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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 Fall 2024 Newsletter featuring an interview with Nina Banks and reports on CWEC/CFEC'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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Call for Submissions:

CWEC/CFEC 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.


Call for Nominations:

  • SYLVIA OSTRY CWEC/CFEC AWARD and EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD

    CWEC/CFEC would like nominations for two awards to be given out at the Canadian Economic Association Meetings in Montreal May 29-31, 2025.

    SYLVIA OSTRY CWEC/CFEC AWARD:

    CWEC/CFEC awards the Sylvia Ostry CWEC/CFEC Award to an economist judged by the selection committee to have furthered the status of women in the economics profession, through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession, or mentoring others. The word ‘women’ 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.

    Nominations are open and shall consist of a nomination letter, CV, and two or more supporting letters, with preferably at least one from a mentee. The nomination letters should be geared toward examples of how the nominee has fulfilled the criteria of the award, not necessarily through academic achievement alone. Nomination and supporting letters should be no more than 2 pages in length.

    Nominees may identify or express as any gender or sex but must have spent a significant amount of their career in Canada. The selection committee has leeway on deciding the definition of “significant amount of time”. Nominees must not have been previously awarded this prize within the last 10 years of the award year. A nominee that has won the award outside of this 10-year window will to have demonstrate new and additional meritorious achievement over that which formed the basis of their previous award.

    Deadline: March 15, 2025

    Send nomination materials to: cwec.cfec@gmail.com

     

    CWEC/CFEC EARLY CAREER RESEARCH AWARD:

    CWEC/CFEC awards the CWEC/CFEC Early Career Research Award (previously Young Researcher Award) judged by the selection committee appointed by the CWEC/CFEC Awards Committee to have the best research record.

    To be eligible, nominees much meet the following criteria:

  • Identify as a woman or those whose gender expression may be perceived by society as being associated with being a woman or female.
  • Have a current, primary appointment in Canada and have maintained that appointment in at least three of the past five years or since completing their Ph.D.
  • Be at the beginning of their careers, defined as having completed their PhD within 10 years of the award year (allowing for career interruptions)
  • Have not been previously awarded this prize.

Nominations are open and shall consist of at least one nomination letter and the nominee’s curriculum vitae (CV). The nomination letters should be geared toward examples of how the nominee has fulfilled the criteria of the award as detailed in the nominee’s CV. Nominators must not have co-authored with the nominee. Nomination and any additional supporting letters should be no more than 2-pages in length. Nominees must not have been previously awarded this prize.

Deadline: March 15, 2025

Send nomination materials to: cwec.cfec@gmail.com


  • Appel de candidatures du CWEC/CFÉC

    PRIX SYLVIA OSTRY CWEC/CFÉC et PRIX DE RECHERCHE EN DÉBUT DE CARRIÈRE

    Le CWEC/CFÉC souhaite recevoir des candidatures pour deux prix qui seront remis lors du Congrès de l’Association canadienne d’économique à Montréal du 29 au 31 mai 2025.

    PRIX SYLVIA OSTRY CWEC/CFÉC :

    Le CWEC/CFÉC décerne le prix Sylvia Ostry CWEC/CFÉC à une économiste qui, selon le comité de sélection, a fait progresser le statut des femmes dans le domaine économique par son exemple, ses réalisations, l’amélioration de notre compréhension de la manière dont les femmes peuvent progresser comme économistes, ou à titre de mentor. Le terme « femmes » est interprété au sens large; il comprend non seulement les personnes qui s’identifient comme des femmes, mais aussi les personnes dont l’expression de genre peut être perçue comme féminin par la société.

    La période de mise en candidatures est ouverte, et les dossiers doivent inclure une lettre de candidature, un CV et au moins deux lettres de recommandation (de préférence, au moins une d’un mentoré). Les lettres de candidatures doivent être axées sur des exemples de la manière dont la candidate répond aux critères du prix, et pas uniquement sur ses réalisations dans le milieu universitaire. Les lettres de candidature et de recommandation ne doivent pas faire plus de deux pages.

    L’expression et l’identité de genre n’ont aucune importance, mais les candidates doivent avoir passé une partie importante de leur carrière au Canada. Le comité de sélection dispose d’une marge de manœuvre pour définir ce qu’est une « partie importante de leur carrière ». Les candidates ne peuvent avoir reçu ce prix au cours des dix années précédant l’année d’attribution. Une candidate ayant remporté le prix avant cette période de dix ans devra démontrer qu’elle a accompli des réalisations méritoires nouvelles et supplémentaires par rapport à celles qui ont été à la base de son prix précédent.

    Date limite : le 15 mars 2025

    Faire parvenir les dossiers de candidatures à l’adresse suivante : cwec.cfec@gmail.com

     

    BOURSE DE RECHERCHE EN DÉBUT DE CARRIÈRE CWEC/CFÉC :

    Le CWEC/CFÉC attribue le prix de la recherche en début de carrière (anciennement le prix de la jeune chercheuse) à la personne qui, selon le comité de sélection nommé par le comité des prix du CWEC/CFÉC, a le meilleur bilan de recherche.

    Pour être admissibles, les candidates doivent répondre aux critères suivants :

  • ·      s’identifier comme une femme ou être une personne dont l’expression de genre peut être perçue comme féminin par la société;
  • ·      avoir un poste principal actuel au Canada et avoir maintenu ce poste pendant au moins trois des cinq dernières années ou depuis la fin de leur doctorat;
  • ·      être en début de carrière, c’est-à-dire avoir obtenu leur doctorat dans les dix ans précédant l’année d’attribution (en tenant compte des interruptions de carrière);
  • ·      ne pas avoir reçu ce prix auparavant.

La période de mise en candidatures est ouverte, et les dossiers doivent comprendre au moins une lettre de candidature et le curriculum vitae (CV) de la candidate. Les lettres de candidatures doivent être axées sur des exemples, détaillés dans le CV de la candidate, de la manière dont cette dernière répond aux critères du prix. Les présentateurs ne doivent pas avoir été coauteurs avec la candidate. Les lettres de candidature et de recommandation supplémentaires ne doivent pas faire plus de deux pages. Les candidates ne doivent pas avoir reçu ce prix auparavant.

Date limite : le 15 mars 2025

Faire parvenir les dossiers de candidatures à l’adresse suivante : cwec.cfec@gmail.com


Upcoming Events:

Early career Women Economists: Lunch-Time Series

The Canadian Women Economist Committee (CWEC/CFEC) is pleased to present the brownbag seminar schedule for Winter 2025. The seminars are held on the last Monday of every month from January 2025 to April 2025 (10 AM PT/11 AM MT/12 PM CT/1 PM ET/2 PM AT).

January 27:

Diana Zhou (McGill University)

Title: M&As and labour markets in Canada.

Sara Enns (University of Victoria)

Title: Economic impacts of new all season road development in Arctic Canada: A synthetic control analysis of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway.


February 24:

Justine Guillochon (Université Laval)

Title: Household processing effort over the business cycle: Time and price implications.

Eliane H. Barker (Hamilton College)

Title: The Impact of Urgent Care Centers on Individual Health.


March 24:

Akwugo Balogun (McMaster University)

Title: Survival Analysis of Cancer Patients in Canada.

Olha Hatyshyn (Concordia University)

Title: Stability of Climate Agreements.


April 28:

Flavia Alves (Carleton University)

Title: Labour Market and Technological Constraints: An Investigation of Gender Gap in Canada.

Yixuan Li (MacEwan University)

Title: Stock Prediction: Conventional vs. advanced models.


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Past Events

Job Market Mentoring Events - Videos and Slide Decks

Thank you to all the mentors and mentees who took part in this year's fall mentoring events focusing on the job market.  

A. Application Tips

B. Presentation Tips

International Women's Day Lecture on Zoom

Nava Ashraf

Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Inspire Inclusion

Watch the video of the talk here

About the Presenter: 

Professor Ashraf’s research combines psychology and economics, using both lab and field experiments to test insights from behavioural economics in the context of global development in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. She also conducts research on questions of intra-household decision making and gender norms in the areas of finance, fertility, and labor force participation. Her papers are published in leading journals including the American Economic Review, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Her field experiments on health services delivery and educational investment have been carried out jointly with the Ministries of Health and Education in Zambia, using a model of co-generation of knowledge, reaching national and global scale.

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