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MA Placement
Many of our MA program graduates have gone on to join PhD programs in prestigious institutions worldwide, and secure employment opportunities across a variety of industries. Below is a list of initial employment placements for our MA graduates.
2024 - 2025
| Derek Situ | Analyst, Charles River Associates |
| Taravat Sahebnasagh | Administrative Coordinator, Universal Health and Safety Canada |
2023 - 2024
| Jeremy Bell | Partner, George & Bell Consulting |
| Christiane Dossou | Statistical Analyst, Montfort Renaissance (Contract, full-time) |
| Yuqi Hu | PhD Program, SFU Economics |
| Syeda Jaisha | Data Analyst, Women and Gender Equality (WAGE) Canada |
| Larissa Rodrigues Pereira | Associate Consultant, Deetken Insight (co-op position became permanent role) |
| Yeongyeon Won | Policy Analyst, Government of Alberta |
2022 - 2023
| Mariam Biglari | Secure Energy (co-op position became part-time employment) |
| Mohammadreza Chaghomi Abyazani | PhD in Economics at CUNY GC |
| Hanieh Daliri | Civil Engineering, UBC |
| Vahid Dehghani | Economist, Government of British Columbia |
| Xinhao Dong | PhD Program, SFU Economics |
| Atefeh Ghasemi | FP&A Analyst, Nicola Wealth |
| Ian Ho | Analyst, Economics and Research at MNP |
| Golbarg Kanani Samian | Junior Analyst, Canguard Mortgage Investment Corp |
| Ata Malfuzi | Economist, BC Stats (co-op position transtioned to full-time employment) |
| John Owusu | Economic Policy Analyst, Government of British Columbia (co-op position became a permanent role) |
| Zafer Saba | Data Analyst at Capital One |
2021 - 2022
| Maxim Cojahmetov | Data Analyst and Westland Insurance |
| Shaghayegh Eskandari | Investment Analyst at George & Bell Consulting |
| Eric Fortier | PhD in Economics, SFU |
| Jonas Kremer | University of Regensburg |
| Danielle Lucier | Junior Analyst in Advanced Policy Analyst Program (APAP), Government of Canada |
| Rifayat Raisa | Research and Reporting Analyst at Policy Reporter |
| Mahyar Rezazedeh Khormiz | PhD in Economics, SFU |
| Simin Sattari | PhD in Economics, Louisiana State University |
| Zackary Young | Associate at Deetken Insight |
2020-2021
The following is a representative list of our MA placements over the last ten years.
Snapshot of previous job placements
- BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
- BC Ministry of Health
- Cascade Aerospace
- Coast Capital Savings
- Deetken Consulting
- Deloitte
- IPE Global Ltd
- Later Consulting
- NPD Group
- Nutrition International
- Policy Reporter
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- RBC Royal Bank
- Statistics Canada
- University of British Columbia
- World Bank
- Zero Waste Canada
PhD admissions
- Arizona State University
- Bocconi University
- Boston University
- Queen's University
- Simon Fraser University
- Stockholm School of Economics
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of California, Davis
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Toronto
- University of Regensburg
- Western University
- York University