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Nelson Michaud
(Ph.D., Laval; post-doctoral studies, Dalhousie University) was
appointed Director (Teaching and Research) at the École nationale
d’administration publique in September 2006. Previously, he was
associate professor of political science and international relations,
and Director of research groups at his School. He has published in
numerous peer-reviewed journals, chapters in collective works, and
encyclopaedia articles. He is the author of a number of books,
including Diplomatic Departures: The Conservative Era in Canadian
Foreign Policy 1984-1993 (UBC Press), co-edited with Kim Richard
Nossal and of the Handbook of Canadian Foreign Policy co-edited
with Pat James and Marc O’Reilly.
He appears regularly as a speaker and
expert commentator in Quebec, Canada, the United States and Europe.
His works and many publications lead him to receive a number of
prestigious research grants and in 2005, the Prix d’excellence en
recherche for the entire Université du Québec network, and in 2004,
the Prix d’excellence en recherche from his institution. His research
interests are in the fields of decision-making processes, and in
particular foreign policy decision-making, the international relations
of federated entities, the dynamics of bureaucratic policy, the media
and foreign policy and political/administrative institutions.
Keywords: Canadian foreign policy,
Québec’s international relations, federalism and globalisation, the
impact of bureaucratic politics on policy formulation, media and
foreign policy.
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