24 March 2025 — Kingston, Ontario — The Queen’s Economics Department and the John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy are pleased to announce the full speaker lineup for the WECAN 2025 Conference (Women Economists Can), which will take place on May 1, 2025, in Kingston, Ontario.

The annual WECAN event will showcase research by women economists working in Canada. Queen’s faculty members Bev Lapham, Amy Hongfei Sun, and Ming Xu are organizing the inaugural conference, with a focus on applied and policy-relevant topics in macroeconomics, firm behavior, and public policy.

Confirmed Speakers and Topics

Sophie Osotimehin (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Topic: The Long-Run Effects of Transportation Productivity on the US Economy (joint with Kerem Cosar and Latchezar Popov)

Luba Petersen (Simon Fraser University)
Topic: History-Dependent Monetary Policy – Less is More

Bettina Brueggemann (McMaster University)
Topic: Ownership Changes and Firm Dynamics (joint with Zachary Mahone and Thomas Palmer)

Nora Traum (HEC Montréal)
Topic: TBA

Michelle Alexopoulos (University of Toronto)
Topic: TBA

The WECAN Conference is open to faculty, graduate students, and researchers. Sessions will take place at the Delta Hotel in downtown Kingston, followed by a reception and dinner.

Registration is required. For more information, see the conference website:

https://www.econ.queensu.ca/about/events/queens-wecan-women-economists-canada-conference-2025