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Gillian Hamilton

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Economics

  • Associate Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Science, Department of Economics
  • (416) 978-6782 (Work)

BIO

Gillian Hamilton joined the University of Toronto in 1994 as an assistant professor in the Department of Economics in the Faculty of Arts & Science and the University of Toronto Mississauga and became an associate professor in 2001. She is an affiliated faculty member with the Centre for the Study of the United States at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy. She served as Associate Chair, Undergraduate of the Department of Economics from 2015-2020 and Chair of the Faculty of Arts & Science Council.

Professor Hamilton’s research focuses on Canadian economic history — particularly child labour, marriage and fertility in pre-industrial Quebec. She has served on the Canadian Economics Association’s Executive Council and the Board of Trustees of the Cliometric Society. In 2020, Hamilton received the Faculty of Arts & Science’s Outstanding Teaching Award, a distinction that recognizes teaching excellence in the classroom as well in course design and curriculum development.

The Vice-Dean, Academic Planning is responsible for all matters related to the Faculty’s academic planning process and has oversight and management of the University of Toronto Quality Assurance Process (UTQAP) reviews, new program proposals and unit reorganizations.

Professor Hamilton has been appointed as Acting Vice-Dean, Academic Planning for a one-year period.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Chair, Undergraduate, Department of Economics
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2015 - 2020
  • Visiting Scholar, Research School of Social Sciences
    Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaMar 2008 - Mar 2008
  • Visiting Scholar, Research School of Social Sciences
    Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaAug 2001 - Jan 2002
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
    University of Toronto and UTM, North York, Canada1993 - 2001
  • Lecturer, Department of Economics
    University of Toronto and UTM, Canada1991 - 1993

DEGREES

  • Ph.D., Economics
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1993
  • M.A., Economics
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1987
  • B.Sc., Economics
    Trent University, Peterborough, Canada1986

AVAILABILITY

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