The go-getter: Q&A with alumna Rohini Hira (BA’82)
Rohini Hira jokes her first job after graduating from UBC was that of a drug dealer.
Grateful pursuit: Q&A with Douglas Clarke (BA’71)
A gap year travelling Europe led Douglas Clarke (BA71) to major in economics at the University of British Columbia.
The academic: Q&A with Prof. Heather Sarsons (BA’11)
Heather Sarsons’ career in academia began as a proverbial example of Hickson’s “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again.”
Career climber: Q&A with Saravie Brewer (MA ’10)
Saravie Brewer’s career combines her formal training in economics with her love of the outdoors.
Jason Huang (BIE ’18)
Jason Huang is a graduate student in computational finance at Carnegie Mellon University. He credits his economics education as helping him transition towards a career in quantitative finance.
Miquel Kishimoto (BIE ’18)
Miquel Kishimoto works as an analyst for Bloomberg L.P. in Tokyo, Japan. He says UBC has one of the best environments for learning economics.
Liza Akhvledziani (BIE ’18)
Liza Akhvledziani works as an analyst in mergers and acquisitions for Deloitte. Through her economics education, she says she learned how the modern world operates.
Varun Srivatsan (BIE ’18)
Varun Srivatsan is a research assistant at the Parlimentary Budget Office in Ottawa. He chose to enroll in BIE due in part to its direct-entry option.
The accidental economist: John Fountain (BA ’69)
A motorcycle crash changed the career trajectory of Dr. John Fountain more than 50 years ago.
The Economist: Minet Prinsloo (MA ’11)
Minet Prinsloo’s job requires her to see the forest for the trees.