The 2013 Gunn Prize is awarded to Ms Dara Marcus, a graduate student at the University of Ottawa in Public and International Affairs. Click here to read the essay. A jury consisting of CIHS members Dr. Gerry Van Kessel, Dr. Kurt Jensen and Rob Vineberg along with Drs. Abel Chikanda and Andrew Thompson of the Balsillie School of International Affairs (a joint initiative of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo), reviewed submissions and made the decision.