Journalist-Author Chrystia Freeland’s 

Plutocrats Wins 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize

Ottawa, March 27, 2013 - The Ukrainian Canadian Congress congratulates Ukrainian Canadian author Chrystia Freeland on winning the prestigious 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize for her book Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else.

“Chrystia Freeland is a proud Ukrainian Canadian who has made it on the international stage and is being recognized globally for her tremendous contribution,” stated UCC National President Paul Grod. “I would like to congratulate Chrystia for being recognized for her work. We are grateful that Chrystia continues to give back to her community, recently having participated in the Ukraine at the Crossroads Conference.”

Chrystia Freeland is the Managing Director and Editor of Consumer News at Thomson Reuters, following years of service at the Financial Times both in New York and in London. She was the deputy editor of The Globe and Mail and has reported for the Financial Times, The Economist, and The Washington Post. Freeland’s last book was Sale of the Century: Russia’s Wild Ride from Communism to Capitalism. Chrystia currently lives in New York City.

Chrystia Freeland was born in Peace River, Alberta, where she attended Ukrainian School on Saturdays and the Ukrainian bilingual program, as well as the Ukrainian Youth Association Plast in Edmonton. She is a graduate of Harvard University and was a Rhodes Scholar.

Chrystia Freeland will be in Toronto to receive her prize and deliver the annual Lionel Gelber Prize public lecture on Monday, April 15, 2013, (5:30-7:30 pm) at the Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility in the Munk School of Global Affairs, at the University of Toronto. Admittance to the lecture is free, but registration on http://uoft.me/2013gelber prize is required as seating is limited.

The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for the world’s best non-fiction book in English on foreign affairs that seeks to deepen public debate on significant international issues. It was founded in 1989 in the memory of Canadian diplomat Lionel Gelber (1907-1989). A prize of $15,000 is awarded to the winner. The award is presented annually by The Lionel Gelber Foundation, in partnership with Foreign Policy magazine and the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.

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Chrystia Freeland