Shelagh Grant became the first Canadian woman to win the $15,000 Lionel Gelber Prize for her book Polar Imperative: A History of Arctic Sovereignty in North America.
The annual award honors an international nonfiction book "that seeks to
deepen public debate on significant global issues."Grant will accept
the prize at a ceremony and lecture in Toronto on March 29, Quillblog reported.
Jury
chair Paul Cadario praised the book as "a comprehensive account of the
interplay of politics, economics, institutions, and culture that few
ever experienced first-hand."