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Ken Norrie
Ken Norrie, Vice President , Research

Ken Norrie most recently served as provost and vice president, academic at McMaster University, where he is also professor of economics. He has held various academic postings across Canada including the University of Alberta as professor and associate dean of arts (social sciences), chair of the economics depart­ment and dean of arts. Dr. Norrie was also a visiting associate professor at Queen’s University, and was seconded to the Royal Commission on the Economic Union and Development Prospects for Canada (the Macdonald Commission).

Dr. Norrie was also Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at the Department of Finance, Government of Canada, and editor of Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de Politique between 1986 and 1990, and has served on the editorial boards of Canadian Journal of Economics, Canadian Journal of Regional Science, Prairie Forum and National History. Dr. Norrie earned an Honours degree in econom­ics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1967, an M.Phil. from Yale University in 1969 and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1971.