Join us for an engaging Public Professor Series talk:
Cockwombles, Cornucopias and the Curious Task of Economics
Dr. Danny Le Roy
Thursday, Oct. 30 | 7 – 9 p.m.
Lethbridge Trade & Convention Centre
Financial pressures. Environmental concerns. Technological change. Shifting consumer preferences. Infrastructure limitations.
Government interventionism. These factors, and more, contribute to the complexity and challenges owned by farmers, ranchers and others in the agri-food industry in Canada. Agri-entrepreneurs and producers operate at an intersection of scarcity, uncertainty, natural resource stewardship and business efficiency — a balance that seems increasingly difficult to maintain, or even to achieve.
Economic science enables us to better grasp the source, the nature and the consequences of these issues. It helps guide decision making and informs what the implications of those choices are, both intended and unintended. Economics is not about money, being able to predict the future, or what the level of something should be. It is about people; it is who we are and the omnipresent trade-offs we each face. Join Dr. Danny Le Roy as he highlights his application of economic principles in view of better understanding and resolving problems in Canadian agriculture and agri-food.
Dr. Danny Le Roy is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Lethbridge and Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute. His research focusses on production, marketing and trade of agricultural commodities. He is particularly interested in the effects of government interventionism. Dr. Le Roy teaches courses in agricultural systems modeling, commodity marketing, agricultural policy and microeconomics. He has served as the coordinator of the Agricultural Studies Program since 2010 and is a former Chair of the Department of Economics at ULethbridge. He has received the Agricultural Students Association Distinguished Teaching Award on two occasions and was the Prairie Baseball Academy’s Professor of the Year in 2018. He received his BA (Honours) in Economics from Carleton University and his MSc and PhD in Agricultural Economics and Business from the University of Guelph.
The 2025-2026 PUBlic Professor Series has been generously supported by Knud Petersen, Dr. Dennis Connolly (LLD ’17), Dave and Kathy Greenwood, Dr. Michelle Helstein, Dr. Digvir and Manju Jayas, Deborah Lucas, and Dr. Dena McMartin.
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