Celebrating VSE Student & Faculty 2025 Awardees
As the academic year comes to a close, the Vancouver School of Economics congratulates the Class of 2025 on their graduation, as well as recipients of numerous awards on their incredible service, performance, and innovation. Student Awardees Isabel Bengson – W. Erwin Diewert Prize, Outstanding paper in Applied Economics The W. Erwin Diewert prize is […]
From UBC to COP: Bashar’s story of climate action, bicycles and economics (Video)
Bashar (BIE ’25) is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of International Economics program at VSE. He focuses on a broader goal of understanding the effects of climate change on underrepresented populations, and his passion for storytelling has taken him all over the world.
BIE grad pursues career in consulting
BIE grad Charles Acheampong chose the program because of its well-respected faculty and its ambitious student cohort.
BIE program prepared grad to tackle law school
For BIE grad Ryan Wong, who is now studying law, the BIE program “is so unique and it wasn’t offered anywhere else.”
Ballerina turned BIE grad speaks about her UBC experience
A career-ending injury as a ballerina led Chihiro Tanigawa to find a new passion in international economics at UBC.
Vancouver School of Economics receives $1M gift from business leader Dominic Barton
Business leader Dominic Barton has donated $1 million to his alma mater, the Vancouver School of Economics at UBC – the largest single gift from an individual in the school’s history.
Yazan Al-Asad (BIE’21)
For Al-Asad, the BIE program offered him a technical, practical, and analytical skillset. He now uses what he learned in the BIE program working in data analysis for Uber in Toronto.
Carla Colina Cortez (BIE’21)
For Colina Cortez, studying international economics was an opportunity to use the scientific method to satisfy her deep curiousity of the world. She applies the same techniques now as a researcher at UChicago’s Booth School of Business.
Jenny Liu (BIE’21)
For Liu, the BIE program broadened her perspective to a truly global one; a skill she’s taken with her as she pursues graduate studies in urban tech at Cornell University in New York City.
A career in the public service: Andrea Wenham (BA’02, MA’03)
Andrea Wenham works as the Deputy Director for the B.C regional office at Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada.