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.
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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 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.
The 34th annual Dr. Harold Walter Siebens Lecture and Luncheon will be held following the Institute’s AGM with three of Canada’s leading journalists: Rex Murphy (National Post), Andrew Coyne (National Post), and Chantal Hébert (Toronto Star) discussing the upcoming federal election.
Historical events can be understood from a myriad of perspectives. Economic Episodes in Canadian History applies an economic lens to important events in Canada’s formative history - from the fur trade to the World War I and II, to help students better understand these events and hone their critical thinking skills.
This engaging and interactive workshop is intended for any educator interested in incorporating the principles of economics into a variety of subject areas.
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.
Historical events can be understood from a myriad of perspectives. Economic Episodes in Canadian History applies an economic lens to important events in Canada’s formative history - from the fur trade to the World War I and II, to help students better understand these events and hone their critical thinking skills.
Issues such as the trade deficits, tariffs, embargoes, and trade agreements are often featured by the media as current events. By applying economic reasoning to these complex issues, students build a foundation for their opinions on the news of the day as it relates to international trade issues.
This fun one-day seminar consists of a mix of short lectures, games, and activities that introduce economic principles using real-life examples.