CSPR’s primary investigator Gregory Taylor was nominated to the final five for his book, Shut Off: The Canadian Digital Television Transition (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2013). Shut Off examined the technology and policies involved with Canada’s switch from analogue to digital television broadcasting, which cleared the 700MHz band for 2014’s Mobile Broadband Services (MBS) spectrum auction.

The Donner Book Prize annually rewards excellence and innovation in public policy writing by Canadians.