CanLit Responds has ended its boycott of the Giller Prize.

The group of authors and cultural workers, which has been boycotting the prize and campaigning for the Giller to end its partnerships with sponsors Scotiabank, Indigo, and the Azrieli Foundation since November 2024, announced on April 10 that it was ending its years-long boycott of the prize. Scotiabank was the lead sponsor of the Giller until February 2025, when the Giller Prize announced they had ended their relationship. CanLit Responds said that Giller executive director Elana Rabinovitch said in a February 2026 email that the prize had also ended its relationships with the Azrieli Foundation and with Indigo.

“This is a victory for collective action over individual gain,” author Kyo Maclear, one of the Boycott Giller signatories, said in a press release. “Over 500 of my fellow authors and book workers have used their voices and public platforms to show that human solidarity will always be more powerful and creative than profit and war, and that genocide- and Apartheid-invested sponsors have no place in our literary community.”

In an email shared with Q&Q by CanLit Responds, Rabinovitch said on Jan. 23 that the Giller’s contract with the Azrieli Foundation ended at the end of 2025 after three years of funding.

“As we move forward to seek new supporters, we will continue to ensure all sponsors align with our mission of championing the very best of Canadian literature,” Rabinovitch wrote.

CanLit Responds had been waiting for the Giller to publicly confirm the ended relationships, but when an announcement from the Giller wasn’t forthcoming, the group decided to share the news themselves after consulting with signatories of the boycott, group member Michael DeForge tells Q&Q.

The Giller did not immediately respond to Q&Q‘s request for comment.