The Chancellor David Dodge Lecture in Public Finance was established in 2014 by ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ School of Policy Studies, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ School of Business and ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Department of Economics. It honours David Dodge who served as the 13th Chancellor of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ from 2008 to 2014.
Educated at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ (B.A.H. Economics) and Princeton University (Ph.D.), David Dodge held academic appointments at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥, Johns Hopkins University and University of British Columbia before joining the Public Service of Canada. He held senior positions in the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation, the Anti-Inflation Board, and the Department of Employment and Immigration and subsequently a number of increasingly senior positions at the Department of Finance. He was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance in 1992; Deputy Minister of Health in 1998; and Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2001 for a seven-year term. The Lecture's focus celebrates his lifelong passion for excellence in public finance.
Past lectures in this series:
2018: Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada
"Today's Labour Market and the Future of Work"
2016: William B.P. Robson, President and CEO, C.D. Howes Institute
"Getting Ponzi out of Public Programs: Fiscal and Pension Sustainability in Canada"
2014: David Dodge, former Chancellor, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥
"Preparing Canada for Our Collective Old Age" - (Inaugural Lecture)