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 À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.Ìý
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?
The Faculty of Arts at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ is seeking to fill a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) and tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor with an anticipated (flexible) start date of January 2022. The applicant will be an exceptional Indigenous scholar who has a demonstrated commitment to engaging both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students and community members in teaching and research activities and whose work will contribute to one or more of our academic units.
Read Professor Mikko Packalen's column on school closures in the Toronto Sun.
 Professor Mikko Packalen outlines why we must be cautious about our expectations of testing in this op-ed for the Financial Post.
See the media relations original article titled, "New model assesses the economic damage of climate change on the Great Lakes" on À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories.Ìý
Professor Ana Ferrer published an article in the IZA World of Labour. Check out the post titled, "Are married immigrant women secondary workers?" at .Ìý
Economics Alumna Jue Zhang (PhD '17) has co-authored a COVID paper titled, "" that was posted by Stats Canada today. The paper examines how immigrants vs Canadian born workers have been affected by the labour market changes. It is a great accomplishment to be featured on such a high profile platform. Congratulations, Jue!
Mikal Skuterud, who researches immigration economics, chatted with Media Relations at UW on the topic of temporary foreign worker programs. You can find the full article, Q and A with the experts: the future of temporary foreign worker programs, on the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Stories page.Ìý