The following are the 2022 recipients for Margaret McWilliams Awards, one of the oldest literary awards in Canada, named in honour of writer Margaret McWilliams. Books nominated for this award have been published in the 2022 calendar year.
SCHOLARLY HISTORY
Medicare’s Histories: Origins, Omissions, and Opportunities in Canada
by Esyllt W. Jones, James Hanley, and Delia Gavrus
University of Manitoba PressMedicare is arguably Canada’s most valued social program. As federally-supported medicare enters its second half-century, Medicare’s Histories brings together leading social and health historians to reflect on the origins and evolution of medicare and the missed opportunities characterizing its past and present. Embedding medicare in the diverse constituencies that have given it existence and meaning, contributors inquire into the strengths and weaknesses of publicly insured health care and critically examine medicare’s unfinished role in achieving greater health equity for all people in Canada regardless of race, status, gender, class, age, and ability.
LOCAL HISTORY
Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation
by Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
Harper CollinsDivided by a beautiful valley and 150 years of racism, the town of Rossburn and the Waywayseecappo Indian reserve have been neighbours nearly as long as Canada has been a country. Their story reflects much of what has gone wrong in relations between Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians. It also offers, in the end, an uncommon measure of hope.
POPULAR HISTORY
Osborne Village, An Architectural Tour
by Susan Algie and James Wagner
Winnipeg Architecture FoundationOsborne Village: An Architectural Tour explores the historic and contemporary architecture of this dynamic Winnipeg neighbourhood.
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