Awarded by the Canadian, the Donald Smiley Prize was established to honour the life and work of Donald V. Smiley (1921-1990) and to encourage the ideaAwarded by the Canadian, the Donald Smiley Prize was established to honour the life and work of Donald V. Smiley (1921-1990) and to encourage the ideals of scholarship represented by this great Canadian political scientist. An internationally renowned professor of Canadian government and politics and later Professor Emeritus at York University, Professor Smiley served as President of the Canadian Political Science Association.