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Recently featured in the UWaterloo daily bulletin was a very interesting article about the Black experience at Waterloo from the 1960s to the 1990s. Some of the early hires of Black professors are highlighted, including Dr. Karl Bennett in Economics, now a Professor Emeritus. These faculty members "had lasting impacts on the community and the world."

Roy Brouwer, Executive Director of the Water Institute and Professor in Economics, collaborates with several UWaterloo contributors on a project to address water scarcity in Brazil. Read the full article here.

Congratulations!

Dr. Chris Riddell, along with co-author W. Craig Riddell, were awarded the 2021 Purvis Prize at the most recent Canadian Economics Association meetings in June for their paper “Interpreting Experimental Evidence in the Presence of Postrandomization Events: A Reassessment of the Self-Sufficiency Project”, published in the Journal of Labor Economics in 2020. This prize is awarded to the author(s) of a highly significant, written contribution to Canadian economic policy and is awarded in memory of noted Canadian economist Doug Purvis. More information is available here.

New research supports stricter social and economic mandates to reduce COVID-19 spread.

Anindya Sen, a researcher behind the study that shows social restrictions such as business policies and indoor gathering limits may be the key to decreasing COVID-19 cases. The article can be found here.

Unmask children to keep schools open

If Ontario opens schools with many precautions, schools will almost certainly close again once case numbers inevitably rise. Read the op-ed in the Toronto Sun.

Climate change poses significant risks to water security in urban settings. Addressing this complex challenge requires collaboration and the incorporation of knowledge and expertise from various disciplines.

Professor Mikal Skuterud discusses the impacts of Covid-19 on Canadian labour markets in this webinar hosted by the UW Economics Society. 

Professor Sue Horton participates in the second event in the virtual three-part series A Year of COVID-19, an online panel presentation.

Roy Brouwer is one of four recipients of the 2021 Arts Award for Excellence in Research. Started in 2012, these awards recognize exceptional contributions made by faculty and staff at the University of Waterloo. 

Corey Van de Waal is a continuing lecturer in the Department of Economics. After developing and teaching ECON 254: The Economics of Sport for the past eight years, he's ventured in the publishing world with the release of Economics and the Sports Industry. It is available through Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.

Here is a short Q & A with Corey about the book.

Can you provide a bit of background about yourself and the areas of economics you focus on?