Foot headlines Prentice Session

trevor.kenney — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:55:32 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Prentice Institute is off and running with the recent appointment of Dr. Susan McDaniel as its first director. Now, the Institute presents a special keynote speaker, Dr. David K. Foot, as part of the 2nd Annual Prentice Session.

Foot, professor of Economics at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Toronto, is co-author of the best-selling books Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift and Boom, Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century. These books reflect his research on the relationships between economics and demographics and on the resulting implications for both private and public policies.

On Friday, Foot presents Inevitable Surprises: Demographics and Economics in a Global Context. The event is open to everyone and begins at 3 p.m. in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre.

The aging Boomer generation and the coming of age of their children, the Echo generation, are having major implications for businesses, governments and nonprofit organizations as well as for economic performance.

Based on predictable behaviour over the human life cycle, Foot explores the many varied implications of changing demographics from slowing economic growth and the ineffectiveness of interest policies to the rise of the service sector; from school closings to the growth in gardening and bird-watching. Change can be anticipated, but without an understanding of demographics, it arrives in many forms as yet another inevitable surprise.

Foot's research has resulted in contributions to a variety of specific fields such as marketing, human resource planning, corporate organization, saving and investing, housing, health, education, recreation and leisure, unemployment, migration, government expenditures, and intergovernmental relations.

The two-day Prentice Session event runs Friday and Saturday at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ and also features presentations by Dr. Alfons Weersink and Dr. Angus Thompson. They will address Demographics and Economic Hard Times. For more information, contact Deirdre Coburn at 403-380-1814 or via e-mail at deirdre.coburn@uleth.ca

McDaniel to head Prentice Institute

trevor.kenney — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:25:02 +0000

Dr. Susan McDaniel is coming back to Alberta, and it is only the lure of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge's Prentice Institute that could bring her home.

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy, a unique research institute housed at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, has appointed McDaniel as its director. Internationally recognized as a sociology researcher and demographics expert, McDaniel is the latest high profile researcher to target the U of L as a preferred destination, further enhancing its credentials as an emerging comprehensive university.

"Dr. McDaniel's appointment shows that the U of L is maturing as a leading comprehensive research university," says Vice-President Academic and Provost, Dr. Andy Hakin. "Dr. McDaniel will be attracting people and resources to the Institute that will have direct benefits for our undergraduate and graduate teaching programs, research and community outreach."

The Prentice Institute for Global Population and Economy was established in late 2006, when John Prentice, a Calmar, Alta., based agri-business entrepreneur, with his wife, Connie, donated $8.25 million to the U of L - the largest private philanthropic gift the U of L has received in its 40-year history.

"Dr. McDaniel is our first Endowed Chair from the Prentice Institute's investment and is the realization of the Prentice family's desire to develop the Institute as a world leader in global population research," adds Hakin.

The Prentice Institute was founded to promote the research of big-picture issues relating to global population change and demographics, among other topics.

McDaniel is a former Alberta resident who was most recently a senior scholar at the Institute of Public and International Affairs and Professor of Family and Consumer Studies at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Utah.

She joins the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge formally on July 1, 2009 as a Professor in the Department of Sociology in addition to her five-year appointment as Prentice Institute Director. As well as being heavily involved in research, graduate education and research leadership as Director of the Prentice Institute, Dr. McDaniel will also contribute to the undergraduate teaching program at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ.

"The pull for me to consider this position is that our research focus will be global," says McDaniel. "I welcome the opportunity to conduct collaborative research with colleagues on campus and also plan to attract masters, doctoral and post-doctoral level researchers to Lethbridge to explore the key themes of the Prentice Institute."

McDaniel added that she plans to engage the local and regional community in projects that help explain the Institute's purpose and the relevance of the research that the Institute will be conducting.

McDaniel's extensive research, publishing and teaching record reflect her varied interests and research on demographic aging, generational relations, family change and the social impacts of technology.

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the recipient of many research and teaching awards, including the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Cup by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Alberta for a stellar record of excellence in both research and teaching.

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