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Alumni start-up aims for perfect fit, fewer returns

Alumni start-up aims for perfect fit, fewer returns

It’s time to update the old wardrobe, you tell yourself, as you order a new shirt from that nifty new local brand. When it arrives, though, you discover the arms are too long and the chest is too snug. If you bury it in the back of your closet, you’ …

SSHRC announces funding for 20 projects, 27 researchers

With projects ranging from the work of secondary school principals to disaster risk reduction, Western researchers will share more than $2.3 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Leadership you can bank on

Leadership you can bank on

Two Western alumni – one in Canada, one in Australia – have been tapped to head the national banks of their respective nations, setting economic direction in the two countries for the next several years.

New project targets financial crisis fallout

New project targets financial crisis fallout

With similar comments coming from Mark Carney, Canada’s central bank governor, Economics professor Jim MacGee is not alone in thinking the 2008 global financial crisis was, in many ways, an inevitable reflection of long-term trends in the financial sector.

Poloz named Governor of the bank of Canada

Poloz named Governor of the bank of Canada

Western alumnus Stephen S. Poloz has been named Governor of the Bank of Canada for a seven-year term, starting June 3, Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today. Poloz, MA’79 (Economics) and PhD’82 (Economics), will succeed Mark Carney, who is leaving the Bank of Canada on June 1.

SSHRC announces funding for 20 projects, 27 researchers

With projects ranging from the work of secondary school principals to disaster risk reduction, Western researchers will share more than $2.3 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Leadership you can bank on

Leadership you can bank on

Two Western alumni – one in Canada, one in Australia – have been tapped to head the national banks of their respective nations, setting economic direction in the two countries for the next several years.

New project targets financial crisis fallout

New project targets financial crisis fallout

With similar comments coming from Mark Carney, Canada’s central bank governor, Economics professor Jim MacGee is not alone in thinking the 2008 global financial crisis was, in many ways, an inevitable reflection of long-term trends in the financial sector.

Poloz named Governor of the bank of Canada

Poloz named Governor of the bank of Canada

Western alumnus Stephen S. Poloz has been named Governor of the Bank of Canada for a seven-year term, starting June 3, Directors of the Bank of Canada announced today. Poloz, MA’79 (Economics) and PhD’82 (Economics), will succeed Mark Carney, who is leaving the Bank of Canada on June 1.