Faculty

Santiago Camara (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:48:34 +0000

Santiago Camara (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Professor Sonia Laszlo awarded the 2026 AUS Teaching Award for Most Outstanding Professor

admin — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:04:55 +0000

As announced by the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) at the March 2026 Arts Faculty Council Meeting, Professor Sonia Laszlo has been awarded the 2026 AUS Teaching Award for Most Outstanding Professor. We warmly congratulate Professor Laszlo on this well-deserved recognition of her exceptional dedication to teaching and student engagement.

Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature Inaugural Lecture

admin — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 19:00:08 +0000

Talk by Dr. Antje Chan, Stevenson Chair in Religion and Literature, Religion, Literature and the Shaping of Neighbourliness in Late Medieval England.

Professor Fernando Saltiel receives tenure

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:27:52 +0000

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Fernando Saltiel has been granted tenure. Professor Saltiel joined ��VR��Ƶ in 2020 and has established himself as a leading researcher in labour and education economics. His work examines how cognitive and non-cognitive skills affect labour market outcomes, the role of firms in shaping skill development, and the impact of business cycles on labor market outcomes. We congratulate Professor Saltiel on this well-deserved recognition of his contributions to research, teaching, and service.

Professor Robert Engle, co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded a honorary doctorate of science (D.Sc.)

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:28:55 +0000

Robert F. Engle, co-recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Economics, is a leading expert in time series analysis and the creator of autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (ARCH), a method for the statistical modelling of time-varying volatility. His work revolutionized financial econometrics and is widely used in asset pricing and risk management. He is Co-Director of the NYU Stern Volatility Institute and co-founded the Society for Financial Econometrics.

Department welcomes Assistant Professor Kensuke Sakamoto

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:25:28 +0000

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Kensuke Sakamoto will be joining our faculty as an Assistant Professor in August 2026. Dr. Sakamoto earned his PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2026. He is an expert in network econometrics and its applications.

Professor Fabian Lange delivers Innis Lecture at the 2026 Canadian Economic Association Meeting

admin — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 13:26:40 +0000

The Department of Economics is pleased to announce that Professor Fabian Lange delivered the Harold Innis Lecture at the 60th Annual Meetings of the Canadian Economics Association, held at Simon Fraser University in May 2026. The Innis Lecture, established in 1974 in honour of the great Canadian economist Harold Adams Innis, is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to economics in the broad sense in which Innis construed the subject.

Jarislowsky Lecture Series: Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto), "Natural and Natural Conversations"

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:54:40 +0000

Jarislowsky Lecture Series in Human Nature and Technology "Natural and Natural Conversations" Jennifer Nagel (Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto)

Informal Seminar with Jennifer Nagel

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:58:02 +0000

Informal Seminar with Jennifer Nagel (University of Toronto)

October 23, 2026
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Location: Leacock Room 927

Application Deadline: Invention to Impact Training Program Fall 2026

admin — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 20:26:48 +0000

Application Deadline: September 13, 2026, 11:59PM ET - Apply Here!

Meilin Tong (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Tue, 26 May 2026 12:35:38 +0000

Meilin Tong (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Brennan McLachlan (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:01:15 +0000

Brennan McLachlan (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Yiran Chen (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:03:06 +0000

Yiran Chen (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, August 4, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Jiyoung Kim (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:04:36 +0000

Jiyoung Kim (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429

Fernando Saltiel (��VR��Ƶ), Title TBA

admin — Fri, 22 May 2026 12:58:14 +0000

Fernando Saltiel (��VR��Ƶ)
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
12:00-1:00 PM
Leacock 429