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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Congrats to 2026 Award Winners!

The Department of Economics would like to congratulate our 2026 graduating class award winners for their hard work and excellence.

Faculty of Arts winner of the Alumni Gold Medal: Mike Frapporti

Faculty of Arts Departmental Award winner: Naomi Ellis

Senior Honours Essay Award winner: Nour Elkhawass, for her essay "AI Diffusion and Productivity Divergence in Developing Economies"

Honours Economics Achievement winners: Euan Lawrence & Rachel Finamore

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Is Canada lagging in adopting AI?

DeepSeek, a relatively unknown Chinese AI startup, has upended expectations with a new model that rivals the best in the world – yet which it says cost only US$5.6-million to train, about a one-10th of what was previously thought necessary.