Moncton, November 1, 2024

Visiting Researcher at Donald J. Savoie Institute
Michel Cormier, a career journalist, author and expert consultant on journalism, has been nominated as Visiting Researcher at the Donald J. Savoie Institute for a period of two years, starting on November 1, 2024.

During his stay at the DJSI, Mr. Cormier will be working on a manuscript on the crisis in contemporary journalism, introduced by the digital revolution and the fall of the economic model of traditional medias. The book will explore emerging solutions brought forward in order to give back to journalism a strong economic foundation and relevance in this new digital universe.

Michel Cormier sits on the boards of Reporters Without Boarders and Journalists for Human Rights. He has received his bachelor’s degree in journalism from Carleton University and a master’s degree in political sciences from Laval University. He has lectured on journalism ethics at Université de Montréal. He has been a parliamentary correspondent for Radio-Canada and CBC in Ottawa, Quebec National Assembly bureau chief and foreign correspondent in Moscow, Paris and Beijing. From 2011 to 2012, he was director of Radio-Canada Acadie in Moncton. He has authored five books, including biographies of Richard Hatfield and Louis Robichaud; the latter won the Prix France-Acadie. His La Russie des Illusions was a finalist for the Governor General Award.

Researcher in Residence at Donald J. Savoie Institute
Since September 2023, Richard Saillant, economist and public policy consultant, has been a Researcher in Residence at the Donald J. Savoie Institute. He is working on New Brunswick’s “Great Transformation.” New Brunswick has changed a lot since the publication of Over the Cliff? ten years ago. Saillant sets out to examine the new realities and challenges confronting the province with an eye on solutions.

Richard Saillant is a Moncton-based economist and public policy consultant. He holds a B.A. from the Université de Moncton, a M.A. in economics from the Université de Montréal and an M.B.A. from McGill University. Richard has spent nearly twenty years in government and academia, including as Director General at Industry Canada, as former vice-president of the Université de Moncton and as Director of the Donald J. Savoie Institute. He is the author of a number of publications including A Tale of Two Countries: How the Great Demographic Imbalance is Pulling Canada Apart. Richard was also a columnist for l’Acadie Nouvelle and for the Brunswick News dailies from 2020 to 2023.

The president of the Board of Directors of the Institute, Jacques Paul Couturier, is pleased to welcome the two researchers at the Donald J. Savoie Institute. Their work will provide insights on these timely topics, which are of great interest to the Institute.