Awards

• Runner-up for Donner Prize, Donner Foundation 2000 (Canada)
• Short-listed for Harold Adams Innis Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences 2002 (Canada)

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A remarkable and well-researched study that adds a measure of sanity to the often histrionic debate over Aboriginal rights and redresses in Canada. ... a cogent and compelling argument for integration as the middle road. -- Suzanne Methot * Quill & Quire * Citizens Plus is a wonderfully informed, well-documented and balanced analysis of the issues, and political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. More importantly, it's a refreshing work since it addresses in a positive and realistic manner the fatal flaws that surround much of the debate. -- The Donner Prize Jury [This book] is an exciting and provocative investigation of the importance of citizenship in the modern age. Cairn's work deserves a broad and diverse audience. -- Ken Coates * Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 * ... in his book, Citizens Plus, he's on to some wider possibilities that might bridge the dangerously widening divide between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians... It puts the emphasis on what we share in common the foundation of sensible mutual relations, rather than on the idea that we share next to nothing or that aboriginals' distinctiveness is of no value to them or us. -- Jeffrey Simpson * The Globe and Mail *

A remarkable and well-researched study that adds a measure of sanity to the often histrionic debate over Aboriginal rights and redresses in Canada. ... a cogent and compelling argument for integration as the middle road. -- Suzanne Methot Quill & Quire Citizens Plus is a wonderfully informed, well-documented and balanced analysis of the issues, and political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. More importantly, it's a refreshing work since it addresses in a positive and realistic manner the fatal flaws that surround much of the debate. -- The Donner Prize Jury ... in his book, Citizens Plus, he's on to some wider possibilities that might bridge the dangerously widening divide between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians... It puts the emphasis on what we share in common the foundation of sensible mutual relations, rather than on the idea that we share next to nothing or that aboriginals' distinctiveness is of no value to them or us. -- Jeffrey Simpson The Globe and Mail [This book] is an exciting and provocative investigation of the importance of citizenship in the modern age. Cairn's work deserves a broad and diverse audience. -- Ken Coates Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1

[This book] is an exciting and provocative investigation of the importance of citizenship in the modern age. Cairn's work deserves a broad and diverse audience. -- Ken Coates * Ethnic and Racial Studies, Vol. 26, No. 1 * ... in his book, Citizens Plus, he's on to some wider possibilities that might bridge the dangerously widening divide between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians... It puts the emphasis on what we share in common the foundation of sensible mutual relations, rather than on the idea that we share next to nothing or that aboriginals' distinctiveness is of no value to them or us. -- Jeffrey Simpson * The Globe and Mail * Citizens Plus is a wonderfully informed, well-documented and balanced analysis of the issues, and political and legal debates concerning the position of Aboriginal peoples in Canada. More importantly, it's a refreshing work since it addresses in a positive and realistic manner the fatal flaws that surround much of the debate. -- The Donner Prize Jury A remarkable and well-researched study that adds a measure of sanity to the often histrionic debate over Aboriginal rights and redresses in Canada. ... a cogent and compelling argument for integration as the middle road. -- Suzanne Methot * Quill & Quire *

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Alan C. Cairns is professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia where he was a member of the Department of Political Science from 1960 until his retirement in 1995. He was awarded the 1982 Molson Prize and, in 1998, was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on federalism, the constitution, and the charter.

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