Health and the Economy: Lessons from the Pandemic in Economic Resilience

The Institute of Health Economics sponsored a plenary session at the recent Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER) annual conference in Calgary on July 27th. The session was titled “Health & the Economy: Lessons from the Pandemic in Economic Resilience”. The panel was moderated by economist Dr. Vic Adamowicz from the University of Alberta. Ms. Andrea Brocklebank from the Beef Cattle Research Council and Mr. Andrew Gibbons from WestJet Airlines explored how their sectors addressed border closures, inventory management, and the ever-changing daily challenges of operating key industries in a pandemic. Ms. Noelle Becker from Alberta Labor and Immigration discussed the importance of adapting, revising, and incorporating what's been learned into the Alberta government's response to long-term emergencies like pandemics.

Link to the session recording is available here

There are related webinars on a number of topics related to COVID-19 and its impact on various sectors available on PNWER website at pnwer.org/covid19-recovery-call and also perspectives on Economic modelling on the One Society Network website https://onesocietynetwork.ca/ where various webinars have been presented.

About PNWER: The Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) Foundation is a statutory public/private nonprofit created in 1991 by the U.S. states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and Washington and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan and the territories of the Northwest Territories and the Yukon. It hosts an annual summitt which took place in 2022 in Calgary, Alberta. www.pnwer.org  

About One Society Network: The One Society Network is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) under their Emerging Infectious Disease Modeling (EIDM) Initiative (https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/FundingDecisions). The Network connects researchers across Canada, working to understand the broad impacts of infectious diseases, like COVID-19, and related public health policies. 

For further information

John Sproule, Senior Policy Director, Institute of Health Economics,

Ph: 780-862-1905

Email: [email protected]