As an undergraduate at TRU, you have a unique opportunity to bring learning to life, by experiencing research. If you’re picturing yourself lugging musty books…

Dr. Ehsan Latif continues to explore important health issues. This time his focus is on obesity and happiness and asks an important question. Does gender…

Associate Professor Ehsan Latif  new research examines the impact of an economic downturn on mental health in Canada. His research uses longitudinal Canadian data from…

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500"] Pictured (left to right): Leanne Hawryluk, Joshua Gibson, Megan Blyth, Jeremy Gale, and Cailee Miner.[/caption] CIBC’s donation will provide 70 renewable…

Professor Khan and Dewan empirically examine by whom the commercial banks should be supervised for the stability of a banking sector. With a cross-sectional dataset…

Since the publication of the Brundtland Commission Report numerous definitions of sustainability and many different sets of sustainability indicators have been proposed by researcher and…

Sustainable development has long been a goal of Canadian governments. However, due to over reliance on traditional indicators such as GDP (gross domestic product), little…

Professor Latif with Professor Miles used data from business students taking an introductory statistics course to examine the impact of class attendance on examination performance.…

Dr. Stan Miles research explores financial strategies and in particular the constant-collateral pyramiding trading strategies, which can be implemented in the futures markets. For these…

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Hernando de Soto[/caption] Well-known Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto will share his research, insights, and other findings in what should be…

The following is an open letter to the TRU community, congratulating Rob Anderson for being the recipient of the Chair Leadership Award for 2012-13... Dear TRU…

Professor Ehsan used longitudinal Canadian data from the NPHS to estimate the impact of macroeconomic conditions measured by provincial unemployment rate on individual obesity and…

Professor Pyne is doing path breaking work on the economics of religious. This research extends his earlier work to study religious choice.  He explores the…

Hasnat Dewan from Economics and Len Hutt from Management just received news that their paper entitled "Can the relaxation programs really improve job satisfaction and lower…

Professor Ross Hickey from the Department of Economics at UBC-O and an expert in Public Finance and Political Economy visited the Department of Economics at…

Professor Hossain conducted a study in order to analyze the effects of primary constraints such as credit, utilities (e.g., water, electricity usage), skills and many…

The faculty of the Department of Economics published 24 peer reviewed journal articles from April 1st 2012 - March 31st 2013! The faculty presented their…

Professor Wictor Adamowicz visited the Department of Economics at Thompson Rivers University. During the visit he presented his research entitled “The Economic analysis of threatened…

Dr. Tsigaris, Associate Professor and Chair of Economics, recently gave a talk to life long learners and Seniors of Kamloops about the state of the…

On March 23 2013, Dr. Mohammad Mahbobi, Department of Economics, received the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award! Students call Dr. Mahbobi with the shortcut Mo. Congratulations…