The Lane Anderson Award is an annual award presented to Canadian non-fiction science in two categories; adult and young readers.[1] It is funded by the Fitzhenry Family Foundation, and headed by Sharon Fitzhenry and Hollister Doll.[2] Winners receive a plaque and a prize of 10,000 dollars. Winners are selected based on a book's relevance to current events and on its ability to relate scientific issues to everyday life.[3]
| Year | Title | Author | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | It Takes Guts | Jennifer Gardy | Greystone Books | |
| 2019 | Heads Up | Melanie Siebert | Orca | |
| 2018 | The Space Adventurer's Guide | Peter McMahon | Kids Can Press | |
| 2017 | Biometrics | Maria Birmingham[4] | Owl Kids | |
| 2016 | 5 Giraffes | Anne Innis Dagg[5] | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| 2015 | The Queen's Shadow | Cybele Young | Kids Can Press | |
| 2014 | Fuzzy Forensics: DNA Fingerprinting Gets Wild | L.E. Carmichael | Ashby-BP | |
| 2013 | Before the World Was Ready: Stories of Daring Genius in Science | Claire Eamer | Annick Press | |
| 2012 | Big Green Book of the Big Blue Sea | Helaine Becker | Kids Can Press | |
| 2011 | Nowhere Else on Earth: Standing Tall for the Great Bear Rainforest | Caitlyn Vernon | Orca Book Publishers |
| Year | Title | Author | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ontario's Old-growth Forests 2nd edition | Michael Henry | Fitzhenry & Whiteside | |
| 2019 | The Reality Bubble | Ziya Tong | Penguin Random House | |
| 2018 | 18 Miles | Christopher Dewdney | ECW Press | |
| 2017 | Our Vanishing Glaciers | Robert William Sandford[6] | Rocky Mountain Books | |
| 2016 | At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast | Caroline Fox | Rocky Mountain Books | |
| 2015 | Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths | Alanna Mitchell | ECW Press | |
| 2014 | Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use to Make Everyday Products | Stephen Leahy | Firefly Books | |
| 2013 | The Peace-Athabasca Delta: Portrait of a Dynamic Ecosystem | Kevin P. Timoney | University of Alberta Press | |
| 2012 | The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos | Neil Turok | House of Anansi Press | |
| 2011 | The Atlantic Coast: A Natural History | Harry Thurston | Greystone Books |