The recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal, he is the author of around a dozen books and some 200 articles that have appeared in scientific journals and texts in Canada and abroad.
December 7, 2015 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the appointment of Pierre Fortin, Emeritus Professor in Economics at the Université du Québec à Montréal, as a Research Fellow.
“Pierre has made important contributions to economics and economic policy in many areas,” commented Robson. “The C.D. Howe Institute is glad to have his participation in the research program – he will make our work on macroeconomic policy, labour markets, and issues affecting the Quebec economy that much stronger.”
The recipient of the Governor General’s Gold Medal, he is the author of around a dozen books and some 200 articles that have appeared in scientific journals and texts in Canada and abroad. His main fields of research include economic growth, monetary and budgetary policy, social policy and the economies of Canada and Quebec.
Dr. Fortin’s work, involvement and contribution have been recognized many times over. In 1995, the Association des économistes québécois (ASDEQ) named him the most renowned Quebec economist of the past decade. In 1997, he received the Douglas Purvis Memorial Prize for his outstanding contribution to Canadian political economy. In 2003, the Quebec branch of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, the Manufacturiers et exportateurs du Québec, honoured him for his outstanding contribution to the advance of the manufacturing and export sector.
Dr. Fortin holds a doctorate in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s in mathematics from the Université de Montréal, a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Université Laval and a bachelor of arts in classical humanities from the Collège des Jésuites de Québec.
For more information please contact: James Fleming of the C.D. Howe Institute at 416-865-1904; email: jfleming@cdhowe.org.
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