Students and Alumni in the News

Including a new conference for undergraduates, and a Supreme Court of Canada appointment

	New Tech-Econference off to a flying start: Undergraduates presented research they completed this past academic year applying big-data skills to answer important economic questions
	Half the Investment Management Corporation of Ontario’s policy interns at the C.D. Howe Institute hail from our department
	Economics major (’04) Andre Charoo, the founder and managing partner of Maple VC, which focuses on Canadian entreprenurs, is the featured guest in “Perspective: The Advantage of Being Black and Canadian in Tech” (video)
	Driven by the urge to help, serial entrepreneur Zain Manji, economics major (’16), co-developed a vaccine clinic finder app
	Economics specialist (’89) Mahmud Jamal is the first person of colour nominated to the Supreme Court of Canada