Sault Ste. Marie Campus
Office: EW205
[email protected]
705-949-2301, ext. 4343

Credentials: BBA Hons (Algoma University), MBA (University of Windsor)

Areas of Expertise: Human resources, health and safety, managed systems, ISO registration and ISO internal auditing.

Sault Ste. Marie Campus
Office: NW304
[email protected]
705-949-2301, ext. 4329

Credentials: BSc (McGill University), MBA (Concordia University)

Areas of Expertise: Marketing, small business and entrepreneurship.

Department of Finance, Economics and Decision Sciences

Brampton Campus

Office: A-LL7

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Dr. Nusrate Aziz is a Full Professor of Finance and Economics in the Department of Finance, Economics, and Decision Sciences, under the Faculty of Business and Economics. With over 25 years of experience in academia, research, and consultancy, Dr. Aziz has made significant contributions to his field. He is recognized as a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and holds memberships with esteemed organizations such as the International Migration Research Centre (IMRC) and the NORDIK Institute. Additionally, he was a Visiting Researcher and has been serving as an Adjunct Faculty at Thompson Rivers University.

Dr. Aziz has a rich academic background, having held positions at renowned institutions including the University of Bath, University of Birmingham, University of Nottingham, Multimedia University, and University of Chittagong. His research prowess is evident through numerous publications in prestigious journals such as the International Review of Financial Analysis, International Review of Economics and Finance, European Journal of Political Economy, The World Economy, and Applied Economics. His work has garnered over 665 citations on Google Scholar, reflecting its impact and significance in the academic community.

Dr. Aziz has successfully secured funding for his research projects from various sources, including recent grants such as the SSHRC Insight Development Grant, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), the Mitacs Globallink Research Internship (GRI) program, and the SSHRC Institutional Grant, among others. As the principal consultant, Dr. Aziz has led projects funded by organizations such as DFID (UK), AusAid (Australia), and technical support provided by the Government of Bangladesh, demonstrating his expertise in applying research to real-world challenges. He also contributed as a Research Associate for the Job Market Need Assessment for Newcomers and Refugees project for the Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation.

In his current role, Dr. Aziz imparts knowledge to students through courses in Financial Management, Corporate Finance, Macroeconomics, International Trade, and International Finance.

His research interests include International Finance, International Trade, Labour Migration, Climate Action, and Monetary Economics. His technical skills encompass Time Series, Hierarchical and Panel Data estimation, Discrete Choice Models, Factor Analysis, and Structural Equation Modelling. His proficiency in data analysis and econometrics is also demonstrated by his skill in using a range of statistical software, including STATA, Eviews, NLOGIT, PcGive, OxMetrics, GRETL, SPSS, and SmartPLS.

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Sault Ste. Marie campus

[email protected]
705-949-2301, ext. 4757
Office: SH 512

Credentials: BA (Tribhuvan University), MA (Tribhuvan University), PhD (West Virginia University)

Areas of Expertise: Public finance, environmental and natural resource economics, fiscal policy, applied tax incidence, international tax system, monetary policy, macroeconomics, and time series econometric analysis.

Sault Ste. Marie campus
Office: SH-502
[email protected]
705-949-2301, ext. 4229

Credentials:

• PhD (Economics), Iowa State University, Iowa, USA
• MA (Economics), Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA
• BSS (Honours) & MSS (Economics), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Area of Expertise: Labour Economics, International Economics

Ahmed Aziz is currently a Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Economics at Algoma University. He has a Ph.D. in Economics at Iowa State University and received his M.A. from Rutgers University. Prior to joining the Algoma faculty, he was an NOHFC Fellow at Algoma University and has also served as an Assistant Professor at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. His current research projects focus on the impact of Canadian interprovincial migration on interprovincial trade. His areas of expertise include labour, international, and development economics and the intersection between these fields. Mr. Aziz has coauthored a number of journal publications, conference articles in the aforementioned topics, and has received several national and international academic awards.