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Shelley Phipps

Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University

Description

Shelley Phipps is the Maxwell Professor of Economics at Dalhousie University. Her research focuses on the health and well-being of Canadian children, the economic vulnerability of Canadian families with children, and international comparison of public policies to reduce poverty and inequality experienced by children.

Sessions

Evaluating Bold Policy Proposals - Children and psychosocial skills
May 14, 2021
10:00 AM - 11:50 PM
Panel presentations and live discussion with wellbeing research, policy and practice leaders to propose and assess the feasibility of specific bold, cost-effective, evidence-based and impactful policies for wellbeing.
Speakers
Sarah Flèche
Assistant Professor at Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Research Associate at the Well-Being Observatory (CEPREMAP) and LSE Centre for Economic Performance
Shelley Phipps
Professor of Economics, Dalhousie University
Prof Lord Richard Layard
Member of the House of Lords, Professor and Founder-Director of LSE’s Centre for Economic Performance and Co-director of the Centre’s program on Community Wellbeing
Nora Spinks
Chief Executive Officer, Vanier Institute of the Family
Lisa Wolff
Director, Policy and Research / Directrice des politiques et de l’éducation, UNICEF Canada
Margo Greenwood
Academic Leader, National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health
Mary Bartram
Policy Director, Mental Health Commission of Canada & Adjunct Professor, Carleton University