Pierre Simard is a professor of social sciences born in Québec in 1954. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics (1978), a master’s degree in policy analysis (1980) and a Ph.D in political science (1985), all from the Université Laval

Université Laval

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Career

Pierre Simard is a professor at the École nationale d’administration publique

École nationale d'administration publique

The École nationale d'administration publique , located in Quebec City, Quebec, was established in 1969 by the Quebec government, as a way of obtaining a professional public administration during a period when a number of social and structural changes were taking place within the province...

(ENAP) since 1984. He started as a Research Professor at the Centre d'études politiques et administratives du Québec (CEPAQ) and became, in 1989, a regular Professor at the ENAP. He specializes in policy analysis and evaluation of public programs. Throughout his career, he has also been a consultant for a variety of public and private agencies.

Ideas

Pierre Simard defends a liberal vision of the role of the State. He is a fervent defender of individual liberties, free market and reducing the size of the State. He is a specialist of Public Choice: a discipline that applies economic theory to political science. He strongly criticizes public inefficiency through the major Quebec newspapers.

Publications

Most of Pierre Simard’s publications (books, chapters, journal articles, newspaper articles, research reports, internal publications) are available on ENAP’s library’s website: http://www.enap.uquebec.ca/enap/2893/Publications.enap?view=publications&indid=488

• BEAUDOIN André, Pierre SIMARD, Daniel TURCOTTE (dir.) (2002) Évaluation des centres de ressources périnatales, Québec, Centre de recherche sur les services communautaires de l'Université Laval.
• BEAUDOIN André, Pierre SIMARD, Daniel TURCOTTE et Jean TURGEON (dir.) (2000). L’éducation familiale en milieu défavorisé : portrait québécois du Programme d'action communautaire pour les enfants, Québec, Éditions Sylvain Harvey, 199 p. (LC37E24.2000)
• COMEAU Yvan, Daniel TURCOTTE, André BEAUDOIN, Pierre SIMARD, Julie CHARTRAND-BEAUREGARD, Marie-Êve HARVEY, Daniel MALTAIS, Claudie SAINT-HILAIRE,. L'économie sociale et le Plan d'action du Sommet sur l'économie et l'emploi, Québec, ENAP et Centre de recherche sur les services communautaires de l'Université Laval, novembre 2000, 337p.
• MARCEAU Richard, Pierre SIMARD (1986). Des élus et des milliards : l'assainissement des eaux usées domestiques au Québec, Québec, CEPAQ, ENAP, 196 p. (JF 1338.B595 8)

External links

• ENAP: http://www.enap.ca/enap/fr/accueil.aspx
• Personal website: http://angledroit.ning.com/profile/PierreSimard