Donald J. Savoie

Born
Donald Joseph Savoie

1947 (age 7677)
AwardsKillam Prize (2015)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisCollaboration in Federal–Provincial Relations in Canada (1979)
Academic work
DisciplinePublic administration
InstitutionsUniversité de Moncton

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. 1 2 "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.
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