{"id":10703,"date":"2022-07-04T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/?post_type=nouvelles&#038;p=10703"},"modified":"2022-07-04T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:56:35","slug":"library-and-archives-canada-announces-2022-scholar-award-winners","status":"publish","type":"nouvelles","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/news\/library-and-archives-canada-announces-2022-scholar-award-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Library and Archives Canada announces 2022 Scholar Award winners\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uashat-born novelist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kwahiatonhk.com\/auteurs\/naomi-fontaine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Naomi Fontaine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is one of five winners of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bac-lac.gc.ca\/eng\/about-us\/foundation\/scholars-awards\/Pages\/default.aspx\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2022 Library and Archives Canada Scholar Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. These awards, co-presented by the LAC Foundation and Library and Archives Canada, recognize outstanding contributions to the creation and promotion of Canadian literary heritage and historical knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fontaine, a graduate of Laval University, published her first book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kuessipan, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to critical acclaim in 2011. The 2019 film adaptation, directed by Myriam Verreault, was nominated for numerous Canadian film awards. Her third book, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shuni<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, won the Prix litt\u00e9raire des coll\u00e9giens 2020 and the Prix de cr\u00e9ation litt\u00e9raire du Salon du livre de Qu\u00e9bec 2020, adult literature category.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other winners:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Performer, composer, activist, and musicologist <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/jeremydutcher.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jeremy Dutcher<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who studied music and anthropology at Dalhousie University in Halifax. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After graduating, Dutcher worked in the Canadian Museum of History archives, transcribing Wolastoq songs from century-old wax cylinders, which inspired his debut album <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wolastoqiyik Lintuwakonawa<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Dutcher won the 2018 Polaris Music Prize for Best Canadian Album of the Year, and in 2019 he won the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ottawa-based photojournalist, visual artist and author <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carissephoto.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jean-Marc Carisse<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, whose photographic legacy bears witness to Canada\u2019s collective history. Carisse has been an accredited photographer at several global events, including Francophone summits, the Summit of the Americas, and the G7 and G8 summits. In 2002, he won a Queen\u2019s Golden Jubilee Medal for his outstanding contribution to Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Visual and conceptual artist and photographer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artnet.com\/artists\/stan-douglas\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stan Douglas<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and studied at Emily Carr College of Art. His work is held in museum collections all over the world. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He is a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France and has won the 2019 Audain Prize for the Visual Arts, the 2016 Hasselblad Award, the 2013 Scotiabank Photography Award, and the Infinity Award from the International Center of Photography (2012). He will represent Canada at the 59th Venice Biennale.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toronto-based filmmaker <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamiltonmehta.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deepa Mehta<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> graduated from the Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, with a degree in Philosophy. Her films, which include the Elemental Trilogy:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Fire <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(1996),<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Earth<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (1998), and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (2005), focus on issues of human rights and social injustice and have earned her an international reputation. Mehta<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">received the 2012 Governor General\u2019s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement and the Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee medal. In 2013, she received both the Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@gulfergin_01?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> G\u00fclfer ERG\u0130N<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/books?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong>Catherine Fisher, bloguer<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":10707,"parent":0,"template":"","categorie-de-nouvelle":[61],"class_list":["post-10703","nouvelles","type-nouvelles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categorie-de-nouvelle-culture-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles\/10703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nouvelles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/nouvelles"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categorie-de-nouvelle","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categorie-de-nouvelle?post=10703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}