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Donald J. Savoie

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]

Biography

Savoie 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

With B. Guy Peters (eds.)

With Ralph Winter (eds.)

With Maurice Beaudin

With André Raynauld

Prizes and awards

Donald 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Réforme des langues officielles: Donald Savoie fera partie du comité d'experts". Acadie Nouvelle (in French). 7 March 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Donald Savoie". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  4. ^ Sheppard, Jim (20 May 2008). "Donald Savoie on the crisis of Canadian government". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  5. ^ "National Business Book Award announces finalists". InsideHalton.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Order of Canada". Archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ "Donald J. Savoie, First Winner of the Yvan Allaire Medal in Governance". Igopp.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  9. ^ "PAST WINNERS 2015 – The Donner Prize". Donnerbookprize.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  10. ^ "New Brunswick Book Awards announces 1st winners". Cbc.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Donald J. Savoie". Killamlaureates.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  12. ^ "2011 Order of New Brunswick recipients". www2.gnb.ca. Archived from the original on 23 April 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  13. ^ Canada, Employment and Social Development (27 February 2004). "Professor Donald Savoie Receives Treasury Board Simon Reisman Fellowship". Canada.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Presentation of the Vanier Medal". Archive.gg.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  15. ^ "Testimonial Award | National". Ppforum.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Member Directory | The Royal Society of Canada". Rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  17. ^ "Bulletin des Anciens" (PDF). Ceaac.umoncton.ca. December 1991. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  18. ^ Medley, Mark (27 April 2016). "Donald J. Savoie wins non-fiction Donner Prize". Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  19. ^ "1992 Donald Smiley Prize". Cpsa-acsp.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  20. ^ "Le prix France-Acadie". Amitiesfranceacadie.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  21. ^ "Cinquante finissants de Sainte-Anne reçoivent leur diplôme". Usainteanne.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  22. ^ Belliveau, Renée. "Mount A Libraries: History of Acadians at Mount Allison: Honorary Degree Recipients". Libraryguides.mta.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  23. ^ "List of Honorary Degrees Conferred by Dalhousie University, 1986-2004" (PDF). Cdn.dal.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  24. ^ "Honorary Degrees". Saint Mary's University. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  25. ^ "Acadia Announces Honorary Degree Recipients - Acadia University". 2.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  26. ^ "Our Spring 2018 Honorary Doctorate recipients". Uottawa.ca. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  27. ^ "SAVOIE, Donald J." Office of the President. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
Awards
Preceded by Donner Prize
2015 		Succeeded by
Alex Marland
Preceded by Killam Prize in Social Sciences
2015 		Succeeded by