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A huge congratulations to Donald J. Savoie for winning the 2015 Donner Prize. Professor Savoie was awarded the $50,000 Donner Prize for What Is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer. His book was chosen from an impressive list of 86 submissions by a five-member jury: A. Anne McLellan (Jury Chair), Jean-Marie Dufour, Peter George, V. Peter … Read More >
The first-ever New Brunswick Book Awards were handed out this week at the Capitol Theatre in Moncton, New Brunswick. The awards gala shared the stage with this year’s Atlantic Book Awards, which was part of the Frye Festival.
The inaugural winners included Donald J. Savoie who won the Writers Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for non-fiction for Read More >
This April marks the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising. The Rising, which took place in Dublin over six days in April 1916, was an attempt by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland by force. The rebellion collapsed, and its leaders were executed, but the events of Easter Week would lead ultimately to … Read More >
Sean Mill’s latest book, A Place in the Sun, which was officially launched just last week here in Montreal, was also recently reviewed by the Montreal Gazette. The following is an excerpt from Ian McGillis’ piece “A Place in the Sun traces the Haitian face of Quebec”.
Understanding history is more than just … Read More >
Last week our MQUP colleagues, Ryan Van Huijstee and Elena Goranescu, attended the event in Ottawa announcing the completion of the Final Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Here are Ryan’s observations:
The words “moved” and “moving” were used frequently over the last week to describe the release of the Truth and Reconciliation … Read More >
A change in government alone won’t fix the malaise
Donald Savoie
Special to The Globe and Mail
Published Saturday, Nov. 28, 2015 6:00 AM ET
“One can appreciate the euphoria being felt by public servants in Ottawa with the change of government. The perception, if not the reality, among them is that the previous government never understood, … Read More >
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT GOOD AT? author and policy expert Donald Savoie was interviewed this weekend by The Ottawa Sun to discuss government and the current state of the Canadian public service.
“We’ve created a big whale that can’t swim, that’s what we’ve done,” Savoie said in an interview with the Sun, touching on career politicians, the morale … Read More >
In case you missed it this morning, Donald J. Savoie joined Piya Chattopadhyay on CBC Radio: The Current to discuss his new book, What Is Government Good At?, the Duffy Trial, and how Canada’s public service has lost its way over the last 35 years.
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT GOOD AT? A Canadian Answer
By Donald … Read More >
Please join McGill-Queen’s University Press and Victor C. Goldbloom in celebrating the launch of his memoir:
Monday, June 1st
5:00 – 7:00 PM
Montreal City Hall
275 rue Notre-Dame E.
A life devoted to social reconciliation and public understanding.
A pediatrician, provincial politician, and pioneer of interfaith dialogue, Victor Goldbloom (b. 1923) has led a rich and … Read More >
In case you missed it yesterday, Brooke Jeffrey was on CTV Montreal discussing Dismantling Canada, her new book about Stephen Harper’s agenda to create a new Conservative Canada.