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    Last updated: Aug 18, 2026 11:39 am
    A new version of the »ÆÉ«ÊÓÆµ Events Calendar will launch Wednesday, August 26. All events dated September 1, 2024 and later will be migrated. As part of this process, additions to the current calendar will be suspended at 3:00 p.m. on August 25.

    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 »ÆÉ«ÊÓÆµ. 

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