, Daniel (2019-03-19). "Author Lawrence Hill will highlight Blyth Festival events". Goderich Signal Star. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    9. ^ "Alumnus Prof. Kent Roach receives a 2017 Molson Prize for outstanding scholarship and contributions | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". www.law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    10. ^ Robertson, Becky (2015-06-29). "M.G. Vassanji wins 2015 Molson Prize". Quill and Quire. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    11. ^ Blunt, Marney (2013-05-29). "Richard Wagamese receives Canada Council Molson Prize for arts". Kenora Daily Miner. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    12. ^ a b "Queen of Puddings director wins $50K Molson Prize". CBC News. 2012-05-31. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
    13. ^ "Michael Trebilcock | University of Toronto Faculty of Law". www.law.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    14. ^ Taylor, Rachelle. "Jean-Jacques Nattiez". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    15. ^ John R. Shook, ed. (2005). "Penelhum, Terence Michael". The Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers. Continuum. doi:10.1093/acref/9780199754663.001.0001. ISBN 9780199754663.
    16. ^ Gadacz, René R. "Marc-Adélard Tremblay". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    17. ^ broadcasting-history.ca. "James Mavor Moore (1919-2006)". www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    18. ^ "Award Recipients - Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA)". ggpaa.ca. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    19. ^ CRABB, MICHAEL. "Brian Macdonald". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    20. ^ Maude, Mary McDougall. "Francess Georgina Halpenny". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    21. ^ "Les Prix du Québec - le lauréat Marcel Trudel". www.prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca (in French). 31 December 2000. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    22. ^ Henninger, Richard. "John Weinzweig". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    23. ^ "Michel Brault (1928-2013) - NFB/blog". NFB/blog. 2013-09-24. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    24. ^ Norman, Barbara. "Lois Marshall". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    25. ^ Ricard, François (2016). "Roy, Gabrielle". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XXI (1981–1990) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    26. ^ Kushner, Eva. "Rina Lasnier". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    27. ^ Northrop Frye Archived 2019-03-29 at the Wayback Machine at Victoria College, University of Toronto. Retrieved on: November 30, 2008.
    28. ^ "F.R. Scott: Biography Archived 2014-08-25 at the Wayback Machine," Canadian Poetry Online, University of Toronto. Web, March 21, 2011.
    29. ^ Wright, Donald (2016). "Creighton, Donald Grant". In Cook, Ramsay; Bélanger, Réal (eds.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. XX (1971–1980) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2017-02-25.
    • List of award recipients (see "Cumulative list of winners")
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