Media Advisory - Canada Prizes award ceremony on March 30

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March 28, 2012

Where: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Michal and Renata Hornstein Pavilion, Hall of Bronzes - 1379 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Quebec

When: Friday, March 30, from noon to 1:30 p.m.

The Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences (CFHSS) will present the Canada Prize in the Humanities and the Canada Prize in the Social Sciences to four outstanding authors in those fields, with English and French prizes in each category. The winners will be at the event and available for interviews and photographs from 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and again briefly after the award presentation. The works of the winners and finalists will be sold onsite by Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore.

This is a free event open to the public and the media.

About the Canada Prizes
The Canada Prizes, each of which is valued at $2,500, recognize works that received funding through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Program. The winners are selected by a cross-Canada jury of scholars. The short list of finalists is available online at www.fedcan.ca/canadaprizes.

More information
Alison Hebbs
613-282-3489