Donald J. Savoie Explained

Donald J. Savoie
Birth Name:	Donald Joseph Savoie
Birth Place:	Saint-Maurice, New Brunswick, Canada
Awards:	Killam Prize (2015)
Thesis Title:	Collaboration in Federal–Provincial Relations in Canada
Thesis Year:	1979
Discipline:	Public administration
Workplaces:	Université de Moncton

Donald Joseph Savoie (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

• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• 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, 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, 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, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003, reprinted 2003, 2004, 336 p.
• Visiting Grandchildren: Economic Development in the Maritimes, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006, reprinted 2006.
• Court Government and the Collapse of Accountability in Canada and the United Kingdom, 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.)

• 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
• Taking Stock: Assessing Public Sector Reforms, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 1998, 311 p.
• Governance in the Twenty-first Century: Revitalizing the Public Service, Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval, 2001, 328 p.

With Ralph Winter (eds.)

• 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 (.)

With Maurice Beaudin

• 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.
• The challenges of the fishing industry in New Brunswick, Moncton: Acadia Publishing, 1992, 282 p.

With André Raynauld

• Essais sur le développement régional, Montreal: University Press of Montreal, 1986, 242 p.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Zone Société-. Le professeur Donald J. Savoie remporte deux prix prestigieux. 2021-06-17. Radio-Canada.ca. fr-ca.
2. Web site: 2021-03-07. Réforme des langues officielles: Donald Savoie fera partie du comité d'experts. 2021-06-17. Acadie Nouvelle. fr-FR.
3. Web site: Donald Savoie. 2021-06-16. scholar.google.com.
4. News: Sheppard. Jim. Donald Savoie on the crisis of Canadian government. 13 June 2014. The Globe and Mail. 20 May 2008.
5. Web site: National Business Book Award announces finalists. InsideHalton.com. 18 February 2022.
6. Web site: Order of Canada. Archive.gg.ca. 18 February 2022.
7. Web site: Major . Darren . Sports leaders top list of new Order of Canada appointees . CBC News . 29 June 2022 . 29 June 2022 . Order is considered one of Canada's highest civilian honours.
8. Web site: Donald J. Savoie, First Winner of the Yvan Allaire Medal in Governance. Igopp.org. 18 February 2022.
9. Web site: PAST WINNERS 2015 – The Donner Prize. Donnerbookprize.com. 18 February 2022.
10. Web site: New Brunswick Book Awards announces 1st winners. Cbc.ca. 18 February 2022.
11. Web site: Donald J. Savoie. Killamlaureates.ca. 18 February 2022.
12. Web site: 2011 Order of New Brunswick recipients . www2.gnb.ca . 6 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120423045532/http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2011_recipients.html . 23 April 2012 . dead.
13. Web site: Professor Donald Savoie Receives Treasury Board Simon Reisman Fellowship. Employment and Social Development. Canada. 27 February 2004. Canada.ca. 18 February 2022.
14. Web site: Presentation of the Vanier Medal. Archive.gg.ca. 18 February 2022.
15. Web site: Testimonial Award | National. Ppforum.ca. 18 February 2022.
16. Web site: Member Directory | The Royal Society of Canada. Rsc-src.ca. 18 February 2022.
17. Web site: Bulletin des Anciens. December 1991. Ceaac.umoncton.ca. 18 February 2022.
18. Web site: Donald J. Savoie wins non-fiction Donner Prize. Mark. Medley. 27 April 2016. 18 February 2022. Theglobeandmail.com.
19. Web site: 1992 Donald Smiley Prize . Cpsa-acsp.ca. 18 February 2022.
20. Web site: Le prix France-Acadie. Amitiesfranceacadie.org. 18 February 2022.
21. Web site: Cinquante finissants de Sainte-Anne reçoivent leur diplôme. Usainteanne.ca. 18 February 2022.
22. Web site: Mount A Libraries: History of Acadians at Mount Allison: Honorary Degree Recipients. Renée. Belliveau. Libraryguides.mta.ca. 18 February 2022.
23. Web site: List of Honorary Degrees Conferred by Dalhousie University, 1986-2004. Cdn.dal.ca. 18 February 2022.
24. Web site: Honorary Degrees. Saint Mary's University. 18 February 2022.
25. Web site: Acadia Announces Honorary Degree Recipients - Acadia University. 2.acadiau.ca. 18 February 2022.
26. Web site: Our Spring 2018 Honorary Doctorate recipients. Uottawa.ca. 18 February 2022.
27. Web site: SAVOIE, Donald J.. Office of the President. 18 February 2022.