This graduate seminar-style training program teaches journalists how to use an economic lens to analyze policies in Canada and around the globe. Some policy issues are dauntingly complex, and while economic reasoning doesn’t guarantee that the issues can be resolved, it nonetheless provides a powerful tool for critical thinking. The ability to determine opportunity cost, identify incentives, and predict resulting behaviour will help journalists set aside the emotion surrounding policy issues and discuss current events clearly.
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This workshop examines the differences between poverty, inequality, income and wealth. Learn about how income inequality is measured and examine economic growth and development, income mobility and more!
This fun one-day seminar consists of a mix of short lectures, games, and activities that introduce economic principles using real-life examples.
This fun one-day seminar consists of a mix of short lectures, games, and activities that introduce economic principles using real-life examples.
This graduate seminar-style training program is for journalists seeking to enhance their economic knowledge and reporting skills, and network with their peers. Through lectures, simulations, and discussions, three experienced economics professors will use relevant examples from Canadian society to demonstrate how economics can help us better understand the world around us.
This workshop examines the differences between poverty, inequality, income and wealth. Learn about how income inequality is measured and examine economic growth and development, income mobility and more!
Learn how to teach economics through the lens of professional sports using examples from the NHL, NFL, NBA, and more.
This fun one-day seminar consists of a mix of short lectures, games, and activities that introduce economic principles using real-life examples.
Why do superheroes have secret identities? Why does Batman hire Robin? Why do the Joker, Mr. Freeze, and Doc Ock keep fighting? These questions and many more are answered using an economic perspective in the Fraser Institute's new Economics of Superheroes workshop.
This fun one-day seminar consists of a mix of short lectures, games, and activities that introduce economic principles using real-life examples.