The VSE COVID Risk/Reward Assessment Tool can be used to compare some of the risks and benefits of re-opening different sectors of the Canadian economy. [Assessment tool] [User Guide] [Summary]
Globe and Mail article (May 19, 2020) [Link]
C.D. Howe Institute Intelligence Memo (June 2, 2020) [Link]
770 CHQR Afternoons with Rob Breakenridge interview (June 3, 2020)
Community based experiential learning in economics (2011-2019): Benefits and challenges (with Catherine Douglas and Kyle Nelson ) [Go to paper]
This report provides an overview of an Experiential Education program that has been implemented in several undergraduate courses at UBC’s Vancouver School of Economics since 2011. The aim of the program is to enhance students’ learning through Community Based Experiential Learning partnerships with non-profit organizations both regionally and abroad, as well as through course relevant field trips to sites in the Vancouver region. We also provide evidence about the benefits and challenges of this pedagogical approach to students, to community partners and to faculty members integrating this approach in their courses. We also include results of a survey of UBC faculty about the motivations, challenges and supports associated with the implementation of Experiential Education in their courses. The survey was designed, implemented and evaluated by a collaborative team of faculty, staff and graduate students in association with UBC’s Centre for Teaching and Learning Technology and UBC’s Centre for Community Engaged Learning.
Evaluation of the Vancouver Rent Bank, May 2017 (with Catherine Douglas) [Go to paper]