Gilles Paquet
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Gilles Paquet, OC
, FRSC
(born July 19, 1936) is a Canadian
economist
, President of the Royal Society of Canada
from 2003 to 2005. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the School of Management and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa
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He was professor of economics
, and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University. From 1981 to 1988; subsequently, he was Dean of the Faculty of Administration at the University of Ottawa
, and in 1997, Founding Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. He chaired the Panel presenting the 2006 report on the National Capital Commission Mandate Review.
Paquet has authored or edited over 35 books and over 350 academic papers or book chapters. His specialties are Canadian economic history, urban and regional studies, industrial organization, public management, knowledge management, and governance. Additionally, he has written several hundred non-academic articles in a variety of magazines and newspapers. He is noted for a particular interest in "administrative pathologies and subversion."
Paquet has been active as a journalist on the radio and television network of Radio-Canada since the 1970s, as an editorial writer for some 5 years in the print media in the 1990s, and as commentator on national affairs on TVOntario
from 1995 to 2006. Beginning 1994, he has been Editor in Chief of www.optimumonline.ca -- a journal of public sector management and governance with over 10,000 subscribers.
Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
, FRSC
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
(born July 19, 1936) is a Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
economist
Economist
An economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, President of the Royal Society of Canada
Royal Society of Canada
The Royal Society of Canada , may also operate under the more descriptive name RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada , is the oldest association of scientists and scholars in Canada...
from 2003 to 2005. He is currently Professor Emeritus at the School of Management and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre on Governance of the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
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He was professor of economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Carleton University. From 1981 to 1988; subsequently, he was Dean of the Faculty of Administration at the University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...
, and in 1997, Founding Director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa. He chaired the Panel presenting the 2006 report on the National Capital Commission Mandate Review.
Paquet has authored or edited over 35 books and over 350 academic papers or book chapters. His specialties are Canadian economic history, urban and regional studies, industrial organization, public management, knowledge management, and governance. Additionally, he has written several hundred non-academic articles in a variety of magazines and newspapers. He is noted for a particular interest in "administrative pathologies and subversion."
Paquet has been active as a journalist on the radio and television network of Radio-Canada since the 1970s, as an editorial writer for some 5 years in the print media in the 1990s, and as commentator on national affairs on TVOntario
TVOntario
TVOntario, often referred to only as TVO , is a publicly funded, educational English-language television station and media organization in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is operated by the Ontario Educational Communications Authority, a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Ontario...
from 1995 to 2006. Beginning 1994, he has been Editor in Chief of www.optimumonline.ca -- a journal of public sector management and governance with over 10,000 subscribers.
Honors
- Honorary doctorates from Université LavalUniversité LavalLaval University is the oldest centre of education in Canada and was the first institution in North America to offer higher education in French...
, Thompson Rivers UniversityThompson Rivers UniversityThompson Rivers University is a comprehensive university located in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. It offers students a broad range of courses, career streams, and the ability to ladder credits from diploma programs into full degrees...
, and Queen's UniversityQueen's UniversityQueen's University, , is a public research university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded on 16 October 1841, the university pre-dates the founding of Canada by 26 years. Queen's holds more more than of land throughout Ontario as well as Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England...
. - (2006), he received the Public Service Citation 2006 from the Association of Professional Executives of the Public Service of Canada
- (2007), he was made an Honorary Member of the Association des économistes québécois - one of only 6 in the last thirty years.
- President of the Social Sciences Federation of Canada as well as of a number of other Canadian and Quebec associations.
- Secretary-Treasurer of the Canadian Economics Association, 1967 to 1981.
- In 1982, Jacques-Rousseau medal in recognition of important contributions to research of a multidisciplinary nature,
- 1989 the Esdras-Minville medal for the corpus of his work in social sciences.
- Member of the Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of ArtsThe Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
in 1989, - member of the Order of CanadaOrder of CanadaThe Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is, within the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, the second highest honour for merit...
1992.
External links
- http://gouvernance.ca/
- http://gillespaquet.com