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԰������’s School of Public Policy is pleased to announce that Dr. Tim Sargent has joined the School as Director of Economic Growth & Prosperity.  

Sargent has more than 25 years of experience with the Government of Canada, including eight years as Deputy and Associate Deputy Minister for departments including Finance, International Trade, Fisheries and Oceans, and Agriculture. He has been involved in domestic and international policymaking at the highest levels, including as G7/G20 Finance Deputy for the Government of Canada. 

Sargent has most recently been a Senior Fellow and Director of Domestic Policy at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute and a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He is also a member of the Expert Group on Canada-U.S. Relations. 

He earned a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia, an MA in Economics from Western University and a BA (Economics) from the University of Manchester.  He is the author of numerous peer-reviewed publications. 

Along with his work with the School of Public Policy, Sargent is part of the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts. He has been a significant contributor to Canada’s Productivity Initiative that started at the School, led by Dr. Trevor Tombe. 

“The School of Public Policy has built an exceptional reputation for its contributions to economic and fiscal policy discussions and decisions in Canada, and I am pleased to continue that work and build on it at a critical time for Alberta and Canada,” said Sargent.  

“Economic and fiscal policy has been a key strength of the School, beginning with the influence of our founding School Director (now President’s Fellow), Dr. Jack Mintz. Bringing in Tim to lead the continued development of our Economic Growth & Prosperity area of focus makes for a great addition to our team and helps us take the School, and the University, from strength to strength in having objective, non-partisan impact on key policy decisions in Alberta and Canada,” said Martha Hall Findlay, Director of the School of Public Policy and James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair in Public Policy. 

Tombe will now serve as Director of Canada’s Productivity Initiative, which is entering a new phase with the recently announced $6 million, 15-year Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant titled Building a More Productive Canada: A Research Partnership for National Prosperity.  

Tombe remains a key part of the School’s team as Director of Canada’s Productivity Initiative as well as teaching economics at the School and at the Faculty of Arts.