Mike Moffatt
Mike Moffatt | |
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| Born | Michael Patrick Moffatt March 14, 1977 London, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse | Hannah Rasmussen |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Ivey Business School University of Rochester University of Western Ontario |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Industrial organization |
| School or tradition | Neoclassical economics |
| Institutions | Ivey Business School Canada 2020 |
Michael Patrick Moffatt (born March 14, 1977) is a Canadian economist, Founding Director of the University of Ottawa's Missing Middle Initiative, and a professor of Business, Economics, and Public Policy at Ivey Business School. He has held a number of think-tank roles, including succeeding Diana Carney as Director of Policy and Research at Canada 2020, a progressive Canadian think-tank. Between 2013 and 2015 Mike served as an economic advisor to Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau, and in 2017 he was named Chief Innovation Fellow for the Government of Canada.
Mike's family is from Whalen Corners in Lucan Biddulph, though Mike grew up in London, Ontario, where he attended elementary and highschool with fellow urbanist Jason Slaughter of Not Just Bikes.