Thomas Joseph Courchene (born 16 September 1940), known as Tom Courchene, is a Canadian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and professor. Born in

Wakaw, Saskatchewan Wakaw, Saskatchewan, is a town northeast of Saskatoon and south of Prince Albert. It is about halfway between the two cities and is served by Highway 2, Highway 41, and Highway 312. Wakaw is in hilly partially forested country east of the ...

, in 1940, he received an Honours

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from the

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in 1962. He received his PhD from

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in 1967. In 1969, he received a post-doctoral fellowship from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

. He started teaching as a lecturer in economics at the

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO; branded as Western University) is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by residential neighbourhoods and the Thame ...

in 1965. In 1970, he became a professor of Economics and he taught there until 1988. From 1988 to 1992, he was the Director of the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University. Currently, he is a professor of economic and financial policy at Queen's University and is a senior scholar at the

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. From 1988 to 1991, he was a member of the

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. From 1980 to 1999, he was a Senior Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute. In 1998, he was made an Officer of the

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. In 1981, he was made a Fellow of

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. Courchene has written a number of books and more than 250 articles on Canadian monetary, health, and social policy. His 1994 book, ''Social Canada in the Millennium'', and his 2018 book, 'Indigenous Nationals, Canadian Citizens: From First Contact to Canada 150 and Beyond'' won the

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for excellence in writing of Canadian public policy. He also won the Doug Purvis Memorial Prize in 1995, for his written contribution to Canadian economic policy. He ran unsuccessfully as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the riding of

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in the 1979 federal election.

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Queen's University biography
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