Pierre Simard, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute, is a Professor of Social Sciences at École nationale d'administration publique (ENAP) in Quebec City. One of Quebec's staunchest and most vocal supporters of prosperity through reliance on markets rather than government, Prof. Simard is a frequent commentator on economic and public policy issues in French Canadian media and has served as a research consultant to various public and private agencies.

Prior to ENAP, Prof. Simard was a research professor at the Centre d'études politiques et administratives du Québec (CEPAQ). He holds a bachelor's degree in economics, a master's degree in policy analysis, and a Ph.D. in political science, all from Université Laval.