The conference theme is the economic history of Indigenous communities, and interactions between Indigenous and non-Indigenous economies in Canada. The CNEH is pleased to announce that Ann Carlos (University of Colorado at Boulder) will give the keynote address and Donna Feir (University of Victoria and Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis) will give the Mary MacKinnon Memorial Lecture.
The conference is receiving generous financial support from the Alan G. Green Memorial Fund, the Canadian Economics Association, and the Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies(FSES), the Department of Economics and the Department of History at Lakehead University. As well, the Anthropology Department and the FSES is also sponsoring the visit of Ann Carlos who along with delivering the Keynote Address will also be providing a public lecture on the fur trade as part of the Science and Environmental Studies Faculty Speaker Series on Thursday September 26th.
We are looking forward to a great conference. The program is below. If anyone would like to join use, registration is still open at this link.
Conference Program
Canadian Network for Economic History /
Réseau Canadien D’Histoire Économique
2019 Conference Program†
Friday, September 27 – Sunday, September 29
Lakehead University
Prince Arthur Waterfront Hotel, Thunder Bay, ON
Bertrand Room
Friday, September 27
Coffee and Registration
Noon – 12:45 pm
Welcome and Opening Remarks
12:45 pm – 1:00 pm
Opening Ceremony
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Elder Gerry Martin from the Mattagami First Nation of Ojibways
Session 1: Economic Activity Across Regions
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Chair: Kris Inwood (Guelph)
Bruce Cater (Trent) and Byron Lew (Trent), “The Great Canadian Migration: Geography and Human Capital of Canadian Emigrants, 1881-1900”
Taylor Jaworski (Colorado) and Ian Keay (Queen’s), “Openness to Trade and the Spread of Industrialization: Evidence from Canada during the First Era of Globalization”
Break
Sponsored by Lakehead University’s Department of History
2:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Session 2: Discrimination, Wages and Subsidies
2:45 pm – 4:15 pm
Chair: Rob Petrunia (Lakehead)
Ricard Gil (Queen’s Smith School of Business) and Justin Marion (UC Santa Cruz), “Why did Firms Practice Segregation? Evidence from Movie Theatres during Jim Crow”
Mauricio Drelichman (UBC), “The Wage Distribution, the Skill Premium, and the Economic Cycle in Early Modern Toledo”
Karl Skogstad (Lakehead), “Designing an Efficient Subsidy: Evidence from the Emergency Gold Mining Assistance Act”
Break
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Mary MacKinnon Memorial Lecture: Donna Feir (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and University of Victoria)
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday, September 28
Coffee
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Session 3: The World Outside of North America
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Chair: Ian Keay (Queen’s)
Raphael Godefroy (Montréal), Joshua Lewis (Montréal), Lucienne Talba (Montréal), “Disease, Drought and Development: Effects of the 1890s Cattle Plague in Sub-Saharan Africa”
Benjamin Milner (UBC), “Mass Education and Social Mobility during the Second Industrial Revolution”
Break
10:00 am – 10:15 am
Session 4: Interactions between Indigenous and European Communities
10:15 am – 11:45 am
Chair: Angela Redish (UBC)
Arthur Ray (UBC), “ʽThis Country Indians’ and the HBC at York Factory, 1714-1722: The Beginnings of Economic Dependency”
Frank Tough (Alberta), “York Factory Cree: Dependent Livelihood or Active Agency during the Decline of a Sub-Metropolis of an Aging Mercantile Firm, 1870-1885”
Donna Feir (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Victoria), Maggie Jones (Victoria) and David Scoones (Victoria), “The Missionary Imposition? The Long-Run Impact of Indian Missions in the United States”
Lunch
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Business Meeting
1:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Session 5: The Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Communities
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
Chair: Almos Tassonyi (Calgary)
Donna Feir (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Victoria), Rob Gillezeau (Victoria) and Maggie Jones (Victoria), “The Determinants and Impacts of Historical Treaty-Making in Canada”
Kris Inwood (Guelph), Les Oxley (Waikato) and Evan Roberts (Minnesota), “Tall, Active and Well Made? Māori Stature and Health in New Zealand”
Kris Inwood (Guelph) and Rick Steckel (Ohio State), “Aboriginal Population and Health in the Canadian Context, 1850-1900”
Break
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Session 6: Intergenerational Transfers
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Chair: Livio DiMatteo (Lakehead)
Luiza Antonie (Guelph), Kris Inwood (Guelph), Chris Minns (LSE) and Fraser Summerfield (St. FX), “Family Background and the Inheritance of Opportunity in 19th Century Canada”
Shari Eli (U of T) and Laura Salisbury (York), “The Intergenerational Transmission of Welfare Receipt”
Break
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Keynote Speaker: Ann Carlos (Colorado-Boulder)
Sponsored by Lakehead University’s Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Conference Dinner
6:30 pm
Bight Restaurant and Bar
2201 Sleeping Giant Parkway, Unit 100, (807) 622-4448
Sunday, September 29
Coffee
8:30 am – 9:00 am
Session 7: Investment and Financial Markets
9:00 am – 10:30 am
Chair:Ian Keay (Queen's)
Andrew Davis (Acadia), “Financial Market Access and the Creation of Industrial Pensions”
Patrick Coe (Carleton) and Shaun Vahey (Warwick), “Financial Conditions and Vulnerable Growth, 1875-2017”
Break
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Session 8: Persistent Institutions
10:45 am – 11:45 am
Chair: Karl Skogstad (Lakehead)
Blair Long (Queen’s), “Custom, Formality and Comparative Development: Evidence from Admiralty Rule in Newfoundland”
Bill Dorval (RMC), “Manufacturing and Credit Ratings in Late Nineteenth Century Canada”
Thanks and Closing Ceremony
11:45 am – Noon
Elder Gerry Martin from the Mattagami First Nation of Ojibways