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    Policy Talks: Miles Corak on Canada's poverty reduction strategy

    When:
    Thursday, October 18, 2018
    12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
    Where:
    Robert Sutherland Hall
    Room: 202
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    Description:

    The Making of Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy. 

    The inside story of the federal government's newly announced poverty reduction strategy suggests that more evidence is needed to make evidence-based public policy. 

    Miles Corak is a full professor of economics with The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and senior scholar at the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality. During the calendar year 2017, he was the Economist in Residence at Employment and Social Development Canada. He continues to play a role as a part-time advisor in the Deputy Minister’s Office. His research focuses on different dimensions of social mobility. Dr. Corak holds a BA in economics and political science and an MA in economics from McGill University. He completed his PhD at ³ÉÈË´óƬ. 

    Contact:
    Celia Russell
    russellc@queensu.ca
    Cost:
    Free public lecture
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