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Director President of Dalhousie University Richard Florizone is the 11th President of Dalhousie University. Before coming to Dalhousie, Florizone served as Vice-President, Finance and Resources, at the University of Saskatchewan since 2005. During his time at the University of Saskatchewan, Florizone remained an active and respected academic, publishing several papers and giving lectures and seminars [...]
Director President of Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling and President of Terrain Drilling Solutions Inc. Laura Araneda received her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of New Brunswick in 1991 and entered the family business. Today, as President of Vic Progressive Diamond Drilling (VPDD), Araneda believes that attention to quality, safety, and environment have helped [...]
The AIMS on Campus Student Fellowship is the newest, boldest student program designed to connect, inform and empower students who wish to learn more about liberty and the free market, and share that knowledge on campus. We uniquely bridge academia and awareness to provide the ultimate student experience. The AIMS on Campus project is made possible through [...]
AIMS Research Fellow Joseph Quesnel is a research fellow with the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS). A Northern Ontarian by background, Joseph now lives in Antigonish in eastern Nova Scotia with his wife Melanie. Joseph is also Quebec Metis by heritage and interested in Indigenous issues, in particular effective governance and economic development. He [...]
Senior Fellow in Electricity Policy Chairman of the Weil Consulting Group and President of Standard Energy Company, Augusta, Maine. Gordon Weil graduated from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine (A.B.), the College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (Diploma) and Columbia University, New York (Ph.D. in Public Law and Government). He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He [...]
AIMS Senior Fellow Dr. Robert W. Murray is the Vice-President, Research at the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, a Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies, and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta. He is also a blogger for e-International Relations and a Columnist for [...]
Fellow in Common Sense Education Michael Zwaagstra is a public high school teacher, education researcher, and author. He has extensive teaching experience at a variety of grade levels and currently teaches high school social studies in Manitoba. He received his B.Ed., P.B.C.E., and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Manitoba where he won several academic [...]
Brian Lee Crowley is past President and Senior Fellow of AIMS. In the nearly 15 years since its founding, AIMS has brought a distinctive and influential Eastern Canadian voice to regional and national debates over public policy in areas such as transfer payments, social policy, fiscal and tax policy, health care, education performance and accountability, [...]
AIMS Fellow in Health Care Economics Dr. Ferguson is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at University of Guelph. Dr. Ferguson earned a BA at Mount Allison University, an MA at the University of Guelph, and a PhD from Australian National University. Has worked at Health Canada, taught at McMaster University, been [...]