Episode 2: A Region of the Mind

Donald J. Savoie is an internationally respected expert in public administration and regional development, and a proud Acadian and self-avowed "Maritime Nationalist".  He's written more than 40 books, and two of which we touch on in this episode are his 2013 autobiographical "I'm From Bouctouche, Me", and "Looking for Bootstraps: Economic Development in the Maritimes", published in 2017.

Reading "Looking for Bootstraps" was the trigger that got me to take an idea that had been rattling around in my head for months, and make a stab at starting a podcast, so I was extremely grateful that Donald agreed to sit down with me.

Donald's publications are too numerous to list, but here is a good smattering:

Looking for Bootstraps, Nimbus Publishing, 2017

What is Government Good At?: A Canadian Answer, McGill-Queens, (Winner of the Donner Prize in 2015)

I'm From Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter, McGill-Queens, 2009

Governing from the Centre, University of Toronto Press, 1999

You can find Matt Boudreau's excellent new album "Goéland" at Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music, and on Facebook.  Give him a listen, you won't be disappointed.

Thanks again to Colin Fowlie and the Art of the Possible for the use of their music at the beginning and end of the podcast.