News

2025

October

UW Dept of Economics to co-host 35th Annual Meeting of the CREEA

Thu. Oct. 2, 2025 12:00 AM
The Department of Economics will co-host the 35th annual meeting of the Canadian Resource and Environmental Economics Association (CREEA). Details... Read More

May

EFIN programs now affiliated with CFA Institute’s University Affiliation Program

Tue. May. 27, 2025 12:00 AM
Our BA and BBA programs in Economics and Finance (EFIN) are now affiliated with the CFA Institute’s University Affiliation Program. Read... Read More

March

UW economist comments on Manitoba’s latest budget

Fri. Mar. 21, 2025 12:00 AM
Professor Philippe Cyrenne comments on Manitoba’s 2025-26 budget. Read More Read More

2024

October

EFIN students score in top 10% on CFA Level 1 Exam

Tue. Oct. 15, 2024 12:00 AM
From left: Jonas Yu and Jerohm Villanueva Congratulations to Jonas Yu and Jerohm Villanueva for passing the CFA Level 1 Exam scoring in... Read More

June

Dr. Xiao-yuan Dong to be honoured at Spring Convocation

Wed. Jun. 5, 2024 12:00 AM
The University of Winnipeg is proud to honour six outstanding faculty and staff members—Dr. Peggy Day, Dr. Xiao-yuan Dong, Dr. James... Read More

2023

December

Econ Major scores in top 10% on CFA Level 1 Exam

Wed. Dec. 6, 2023 12:00 AM
Damilola Ashaju, an Economics Major, wrote his CFA Level 1 Exam this past August and scored in the top 90th percentile. Damilola moved to Winnipeg... Read More

September

UW economists sound off on election promises

Tue. Sep. 26, 2023 12:00 AM
Professors Philippe Cyrenne and Stefan Dodds comment on the Progressive Conservative's plan to spur economic growth in Manitoba through tax... Read More

August

MAE student awarded Research Manitoba Master's Studentship

Fri. Aug. 11, 2023 12:00 AM
Hassan Abdulkadir, Master of Arts in Applied Economics student, has received a $12,000 Master’s Studentship Award... Read More

2022

June

Economics student presents at the CEA conference

Tue. Jun. 14, 2022 12:00 AM
Economics Honours student, Callum Goulet-Kilgour, presented a poster at the Canadian Economics Association (CEA) conference held in Ottawa in June... Read More

UWinnipeg students compete in the first annual John Nash Competition

Fri. Jun. 3, 2022 12:00 AM
Those familiar with the film or novel A Beautiful Mind will know that Nobel Prize winner John Nash was a mathematician, but his... Read More

March

UWinnipeg student team prepares for National CFA Ethics Competition

Wed. Mar. 9, 2022 12:00 AM
A team of four University of Winnipeg students from the Faculty of Business and Economics won the Prairie Regional Competition of the annual... Read More

2021

July

Grad student broadens horizons through Applied Economics program

Tue. Jul. 27, 2021 12:00 AM
In a sense, the University of Winnipeg has helped Lisa Bebyck prepare for her third – or perhaps even... Read More

April

Tracing the social and economic integration of immigrants

Mon. Apr. 5, 2021 12:00 AM
A University of Winnipeg student and professor are hoping to better understand the experiences of Chinese immigrants who arrived in Canada between... Read More

2020

January

FBE alumni reception photo gallery

Thu. Jan. 30, 2020 12:00 AM
The University of Winnipeg’s Faculty of Business and Economics (FBE) held its second annual alumni reception at the Thompson Dorfman... Read More

UWinnipeg Foundation Celebrates Chinese New Year with Wu Chung Scholar

Fri. Jan. 24, 2020 12:00 AM
On Friday January 24, members of The University of Winnipeg Foundation staff greeted this year’s Wu Chung Scholar, Wanshan Liu,... Read More

2019

June

Wu Chung Scholar graduates this spring

Wed. Jun. 5, 2019 12:00 AM
Huiqi Deng has earned the lucrative Wu Chung Scholarship at UWinnipeg, and is one of two of these scholars graduating next week... Read More

May

Hugh Grant appointed Dean of Business and Economics

Fri. May. 24, 2019 12:00 AM
Dr. James Currie, Provost and Vice-President, Academic is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Hugh Grant as Dean of Business and Economics... Read More

March

Five Economic Students Carving Their Paths to Success

Thu. Mar. 28, 2019 12:00 AM
Five University of Winnipeg students are carving out their own unique paths towards successful futures in economics. Despite women making up less... Read More

February

UWinnipeg team to compete in national ethics challenge

Wed. Feb. 13, 2019 12:00 AM
The University of Winnipeg was well represented at the regional Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Society Ethics Challenge in Winnipeg on Saturday,... Read More

2018

May

M.A. (Economics) student wins Progressive Economics Forum award

Tue. May. 15, 2018 12:00 AM
Chukwudi Ezeani, a student in the M.A. (Economics) program, was awarded top prize in the graduate category for his paper "The Effect of... Read More

April

Manitoba Medical Service Foundation Grant Received by Dr. Luc Clair

Mon. Apr. 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Dr. Luc Clair has received a Manitoba Medical Service Foundation operating grant in the amount of $30,000 for his project "Estimating the... Read More

Manitoba Gambling Research Program Grant Received by Dr. James Townsend and Dr. Wenbiao Cai

Sun. Apr. 1, 2018 12:00 AM
Dr. James Townsend (principal investigator) and Dr. Wenbiao Cai (co-investigator) have received a grant from Manitoba Gambling Research Program... Read More

January

SSHRC Insight Development Grant - External Research Grant received by Economics faculty member

Mon. Jan. 1, 2018 12:00 AM
Pandey, Manish (Principal Investigator) and Tanika Chakraborty (Collaborator), SSHRC Insight Development Grant for “Determinants and... Read More

ArcticNet Grant - External Research Grant received by Economics faculty member

Mon. Jan. 1, 2018 12:00 AM
O'Gorman, Melanie (Principal Investigator) with Co-Investigators Kathy Snow, Alexander McAuley, Kate Tilleczek, Tess Miller, Fiona Walton and... Read More

2017

November

Faculty researchers receive over $3 million in SSHRC grants

Wed. Nov. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
WINNIPEG, MB –The full list of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grants were announced today, and... Read More

September

Three ERDE students receive PhD funding

Wed. Sep. 13, 2017 12:00 AM
Three graduates of UWinnipeg’s Master of Arts in Environmental, Resource and Development Economics (ERDE) begin their PhD studies this... Read More

2016

2015

December

The economics of education in Nunavut

Wed. Dec. 9, 2015 12:00 AM
One of the challenges in northern communities is keeping youth in school. Nunavut, Canada’s most northern and largest territory, has the... Read More

2014

January

SSHRC Insight Development Grant - External Research Grant received by Economics faculty member

Wed. Jan. 1, 2014 12:00 AM
Ray Chaudhuri, Amrita (Principal Applicant) and Manish Pandey (Co-applicant), SSHRC Insight Development Grant: "Examining the effects of... Read More

International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant - External Research Grant received by Economics faculty member

Wed. Jan. 1, 2014 12:00 AM
Dong, Xiao-yuan (Principal Investigator) with Yaohui Zhao, International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant: "Care economy,... Read More

2013

2012

2011

January

SSHRC Insight Development Grant - External Research Grant received by Economics faculty member

Sat. Jan. 1, 2011 12:00 AM
O'Gorman, Melanie (Principal Applicant) and Manish Pandey (Co-applicant), SSHRC Insight Development Grant: “Cultivating the... Read More

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