Senior Fellow and Director of the British Columbia Office, Canada West Foundation

Keynote Speaker

Roslyn Kunin was educated in Quebec and Ontario, finishing her studies with a Ph.D. in economics from the University of British Columbia. The University of Victoria has granted her the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws. She has been awarded the Crystal Ball Award by the Association of Professional Economists, the Woman of Distinction Award by the YWCA, a Canada 125 medal for service to the country and is a member of the Order of Canada. Roslyn has served the community in many positions including Chair of the Vancouver Stock Exchange, Director of the Business Development Bank of Canada, Governor of the University of British Columbia and the North/South Institute, Chair of the Vancouver Crisis Centre and Vice-President of the YWCA. She is vice-chair of WorkSafeBC, a member of the National Statistics Council and has published numerous articles and books. In her career, Roslyn has worked in the private sector, written a weekly newspaper column, taught at several Canadian universities including Simon Fraser and UBC and served twenty years as Regional Economist for the federal government in B.C. and Yukon. She is now Senior Fellow and Director of the British Columbia Office of the Canada West Foundation and is in private practice as a consulting economist.