News and Events

ESA election candidates

McGill Economics Students' Association — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 17:11:41 +0000

The ESA election candidates and their blurbs (including platform and photo) are in this pdf.

The campaigning lasts until Monday the 26th, and then voting will take place Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th from 10 to 6 in Leacock lobby. You need to be enrolled in an econ programme (major, minor or honours) and don't forget your ID!

ESA Elections

McGill Economics Students' Association — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 05:51:02 +0000

Elections for the Economics Students’ Association for the next academic year are approaching! Here are the positions that you can run for along with their requirements:

U2 Representative - must be a U2 student in 2012-2013
U3 Representative - must be a U3 student in 2012-2013
Honours Representative - must be enrolled in the honours economics program in 2012-2013
Majors Representative - must be enrolled in the majors economics program in 2012-2013
VP Events
VP Communications
VP Finance
President

For a description of what the different execs are expected to do as part of their position, go to the "About the ESA tab" and then choose "Executives".
*All nominees must be registered economics students in the 2012-2013 year.

The period for sending in your nominations will be next week: March 12th to March 16th. We will not accept applications that are received before March 12th or after March 16th.
To nominate yourself, please email esamcgill@gmail.com, subject line “ESA Elections: position you are running for”.
In your email include a short blurb describing yourself and why you want to run for this position, as well as a photograph of yourself. These will be used to inform students of the candidates and their platforms.
Then the period for campaigning will be the following days: March 19th to March 26th.
Campaigning may only occur within the specified campaigning period. After March 26th, candidates will have to take down any posters, facebook groups, etcetera that they used in their campaigning process.

The candidates will also be asked to give a short speech on the evening of March 26th, more details to follow. Voting will then commence on March 27th and 28th.
If you have questions about the positions and the election process do not hesitate to email us at esamcgill@gmail.com.

David Dodge Speech: Update

McGill Economics Students' Association — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 07:40:00 +0000

The speech given by former governor of the Bank of Canada David Dodge as part of the ESA Annual Speaker Series was a great success. We learnt a lot from it and from the question session afterwards (and of course we loved the free drinks at the reception!). Check out the pictures in the "photos" tab at the top right!
Thank you to all of you who came, to the events committee for helping us prepare, and to Mr Dodge for taking time out of his busy schedule to come and speak to us.

ESA Clothing Sale

McGill Economics Students' Association — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:03:58 +0000

We'll be having our second (and last) clothing sale of the year next week. We have all the clothing options we had last semester, as well as short-sleeved and long-sleeved t-shirts. As always if you buy a hoodie you can have your own customised text for only five dollars!

To see our available clothing types and the colours they come in, see the catalogue.

To place an order, you have two options: either
1. come to our office hours on Friday from 1 to 4 p.m. in Leacock 114-A or
2. come to the ESA tables in the Leacock and Bronfman lobbies on Monday 13th of February or Wednesday 15th of February from 10 a.m to 6 p.m.
We'll have an order form you can fill out. To make the process quicker, you can print the order form (which includes the prices!) at home and then give it to us already filled out.
You'll need to pay us in cash in person, which is why, unfortunately, you can't email us your order form.

We hope that's clear. If you have any questions don't hesitate to email us!

ESA First Annual Speaker Series Presents: DAVID DODGE

McGill Economics Students' Association — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:00:04 +0000

Helloooo all Econ folks! It's time to get excited as your Economics Students' Association presents to you their First Annual Speaker Series. This initiative aims to bring in influential people to come and speak to you about the most relevant current issues.

This year, we... present the former governor of the Bank of Canada, David Dodge, who will be speaking about Canadian Fiscal Policy:

"Canada's Economic Hurdles: Why Worry About Europe When We've Got our Own Troubles?"

The event is happening at Hotel OMNI at 1050 Sherbrooke Street (right opposite McGill) from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday the 28th of February. This is a great opportunity for you to come out, and hear what top person in the field has to say about where Canada stands in today's economy. Another reason for you to come? The event will be followed by a cocktail and ticket price of $5 covers entrance to the event and one drink.

You can get your tickets here:

LEACOCK:
Monday 6, February 10-6PM
Monday 13, February 10-6PM
Wednesday 15, February 10-6PM

BRONFMAN:
Tuesday 7, February 10-6PM
Monday 13, February 10-6PM
Wednesday 15, February 10-6PM

Or contact the ESA at esamcgill@gmail.com
Our office is located at LEA 114A

Econ Pub Quiz!

McGill Economics Students' Association — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:57:02 +0000

Where: Gert's
When: Tuesday 24th of January, 7-9 p.m.
What: The ESA and McGill Trivia Club are co-hosting an economics pub quiz! It's free, and you can win prizes ($25 and $10 bar tabs at Gert's) so you have a positive expected utility from this event! Many of the rounds will be general knowledge so you can invite your non-econ friends too!

ESA Annual Career Event

McGill Economics Students' Association — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:51:00 +0000

Where: Leacock 232
When: Thursday 19th of January, 6-8 p.m.
What: The Economics Students' Association is organizing their annual Career Panel where industry leaders in economics-related fields will be making short presentations about the job market for economics graduates:

1. Sheryl King, Chief Economist at Bank of America Merrill Lynch
2. James Chapman, Research Advisor Financial Stability Division at Bank of Canada
3. Patrick Trinh, Macroeconomist at BCA Research

The event will be followed by a reception with coffee and snakcs which will give you the opportunity to network with the speakers. This is a great opportunity for you to come and find out more about your future.

U1 Event! on November 22nd

McGill Economics Students' Association — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:22:55 +0000

Are you a U1 Economics student? Major, Minor, Honours, whoever you are we want to meet you!

Time: Tuesday, November 22nd, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Where: Les 3 Brasseurs on McGill College and St Catherines, second floor
What: The U1 Event is an event for all Econ U1's to come meet eachother and their esa exec and enjoy some FREE FOOD!! We've booked the top floor of the Les 3 Brasseurs on McGill College and we will be buying appetizers for all the U1's who come hang out with us.

What sort of student would pass up free food?! NOT YOU CERTAINLY!!
So we'll see you there then!

Meet and Greet with Profs!!

McGill Economics Students' Association — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:23:56 +0000

Calling all econ students, come to Gerts on Thursday, October 27th from 6 to 8 to rub elbows with some of your economics professors!! You don't want to miss a chance to see your professors outside of class, letting their hair down and getting crazy!

Click attend on our facebook event page!