Overview
Under the direction of the Chair of the Department of Economics, the Student Experience Fund will enhance student learning through research and engaged interactions with experts, policymakers, and practitioners. The goal is to prepare the next generation of diverse leaders equipped to address the economic challenges facing Canada.
The Student Experience Fund will facilitate faculty and student research collaborations, allowing them to learn from each other, exchange ideas, and undertake new research that demonstrates thought leadership. The fund will also bring high-profile national and international speakers to meet with students in person and virtually for the purpose of mentorship.
Coordinated by the Chair of the Department, the Student Experience Fund will support student experience initiatives for graduate students in Economics and our final-year undergraduate students in the B. ECON Program. Many of these opportunities are not part of a student’s degree requirements but are nonetheless very important in their development as economists and will enhance their overall learning experience at Carleton.
The Background
Economics is relevant to almost every aspect of our lives. At its core, it is the study of reasoned choice in the context of scarce resources and competing interests. The need to make decisions pervades our day-to-day lives and information, incentives, market forces, new technologies, policies, and regulations all influence this need. Economics training provides a powerful lens to measure and analyze data, help separate correlation from causation, and gain insights that matter for improving our quality of life and standards of living.
Carleton University Department of Economics offers Canada’s only undergraduate economics program recognized as its own degree – the B. ECON program. In addition to this, the department offers an exceptional M.A. program and a superb and innovative Ph.D. program jointly offered with uOttawa as the Ottawa-Carleton Graduate School of Economics (OCGSE). With over 60 faculty members and over 85 Ph.D. students, OCGSE is one of the largest Ph.D. programs in North America. In 2021, the department launched a unique Graduate Diploma in Economic Policy that offers courses on a variety of topics relevant to evidenced-based economic policy design.
The Rollout
The Student Experience Fund will facilitate faculty and student research collaborations, allowing them to learn from each other, exchange ideas, and undertake new research that demonstrates thought leadership. The fund will also bring high-profile national and international speakers to meet with students in person and virtually for the purpose of mentorship.
The Impact
This fund will allow students to learn from each other and faculty in a less-structured, more collaborative format and provide access to national and international thought leaders who will challenge what is possible in Economics and help create leaders of tomorrow.
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Project Champion:
Name Dr. Hashmat Khan
Project Title Student Experience Fund
Department Economics
Email hashmatkhan@cunet.carleton.ca
Phone (613) 520- 2600 ext. 1561 or (613)-355-6669 (Cell)