Peter Aucoin
Peter Aucoin is Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Government and Political Science and Professor of Public Administration at Dalhousie University. He received his university education at Saint Mary's (BA), Dalhousie (MA) and Queen's (PhD). He has been a faculty member at Dalhousie University since 1970.
He served as Director of the School of Public Administration from 1985 to 1990 and Chair of the Department of Political Science from 1992 to 1995. He is a Senior Fellow of the Canada School of Public Service. He has served as Research Coordinator, Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada; Research Director, Halifax Commission on City Government; Research Director, Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing; a member of
the Peer Review Team for the review of the British Cabinet Office's
modernization program; a member of the Clerk of the Privy Council's External
Advisory Group on the modernization of human resource management. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
In 1995-96, he was President of the Canadian Political Science Association. He
has been Vice-President of the Institute of Public Administration of
Canada. He is former co-editor of the Canadian Public Administration book series of the
Institute of Public Administration of Canada. His 1995 book, The New Public
Management: Canada in Comparative Perspective (Institute for Research
on Public Policy) was awarded the international Charles Levine Book Prize as the best
book in comparative public policy and administration. He has twice won
the J.E.
Hodgetts award for the best English language article in Canadian Public
Administration. He was awarded the 1999 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia
Medal for Excellence in Public Administration by the Institute of Public
Administration of Canada. He was awarded the 2005 Vanier Medal by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada for his exceptional achievement in the field of public administration. He was awarded the 2006 Dalhousie University Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Aucoin was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2007.
