Matthew Brown graduated from McGill University in 2008 with a BA in Economics. From September 2008 through May 2009 he was an intern with the Fraser Institute's Centre for Energy Policy Studies. While with the Centre he assisted the Senior Economist in the administration of the 2009 Global Petroleum Survey and in drafting the report on the results of the survey. He also contributed to research on the impacts of the British Columbia carbon tax and to a comparative analysis of energy commodity taxes in large Canadian municipalities. Matthew is currently serving in Africa on an Aga Khan Foundation fellowship. He plans to study law at the University of Toronto in the fall of 2010.