Donald Joseph Savoie CC ONB FRSC (born 1947) is a Canadian public administration and regional economic development scholar. He serves as a professor at l'Université de Moncton. In 2015, he was awarded the Killam Prize for his contribution to the field of social sciences.[1][2]
Donald J. Savoie | |
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| Born | Donald Joseph Savoie 1947 (age 76–77) Saint-Maurice, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Awards | Killam Prize (2015) |
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| Alma mater | |
| Thesis | Collaboration in Federal–Provincial Relations in Canada (1979) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Public administration |
| Institutions | Université de Moncton |
Biography
editSavoie has published many books, journal articles, and essays in edited collections.[3] His publications include Federal–Provincial Collaboration, Breaking the Bargain: Public Servants, Ministers, and Parliament, Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics, Thatcher, Reagan, Mulroney: In Search of a New Bureaucracy,[4] and What Is Government Good At? A Canadian Answer.
His biography Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose was shortlisted for the National Business Book Award (2014).[5]
He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1993[6] and promoted to Companion of the Order of Canada in 2022.[7]
Publications
edit- Federal–Provincial Collaboration, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1981
- An overview of the importance of federal–provincial relations on regional development: the restructuring of 1982, Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1984 (ISBN 0-88659-003-5)
- Regional Economic Development: Canada’s Search for Solutions, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986, reprinted 1987.
- La lutte pour le développement: le cas du Nord Est, Québec, Les presses de l’Université du Québec, 1988.
- Regional Policy in a Changing World, New York: Plenum Press, 1990.
- The Politics of Public Spending in Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1990, reprinted 1990 and 1991.
- The Politics of Language, Kingston: Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Queen's University, 1991, 23 p. ( ISBN 0-88911-586-9 )
- Regional Economic Development: Canada's Search for Solutions, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992, 341 p.
- Globalization and Governance, Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1993, 37 p. ( ISBN 0-662-98781-0 )
- Thatcher, Reagan, Mulroney: In Search of a New Bureaucracy, Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1994, reprinted 1994, 1995.
- Rethinking Canada's regional development policy: a view of the Atlantic, Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1997, 67 p.
- Governing from the Centre: The Concentration of Power in Canadian Politics Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999, reprinted 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2006.
- Community Economic Development in Atlantic Canada: False Hope or Panacea, Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 2000, 131 p.
- Aboriginal Economic Development in New Brunswick [permanent dead link], Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 2000, 143 p.
- Pulling Against Gravity: Economic Development in New Brunswick During the McKenna Years, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2001
- Breaking the Bargain: Public Servants, Ministers, and Parliament Archived 15 September 2014 at archive.today, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003, reprinted 2003, 2004, 336 p.
- Visiting Grandchildren: Economic Development in the Maritimes Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, reprinted 2006.
- Court Government and the Collapse of Accountability in Canada and the United Kingdom Archived 7 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2008, reprinted 2008.
- I'm From Bouctouche, Me, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009, 316 p. (A memoir.)
- Power: Where Is It?, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2010.
- Whatever Happened to the Music Teacher? How Government Decides How and Why, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013, reprinted 2014, 336 p.
- Harrison McCain: Single-Minded Purpose, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2013, 336 p.
- What Is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer, Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015, reprinted 2016, 388 p.
- Looking for Bootstraps: Economic Development in the Maritimes, Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2017, 440 p.
- Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2019, 504 p.
- Thanks for the Business: K.C. Irving, Arthur Irving and the Story of Irving Oil, Halifax: Nimbus, 2020.
With B. Guy Peters (eds.)
edit- New Challenges of Governance, Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Management / Presses de l'Université Laval, 1995, 306 p. ( ISBN 2 -7637-7445-8 )
- Managing Incoherence: The dilemma of coordination and accountability, Ottawa: Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1995 ( ISBN 0-662-61696-0 )
- Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reforms, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1998, 311 p. ( ISBN 2-7637-7574-8 )
- Governance in the Twenty-first Century: Revitalizing the Public Service, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2001, 328 p. ( ISBN 2-7637-7765-1 )
With Ralph Winter (eds.)
edit- Les provinces maritimes : un regard sur l'avenir / The Maritime Provinces: looking to the future, Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1994, 288 p (. ISBN 0-88659-027-2 )
With Maurice Beaudin
edit- The Struggle for Development: the case of the North East, Moncton: Presses de l'Université du Québec / Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1988, 282 p.
- New Brunswick in 2000, Moncton: Canadian Institute for Research on Regional Development, 1989, 200 p. ( ISBN 0-88659-018-3 )
- The challenges of the fishing industry in New Brunswick, Moncton: Acadia Publishing, 1992, 282 p. ( ISBN 2-7600-0208-X )
With André Raynauld
edit- Essais sur le développement régional, Montreal: University Press of Montreal, 1986, 242 p. ( ISBN 2-7606-0735-6 )
Prizes and awards
editDonald J. Savoie has won numerous prizes and awards, including: inaugural recipient of the Royal Society of Canada’s Yvan Allaire Medal for outstanding contribution in governance (2018),[8] the 2015–2016 Donner Prize[9] and the inaugural recipient of the 2016 Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-fiction[10] for What Is Government Good At?, the 2015 Killam Prize in Social Sciences,[11] the Order of New Brunswick (2011),[12] finalist for the SSHRC Gold Medal for Achievement in Research (2003),[13] the Vanier Gold Medal (1999),[14] honoured by the Public Policy Forum at its twelfth annual testimonial awards (1999),[15] made an Officer of the Order of Canada (1993),[6] elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1992),[16] selected the Université de Moncton's alumnus of the year (1991).[17] Three of his books were short listed for the Donner Prize,[18] The Politics of Public Spending in Canada was the inaugural recipient of the Smiley prize (1992)[19] awarded by the Canadian Political Science Association for the best book in the study of government and politics in Canada and Les défis de l’industrie des pêches au Nouveau-Brunswick was awarded “Le Prix France-Acadie” (1993).[20]
He has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Université Sainte-Anne (1993),[21] Mount Allison (1997),[22] Dalhousie University (2003),[23] Saint Mary’s University (2011),[24] Acadia (2014)[25] and the University of Ottawa (2018).[26] He was also awarded a Doctor of Letters from Oxford University (2000).[27]
References
edit- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Société-. "Le professeur Donald J. Savoie remporte deux prix prestigieux". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Réforme des langues officielles: Donald Savoie fera partie du comité d'experts". Acadie Nouvelle (in French). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Donald Savoie". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Sheppard, Jim (20 May 2008). "Donald Savoie on the crisis of Canadian government". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ^ "National Business Book Award announces finalists". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ a b "Order of Canada". Archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Major, Darren (29 June 2022). "Sports leaders top list of new Order of Canada appointees". CBC News. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
Order is considered one of Canada's highest civilian honours
- ^ "Donald J. Savoie, First Winner of the Yvan Allaire Medal in Governance". Igopp.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "PAST WINNERS 2015 – The Donner Prize". Donnerbookprize.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "New Brunswick Book Awards announces 1st winners". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Donald J. Savoie". Killamlaureates.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "2011 Order of New Brunswick recipients". www2.gnb.ca. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
- ^ Canada, Employment and Social Development (27 February 2004). "Professor Donald Savoie Receives Treasury Board Simon Reisman Fellowship". Canada.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Presentation of the Vanier Medal". Archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Testimonial Award | National". Ppforum.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Member Directory | The Royal Society of Canada". Rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Bulletin des Anciens" (PDF). Ceaac.umoncton.ca. December 1991. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Medley, Mark (27 April 2016). "Donald J. Savoie wins non-fiction Donner Prize". Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "1992 Donald Smiley Prize". Cpsa-acsp.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Le prix France-Acadie". Amitiesfranceacadie.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Cinquante finissants de Sainte-Anne reçoivent leur diplôme". Usainteanne.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ Belliveau, Renée. "Mount A Libraries: History of Acadians at Mount Allison: Honorary Degree Recipients". Libraryguides.mta.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "List of Honorary Degrees Conferred by Dalhousie University, 1986-2004" (PDF). Cdn.dal.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Honorary Degrees". Saint Mary's University. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Acadia Announces Honorary Degree Recipients - Acadia University". 2.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Our Spring 2018 Honorary Doctorate recipients". Uottawa.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "SAVOIE, Donald J." Office of the President. Retrieved 18 February 2022.