The Marcel Cadieux Distinguished Writing Award is an annual award of $1000 in recognition of the author of the best article to appear in any given volume of the IJ. Evaluations are based on scholarship, contribution to knowledge, clear writing, and accessibility to the general public.
In a 40-year career with the Department of External Affairs (as it then was), Marcel Cadieux was under-secretary of state for external affairs and Canada's first francophone ambassador to the United States. Allan Gotlieb's eulogy, delivered at M. Cadieux's funeral on 25 March 1981, neatly captured the essence of the man: “Marcel Cadieux was a man who cared. Often he more than cared. He was passionate ... about what he believed in - justice, fairness, and doing the right thing ... Faced with a committed Marcel, what colleague was not moved by the enormous sense of personal involvement, by the outpouring of his concern, by that passion that could arouse people, change things and events?”
In 1961 the CIIA was pleased to publish in translation Cadieux's The Canadian Diplomat: An Essay in Definition, a pioneering work for aspiring diplomats, particularly francophone Canadians.
First awarded in 1989, the Marvin Gelber Essay Prize was established in recognition of the abiding interest of Marvin Gelber in international affairs and of his many years of service on the National Council of the Canadian Institute of International Affairs and as chair of the International Journal Committee.
The $1000 prize is awarded annually to the best article in the “Coming Attractions” series, which features the work of graduate students.
Oliver Thränert has won the 2009 award for "Would we really miss the nuclear nonproliferation treaty?" published in vol. 63, no. 2, spring 2008.
Recent winners include:
Asteris Huliaras and Nikolaos Tzifakis won the award in 2008 for “Contextual approaches to human security: Canada and Japan in the Balkans,” published in summer 2007, volume 62, no. 3.
Bruce Gilley won the award in 2007 for “Elite-led democratization in China: Prospects, perils, and policy implications,” published in the Global China issue, spring 2006.
Adam Chapnick won the award in 2006 for “Peace, order, and good government: The 'conservative' tradition in Canadian foreign policy,” published in the annual John W. Holmes issue on Canadian foreign policy, summer 2005.
Will Kymlicka was the 2005 award winner for “Marketing Canadian pluralism in the international arena,” published in the annual John W. Holmes issue on Canadian foreign policy, autumn 2004.
Denis Stairs won the award in 2004 for “Myths, morals, and reality in Canadian foreign policy,” published in the spring 2003 issue of IJ.
Patrick Travers & Taylor Owen have won the 2009 award for “Between metaphor and strategy: Canada's integrated approach to peacebuilding in Afghanistan,” published in vol. 63, no. 3, summer 2008.
Recent winners include:
Joshua D. Kertzer, who won in 2008 for “Seriousness, grand strategy, and paradigm shifts in the ‘war on terror’,” published in autumn 2007, volume 62, no. 4
Michael Cotey Morgan, who won the prize in 2007 for “Michael Ignatieff: Idealism and the challenge of the ‘lesser evil’,” published in the Gidsland issue, Autumn 2006.
Sean Burges, whose article “Auto-estima in Brazil: The logic of Lula's south-south foreign policy” was the IJ's “Coming Attractions” article in the Summer 2005 issue.
Philippe Lagassé, who won the prize in 2005 for “The International Criminal Court and the foreign policies of the United States,” published in Spring 2004.
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