There is stability in independence. That’s the central finding of Mariana Garcia Mejia’s article, Beyond the Border: Rethinking Canada’s Economic Future Without the US. The third-year University College student recently won one of two awards through the Department of Economics Essay Prize in Economic Policy.

“Canada must certainly avoid conflict with its closest partner, but it should simultaneously reimagine its trade landscape to achieve a more stable, independent future’ Mejia wrote.

The award, part of the essay competition associated with the Smith Family Scholarship, recognizes students whose essays stand out for the quality of writing and the application of economics to an important question in public policy. For Garcia Mejia, whose majors are economics and statistics with a minor in mathematics, the creation of the essay involved emphasizing skills outside her immediate comfort zone. [Read more…]