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Youth unemployment in Canada is on the rise and becoming a topic. The conservatives try to blame immigrant workers and the temporary foreign worker program. I believe this is a cyclical issue. Here is what I have to say yesterday:

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Doing design work for the #GreenBookProject, research by @trevondlogan.bsky.social, @maggieecjones.bsky.social, David Rosé, and others was incredible.

There are a lot of small design details, like this custom loading animation, that were a joy to create.

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The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.

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Just received this statement from Lisa Cook:
"President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."

It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.

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Check out our new Green Book website below!

And special thanks to @markgsheppard.com and Bryson Berry for working so hard to bring it to life!

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

#1 in Canada for research funding and ranked top university city in the Americas — Montréal is a hub for innovation and scientific advancement.

McGill’s Dr. @sashamtl.bsky.social joins fellow scientists in sharing why they chose Montréal — a city that values research, collaboration, and diversity.

Our paper (joint with Donn. Feir and ‪@kellyfoley.bsky.social) evaluating the effectiveness of labour market programs for Indigenous populations is now available in pre-print at JHR @j-humanresources.bsky.social !

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Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1A42s...

Our work now published showing how better AI can improve both accuracy and diversity in hiring relative to supervised learning tools and status-quo human hiring.

Scott's Mixtape podcast is like no other: it’s 100% focused on the backstory behind the research. Neat idea and super fun for his guests!

Some projects, rather than using up time, feed your energy; working w/ @cortesecon.bsky.social & @stone-centre-ubc.bsky.social & all at @cleforum.bsky.social to organize the 1st annual CLEF conference is giving me that buzz.

Join us April 25/26! register here stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/clef2025/

New WP with @trevondlogan.bsky.social, David Rosé, and @drlisadcook.bsky.social ⬇️ We study how the intersection of consumer discrimination and market power shapes firm behavior, including pricing decisions using new data on the prices of firms by discriminatory status from 1940-1960.

Thrilled to share that Mike and I will be making our way home to 🇨🇦 later this year where I’ll be joining the economics department at McGill University as associate professor. Looking forward to joining their vibrant research community!

Hearing another Census data purge is coming

Prioritize downloads of anything IPUMS does not have

They are targeting anything with race and sex

Happy to share a recent publication, where I discuss the intergenerational legacy of residential schools in Canada. This publication also closes the door on my dissertation, as it’s the final chapter to be published.

I figured I might as well kick off my presence here with a social contribution: a starter pack of the small, but growing number of Canadian economic historians on @bsky.app