Author Thomas Courchene to Receive Honorary Degree at Fall Convocation
Posted October 23, 2000
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - October 20, 2000 2000-10-09-OTHER
Author Thomas Courchene to Receive Honorary Degree at Fall Convocation
Dr. Thomas Courchene of Queens University will be presented with an honorary
Doctor of Laws at the Fall 2000 Convocation ceremony. Dr. Courchene was
born in Wakaw, Saskatchewan and received his Honours B.A. from the
University of Saskatchewan in 1962. He went on to earn a Ph.D. from
Princeton University in 1967.
Courchene was Professor of Economics at the University of Western Ontario
for over 20 years. He was also a visiting Professor at Ecole Nationale
D?Administration Publique in Montreal, and he occupied the John P. Roberts
Chair in Canadian Studies at York University. In 1988 he accepted the
Directorship of Queen?s University?s new School of Policy Studies.
Courchene has been a prolific writer throughout his career, authoring some
250 books and articles on Canadian policy issues. He won the 1994 Doug
Purvis award for best Canadian economic policy contribution for his book,
"Social Canada in the Millenium". His most recent book, From Heartland to
North American Region State: The Social, Fiscal and Federal Evolution of
Ontario, won the Donner Prize for best book on Canadian Public Policy.
Courchene has won numerous awards and honours over the course of his
distinguished career. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
was invested as an Officer in the Order of Canada, and has won the Molson
Prize in the Social Sciences and Humanities. The Molson Prize recognized
him for his outstanding lifetime contributions to the cultural and
intellectual life of Canada.
Dr. Courchene is currently the Jarislowsky-Deutsch Professor of Economic and
Financial Policy, a member of the Departments of Economics, Policy Studies
and Law, and is Director of the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of
Economic Policy, at Queen?s University.
For more information please contact:
Jacquie Fraser
Director of Registration, Exams and Convocation
Office of the Registrar
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966 - 6728
