Award-Winning Author Dan Breznitz Wins Balsillie Prize for Public Policy

The Writers’ Trust of Canada has named award-winning author Dan Breznitz the inaugural winner of the Balsillie Prize for Public Policy.

The Balsillie Prize is awarded for a book of non-fiction that advances and influences policy debates on a wide range of social, political, economic, or cultural topics relevant to Canadians.

Dan Breznitz received this honour for Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World, published by Oxford University Press. The book examines how policy makers prioritize invention over innovation to the detriment of their communities.

OBIO® was recently honoured to host Dan Breznitz as the keynote speaker at its 2021 Annual Public Meeting where he addressed some of the most compelling and thoughtful topics in his book. OBIO congratulates Dan on this outstanding achievement!