Organization
CWEC/CFEC was founded in 2017 after the dissolution of the Canadian Women Economists Network (CWEN/RFE).
Role
The role of the Canadian Women Economists Committee/Comité des Femmes Économistes Canadiennes is to support and promote the advancement of women in the Canadian economics profession. On behalf of the Canadian Economic Association, it will undertake to
- ensure appropriate representation of women economists and their interests in professional activities and forums
- improve women economists’ employment opportunities and monitor their progress
- provide a forum for raising, discussing and addressing issues of concern to women in the Canadian Economic Association
Our Terms of Reference can be found here.
For a list of the regular activities we sponsor, visit the Ongoing Activities page.
Committee 2024-2025
| Member | Affiliation | Term Expires at the close of the |
| Elisabeth Gugl (Chair) | University of Victoria | 2026 conference |
| Sermin Gungor (Vice-Chair) | Bank of Canada | 2026 conference |
| Erin Strumpf | McGill | 2028 conference |
| Doriane Intungane | MacEwan University | 2025 conference |
| Ardyn Nordstrom | Carleton University | 2026 conference |
| Marwa Abdou | Canadian Chamber of Commerce | 2027 conference |
| Nahid Masoudi | Memorial University | 2027 conference |
| Monica Jain | Bank of Canada | 2027 conference |
| Student Members | ||
| Alina Garnham | Queen's | 2025 conference |
| Lawrencia Greenslade | University of Manitoba | 2025 conference |
| Sati Semnanizadeh | Concordia | 2025 conference |
| Xiner Xu | University of Toronto | 2025 conference |
List of past CWEN presidents.