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 University |
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 |
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| Student Members |
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| Alina Garnham |
Queen's University |
2025 conference |
| Lawrencia Greenslade |
University of Manitoba |
2025 conference |
| Sati Semnanizadeh |
Concordia University |
2025 conference |
| Xiner Xu |
University of Toronto |
2025 conference |
List of past CWEN presidents.
