The $60,000 annual award recognizes comprehensive non-fiction books that further policy discussions on social, political, economic and cultural topics
.Booze, Cigarettes, and Constitutional Dust-Ups: Canada’s Quest for Interprovincial Free Trade, which annually celebrates Canadian public policy writing and research.Power and Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of Artificial Intelligence
, by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans and Avi Goldfarb. The book by the three economists, a follow-up to 2018′s, argues for the retooling of fundamental systems and structures to accommodate the coming AI revolution., by Saskatchewan’s Michelle Good.
, by David R. Samson, of Mississauga. The author is an associate professor of biological anthropology at the University of Toronto. His look at tribalism incorporates science, philosophy and his own field research with wild chimpanzees., by Max Wyman. In, the Vancouver-based writer and cultural commentator argued for the need to see arts and culture not as a frill, nor an outlier, nor a tool, “but as a central and necessary element of our nationhood.
The Balsillie Prize, first awarded in 2021, is funded by Canadian businessman Jim Balsillie, who was fictionally portrayed by Glenn Howerton in this year’s hit filmThis year’s jury was composed of author/physician Samantha Nutt, policy expert Taki Sarantakis and digital strategist Scott Young. They selected the short list from 43 titles submitted by 25 publishers. The winner will be announced on Nov. 28.
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