National Business Book Award

National Business Book Award
Presented by	PricewaterhouseCoopers BMO The Globe and Mail
Date	1985 - Present
Location	Toronto
Country	Canada
Reward	20,000 C$[1]
Currently held by	Ezra Levant
Official website	nbbaward.com

The National Business Book Award is an award presented to Canadian business authors. The award, presented every year since 1985, is sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Bank of Montreal, and the Globe and Mail.^[2]

Among the six jury members is jury chairman Roger Martin, Dean of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Also in the jury are Peter Mansbridge, Chief Correspondant for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's CBC News and Pamela Wallin, a Conservative sitting in the Canadian Senate.^[3]

Winners

• 2011 : Ezra Levant, Ethical Oil: The Case for Canada's Oil Sands (McLelland & Stewart, 2010, ISBN 0771046413)^[1]
• 2010 : Jeff Rubin, Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization (Random House, 2009, ISBN 1400068509)
• 2009 : Gordon Pitts, Stampede!: The Rise of the West and Canada's New Power Elite (Key Porter Books, 2008, ISBN 1554701201)^[4]
• 2008 : William Marsden, Stupid to the Last Drop: How Alberta Is Bringing Environmental Armageddon to Canada (And Doesn't Seem to Care) (Knopf Canada, 2007, ISBN 0676979130)^[5]
• 2007 : Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization (Island Press, 2006, ISBN 1597260649)^[6]
• 2006 : Matthew Bellamy, Profiting the Crown: Canada's Polymer Corporation, 1942-1990 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2004, ISBN 0773528156)^[7]
• 2005 : Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart, Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black (Overlook Hardcover, 2004, ISBN 1585676365)^[8]
• 2004 : Kim Vicente, The Human Factor: Revolutionizing the Way People Live With Technology (Routledge, 2004, ISBN 0415978912)^[9]
• 2003 : Douglas Hunter, The Bubble and The Bear: How Nortel Burst the Canadian Dream (Doubleday Canada, 2002, ISBN 0385659180)^[10]
• 2002 : John Reynolds, Free Rider (McArthur & Company Publishing, 2001, ISBN 1552782352)^[11]
• 2001 : Naomi Klein, No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies (Knopf Canada, 2000, ISBN 0312203438)^[12]
• 2000 : Ingeborg Boyens, Unnatural Harvest: How Genetic Engineering is Altering Our Food (Doubleday Canada, 2000, ISBN 0385257899)^[13]
• 1999 : Jennifer Wells, Fever: The Dark Mystery of the Bre-X Gold Rush (Viking, 1998, ISBN 0670878154)^[14]
• 1998 : Anthony Bianco, The Reichmanns - Family, Faith, Fortune, and the Empire of Olympia and York (Random House, 1998, ISBN 0812930630)^[15]
• 1997 : Rod McQueen, Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story (McClelland & Stewart, 1996, ISBN 0771056311)^[16]
• 1996 : Heather Robertson, Driving Force: The McLaughlin Family and the Age of the Car (McClelland & Stewart, 1995, ISBN 0771075561)^[17]
• 1995 : Anne Kingston, The Edible Man: Dave Nichol, President's Choice and the Making of Popular Taste (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1995, ISBN 0921912943)^[18]
• 1994 : Duncan McDowall, Quick to the Frontier: Canada's Royal Bank (McClelland & Stewart, 1993, ISBN 0771055048)^[19]
• 1993 : Peter Foster, Self-Serve: How Petro-Canada Pumped Canadians Dry (Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 1992, ISBN 0921912382)^[20]
• 1992 : G. Bruce Doern and Brian W. Tomlin, Faith and Fear: The Free Trade Story (Stoddart, 1991, ISBN 0773725342)^[21]
• 1991 : Ann Gibbon and Peter Hadekel, Steinberg: The Breakup of a Family Empire (Macmillan of Canada, 1990, ISBN 0771591020)^[22]
• 1990 : Ian Brown, Freewheeling: the Feuds, Broods, and Outrageous Fortunes of the Billes Family and Canada's Favorite Company (HarperCollins Canada, 1989, ISBN 0002159775)^[23]
• 1989 : Greig Steward, Shutting Down the National Dream (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988, ISBN 0075496755^[24]
• 1988 : Michael Bliss, Northern Enterprise: Five Centuries of Canadian Business (McClelland & Stewart, 1990, ISBN 0771015690)^[25]
• 1987 : Philip Smith, Harvest from the Rock: A History of Mining in Ontario (Macmillan of Canada, 1986, ISBN 0771597053)^[26]
• 1986 : Ann Shortell and Patricia Best, A Matter of Trust (Penguin Books, 1986, ISBN 0140077219)^[27]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ezra Levant wins National Business Book Award". Toronto: The Globe and Mail. 12 May 2011. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/ezra-levant-wins-national-business-book-award/article2019924/. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
2. ^ "National Business Book Award". University of Western Ontario. http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs/generalbusiness/nationalbusinessbookaward.html. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
3. ^ "Jury Members". National Business Book Award. http://www.nbbaward.com/jury.asp. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Business book award winner foresees shift in power to Alberta". CBC News. 7 May 2009. http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/books/story/2009/05/07/business-book.html. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Gazette reporter wins Business Book Award". The Montreal Gazette. http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=9845596d-a79a-4fd2-b426-c9a088c842a0. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
6. ^ "2007 Winner". National Business Book Award. http://www.nbbaward.com/winner-2007.asp. Retrieved 2 August 2011. 
7. ^ "Matthew Bellamy Scoops Award for Business Book". The Globe and Mail. 21 April 2006. p. B7. 
8. ^ Bloom, Richard (16 June 2005). "Globe Writers Capture Award for Business Book". The Globe and Mail. 
9. ^ "Vicente's Human Factor Wins Business-Book Award". The Globe and Mail. 23 April 2004. p. R2. 
10. ^ "Book about Rise and Fall of Nortel Wins National Award". National Post. 11 June 2003. 
11. ^ "Reynolds Awarded Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail. 23 April 2002. 
12. ^ "Naomi Klein's No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies Wins National Business Book Award". Canada NewsWire. 25 April 2001. 
13. ^ "Business Book Award Nominees Named". The Globe and Mail. 17 May 2000. 
14. ^ "Globe Writer Nominated for Award". The Globe and Mail. 5 May 1999. 
15. ^ "Reichmann Story Winner". The Globe and Mail. 28 April 1998. 
16. ^ "Confed Expose Wins Award". Toronto Star. 27 April 1997. 
17. ^ "Noises Off Wanted: Journalism With No Conscience". The Globe and Mail. 15 June 1996. 
18. ^ "Four vie for business book award". The Globe and Mail. 11 March 1995. 
19. ^ "Biography of a Bank Named Best Business Book". The Globe and Mail. 26 March 1994. 
20. ^ "Foster Wins Business Book Award". The Globe and Mail. 10 April 1993. 
21. ^ "Ottawa Professors Share Book Award". Calgary Herald. 14 April 1992. 
22. ^ "Finalists Announced for Business Book Award". The Montreal Gazette. 20 March 1991. 
23. ^ "Brown Wins Book Awar". The Globe and Mail. 17 April 1990. 
24. ^ "Avro Arrow Book Named for Award". Toronto Star. 12 April 1989. 
25. ^ "Business Book Award Goes to Michael Bliss". The Globe and Mail. 12 April 1988. 
26. ^ "British Writer Wins Book Prize". Vancouver Sun. 23 May 1987. 
27. ^ Coyne, Andrew (21 June 1986). "Trust Industry Saga Wins New Book Award". Financial Post.