Research Advisory Council
Jean-Pierre Voyer
Ottawa
Jean-Pierre Voyer has been Executive Director of the Policy Research Initiative since July 2002. Mr. Voyer started his career as an economist with the Department of Finance in Ottawa. He subsequently held positions with the National Union of Government Employees, the Regional and Economic Development Secretariat of the Privy Council Office and the Economic Council of Canada, where he directed research projects relating to labour market and fiscal federalism issues. He joined Employment and Immigration in 1992 as a special adviser on income security policy and became Director General of the Applied Research Branch at Human Resources Development Canada shortly thereafter. Just before joining the PRI, he was Deputy Executive Director at the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), a non-profit organisation devoted to social policy research and social experimentation. Mr. Voyer represented Canada in numerous occasions at the OECD and at other international meetings. He was Chairman of the OECD Education, Labour and Social Affairs Committee from 1998 to 2000. He currently sits on several research advisory committees. Mr. Voyer holds a Masters degree in Economics from Queen's University and an undergraduate degree in Economics from l'Université de Montréal.