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CWEC/CFÉC | Roberta Edgecombe Robb is the inaugural winner of the CWEC Service AwardAt the 2019 CEA meetings in Banff, Alberta, Roberta Edgecombe Robb was the first recipient the CWEC Service award. This award is given in recognition of having “furthered the status of women in the profession, through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the profession, or mentoring others.”
Her advancement of women spans a wide-range of endeavors, including having, along side Lorraine Eden, laid out the initial groundwork for establishing CWEN in the early 1990s (later, serving as President from 1997-1999). The representation of women and the climate for female economists in Canada are better because of Professor Robb. In accepting the award, Professor Robb remarked, “I am at the stage in my life where I do wonder if the work mattered. To have been told so publicly, by being selected as the inaugural recipient of this award, that the work DID matter, has been a profoundly humbling experience and is the gift of a lifetime to me. Thank you so very much.” The full text of her acceptance speech can be found here: SPEECH A video of her acceptance speech can be found here: VIDEO |