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The University of Winnipeg

Canadian Economics Association – Embrace Day

Thu. Jun. 1 12:00 PM - Thu. Jun. 1 02:00 PM


The University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba are co-hosting the 2023 meetings of the Canadian Economics Association. As part of Embrace Day on Thursday, June 1, The University of Winnipeg is sponsoring a special program for interested high school students.

We would like to invite you and your students to a free lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Convention Centre.

During this time, there will be short presentations from three speakers:

  • Ron Akee (UCLA) on indigenous economic development
  • Evelyn Forget (University of Manitoba) speaking on basic income schemes
  • Larry Schembri (former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada) on economic growth

With an open, informal format, students are then free to browse and meet with the speakers and others.

Presenter Bios:

Randall Akee is an Associate Professor at the UCLA in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies. He is also Chair of the America Indian Studies Interdepartmental Program. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard University in June 2006. Prior to his doctoral studies, Dr. Akee earned a Master's degree in International and Development Economics at Yale University. He also spent several years working for the State of Hawaii Office of Hawaiian Affairs Economic Development Division.

Larry Schembri (PhD, Economics MIT) taught at Carleton University before joining the Bank of Canada, where he served as the Senior Research Director, Advisor to the Governor and Deputy Governor. A champion of efforts to promote economic opportunity and inclusion for Indigenous Peoples, he was a founding member of the Central Bank Network for Indigenous Inclusion.

Evelyn Forget (PhD, Economics, Toronto) is a Canadian health economist and professor in Community Health Sciences at the Max Rady College of Medicine at the University of Manitoba. Her work on the feasibility of basic income programs has earned her many honors, including the Order of Canada for "advancing anti-poverty initiatives in Canada and around the world.

If you have any further questions, please contact Deanna Pereles.