The George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

The Inaugural George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winner, Maggie De Vries, Missing Sarah
Adjudicator, Craig McLuckie, Chair, Department of English

The Second Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winner, Robert Hunter, The Greenpeace to Amchitka: An Environmental Odyssey
Adjudicator, Ross Tyner, Chair, Library Department

The Third Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winners, Leslie Robertson and Dara Culhane, In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver
Adjudicator, Myrna Kostash

The Fourth Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winner, Harold Rhenisch, The Wolves at Evelyn
Adjudicator, Sharon Josephson, Chair, Communications

The Fifth Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winner, Leilah Nadir, The Orange Trees of Baghdad
Adjudicator, Ivan Townshend, Chair, Geography, University of Lethbridge

The Sixth Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winner, Steven Galloway, The Cellist of Sarajevo
Adjudicator, Robert MacDonald, Okanagan Institute

The Seventh Annual George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature

Winners,
Larry Campbell, Neil Boyd and Lori Culbert, A Thousand Dreams: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and the Fight for its Future