Dafoe Prize winner speaks at UM
At the end of October, John Vaillant came to Winnipeg for events celebrating his 2024 J.W Dafoe Book Prize-winning book, Fire Weather: The Making of a Beast.
First up was his daytime event at the University of Manitoba, in University College’s Concourse Lounge. Dr. Gregory Mason, who teaches at UM in addition to his role as juror for the prize, introduced John.
Our thanks to the University of Manitoba Bookstore for coming to sell books and to the Daily Bread for the delicious food.
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The J.W. Dafoe Book Prize is worth $12,000, and is formally awarded at the J.W. Dafoe Foundation’s Book Prize Event this fall in Winnipeg.
The Prize is one of the richest book awards in Canada for excellence in non-fiction, with a focus on major subjects involving Canada, the West, and Canadians, as well as the Canadia
n nation in international affairs.
It memorializes John Wesley Dafoe, one of the most significant Canadian newspaper editors of the 20th century. During his tenure at the Manitoba Free Press, later renamed the Winnipeg Free Press, from 1901-1944, Dafoe was known for his advocacy of western development, free trade, national independence, and the British Commonwealth.
The Foundation’s activities also support a $10,000 fellowship for M.A. students pursuing studies in international relations, international conflict resolution, economics, history, law or politics at the University of Manitoba; a $1,000 writing award for Manitoba post-secondary students; the annual J.W. Dafoe Political Studies Students’ Conference (PSSC); a prize for student and community newspaper writers established in partnership with the Winnipeg Press Club; and a number of colloquia on Canada in international affairs.
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