Douglas McCready

BA (University of Windsor), MSc [Econ](University of London), PhD (University of Alberta).

Douglas Jackson McCready is a recently retired Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University, having been employed by that institution and its predecessor, Waterloo Lutheran University, since 1969. He also has held part- time professorships/ mentorships with Walden University (Minneapolis, MN), Greenleaf University (Maryland Heights, MO), and Unexus University (Fredericton, NB) and University of Liverpool.

l am mostly supervising doctoral candidates or MBA and MPH students. He graduated from the University of Windsor (BA), University of London, London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc Econ) and the University of Alberta (PhD). His dissertation was entitled “Federal Education Grants in New Brunswick.” His interest in fiscal federalism and his publications, including a textbook, in public finance have been of practical value to McCready's teaching in government spending, taxation, health economics and education economics.

He has published articles in many areas, including migration, demographics and program evaluation. McCready has a special interest in social programs and financial administration. His current research involves providing post-secondary education through the government, not-for-profit, for-profit sectors as well as demographic change and health care costs.

McCready has been on most university committees at Laurier at one time or other. He has been Director of Instructional Development and President of the Faculty Association as well as being a member of the Senate and its numerous committees over the years. McCready is on the editorial board of several academic journals. He is also served as book review editor of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation. He has also contributed weekly and monthly columns to newspapers and business magazines in the southwestern Ontario region. He has served on numerous community boards including the District Health Council and St. John Ambulance. McCready has also consulted for several government departments and intergovernmental boards and completed one of the background studies for the last Economic Council of Canada Annual Report. McCready is listed in Who's Who in Canada.