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External activity - Indigenous Socioeconomic Wellbeing

Université du Québec à Montréal, pavillon Président-Kennedy

Friday 18 September 2026
From 9a.m. To 4:10p.m.

The Research Group on Human Capital will hold its eighth workshop on Friday, September 18, 2026, at the University of Quebec in Montreal.

Multiple academic researchers from the social sciences will present recent work. The presentations primarily feature empirical research using microeconometric models, with a particular emphasis on questions of identification of causal effects. The workshop is intended to promote discussion and exchanges on the theme of Indigenous socioeconomic wellbeing.

The workshop is open not only to academics (professors, researchers, graduate students), but also to administrators and policymakers as well as to officials from governmental institutions with an interest in the topic.

Registration (including lunch) is free but mandatory.

Randall Akee
Akee, Randall
Professor, Harvard University
Marie Connolly
Connolly, Marie
CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Full Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University
Angela Daley
Daley, Angela
Economist, Indépendant
Donn Feir
Feir, Donn
Professor, University of Victoria
Rob Gillezeau
Gillezeau, Rob
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Catherine Haeck
Haeck, Catherine
CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Full Professor, École des sciences de la gestion de l’Université du Québec à Montréal (ESG-UQAM)
Ph.D., Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Anya Hageman
Hageman, Anya
Assistant Professor, Queen's University
Virginie Martin
Martin, Virginie
PhD student, Université Laval
Philip Merrigan
Merrigan, Philip
CIRANO Researcher and Fellow
Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
Ph.D., Economics, Université de Montréal
Noah Spencer
Spencer, Noah
Lecturer, Wilfrid Laurier University

Program

8:30 - 9:00
Registration, coffee and pastries served
9:00 - 9:10
Opening remarks
9:10 - 9:50
The Great Mobility Puzzle Resolved
9:50 - 10:30
Neighbourhood effects and education policy in Indigenous communities
Noah Spencer
10:30 - 10:50
Coffee break
10:50 - 11:30
TBC
Rob Gillezeau
11:30 - 12:10
Tribal Casinos, Economic Success, and Intergenerational Mobility
Randall Akee
12:10 - 13:00
Lunch
13:00 - 13:40
Indigenous socioeconomic wellbeing in the broader Canadian context
Anya Hageman
13:40 - 14:20
The Sources and Consequences of Indigenous Overrepresentation in British Columbia’s Child Welfare System
Donn Feir
14:20 - 14:40
Coffee break
14:40 - 15:20
The Effects of Opening Indigenous University Programs on the Education Level of Indigenous Youth
Virginie Martin
15:20 - 16:00
Evaluating policies to improve food affordability, nutrition and food security in remote communities in Northern Canada
Angela Daley
16:00 - 16:10
General discussion and closing remarks
16:10 - 17:30
Reception on the premises
18:00 - 19:00
Conference dinner (by invitation only)

Location


201 Av. du Président-Kennedy, Montréal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada