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Professor Emeritus Michael Parkin Receives Honorary Degree at University of Leicester

Professor Emeritus Michael Parkin will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester, Friday, January 22, 2010. Professor Parkin studied economics at Leicester from 1960-1963 and held appointments at the Universities of Sheffield, Leicester, Essex and Manchester before joining the Economics Department at UWO in 1975. In addition to his visiting appointments at Brown, Stanford and the Hoover Institution in the U.S., Professor Parkin has also held visiting posts in Australia, New Zealand, India and Japan. He is the author of Economics and Foundations of Economics, two of the best-selling introductory texts in economics that are published in dozens of editions and languages around the world, and has published over 160 journal articles and edited volumes. Professor Parkin still teaches a very popular introductory economics course, Principles of Microeconomics, here at Western.

Fellowship in Teaching Innovation - Call for 2010 Applications

The purpose of the Fellowship in Teaching Innovation is to encourage full-time faculty members to pursue teaching innovations at Western. Teaching innovation projects may take many forms, such as initiatives involving the novel incorporation of educational technology into classroom settings or developing new directions for large group learning. The deadline for submission of applications for this $10,000 award is March 1, 2010.

Alumni Awards of Merit 2010 - Call for Nominations

Nominate an outstanding Western alumna or alumnus for a prestigious Alumni Award of Merit. Western's Alumni Association offers this annual awards program to recognize alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions or communities. The awards will be presented during Homecoming weekend. The deadline for nominations is Wednesday, March 31, 2010.

Canadian Women Economists Network (CWEN) Young Researcher Prize - Call for Nominations

Beginning in 2010, CWEN will award the Young Researcher Prize, worth $1,0000, every two years. The Prize is intended to recognize research excellence by young women economists. The inaugural award will be presented at the CEA Meetings in Quebec City. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2010.

Canadian Economics Association (CEA) Annual Meeting - Call for Papers

The 44th Annual Meeting of the CEA will be held at the Petit Séminaire de Québec in Québec City, May 28-30, 2010 with some sessions of affiliated organizations on Thursday, May 27, 2010. The Canadian Economics Association would like to invite anyone wishing to present a paper at the 2010 Conference to submit an abstract by Friday, February 19, 2010.

Canadian Agricultural Economics Society 2010 Annual Meeting - Call for Submissions

The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society will be held jointly with the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association and the Western Agricultural Economics Association in Denver, Colorado, July 25-27, 2010. The deadline for submissions is January 18, 2010.

EcoMod 2010 International Conference on Economic Modelling - Call for Papers

EcoMod2010 International Conference on Economic Modelling, hosted by Istanbul Bilgi University, will take place In Istanbul, Turkey, on July 7-10, 2010. The goal of the conference is to promote the exchange of ideas among economists conducting quantitative analysis for policy and decision-making in the public and private sector and will cover all areas of applied modelling in economics. The deadline for submission of abstracts is January 31, 2010.