Session 1: Colonial Policy and Indigenous Populations
Brian Gettler (University of Toronto), Underwriting Colonial Development in Canada: Indigenous Capital and Settler Institutions, 1830-1862
Maggie Jones (Emory University), The Legacy of Indian Missions in the United States, joint with Donn Feir and David Scoones
Rob Gillezeau (University of Toronto), The Determinants and Impacts of Historical Treaty-Making in Canada with Donn Feir and Maggie Jones Lunch
Session 2: The Representation of Racial Minorities
Erik Mayer (Southern Methodist University), The Impact of Minority Representation at Mortgage Lenders
Vicki Bogan (Cornell University), What Drives Racial Diversity on U.S. Corporate Boards?
Tianyi Wang (University of Toronto), Long-Run Effects of Black-Oriented Radio on Political Participation
Keynote: Trevon Logan (Ohio State University), “All We Have Is The Truth”: Burdened Individuality, Abstract Equality, and Economic Inference
Session 3: The Origins and Costs of Racial Discrimination
Jamein Cunningham (Cornell University), Black Lives: The High Cost of Segregation
Bryn King (University of Toronto), Whose best interest? Racism, inequity, and child welfare policy in the United States and Canada
Martin Fizbein (Boston University), The Confederate Diaspora
Session 4: Economic Mobility for Racial Minorites
Elisa Jacome (Northwestern University), Mobility for All: Representative Intergenerational Mobility Estimates over the 20th Century
Claire Célérier (University of Toronto), Finance, Advertising and Fraud: The Rise and Fall of the Freedman's Savings Bank
Keynote: Leah Boustan (Princeton University), Streets of Gold: America's Untold Story of Immigrant Success