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OrganizationThe CEA incorporated as a not-for-profit (NFP) corporation on April 9, 2015 under the federal Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (CNCA). The CNCA requires that NFP corporations adhere to the specific rules set forth in the CNCA and the related Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Regulations (CNCR). The CEA is federal not-for-profit corporation 9129375 (click on the corporation number for details available from Corporations Canada). Our business number since 2015 is 803271592, which is also our GST registration number with respect to Canada Revenue Agency. As of June 4, 2017, our legal address (location of incorporation) is: Canadian Economics Association Our mailing address is: Following the adoption of new Bylaws in May 2018, the Association is governed by a 16-member board of directors, with four directors elected every year for overlapping four-year terms. The Annual General Meeting of the Association is held at the end of each year's conference. The Board of Directors appoints officers of the corporation, including the CEA's president, vice president and conference organizer, deputy vice president, past president, treasurer, secretary, and Candian Journal of Economics editor. The day-to-day operations of the CEA are managed by an executive officer. The operation and organization of the Canadian Economics Association is governed by the association's Bylaws, which replaced the constitution that was in effect from 1967 through 2017. Who We AreWith around 2000 members (in 2016) across the country and from abroad, the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) is the organization of academic economists in Canada. The purpose of the CEA is stated in its Articles of Incorporation: The Association has for its objective the advancement of economic knowledge through the encouragement of study and research, the issuing of publications, and the furtherance of free and informed discussion of economic questions. The Association as such will not assume a partisan position upon any question of practical politics nor commit its members to any position thereupon. What We Do The CEA publishes the foremost economics journal in Canada, the Canadian Journal of Economics, and organizes an annual conference. The Canadian Public Policy journal is affiliated with the CEA. CEA members receive online access to issues of CJE and CPP as part of their membership. Links to Other Organizational Information Board of DirectorsCommittees (list)CEA Code of ConductCanadian Economics Diversity CommitteeCanadian Women Economists CommitteeHistory: Presidents, Secretary-Treasurers, CJE Managing Editors, CPP Managing Editors |
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