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History of the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue

The Jack P. Blaney Endowment Fund was established at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV in September 2000 by friends and colleagues to honour then-President Dr. Jack P. Blaney. Dr. Blaney’s leadership and vision were pivotal to the conception and building of the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, a unique physical space to convene dialogues on global issues and build consensus to resolve major conflicts. This international conference centre has helped to inspire a legacy of dialogue-based programming, both within the university and community-at-large.

The Endowment Fund supports the Jack P. Blaney Award for Dialogue and provides operating expenses to fund the presentation of the award every second year. The award includes a C$10,000 cash prize, international travel expenses for the recipient, an award presentation ceremony and acceptance speech, one or more public dialogue events organized by ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Centre for Dialogue in consultation with the award recipient and related program costs. All award programming and events normally occur in Vancouver, Canada.