Molson Prize

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Molson Prize. Award created to recognize and encourage outstanding contributors to the arts, humanities, social sciences, or national unity. First awarded in 1964, and administered by the Canada Council, it is financed by the interest on a $1 million gift to the Canada Council from the Molson Foundation. Originally $15,000, the prize was increased to $25,000 in 1982 and to $50,000 in 1983. Beginning in 1983, the number of awards was fixed at two per year, one in the arts and one in the social sciences. Of some 92 awards given by 2004, 11 had gone to musicians, presented in the years indicated: Glenn Gould (1969), Maureen Forrester (1972), Jon Vickers (1976), the members of the Orford String Quartet (1976), Lois Marshall (1980), John Weinzweig (1981), Gilles Vigneault (1982), Jean-Jacques Nattiez (1990), R. Murray Schafer (1993), Jeanne Lamon (1998), and Walter Boudreau (2003). Other persons with entries in EMC who have won the award mainly for their work in areas other than music have included Norman McLaren (1972), Michael Snow (1979), and Mavor Moore (1986).

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The website for the Historica-Dominion Institute, parent organization of The Canadian Encyclopedia and the Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Check out their extensive online feature about the War of 1812, the "Heritage Minutes" video collection, and many other interactive resources concerning Canadian history, culture, and heritage.

Molson Prizes
The Molson Prizes consist of two prizes of $50,000 each are awarded annually to distinguished Canadians, one in the arts and the other in the social sciences and humanities. From Canada Council for the Arts.

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