![]() ![]() Viola's decades-long investigation into Soviet government documents has made her the world's leading archival researcher of Stalinism. It's a real warning of how quickly lies can become 'the truth'." "You have to work hard to find the truth. "The documents I read are always full of lies," said Viola, a history professor at the University of Toronto. She wants the true story of Joseph Stalin's regime, a government famed for its deceit and secrecy. She's spent a lifetime digging through the archives of Soviet Russia. ![]() ![]() Lynne Viola considers herself a 'documentary fetishist'. Killam Prize winners this year shared their stories with IDEAS host, Nahlah Ayed. There's one winner in each category of scholarship: humanities, social sciences, natural science, health science, and engineering. *Originally published on September 6, 2019.Ī Killam Prize is about as prestigious as it gets for scholars in this country - often referred to by the Canada Council as "Canada's Nobel."įive scholars win a Killam Prize each year, a $100,000 award for Canada's most outstanding research. ![]()
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