He served as the interim Executive Director of Canada's Inuit Relations Secretariat and chief federal negotiator for Nunavik self-government before his retirement in 2006.
Savoie left on May 3, 1967 for the Eastern Arctic, to the Ungava Bay community of George River, now known as Kangiqsualujjuaq, Quebec.
[2][3] Savoie spent his career at the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND) where he held several positions.
His first job, in 1969, was the analysis and editing of Father Émile Petitot’s ethnographic work in the Northwest Territories.
[3] From 1977 through 1982, Savoie was also editor of Montreal's Cultures Amérindiennes Collection of Éditions Hurtubise HMH Ltée.