In a groundbreaking study, professor emeritus of economics Jim Davies has shown that, across countries, income inequality — and not poverty — is associated with higher death rates in relation to COVID-19. [caption id=”attachment_42608″ align=”alignlef …
Sometimes, as a team of Western students can attest, it takes a new set of eyes on a problem to find a solution for the ears. The five-person team, including four Western students and an alumnus, created a winning commercialization plan for OtoTrain, a 3D digital...
Talking about gender-based violence is hard. If you’re part of a Muslim community, it is markedly harder and a group of young women in London wants to change this. Nearly two years ago, the London Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration hired more...
Hundreds of voices rang in my ears as I squeezed by throngs of people at the Hack Western 1 Project Expo last year. The Mustang Lounge was filled with rows of tables, where teams stood with their laptops and phones to show off what they’d made this past weekend. My...
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Thanks to some deft policy-making, the global economy avoided – barely – a second Great Depression. And while the Great Recession has been painful, there are lessons within it that must be considered when reinventing central banking.
By Jason Winders Stephen Poloz thinks he would have made a good doctor. “I think I am kind of a people person. My doctor is like that. I like to have a chat with people before we get down to what their problem might be,” Poloz, MA’79, PhD’82 (Economics), said with a...
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
Economics professor emeritus David Laidler has been awarded the 2015 Thomas Guggenheim Prize for the History of Economic Thought. Recognizing a lifetime of achievement, the Guggenheim Prize is presented bi-annually by the Thomas Guggenheim Program at Ben Gurion...
Haoming Liu, PhD’99 (Economics), won the 2015 Kuznets Prize for his paper, The quality-quantity trade-off: evidence from the relaxation of China’s one-child policy, in the Journal of Population Economics. The paper was nominated as the best article published in the...
The second annual World’s Challenge Challenge took place during Western International Week earlier this month. This competition stems from President Amit Chakma’s honorary doctorate address at the University of Waterloo (2010) in which he stated: “If you embrace a...
Professor emeritus Clark Leith was awarded Botswana’s Presidential Order of Meritorious Service on Sept. 30. The award was given out during the country’s Independence Day celebrations and recognizes Leith’s years of service with the Ministry of Finance and Development...
Sometimes, as a team of Western students can attest, it takes a new set of eyes on a problem to find a solution for the ears. The five-person team, including four Western students and an alumnus, created a winning commercialization plan for OtoTrain, a 3D digital...
Talking about gender-based violence is hard. If you’re part of a Muslim community, it is markedly harder and a group of young women in London wants to change this. Nearly two years ago, the London Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration hired more...
Hundreds of voices rang in my ears as I squeezed by throngs of people at the Hack Western 1 Project Expo last year. The Mustang Lounge was filled with rows of tables, where teams stood with their laptops and phones to show off what they’d made this past weekend. My...
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
Western’s latest honorees of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) join a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
Thanks to some deft policy-making, the global economy avoided – barely – a second Great Depression. And while the Great Recession has been painful, there are lessons within it that must be considered when reinventing central banking.
By Jason Winders Stephen Poloz thinks he would have made a good doctor. “I think I am kind of a people person. My doctor is like that. I like to have a chat with people before we get down to what their problem might be,” Poloz, MA’79, PhD’82 (Economics), said with a...
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
Economics professor emeritus David Laidler has been awarded the 2015 Thomas Guggenheim Prize for the History of Economic Thought. Recognizing a lifetime of achievement, the Guggenheim Prize is presented bi-annually by the Thomas Guggenheim Program at Ben Gurion...
Haoming Liu, PhD’99 (Economics), won the 2015 Kuznets Prize for his paper, The quality-quantity trade-off: evidence from the relaxation of China’s one-child policy, in the Journal of Population Economics. The paper was nominated as the best article published in the...
The second annual World’s Challenge Challenge took place during Western International Week earlier this month. This competition stems from President Amit Chakma’s honorary doctorate address at the University of Waterloo (2010) in which he stated: “If you embrace a...
Professor emeritus Clark Leith was awarded Botswana’s Presidential Order of Meritorious Service on Sept. 30. The award was given out during the country’s Independence Day celebrations and recognizes Leith’s years of service with the Ministry of Finance and Development...