Invited Talks
2024: Young Scholars Symposium at the Ostrom Workshop at Indiana University
2023: University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon; Role Model Speaker Fund); Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention (San Diego); Indigenous Economics Study Group (virtual); Reservation Economic Summit (Las Vegas); Institute of Public Economics, UA; Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC); CTREE Conference (Portland, OR); CICD Native CDFI webinar (virtual); Florida State University (Tallahassee, Fl)
2022: Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis (virtual); Future Energy Systems webinar on the Ethics and Politics of Energy Systems (virtual); University of Saskatchewan (virtual); Indigenous Economics Study Group (virtual); the Economics Society of Northern Alberta (virtual); One Society Network (virtual), Empirical Microeconomics Workshop (Banff, AB), SEA Conference Meeting (Ft. Lauderdale)
2021: Center for the Study of African Economies (virtual); Canadian Economic Association annual meeting (virtual); University of Alberta Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (virtual)
2020: Situated Knowledges: Indigenous Peoples and Place Virtual Colloquium (U Alberta); Canadian Economic Association annual meeting (session canceled due to COVID)
2019: University of Calgary; Montana State University (Bozeman), University of Alberta (Edmonton), Rollins College (Winter Park, FL), Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER, Luxembourg), Sacramento State University (CA), Colby College (Waterville, ME)
2018: NBER Project on Economics of Indigenous Peoples and Institutions (Cambridge); Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference (DC)
2017: Midwest Economics Association Conference (Ohio); Census Bureau's Center for Economic Studies Seminar Series (DC); International Population Conference (Cape Town, SA); Virginia Military Institute/Washington and Lee Seminar Series (Lexington, VA)
Service
Board of Directors: Alberta Gambling Research Institute (effective July 1, 2024)
Departmental service: Founding member of the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee, (2021-22) [guide to writing an EDI statement]
Editorial board: Critical Gambling Studies
Reviewing: The Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, Economics of Education Review, Ecological Economics, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Critical Gambling Studies, Telecommunications Policy
Mentoring: Supervisor with I-STEAM Pathways: Environmental Education Program for Indigenous Students (2021) [learn more here]
Trainings/Certificates: Protecting Human Research Participants; The First Nations Information Governance Centre's OCAP training; Annual Census training in records management, data stewardship, and cyber security
Affiliations
Work, Employment, and Labour Markets Signature Area [learn more here], funded through the Alberta Centre for Labour Market Research
One Society Network: Co-Investigator, leading the Indigenous communities sector [learn more here]
Center for Indian Country Development, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis: Visiting Scholar (2021-2022); American Economic Association CSWEP Fellow (2016)
City of Edmonton: Consultant (Fall 2021)
Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples [visit site here]
American Economic Association, Canadian Economic Association
Press
Does Tribal Gaming Generate Net Benefits?
Critical Gambling Studies Blog [available here]
The `New Buffalo' Confronts a Pandemic: Implications of the COVID-19 Shock for the Indigenous Gaming Industry
Critical Gambling Studies Blog [available here]
Radio interview, CBC Edmonton's Radio Active show, April 22, 2021
Requoted in multiple news sources, including Canadian Gaming Business, Casino Reports, and Yahoo News
Print interview, The Capital Journal, February 17, 2023
"Financial access could bring benefits on Pine Ridge Reservation" [available here]
Print interview, Tribal Business News, March 12, 2023
"REPORT: Character may be more important than credit scores when it comes to Native CDFI business lending" [available here]
Print interview, Buffalo's Fire, July 19, 2023
"Good news for Indian Country: Business lenders find Native borrowers safe bet" [available here]
Print coverage, Tribal Business News, August 31, 2023
"Unpacking the wisdom of Native CDFIs" [available here]
Native entrepreneurs face credit-access challenges, February 2024
CICD Web Article [available here]