Basic Income Guarantee Conference 2016 October 5 and 6 …

To watch the presentations given by the guest speakers at our recent BIG Conference on October 5-6 in Sudbury, ON, click here.

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Director, NORDIK Institute

Gayle Broad is an Assistant Professor in the Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program at Algoma University, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. CESD is accredited by both the Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) and the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO). Gayle is also Research Director of NORDIK , a community based research institute attached to Algoma University.

Interim Director, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management

Dr. Mike Moffatt is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Economics and Public Policy group at Ivey Business School at Western University where he teaches courses in international trade and firm-level strategy. He also maintains a position as Chief Economist at the Mowat Centre.

Interim Director, School of Public Adminstration, University of Victoria

Dr. Lindsay Tedds is an Associate Professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Victoria. Her primary research and teaching area is applied economic research and policy analysis, with a particular focus on tax policy. Lindsay has also held several posts with the Government of Canada in Ottawa in the areas of public economics and policy implementation.

Professor, University of Manitoba

Dr. Forget is an economist and professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba and Academic Director of the Manitoba Research Data Centre. Her current research focuses on the health and social consequences of antipoverty interventions and the cost-effectiveness of healthcare interventions.

Professor, Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto

Valerie currently leads a large, interdisciplinary program of research designed to identify effective policy interventions for the reduction of household food insecurity in Canada. This work is supported by a CIHR Programmatic Grant to Tackle Health and Health Equity. Her research interests also extend to Canadian food policy, population-level dietary assessment, and the application and interpretation of Dietary Reference Intakes.

Policy Associate, Mowat Centre

Christine holds a Masters in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Guelph and a Masters in Social Policy and Planning from the London School of Economics. Christines research experience has focused on understanding the causes and consequences of inequality in the workplace and in broader society, with a specific interest in examining the experience of historically marginalized groups.

Policy Associate, Mowat Centre

Michael holds a doctorate in International Relations from the University of Oxford. His doctoral dissertation, Imagined Security, developed a new understanding of the role of trust in international politics and focused on explaining how trust underpins the remarkable peace that has emerged between liberal democracies. Michaels thesis and associated research have won a number of prizes, including the 2015 Lord Bryce Prize for best International Relations doctoral thesis in Britain.

Please re-visit the disucssion questions presented at the conference by clicking on the image below. Thank you for participating.

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