Only one week left to propose a paper for the joint economic history-Indigenous economics meeting August 21-23 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Send 1-2 page extended abstract to David Rosé (darose@wlu.ca) & Rob Gillezeau (rob.gillezeau@rotman.utoronto.ca) by February 27!
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This is very cool! @blakeshaffer.bsky.social (@ucalgary.bsky.social) is giving the Robertson Lecture at the @usask.ca JSGS Policy School.
www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/news-events/...
If someone doesn’t say that an Angel looses their wings. 🤣
Oh sure, but I live in the first affordable neighborhood on the outskirts of Vancouver.
<sits quietly with hands neatly folded in lap refraining from comment>
Wait, there’s a job where I only have to meet the standard of the highest man? Sign me up. 🤣😆🤮
More information is available from the conference page at stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/news-and-eve...
Hey junior scholars in Canada (or Canadians abroad) doing labour econ research, submit your paper for the @cleforum.bsky.social Best Young Researcher Paper Prize.
Deadline is Jan 15, 2026:
Details, including submission portal: clef.uwaterloo.ca/prize/
He’s literally a balm.
I hate to be controversial on this website, but the Millennials are alright.
Oh this is a good game! my answers are Beaver, ground squirrel, Pelican, Hares size of a really mean kangaroo, and mosquitoes the size of a really mean kangaroo
Do you want some good news about social programs? Steven Ryan found out that extended EI benefits help people find better jobs. newsletter.economics.utoronto.ca/how-to-best-... #EconJobMarket #EconSky
Gawd, that is truth!!! Will I have time to work on my slides, or will I be unable to open my laptop more than 3 inches?
Sometimes I think it’s a good idea to watch scary movies on planes…but, it turns out that hotel rooms are terrifying 😱
We know exactly what he means. And it’s terrifying.
I remember being so charmed by that book as a 20-something; much later I realized I didn’t need to pretend to be charmed by misogyny. Tho, to be fair, it did give me good ideas of places to eat and drink…
I didn’t love “All that man is” so I didn’t rush to read Flesh. I’ll move on to The Land in Winter next!
The Bookers are my Super Bowl. Extremely stoked to see Flashlight and Audition on this list. Flashlight tops my list. Audition is still messing with my head. I need to catch up with the other shortlisted books. Sad that Misinterpretation got cut. I’m planning my trip to Albania already.
Thank you 😊
This looks like an oh so relevant and informative discussion Canada-U.S. Tariffs hosted by @mcgraw-hill.bsky.social, featuring
@tammyschirle.bsky.social
and
@trevortombe.bsky.social
Sign up here: info.mheducation.com/EV_TrevorTom...
Oh no that’s aweful!!! Prends soin!
The @cleforum.bsky.social webinar series looks fantastic again this year. First up is Jason Hicks from @uvic.ca on October 3. The full list can be found on CLEF's website:
clef.uwaterloo.ca/webinar/
Email clef@uwaterloo.ca w/ “CLEF webinar” in the subject line to receive reminders and invites.
It’s going to be super cute by Monday. I have so many teaching jokes queued up.
Spoiler alert…I’m better at makeup than certain Orange people. Also, pro tip, don’t get fillings two days before your headshot.
I have a new headshot coming soon, and I just want to declare that I have this **bruise** on my face during said headshot:
If you’d told me then I was going to become an economist, I probably would have slugged you 🤣
A close second is my 20th Birthday Blur and Lush at The Venue (also 91)
The Pogues with Joe Strummer at the Brixton Academy, 1991
Oh much older than our bridge that looks like that!! But our also has ice cream 🍦
Curious, is it a depression era project?
Stunning girls and gorgeous sweaters 🤩; I hope the missing sweater finds its way home.
