Patrice Dutil
Spoken Languages
English, French
Biography
Patrice Dutil is Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Dutil joined TMU in 2006 following 19 years of work in various parts of the public service and non-profit sector. He is the author, co-author or editor of fourteen books (two of them are also available in French) and of dozens of scholarly articles in refereed publications. He is a frequent commentator on public affairs on radio and television in Toronto and in the national media. He is a Senior Fellow in the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at the University of Toronto as well as at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. In 2013-14 he was a visiting scholar at Massey College (University of Toronto) and visiting professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University. He was a visiting professor in the Department of Political Science at Boston University in the fall of 2018. He holds a PhD from York University, an M es Arts from the Université de Montréal, and a BA (Hon.) from York University.
View Dr. Dutil's website (external link) .
His podcast "Witness to Yesterday" focuses on podcasts (external link) , on contemporary and historical topics. French versions, "Témoin d'hier", can also be found at en français (external link) .
Highlights Since 2000
Books:
Ballots and Brawls: The 1867 Canadian Election (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
The Enduring Enigma of Mackenzie King (edited volume) (University of British Columbia Press, 2025)
Statecraft: Canadian Prime Ministers and their Cabinets (co-edited volume with Stephen Azzi) (University of Toronto Press, 2025)
Sir John A. Macdonald and the Apocalyptic Year 1885 (Sutherland House, 2024)
Un Pays en conflit: la tumultueuse élection canadienne de 1917 (co-written with David MacKenzie) (Éditions du Septentrion, 2024)
Statesmen, Strategists, and Diplomats (external link) : Canada’s Prime Ministers and the Making of Foreign Policy University of British Columbia Press, 2023)
The Unexpected Louis St-Laurent: Politics and Policies for a Modern Canada (external link) (edited volume) (University of British Columbia Press, 2020)
Scholarly Articles and chapters:
"L’uso del tempo dei Direttori Generali nella Pubblica Amministrazione italiana Uno studio esplorativo della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche" Rivista Italiana di Politiche Pubbliche (external link) (2025) (by Mauro Tebaldi, Marco Calaresu, Chiara de Micheli, Patrice Dutil, Andrea Migone.)
"Power at the Centre: The Evolution of the Premier’s Office in Ontario since 1945" (with Peter Constantinou) in Ontario History: A Reader (2nd edition) edited by Lori Chambers et al (University of Toronto Press, 2024)
"The 1988 'Niagara Accord' in Perspective: The Ontario Wine Industry in Six Historical Phases" Ontario History (external link) , 116, 1, Spring 2024, 3-21.
"The Time Management Styles of Deputy Ministers in Canada: Towards a Taxonomy" (with Andrea Migone) Canadian Public Administration (external link) , 65, 3, 2022, 439-456.
"Leadership on the run: time management among deputy ministers in Canada", (with Andrea Migone) International Journal of Public Leadership, Vol. 18 No. 1, 2022 pp. 57-76.
"What Do People Want from Politics? Rediscovering and Repurposing the “Maslow Hierarchy” to Teach Political Needs" Journal of Political Science Education, 18, 1, 2022, 138-149
''Godfroy Langlois: Don Quichotte de la politique d'éducation" in Olivier Lemieux, Jean-Francois Cardin et Denis Simard (directeurs) La Pensée éducative et les intellectuels au Québec: Les intellectuels nés entre 1850 et 1900 (Presses de l'Université Laval, 2021) 77-98.
"Cementing Nordicities: The Cultural Policy of the Northern Territory" in Diane St-Pierre and Monica Gattinger (eds) Cultural Policy: Origins, Evolution and Implementation in Canada's Provinces and Territories (Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2021) 533-574.
Patrice Dutil’s main research interests are political and public sector leadership, the process of political development, and the study of elections. He writes about a wide range of issues in the policy development process both from a historical and contemporary standpoint.
Patrice Dutil sits on the editorial committee of the International Review of Administrative Sciences, as well as the editorial board of Canadian Public Administration. He was president of the Champlain Society (external link) from 2011 to 2017, and continues to be heavily involved in a number of civic and scholarly organizations.
