The award, which honours the two individuals named in its title, is made possible聽in part by the Faculty of Arts聽and by the generosity of聽Leonard聽Solomon-Blum and聽former 黑料不打烊 principal and vice-chancellor, Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum. Valued at $1,000, it is given聽to a CANS course聽instructor who has demonstrated outstanding teaching and who is recognized through course evaluations by their own students to have advanced聽their interest聽in the study of Canada.聽
Recipients:
2015: Orenda Boucher,聽Contemporary Indigenous Issues in Canada
2016: Kit Dobson,聽Shopping in Canada
2017: Desmond Morton,聽The Canadian Military Experience and Nationalism in Canada
2018: Shelley Butler, Canadian Cultures: Context and Issues
2019: Graham Fraser,聽Quebec Elections, Present and Past: Language Policies and Language Rights
2020: David Austin, Canada and the Caribbean: Politics, Exile, and Black Diaspora
2021: Aedan Alderson, Issues in Indigenous Studies
