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.
Tickets are on sale for the eCon 2016 conference running September 17th, 2016. Early bird tickets are almost gone, so purchase your ticket soon. It is sure to be an excellent event with acclaimed speaker Larry Smith. If you need more details for the event, please visit the Economics Society website.
On Wednesday, June 15 our newest Economics graduates from the Undergraduate, Masters and PhD programs walked across the stage at the Arts convocation to accept their degree.
Pat Shaw, the Economics Department's Administrative Coordinator for the Graduate Program was a recipient of a 2016 Arts Award for Excellence in Service.
Think Like a Canadian Economist, the new video series hosted by the Institute of Research in Public Policy (IRPP), features a short piece by Professor Ana Ferrer. Titled "The value of a university education", this episode takes a look at the short term investment and the long term gains of post-secondary education.