Le prix Donner est un prix décerné chaque année par la Fondation canadienne Donner à des auteurs pour des livres considérés comme excellents en matière de rédaction de politiques publiques canadiennesGeorge Jonas, "Donner Prize likely to remain private initiative but Walk of Fame may not". Cornwall Standard-Freeholder, May 20, 1999.. Cette distinction a été créée en 1998Martin Levin, "Prizes and plans". The Globe and Mail, October 17, 1998. et vise à faire valoir un échange ouvert d'idées, ainsi qu'à fournir un tremplin aux auteurs et aux auteures qui peuvent apporter une contribution originale et importante au discours politique. La Fondation canadienne Donner a également créé le prix pour honorer et promouvoir les meilleures réflexions, écrits et recherches sur les politiques publiques canadiennes, ainsi que le rôle qu'elles jouent au niveau du bien-être des Canadiens et du succès du Canada dans son ensemble.
Le grand prix est de 50 000 $ et les finalistes présélectionnés reçoivent 7 500 $ chacun"Donner Prize purse increased to $50,000". The Globe and Mail, November 8, 2011..
Les candidatures sont soumises par les éditeurs et sélectionnées par un jury de cinq personnes dont les membres sont tirés d'acteurs importants de la société canadienne tel que des professeurs, des gens d'affaire, des politiciens, etc.
Chaque année, le comité de sélection annonce une liste restreinte en avril. Les gagnants et les finalistes sont annoncés lors d'un banquet de remise des prix en avril ou en mai.
Admissibilité Les critères généraux pour l'admissibilité d'un livre au Prix Donner sont les suivants:
Le livre doit être publié en anglais ou en français entre le et le de l’année de la remise des prix ;
La candidature doit être déposée avant le de l'année de la remise des prix ;
Le livre doit être écrit par un ou plusieurs citoyens canadiens ;
Le livre ne peut pas être une publication à titre posthume.
Gagnants et nommés AnnéeAuteursTitreRef1998Thomas Courchene, Colin TermerFrom Heartland to North American Region-State: The Social, Fiscal, and Federal Evolution of OntarioSidney L. HarringWhite Man's Law: Native People in Nineteenth Century Canadian JurisprudenceMichael HarrisLament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod FisheryMark HolmesThe Reformation of Canada's SchoolsC. Michael MacMillanThe Practice of Language Rights in CanadaBob RaeThe Three Questions: Prosperity and the Public GoodWilliam WatsonGlobalization and the Meaning of Canadian LifeJeremy WilsonTalk and Log: Wilderness Politics in British Columbia1999David GratzerCode Blue: Reviving Canada's Health Care SystemStéphane DionStraight Talk: Speeches and Writings on Canadian UnityMatthew FraserFree-for-All: The Struggle for Dominance on the Digital FrontierDavid PacioccoGetting Away With Murder: The Canadian Criminal Justice SystemKent RoachDue Process and Victims' Rights: The New Law and Politics of Criminal JusticeJocelyne Saint-ArnaudEnjeux éthiques et technologies biomedicalesDonald J. SavoieGoverning from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics2000Tom FlanaganFirst Nation? Second ThoughtsAlan C. CairnsCitizens Plus: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian StateDavid R. Cameron, Graham WhiteCycling Into Saigon: The Conservative Transition in OntarioKen CoatesThe Marshall Decision and Native RightsDaniel MadarHeavy Traffic: Deregulation, Trade, and Transformation in North American TruckingFred McMahonRetreat from GrowthF.L. Morton, Rainer KnopffThe Charter Revolution and the Court Party2001Marie McAndrewImmigration et diversité a l'école: le débat québécois dans une perspective comparativeGeoffrey HaleThe Politics of Taxation in CanadaJack M. MintzMost Favoured Nation: Building a Framework for Smart Economic PolicyStan Persky, John DixonOn Kiddie Porn: Sexual Representation, Free Speech and the Robin Sharpe CaseKent RoachThe Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic DialogueDonald J. SavoiePulling Against Gravity: Economic Development in New Brunswick During the McKenna Years|- | align="center" |Jeffrey Simpson | align="center" |The Friendly Dictatorship |- | rowspan="7" align="center" |2002 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |John F. Helliwell| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Globalization and Well-Being| |- | align="center" |Elizabeth Brubaker | align="center" |Liquid Assets: Privatizing and Regulating Canada's Water Utilities | rowspan="6" | |- | align="center" |Christopher Essex, Ross McKitrick | align="center" |Taken by Storm: The Troubled Science, Policy and Politics of Global Warming |- | align="center" |Michael Hart | align="center" |A Trading Nation: Canadian Trade Policy from Colonialism to Globalization |- | align="center" |Mark Jaccard, John Nyboer, Bryn Sadownik | align="center" |The Cost of Climate Policy |- | align="center" |Michael Jackson | align="center" |Justice Behind the Walls: Human Rights in Canadian Prisons |- | align="center" |Daniel Stoffman | align="center" |Who Gets In: What's Wrong With Canada's Immigration Program and How to Fix It |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |2003 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Michael Adams| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada, and the Myth of Converging Values| |- | align="center" |Lydia Miljan, Barry Cooper | align="center" |Hidden Agendas: How Journalists Influence the News | rowspan="3" | |- | align="center" |Eric Montpetit | align="center" |Misplaced Distrust: Policy Networks and the Environment in France, the United States and Canada |- | align="center" |David E. Smith | align="center" |The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2004 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |David Laidler, William Robson| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Two Percent Target: Canadian Monetary Policy Since 1991| |- | align="center" |Peter S. Grant, Chris Wood | align="center" |Blockbusters and Trade Wars: Popular Culture in a Globalized World | rowspan="4" | |- | align="center" |Frank P. Harvey | align="center" |Smoke & Mirrors: Globalized Terrorism and the Illusion of Multilateral Security |- | align="center" |Christopher P. Manfredi | align="center" |Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court: Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund |- | align="center" |L.W. Summer | align="center" |The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2005 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Mark Jaccard| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy| |- | align="center" |Ronald J. Daniels, Michael J. Trebilcock | align="center" |Rethinking the Welfare State: The Prospects for Government by Voucher | rowspan="4" | |- | align="center" |John Ibbitson | align="center" |The Polite Revolution: Perfecting the Canadian Dream |- | align="center" |David Johnson | align="center" |Signposts of Success: Interpreting Ontario's Elementary School Test Scores |- | align="center" |James B. Kelly | align="center" |Governing with the Charter |- | rowspan="3" align="center" |2006 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Eric Helleiner| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Towards North American Monetary Union? The Politics and History of Canada's Exchange Rate Regime| |- | align="center" |Roy Rempel | align="center" |Dreamland: How Canada's Pretend Foreign Policy Has Undermined Sovereignty | rowspan="2" | |- | align="center" |Donald J. Savoie | align="center" |Visiting Grandchildren: Economic Development in the Maritimes |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2007 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |David E. Smith| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |The People's House of Commons: Theories of Democracy in Contention| |- | align="center" |Rodrigo Bascunan, Christian Pearce | align="center" |Enter the Babylon System: Unpacking Gun Culture From Samuel Colt to 50 Cent | rowspan="4" | |- | align="center" |Michael C. Chettleburgh | align="center" |Young Thugs: Inside the Dangerous World of Canadian Street Gangs |- | align="center" |Robert L. Evans | align="center" |Fuelling Our Future: An Introduction to Sustainable Energy |- | align="center" |Janice Gross Stein, Eugene Lang | align="center" |The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2008 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Ken Coates, P. Whitney Lackenbauer, William R. Morrison, Greg Poelzer| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North| |- | align="center" |Tarek Fatah | align="center" |Chasing a Mirage: The Tragic Illusion of an Islamic State | rowspan="4" | |- | align="center" |Bruce Little | align="center" |Fixing the Future: How Canada's Usually Fractious Governments Worked Together to Rescue the Canada Pension Plan |- | align="center" |Andrew Sancton | align="center" |The Limits of Boundaries: Why City-regions Cannot be Self-governing |- | align="center" |Frances Widdowson | align="center" |Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry: The Deception Behind Indigenous Cultural Preservation |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |2009 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Brian Bow| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |The Politics of Linkage: Power, Interdependence and Ideas in Canada–US Relations| rowspan="4" | |- | align="center" |Michael Byers | align="center" |Who Owns the Arctic? Understanding Sovereignty Disputes in the North |- | align="center" |Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd, Lori Culbert | align="center" |A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver's Downtown Eastside and the Fight for Its Future |- | align="center" |Evan H. Potter | align="center" |Branding Canada: Projecting Canada's Soft Power through Public Diplomacy |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2010 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Doug Saunders| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Arrival City: The Final Migration and Our Next World| rowspan="5" | |- | align="center" |Pamela Blais | align="center" |Perverse Cities: Hidden Subsidies, Wonky Policy, and Urban Sprawl |- | align="center" |Tom Flanagan, Christopher Alcantara, André Le Dressay | align="center" |Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights |- | align="center" |Robert Lacroix, Louis Maheu | align="center" |Le CHUM: une tragédie québécoise |- | align="center" |Harry Swain | align="center" |Oka: A Political Crisis and Its Legacy |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |2011 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Peter Aucoin, Mark D. Jarvis, Lori Turnbull| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Democratizing the Constitution| |- | align="center" |Charles M. Beach, Alan G. Green, Christopher Worswick | align="center" |Toward Improving Canada's Skilled Immigration Policy: An Evaluation Approach | rowspan="3" | |- | align="center" |Ruth B. Phillips | align="center" |Museum Pieces: Toward the Indigenization of Canadian Museums |- | align="center" |Neil Seeman, Patrick Luciani | align="center" |XXL: Obesity and the Limits of Shame |- | rowspan="4" align="center" |2012 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Jeffrey Simpson| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s Health Care System Needs to be Dragged into the 21st Century| |- | align="center" |Claude Castonguay | align="center" |Santé: l'heure des choix | rowspan="3" | |- | align="center" |Jennifer Clapp | align="center" |Hunger in the Balance: The New Politics of International Food Aid |- | align="center" |Mary Janigan | align="center" |Let the Eastern Bastards Freeze in the Dark: The West Versus the Rest Since Confederation |- | rowspan="5" align="center" |2013 | align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |Michael Byers| align="center" style="background:#C8C8FA" |International Law and the Arctic| rowspan="5" | |- | align="center" |Miranda Campbell