McMenemy Prize Nomination

May 26, 2015

Jerald Sabin, a PhD student in the Department has been nominated for this year’s McMenemy Prize for the best article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

His article, “Contested Colonialism: Responsible Government and Political Development in the Yukon“, was published in the 47th volume of the CJPS. You can read the abstract of his article in full here.

The prize will be announced on June 3rd at the President’s Dinner at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.

To read the citation the award committee wrote about Sabin’s article, check out this link: http://www.cpsaevents.ca/2015/prizes.php#prize5

When he isn’t writing award-worthy journal articles, Sabin is also the founding director of Northern Public Affairs. Take a look at their website here.

You can find more information about the prize below:

 

The Canadian Political Science Association and the Société québécoise de science politique proudly announce the fifteenth annual competition for the John McMenemy Prize. The certificate of award will be made to the author or authors of the best article, in English or French, published in volume 47 of the Canadian Journal of Political Science. The recipient (or recipients) of the prize will also be awarded five 2016 memberships in the Canadian Political Science Association and the Société québécoise de science politique to be distributed to five students.

The prize was established in honour of the former Journal’s Administrative Editor, Professor John McMenemy of Wilfrid Laurier University, who between 1977 and 2004, contributed greatly to the success of the Association and the Société’s flagship journal. The Canadian Journal of Political Science, a quarterly journal of the highest international standards, is distributed to approximately 2000 scholars and institutions around the world.

The annual jury will normally consist of the two co-editors of the Journal and one member of the CPSA Board of Directors.

The prize recipient will be announced at the 2015 Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association.

2015 Prize Jury Members:

Jean-François Godbout (Montréal, Co-editor, Chair) Amanda Bittner (Memorial, Replacement for Co-editor) Marc Doucet (Saint Mary’s, Board member) Debra Thompson (Ohio)