Upcoming Workshops
Monday
September 17 |
John Whalley (Western)
"China's New Dual
Exchange Rate System: A Transitional Arrangement
to Full
Convertibility; Or a New Long-Term System"
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.,
Room 4032 SSC |
Ontario Research
Fund (ORF) |
Wednesday
September 19 |
Nathan Sussman (Hebrew University)
"Institutions,
Deficits, and Wars: The Determinants of British Borrowing
Costs from the End of the Seventeenth Century to 1850"
(joint with Yishay Yafeh)
3:30
p.m., Room 4161 SSC |
EPRI |
News and Announcements
Departmental Meeting - Reminder
The Fall Departmental Meeting will be held on
Monday, September 17, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. in Room 4161 SSC. All
faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Economics Fall Party - Reminder
The Economics Fall Party will take place on Thursday, September
20th at the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate on Windermere Road, 5:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m. There is no admission nor coverage charge for attending
this event. Beverages are complementary.
Dinner will again be catered by Betty Heydon of Blackfriar’s. The
cost of dinner is outlined below and must be paid in advance.
Please note that if you are a new faculty member or
a new graduate student, there is no cost to you for
the food. Simply follow the RSVP instructions below, so we can report
to the caterer the number of guests to be served.
• Faculty/Spouse ~ $20/person
• Post-Doctoral Fellows/Visiting
Doctoral Students ~ $0/person
• Graduate student/spouse ~
$10/person
• Children under 14 years of age ~ $0
RSVP Sharon or
Debra by
Friday, September 14th.
Please see this map for directions
to the Elsie Perrin Williams Estate.
Dean's Office Annual Gathering - Invitation
All Social Science faculty and staff are invited to join the Dean
in welcoming new staff and faculty for the faculty's annual start of a
new academic year gathering on Thursday, September 20, 2012, 3:00-5:00
p.m., in the Faculty Lounge, Room 3036 SSC. Refreshments and
appetizers will be available.
Fall Fire Drill
A
fire drill for the Faculty of Social Science will occur on
Thursday, October 11, 2012 between
8:30-3:30 p.m. Staff evacuation is required.
Faculty Mentor Program 2012-2013 - Workshop
The Faculty Mentor Program will sponsor a workshop,
Preparing Research Grant Proposals: CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, on Friday,
September 28, 2012, 1:30-3:30 p.m., in the Teaching Support Centre,
Room 121, Weldon Library. This program is intended for faculty.
Registration is restricted to full and part-time faculty members.
Teaching Support Centre - Supervision Conversations
Supervision Conversations is an informal monthly brown-bag lunch
series, hosted by the Teaching Support Centre, of monthly
discussions on the challenge of supervising graduate students and
exploring opportunities for mentoring young scholars. The series
begins September 17th, 12:00-1:00 p.m., in the Teaching Support
Centre, Room 122 Weldon Library. Please
register online.
First Annual Toronto Austrian Scholars Conference - Call for
Papers
The Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada will launch the
First Annual Toronto Austrian Scholars Conference on November
9-10, 2012 at the University of Toronto, St. George Campus. The
deadline for abstract submission is September 28, 2012.
