Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize

The Robinson Book Prize is named in honour of the many contributions of Professor Gertrude J. Robinson to the discipline of communication in Canada and around the world. It was initiated by Professor David Taras, President of the Canadian Communication Association in 1998-1999. Nominees for the Robinson Book Prize must have published a monograph in the previous calendar year, and be a member of the Canadian Communication Association.

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Past recipients of the Gertrude J. Robinson Book Prize

2009
Paul Moore, Dept. of Sociology, Ryerson University
Now Playing: Early Moviegoing and the Regulation of Fun (SUNY Press, 2008)

2008
Dwayne R. Winseck, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Robert M. Pike, Sociology, Queen's University at Kingston
Communication and Empire (Duke University Press, 2007)

2007
Michéle Martin, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Images at War: Illustrated Periodicals and Constructed Nations (University of Toronto Press, 2006)

2006
Bart Beaty, Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary
Fredric Wertham and the Critique of Mass Culture (University Press of Mississippi, 2005)

2005
Peter Van Wyck, Dept. of Communication Studies, Concordia University
Signs of Danger: Waste, Trauma and Nuclear Threat (University of Minnesota Press, 2004)

2004
Charles Acland, Dept. of Communication Studies, Concordia University
Screen Traffic: Movies, Multiplexes, and Global Culture (Duke University Press, 2003)

2003
Michael Dorland, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
Maurice Charland, Dept. of Communication Studies, Concordia University
Law, Rhetoric and Irony in the Formation of Canadian Civil Culture (University of Toronto Press, 2002)

2002
no award conferred

2001
Karim H. Karim, School of Communication, Carleton University
The Islamic Peril, Media and Global Violence (Black Rose Press, 2000)

Van Horne Prize

The Van Horne Institute, Canada's leading institute of public policy and education in the fields of transportation and regulated industries, generously sponsors a $1,000 award for the best student paper submitted to the CCA annual conference. This is in recognition of their mandate to consider "transportation" in its broadest context, including media and telecommunications.

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Past recipients of the Van Horne Institute Student Paper Prize:

2009
Erin Despard, PhD Candidate, Communication Studies, Concordia University
"Crime Prevention and the Urban Landscape: Questions for Environmental Communication"

2008
Rob McMahon, PhD Candidate, School of Communication, Simon Fraser University
“Bringing Peace to Practice?: The Need to Consider Journalism Practice when Reforming Aboriginal Media Coverage in Canada"

2007
Jason Hannan, PhD Candidate, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
“George Herbert Mead's Ideational Network and Contribution to Intellectual Capital"

2006
Naomi Fraser, PhD Candidate, Communication and Culture Program, York University
“Model Users and Civilized Flows”

2005
Aliaa Dakroury, PhD Candidate, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
“Whose Right to Communicate: Al-Jazeera or CRTC?”

2004
Faiza Hirji, PhD Candidate, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University
“When Local Meets Lucre: Commerce and Culture in Bollywood Cinema”

2003
Boulou E. de B'béri, Joint PhD Program in Communications, Concordia University
“Africanicity in Black Cinemas: A Conjunctural Ground for New Expressions of Identity”