Louis Sabourin and Allan Tupper Honoured with 2010 Pierre De Celles Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Administration
Ottawa, August 24, 2010 – The Institute of Public Administration of Canada is pleased to announce the winners of the Pierre De Celles Award for Excellence in Teaching Public Administration: Dr. Louis Sabourin of l’École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) at the University of Quebec, and Dr. Allan Tupper of the University of British Columbia.
The award is sponsored by IPAC’s Endowment Fund. Committee Chair Jackie Kleiner noted, “As this year’s conference takes place in Canada’s capital, IPAC is delighted to honour two great teachers, who have been leaders in the education of generations of public servants, in English and in French: Dr. Louis Sabourin and Dr. Allan Tupper.”
Professor Louis Sabourin is admired by his fellow teachers and his students for his passion for teaching, as well as his innovative teaching methods. Kim Bracken at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal wrote “In class, Professor Sabourin is well known for his unique capacity to sustain the interest of his students. For his brilliant analyses and his passion for teaching, Professor Sabourin is able to stimulate the intellectual curiosity of his students and instills in them the desire to constantly expand their knowledge. An exceptional mentor, the number of students who visit his office regularly to benefit from his listening and advice perfectly demonstrates the remarkable dedication that Professor Sabourin has had to the success of his students for the past fifty years.”
In 1966, Professor Sabourin founded the Programme d’administration publique Canada outre-mer (PACOM), creating the foundation for the Department of Public Administration at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Sabourin has helped establish administration schools and programs in Africa, Cambodia, Vietnam and Costa Rica. He is formerly the President of the OECD Development Center in Paris and the Chair of the Committee on Globalization of the Pontifical Academy of Social Science.
Dr. Sabourin’s academic interests range from law and international, multilateral and federal public administration, to the public administration of Quebec. During his 50 year career, Dr. Sabourin has been invited to teach at institutions around the world, including Paris-I-Sorbonne, Paris V, Oxford, Notre Dame, Stanford, Northwestern, the European University Institute of Florence, McGill and Laval. Dr. Sabourin received the Award for Excellence in Teaching from ENAP in 2006.
Professor Allan Tupper is described by Richard J. Dixon, Executive Director of the Centre for Applied Business Research in Energy and the Environment at the University of Alberta, as, “our guide, mentor and teacher in professional development and public management. Through his work, knowledge and expertise he has influenced the direction and thought of public management.”
Dr. Allan Tupper is known as an enthusiastic educator who has taught a wide variety of students including undergraduate, graduate, extension, and management development levels of public administration. He has been instrumental in the development of the government of Alberta’s Senior and Executive Management Development Program, where he is one of the program’s most accomplished instructors, and other executive programs.
Professor Tupper teaches about Canada’s national and provincial governments and business relations in the modern state, as well as public management and administration. Dr. Tupper is a leader in teaching in the areas of ethics and responsibilities in the public sector. The influence of his teaching extends to his role as Editor of Canadian Public Administration, Canada’s premier journal for public management and public policy, a position which he held for two terms. He is also a distinguished and widely published scholar, and is the author of No Place to Learn: Why Universities Aren’t Working.
Dr. Allan Tupper has been recognized for his wide-ranging expertise in matters of public administration. In 1994, he was a member of the Canadian Delegation to the United Nations Observer mission for the historic 1994 South African General Elections. In 1995 he served as a chair of the public inquiry into the effectiveness of Alberta’s conflict of interest laws for elected and appointed public officials
The Pierre De Celles Award recognizes exceptionally effective and creative teachers that demonstrate a consistent concern for the improvement of education; the application of recent, effective teaching principles in the field of public administration; an interest in various aspects of public administration; and experience in teaching a variety of students. The award was created to honour the memory of Professor Pierre De Celles, former Director of l’École nationale d’administration publique, and President-elect of IPAC at the time of his death in 2000.
Founded in 1947, IPAC is a dynamic association of public servants, academics, and others interested in public administration. It is a membership-based organization that creates effective knowledge networks and leads public administration research in Canada. Since the early 1990s, it has been a major player in exporting successful Canadian public-sector expertise around the world.
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