Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is a renowned scholar for his work on food policy, safety, distribution, and security. He is author of the book Food Safety, Risk Intelligence and Benchmarking. He acts as special advisor to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), to Health Canada on food safety issues, and to Agriculture and Food Canada on [...]
Dr. Mark Raymond obtained his doctoral degree in resource and environmental economics from the University of Guelph. Mark currently serves as the Chairperson for the Department of Economics at the Sobey School of Business and is the former Associate Dean for the School. He has completed multiple resource and environmental-based research projects for various organizations [...]
AIMS Fellow in Financial Markets Harry Koza is Senior Analyst for Canadian markets at Thomsonreuters’ IFR Markets. At various times in his career Mr. Koza has been a prospector, metallurgist, project manager, engineer, mining promoter, as well as an institutional bond salesman for fifteen years before joining Thomson Financial. His particular interests are high-yield and distressed securities, [...]
Research Fellow Meredith McDonald specializes in politics and public policy. Her most recent article (co-authored with Ted Morton), “The Siren Song of Economic Diversification: Alberta’s Legacy of Loss,” was published by the School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. She previously worked for the federal government, including roles with the minister of state [...]
Why immigration is desperately needed in Atlantic Canada - Marco Navarro-Genie, President & CEO, Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS), discusses why people aren’t staying in or moving to Atlantic Canada. Perfect Atlantic Storm Many Atlantic Canadians have to leave the region in order to find opportunities for themselves and their children. We're in a perfect [...]
CBC News quoting AIMS President Marco Navarro-Génie By CBC News • CBC.ca, 07 March 2017 A Winnipeg-based think-tank recommends shrinking Manitoba's civil service workforce by about 36,000 jobs because it says the sector is too big for the province's population. The Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies released a report this week [...]
On March 7, 2017, AIMS CEO Marco Navarro-Génie was interviewed by CBC News Manitoba about the newly released study published jointly by The Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, which recommends shrinking Manitoba's civil service.
On March 2, 2017, AIMS CEO Marco Navarro-Génie, Vice Chair NL Leo Power, and Ed Hollett were interviewed by CBC Radio's St. John's Morning Show. The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) appointed Ed Hollett as a senior research fellow. Mr. Hollett will focus on policy research for Newfoundland and Labrador. [...]
ST. JOHN’S, NL – The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ed Hollett as a senior research fellow with a focus on policy analysis, public affairs commentary, and general outreach for Newfoundland and Labrador. “At this pivotal time, we believe that Newfoundlanders and Labradorians should set their course [...]
• The Telegram, 27 February 2017 The Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) is appointing Ed Hollett as a senior research fellow. The appointment will be officially announced Tuesday. Hollett will focus on policy research for Newfoundland and Labrador, AIMS announced in a news release. This announcement will mark the beginning of the first full-time [...]