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John Forbes Helliwell

O.C., B.Comm. (U.B.C.), M.A., D.Phil. (Oxford), D Litt (Guelph, ,New Brunswick, Waterloo), LLD (McMaster), F.R.S.C.

 

Personal History:

• Born: Vancouver, August 15, 1937
• Educated: Prince of Wales High School, Vancouver, 1950-54
• University of British Columbia, 1954-59, Rhodes Scholar, 1959
• St. John’s College, Oxford, 1959-61 (PPE)
• Sessional Lecturer, U.B.C., 1961-62 (Economics)
• Research Student, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1962-64 (D.Phil. in Economics, 1965)
• Married 1969 (Judith): with two sons, David and James

University of British Columbia

• Professor Emeritus, 2003-
• Professor of Economics 1971-2002
• Associate Professor 1967-1971
• Head of Economics Department 1989-1991
• Member of Senate, 1989-1991, 1999-2002

Other Professional Experience:

• Research Staff, Royal Commission on Banking and Finance, 1962-63
• Research Staff, Royal Commission on Taxation, 1963-64
• Lecturer, St. Peter’s College, Oxford, 1964-65
• Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, 1965-67
• Econometric Research Consultant, Bank of Canada 1965-80, and Reserve Banks of Australia and New Zealand, 1971 and 1977
• Visiting Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, 1979 and 1983
• Senior Consultant, OECD, Paris, 1983-84
• Managing Editor, Canadian Journal of Economics, 1979-82
• Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1980-2023
• Chairman, Economic Advisory Panel to Federal Minister of Finance, 1982-84
• President, Canadian Economics Association, 1985-86
• Clifford Clark Visiting Economist, Department of Finance, Ottawa, 1987-89
• Member, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1989-93
• Member, Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation, 1989-92
• W. L. Mackenzie King Visiting Professor of Canadian Studies at Harvard, 1991-94
• Member of International Economic Advisory Group to Ukraine, 1994
• Fulbright Fellow and co-chair of Canada Program, Harvard University, 1995-96
• Christensen Fellow, St. Catherines College, Oxford, 2001
• Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford, 2003
• Visiting Special Advisor, Bank of Canada, 2003-2004
• Killam Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Policy Research, University of Calgary, Jan-April, 2005.
• Member, National Statistics Council, 2002-
• Arthur A.E. Child Foundation Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2005-2012
• Co-director, CIFAR Program on Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being, 2005-2017
• Distinguished Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2017-

Main Interests in Economics:

• Quantitative macroeconomics, national and international
• Comparative empirical studies of economic growth
• International economics, including the effects of national borders
• Taxation and monetary policy
• Natural resources, energy and environmental issues
• Economic effects of institutions, including social capital
• Well-being and social-capital
• Economics of Happiness (since 1998)

Service to the Community:

• Academic, community, government boards and commissions

  • Consumers Association of Canada, Economic Advisory Panel, 1970s
  • Consumers Association of Canada (B.C.), Vice-President, 1970-1974.
  • Canadian Economics Association since 1962, Member of Executive, managing editor of CJE 1979-82,
  • Vice-President 1984-85, President 1985-86
  • Econometric Society 1965-1996, Member of the Programme Committee for the Tokyo World Congress,
  • 1995
  • Vancouver Institute, Member of Executive, 1968-72
  • Western Institute for the Deaf since 1967, Board Member, 1968-70
  • Advisor on tax reform to the House of Commons Finance Committee, 1970
  • Member of Economic Advisory Panel, Consumer and Corporate Affairs, 1973-75
  • Member of Economic Advisory Panel, Time Canada, 1974-75
  • Economic Advisory Panel to the Prime Minister, 1974
  • Chair of Advisory Group to Investigate Mining Taxation in British Columbia, 1975
  • Member of Economic Advisory Panel, Macleans, 1976
  • Royal Society of Canada since 1976, no offices
  • Member of the Advisory Panel on Inflation and the Taxation of Investment Income, 1981-82
  • Chair of Economic Advisory Panel to the Federal Minister of Finance, 1982-84
  • Member of Macroeconomic Advisory Panel to the Royal Commission on Canada’s Economic Prospects,
  • 1983-85. Also author of study on economic productivity and growth.
  • Energy Probe Research Foundation, Board Member, 1988-89, 1992-94
  • Member of the Royal Commission on National Passenger Transportation, 1989-92
  • Member of the Senior Advisory Group to the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy, 1991-92
  • Member of three person International Advisory Group to the Government of Ukraine, 1994
  • Member of Academic Advisory Panel, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 1995
  • Member of Programme Advisor Group, Canadian Ditchley Foundation, 1999-
  • Member, Academic Advisor Council on Canadian Trade Policy, Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, Ottawa, 1999-2001
  • British Columbia Economic Forecast Council, Member 1999-02
  • Institute for Research on Public Policy, Board Member 2000-2007.
  • Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, Board Member, 2002-2015

• Editorship

  • Founding Member of Editorial Board, Canadian Public Policy, 1974-77
  • Founding Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Public Economics, 1974-90
  • Managing Editor, Canadian Journal of Economics, 1979-82
  • Member of Editorial Board, Economic Modelling, 1994-
  • Executive Editor, Journal of Asian Economics, 1995-2000
  • Member of Editorial Board, Canadian Business Economics, 1995-2001

• Consultant

  • OECD, Paris, 1984-85 and occasional
  • Bank of Canada, Ottawa, 1965-80; 2003

Awards and Distinctions:

• Valedictorian of U.B.C. Graduating Class of 1959
• Rhodes Scholar for British Columbia, 1959
• Kiwanis Club Gold Medal and Prize as Head of Graduating Class, U.B.C. 1959
• Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1962-64
• Killam Senior Research Fellowship, Canada Council, 1970
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1976
• Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Teaching, UBC, 1977 (Master Teacher Awards)
• Jacob Biely Research Prize, U.B.C., 1978
• Faculty of Commerce, U.B.C., Distinguished Alumnus Award 1979
• Killam Research Prize, U.B.C., 1987
• Officer of the Order of Canada, 1987
• 125th Anniversary Medal, Canada, 1992
• Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Guelph, 1994
• U.B.C. 75th Anniversary Award
• Douglas Purvis Prize 1999
• Honorary Doctor of Laws, McMaster University, 2000
• Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of New Brunswick, 2001
• Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award, Canada, 2003
• Donner Prize, 2002-3.
• Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Award, Canada, 2013
• Honorary Doctor of Letters, University of Waterloo, 2022.