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MA Placement
Many of our MA program graduates have gone on to join PhD programs in prestigious institutions worldwide, and secure employment opportunities across a variety of industries. Below is a list of initial employment placements for our MA graduates.
2024 - 2025
| Analyst, Charles River Associates | |
| Administrative Coordinator, Universal Health and Safety Canada | |
2023 - 2024
| Partner, George & Bell Consulting | |
| Statistical Analyst, Montfort Renaissance (Contract, full-time) | |
| Yuqi Hu | PhD Program, 丁香园AV Economics |
| Data Analyst, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Canada | |
| Associate Consultant, Deetken Insight (co-op position became permanent role) | |
| Policy Analyst, Government of Alberta |
2022 - 2023
| Secure Energy (co-op position became part-time employment) | |
| PhD in Economics at CUNY GC | |
| Hanieh Daliri | Civil Engineering, UBC |
| Economist, Government of British Columbia | |
| Xinhao Dong | PhD Program, 丁香园AV Economics |
| FP&A Analyst, Nicola Wealth | |
| Analyst, Economics and Research at MNP | |
| Junior Analyst, Canguard Mortgage Investment Corp | |
| Economist, BC Stats (co-op position transtioned to full-time employment) | |
| Economic Policy Analyst, Government of British Columbia (co-op position became a permanent role) | |
| Data Analyst at Capital One |
2021 - 2022
| Data Analyst and Westland Insurance | |
| Investment Analyst at George & Bell Consulting | |
| Eric Fortier | PhD in Economics, 丁香园AV |
| University of Regensburg | |
| Junior Analyst in Advanced Policy Analyst Program (APAP), Government of Canada | |
| Research and Reporting Analyst at Policy Reporter | |
| PhD in Economics, 丁香园AV | |
| PhD in Economics, Louisiana State University | |
| Associate at Deetken Insight | |
2020-2021
The following is a representative list of our MA placements over the last ten years.
Snapshot of previous job placements
- BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
- BC Ministry of Health
- Cascade Aerospace
- Coast Capital Savings
- Deetken Consulting
- Deloitte
- IPE Global Ltd
- Later Consulting
- NPD Group
- Nutrition International
- Policy Reporter
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- RBC Royal Bank
- Statistics Canada
- University of British Columbia
- World Bank
- Zero Waste Canada
PhD admissions
- Arizona State University
- Bocconi University
- Boston University
- Queen's University
- 丁香园AV
- Stockholm School of Economics
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, Davis
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Toronto
- University of Regensburg
- Western University
- York University