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An Invitation to attend Two Keynote Speeches on: Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship – The Role of Immigration and Workforce Diversity Main Auditorium – H2851, Health Sciences Centre, MUN, 300 Prince Phillip Parkway, St. John’s Monday, November 25, 2019, 8:30 – 11:30 AM Dear Colleagues, As the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in the Cultural and Economic Transformation at Memorial University of Newfoundland, it is my great pleasure to invite you to attend Two Keynote Speeches on Productivity, Innovation & Entrepreneurship – the Role of Immigration and Workforce Diversity to be held at Memorial University on November 25, 2019. The event provides an opportunity to share knowledge on existing work done in this field, explore and better understand immigrants’ productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities and identify ways to facilitate the continuous development and utilization of immigrants’ talent to enhance their positive contribution to the economy in NL and Canada as a whole. The event will also provide a great opportunity to network with experienced researchers and practitioners in this field. Two Keynote Speeches will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Hunt and Dr. Arthur Sweetman. Dr. Jennifer Hunt is the James Cullen Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. From 2013-2015, she served as the first Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor under the Obama Administration, then as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Labour Economics and also a co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources. Dr. Arthur Sweetman is the Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources and a Professor in the Economics Department at McMaster University. His recent research involves various economic issues regarding immigration, education, unemployment insurance, unions, and other similar topics. He is a co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics. Join us as we share information, insights and inspiration!
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An Invitation to attend Two Keynote Speeches on: Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship –
The Role of Immigration and Workforce Diversity
Main Auditorium – H2851, Health Sciences Centre, MUN, 300 Prince Phillip Parkway, St. John’s
Monday, November 25, 2019, 8:30 – 11:30 AM
Dear Colleagues,
As the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in the Cultural and Economic Transformation at Memorial University
of Newfoundland, it is my great pleasure to invite you to attend Two Keynote Speeches on Productivity,
Innovation & Entrepreneurship – the Role of Immigration and Workforce Diversity to be held at
Memorial University on November 25, 2019.
The event provides an opportunity to share knowledge on existing work done in this field, explore
and better understand immigrants’ productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship capabilities and
identify ways to facilitate the continuous development and utilization of immigrants’ talent to
enhance their positive contribution to the economy in NL and Canada as a whole. The event will
also provide a great opportunity to network with experienced researchers and practitioners in this
field.
Two Keynote Speeches will be presented by Dr. Jennifer Hunt and Dr. Arthur Sweetman.
Dr. Jennifer Hunt is the James Cullen Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics at Rutgers
University. From 2013-2015, she served as the first Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of
Labor under the Obama Administration, then as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Microeconomic
Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is an associate editor of the Journal of Labour
Economics and also a co-editor of the Journal of Human Resources.
Dr. Arthur Sweetman is the Ontario Research Chair in Health Human Resources and a Professor
in the Economics Department at McMaster University. His recent research involves various
economic issues regarding immigration, education, unemployment insurance, unions, and other
similar topics. He is a co-editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics.
Join us as we share information, insights and inspiration!
Host Dr. Tony Fang, Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Date Monday, November 25th, 2019
Where
Keynote speeches, 8:30 – 11:30 AM
Refreshments will be provided
Main Auditorium – H2851, Health Sciences Centre, 300 Prince Phillip Parkway
Registration Please register as space is limited: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdc51UQbphkGnwAQ0M-q5FKSSM-nUA6bzx0W1k6FrFa5Qw3OQ/viewform
For more information about the event, please check: https://www.mun.ca/jchair/
Or contact us: The Jarislowsky Team (Dr. Tony Fang)
[email protected], or 1-(709)-864-2288
Directions:
• The main Auditorium is located in the green above • The best way to enter is to arrive through the MUN Medical Education Centre (MEC) (indicated
by the red arrow below) o The entrance to this building is on the opposite end of the Health Science Centre (the
side facing the parking garage and the new Science Building under construction)
