WATERLOO, ON—Christopher Alcantara, an associate professor of Political Science at Laurier, has been awarded the Canadian Studies Network’s Prize for the Best Book in Canadian Studies. Alcantara received the prize for his book, Negotiating the Deal: Comprehensive Land Claims Agreements in Canada, published in March 2013.
The Canadian Studies Network, an organization that supports the scholarly study of Canada, awards the Prize for the Best Book in Canadian Studies to an author or authors whose work on a Canadian subject best advances knowledge and understanding of Canada and Canadian Studies. Negotiating the Deal was recognized for presenting a fresh angle on an important Canadian topic: land claims treaties between Aboriginal groups and the federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada.
