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<div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <b>Dan Breznitz</b> has been <a href="https://www.writerstrust.com/awards/balsillie-prize-for-public-policy/">awarded the Balsille Prize for Public Policy</a> by the Writers鈥� Trust of Canada for his latest book, <i>Innovation in Real Places: Strategies for Prosperity in an Unforgiving World</i>, published by Oxford University Press.</p>
<p>鈥淲e have a lot of great research on innovation, but we are extremely bad at explaining it to policymakers, community and business leaders,鈥� Breznitz says. 鈥淎s a result, dangerous myths 鈥� on innovation, venture capitalists, intellectual property rights 鈥� become the paradigm. To counter that I wrote a book that says: Here is the latest research and this is what it tells us about the world.</p>
<p>鈥淟et鈥檚 think about how you could develop policy that will actually improve your community.鈥�</p>
<p>A professor of political economy at the University of Toronto鈥檚 Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, with a cross-appointment in the department of political science within the Faculty of Arts & Science, Breznitz is also a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research where he has co-founded and co-directs the program on innovation, equity and the future of prosperity.</p>
<p>鈥淧rofessor Breznitz is one of the most bold and incisive voices in the conversation on innovation and prosperity in Canada and beyond. He is shaping the future of innovation,鈥� said Professor <b>Peter Loewen</b>, director of the Munk School. 鈥淗e is incredibly deserving of this recognition.鈥�</p>
<p><b>Melanie Woodin</b>, dean of the Faculty of Arts & Science, congratulated Breznitz on receiving the honour.</p>
<p>鈥淒an is internationally recognized for his pioneering research on the distributional impact of innovation policies,鈥� Woodin said. 鈥淲ith this new book he asks 鈥� and answers 鈥� crucial questions about innovation-based growth and how it can help build and stabilize whole communities.鈥�</p>
<h3><a href="https://munkschool.exposure.co/417754594fd606ca8a0b645823501e66">Read a Q&A about the book with Breznitz</a></h3>
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