Bennett Jones congratulates Chris Turner on winning the National Business Book Award for his book, The Patch: The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands, published by Simon & Schuster.

Bennett Jones is a co-sponsor of the NBBA, an annual celebration of Canadian authors of outstanding non-fiction business-related books. Gino Scapillati announced Chris as the winner at a ceremony today in Toronto.

Gino says, "What makes the National Business Book Award incredibly fresh and relevant each year is the conversation that it creates in business and literary communities across Canada. Our lawyers share the business community’s intellectual curiosity for innovative and thought-provoking stories that inspire and enlighten."

National Business Book Award winner Chris Turner (centre) at the Award Ceremony today in Toronto with co-sponsors Gino Scapillati of Bennett Jones and Catherine Roche of BMO Financial Group.

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