All Events
Brady Deaton, a Professor in FARE and the McCain Family Chair in Food Security, recently organized and hosted a First Nation dialogue focused on economic growth and development in First Nation communities. Owen Roberts provides an excellent synopsis of the dialogue and issues, including a call for increased partnerships to grow First Nations economies. You can find more details of the discussion here:
Alan Ker, a Professor in the Department and Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, will be in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech University later this week, where he will give a talk on rating crop insurance policies on March 23.
Dr. Chad Lawley, Dept. of Agribusiness and Agricultural Economics, University of Manitoba will present "Ownership Restrictions and Farmland Values: Evidence from the 2003 Saskatchewan Farm Security Act Amendment, on Monday, March 26, 2018, 2:30-3:30 pm in Room 107 MCLN.
The invitation to attend is open to all.
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Dr. Thomas Sproul, Dept. of Environmental & Natural Resource Economics, University of Rhode Island, will present "Measurement Error in Prospect Theory Field Elicitations", on Friday, March 16th, 10:30-11:30 am, in Room 106 ROZH.
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On March 14th, the Department of FARE will be hosting an event: "Economic Growth on First Nations: Opportunities and Constraints". This free event is open to the public, and will feature:
Chief Abram Benedict (Mohawk Council of Akwesasne)
Chief Ava Hill (Six Nations of the Grand River)
Chief Patrick Madahbee (Anishinabek Nation)
FARE was well represented at this year's Canadian Agricultural Economics Society's Agricultural Policy Conference, held in Ottawa on January 24-26. Alan Ker, Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy and Professor in FARE, organized this year's event, which included topics ranging from NAFTA 2.0 to food security to business risk management.
Dr. Alan Ker spoke at the OMAFRA FarmSmart Conference on January 20th, 2018.
The Food Focus 2018 report, authored by FARE faculty members Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink, along with Bruce McAdams from the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, was featured in an on-line opinion piece published in MacLean's Magazine: http://www.macleans.ca/society/less-meat-more-choice-a-look-at-key-food-issues-in-2018/
Alan Ker, a faculty member in FARE and Director of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Food and Agricultural Policy, was recently interviewed by Country Guide regarding risk management in Canadian agriculture and NAFTA.
The Master of Science defence for Yuxi (Joy) Li took place on Friday, January 5, 2018 at 1:00 pm in Room 101, JD McLN Building. The title of her presentation is “Destination-Specific Export Competitivesness of the Hog & Cattle Sectors in Ontario and in Canada”.
Examination Committee
Yu Na Lee (Chair)
Andreas Boecker (External)
Rakahl Sarker (Advisory Committee)