Carleton University history professor shortlisted for prestigous Canadian Donner Prize

OTTAWA — Carleton University professors Ruth Phillips and Christopher Worswick are on the shortlist for the $50,000 Donner Prize in public policy writing....

Phillips, a history professor at Carleton and Canadian Research Chair in Modern Culture, is the author of Museum Pieces: Towards the Indigenization of Canadian Museums, which examines the changes made to museums in Canada over the last 30 years to better reflect Canada’s diverse society....

The winner of this year’s Donner Prize will be announced May 1 at an awards ceremony in Toronto.