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Winter 2024 Newsletter Now Available.

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2025 CEA Fellows:

The title of Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association is conferred to recognize the achievements and contribution to the discipline of the most prominent economists who have spent a significant portion of their career in Canada. The CEA inducted three new Fellows in 2025:
Angela Redish (University of British Columbia), Michael B. Devereux (University of British Columbia), and Daniel Trefler (University of Toronto)

Congratulations to the 2025 Award Winners:

The Canadian Economics Association is pleased to share the following award winners that were announced at the 59th Annual Meetings of the CEA in Montreal, Quebec.

Doug Purvis Memorial Prize:

The Doug Purvis Memorial Prize went to: Monica Jain, Olena Kostyshyna and Xu Zhang for "How Do People View Wage and Price Inflation?", published in the Journal of Monetary Economics (Volume 145, July 2024).

Honourable mention: Oliver Loertscher and Pau S. Pujolas for "Canadian productivity growth: Stuck in the oil sands" published in Canadian Journal of Economics / Revue canadienne d’économique (Volume 57, Issue 2, May 2024).

Thank you to the Purvis Prize Committee members, Martin Boyer, Edda Claus, Brett House, Joseph Macaluso, Cherie Metcalf, and Simon van Norden (Chair).

Canadian Journal of Economics Awards:

The Harry Johnson Prize for best paper in the CJE was awarded to "Regional specialisation: from the geography of industries to the geography of jobs", by Antoine Gervais, James R. Markusen, and Anthony J. Venables, published in the November 2024 issue.

The Robert Mundell Prize for best paper by a young researcher was awarded to “Family‐level responses to the introduction of Tax‐Free Savings Accounts” by Adam M. Lavecchia, published in the February 2024 issue.

Canadian Public Policy Award - John Vanderkamp Award:

Canada Public Policy presented the Vanderkamp prize to Jane Friesen and Brian Krauth (Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University) and Brett Wilmer (Government of British Columbia) for "COVID-19 and the Mental Health of Adolescents in British Columbia" (Volume 50, Number 2).

Canada Public Policy also acknowledged a runner-up: Rupa Banerjee (Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University) and Laura Lam (Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources, University of Toronto) for "Paths to Permanence: Permit Categories and Earnings Trajectories of Workers in Canada’s International Mobility Program" (Volume 50, Number S1).

Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics:

The Mike McCracken Award for Economic Statistics for the Canadian economist with the best research record during the last five years was presented to Jean-Marie Dufour.

Thank you to Prize Committee Members: Jane Badet, Nicole Fortin, Andrew Sharpe, Ben Tomlin, Frances Woolley (Chair), and Victoria Zinde-Walsh.

Bank of Canada – CEA Undergraduate Research Poster Awards:

The Award for the Best Paper went to Pierre Lambelet (University of British Columbia) for "Farewell to Low Fares: The Price Effects of Alaska Airlines’ 2016 Acquisition of Virgin America".

The Award for Best Poster (tied) went to Anya Petek (Simon Fraser University) for “Child Care Affordability and Maternal Labour Force Participation: Evidence from British Columbia" and Tayssir Benchoubane (Carleton University) for "Shopping for Answers: The Impact of Geographic Grocery-Retailer Concentration on Canada’s Municipal Food Prices".

Thank you to the committee members: Ather Akbari, Fernando M. Aragón, Claustre Bajona, Kelly Foley, Gabriela Galassi (Bank of Canada Chair), Kim P. Huynh, Lilia Karnizova, Olena Kostyshina, Barbara Sadaba, David Simon, Henry Siu (CEA Chair), Erin Strumpf, Kerem Tuzcuoglu, Casey Warman, Angelika Welte, Jennifer Winter, Carlos Yepez, Erhao Xie

Embrace Day Graduate Student Posters:

Best Poster: Aashay Tripathi (University of Calgary) for "Impact of Residential Schools on Educational Attainment of Indigenous Women: Evidence from India".

Best Presentation: Joseph Scarfone (University of Waterloo) for "Brewing Innovation: The Growing Role of Coffee Shops as Third Place Infrastructure in Innovation Clusters, A Case Study in Waterloo Region".

Thank you to the on-site Evaluators: Claustre Bajona, Tom Trivieri, Arthur Novaes de Amorim

Awards to Canadian Economists

The Bank of Canada is pleased to announce that Professor Michelle Alexopoulos, from the University of Toronto, Professor Krishna Pendakur, from Simon Fraser University, and Professor Diego Restuccia, from the University of Toronto, are the recipients of the Bank’s 2024 Fellowship Award. The Bank is also pleased to present this year’s Governor’s Award to Professor Markus Baldauf, from the University of British Columbia. For more information on the Fellowship Program, please visit our web page

La Banque du Canada a le plaisir d’annoncer que Professeure Michelle Alexopoulos, de l’Université de Toronto, Professeur Krishna Pendakur, de l’Université Simon Fraser, et Professeur Diego Restuccia, de l’Université de Toronto, sont les lauréats de la Bourse de recherche de la Banque du Canada pour 2024. La Banque est également fière de remettre la Bourse du gouverneur de cette année à Professeur Markus Baldauf, de l’Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements au sujet du Programme, veuillez consulter la page sur le site web.

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