The University of Western Ontario
The Economics Newsletter
  October 30, 2009 Editor: Sharon Phillips  

Upcoming Workshops

Tuesday
November 3
Greg Kaplan (University of Pennsylvania / Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
"Moving Back Home: Insurance Against Labor Market Risk"
4:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
Money/Macro
Wednesday
November 4
David Laidler (University of Western Ontario)
"Lean or Clean - A New Policy Inclination for the Bank of Canada"
12:00 p.m., Room 4161 SSC
EPRI
Luncheon Seminar


News and Announcements

Alan Blizzard Award - Call for Applications

The Alan Blizzard Award was developed in 1999 by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE) to stimulate and reward collaboration in teaching, and to encourage and disseminate the scholarship of teaching. The award is given to collaborative projects that increase the effectiveness of student learning and is open to groups of two or more individuals, at least one of whom must be currently teaching at a Canadian university, regardless of discipline or level of appointment. The deadline for applications is Friday, January 15, 2010.


Research Notices

Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), Baxter and 3M

Economics of Patient Safety - Request for Applications

*Please submit a hard copy of all research grant applications, internal and external, to Karin for review and subsequent Chair signature prior to electronically submitting your applications.

**The newly enhanced Research On-line Administration (ROLA II) is now available and must be filled out by all grant applicants to obtain institutional approvals for their grant applications. Please see Karin if you need assistance.

Funding Announcements