(October 3, 1943 – July 7, 2011)
Early life
Aucoin was born in 1943 in Halifax.[4] He attended Saint Mary's University High School, and went on to get his Bachelor of Arts from Saint Mary's University. He earned his master's degree from Dalhousie University, and his Ph.D. from Queen's University.[3]Career
Aucoin was appointed to the Dalhousie University faculty in 1970, and became a full professor nine years later.[3] From 1985 to 1990, he was the director of the School of Public Administration, and from 1992 to 1995, he served as chairman of the Department of Political Science.[5] When he retired in 2009, he was the Eric Dennis Memorial Professor of Government and Political Science and Professor of Public Administration.Aucoin worked in an advisory capacity to the Canadian government at federal, provincial, and municipal levels.[2] He was the Science Advisor for the Science Council of Canada, and coordinated research with the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada from 1985 to 1986. He was the director of research for the Royal Commission on Electoral Reform and Party Financing from 1990 to 1991, as well as the Halifax Commission on City Government.[3] He was also senior fellow of the Canada School of Public Service.[5] Aucoin also was called upon several times to be the lead expert witness in court cases relating to election and referendum law, including spending limits on third party election advertising in Canada.[6][3] He was a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Research on Public Policy.[2][7]
From 1995 to 1996, Aucoin was the president of the Canadian Political Science Association. He also was previously the vice president of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada. He also served on many editorial boards of both Canadian and international academic journals. He co-edited the book series published by the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.[2] Aucoin himself was a prolific writer, authoring and editing fifteen books and eighty articles and book chapters.[3] His article "Administrative Reform in Public Management: Paradigms, Principles, Paradoxes and Pendulums" has been cited over 500 times.[8]
Aucoin died on July 7, 2011.[9]
Awards and recognition
- 1994: J. E. Hodgetts for an article published in Canadian Public Administration[10]
- 1995: Charles Levine Book Prize for The New Public Management: Canada in Comparative Perspective
- 1999: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1999 Medal for Excellence in Public Administration
- 2004: J. E. Hodgetts for an article published in Canadian Public Administration[10]
- 2005: Governor General Vanier Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Public Administration
- 2006: elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
- 2006: Dalhousie University Alumni Association Award for Teaching Excellence
- 2007: appointed a Member of the Order of Canada[1][2]
- 2011: received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law from Saint Mary's University[3]
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