The Canadian Women Economists Committee/Comité des Femmes Économistes Canadiennes was created in 2017 as a standing committee of the Canadian Economic Association charged with supporting and promoting the advancement of women in the Canadian economics profession. We interpret 'women' broadly, to include those who identify as a woman and those whose gender expression may be perceived by society as being associated with being a woman or female. 

It follows directly from the Canadian Women Economist Network (CWEN) which was founded in 1990 as an independent association of persons interested in promoting women economists and their ideas. The change from CWEN to CWEC recognizes that this responsibility of supporting and promoting women does not just fall on women alone, but on the profession as a whole. Over the past three decades, CWEC/CWEN has been instrumental in promoting women’s involvement with and within the wider Canadian economics community.

Check out our Summer 2025 Newsletter featuring interviews with our award winners and luncheon speaker.

Check out our Winter 2025 Newsletter featuring an interview with two Canadian women economists about pre-docs in Economics and lots of information about upcoming events.

Check out our Fall 2024 Newsletter featuring an interview with Nina Banks and reports on CWEC/CFÉC's CEA activities.

Check out our Winter 2024 Newsletter featuring an article about Claudia Goldin and an interview with Brenda Eaton. 

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Share your link to your work:

CWEC/CFÉC is starting a new initiative to share work by Canadian Women Economists and/or on gender-related topics in Economics. Please fill in this form to get your work listed on our website - we update submissions at the end of the month starting January 31 2025. 

By Canadian Woman economist we mean the following. The word ‘woman’ is interpreted quite broadly to include those who identify as a woman and those whose gender expression may be perceived by society as being associated with being a woman or female. "Canadian" means that you are either a Canadian working abroad or a person working in Canada. Canadian citizenship is not required if you work in Canada.