Last year Waterloo's Department of Economics launched a new graduate and undergraduate elective course on Water Resources Economics (ECON 484/673).
Professor Mikal Skuterud and PhD student Zong Jia Chen studied the labour market performance of former international students with their Canadian counterparts. Check out the report titled, "Comparing Outcomes: The Relative Job-Market Performance of Former International Students".
On Wednesday, June 13, 2018, we celebrated our newest graduates. Congratulations to all our undergraduate and graduate students. We are so proud of your achievements! To see some photos from the reception, see the Spring 2018 convocation reception page.
Graduating Economics students are recognized for their hard work and dedication in June each year. There are several awards given out to students who have demonstrated outstanding work in their academic performance. The awards given are:
On Friday March 23rd, MA co-op students in ECON 674 completed their capstone presentations.
In the 2017 fall term, the Department of Economics offered graduate and undergraduate students a new elective course on Water Resource Economics.
Congratulations to our Economics team who participated in the Bank of Canada’s Governor’s Challenge. In November 2017, the team presented their recommendations for Canadian monetary policy to a panel of judges. Coached by Professor Jean Paul Lam, the team did a great job of summarizing current key issues in monetary policy. We are proud of our team! Team members from left to right are George Liu, Quinlan Lee, Galen Wray, Evan Sauve and Viktor Seregelyi.
Congratulations to the Waterloo Economics team which competed on Saturday February 4 in the second annual Bank of Canada’s Governor’s Challenge.
Good luck to our student group that is competing in the Bank of Canada Governor's Challenge this weekend!
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) interviewed Economics professor Roy Brouwer regarding Payments for Watershed Services.