Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2015-11-19
Invested on: 2016-11-17
Marcel Boyer, O.C.
Montréal, Quebec
Officer of the Order of Canada
For his contributions to economics, notably as the co-founder of CIRANO .
One of our top economists, Marcel Boyer has helped shape public policy in Canada. Professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Economics at the Université de Montréal, he has conducted award-winning research that has influenced policy in such areas as legal liability, the regulation of advertising, and copyright. An exceptional builder and unifier, he has also played a pivotal role in creating collaborative research centres, such as CIRANO. Under his leadership, this organization has become an international benchmark for interdisciplinary knowledge transfer between academia and community.