David+Foot

Name: David Foot Contact: david@footwork.com Video: __Presentation to SchoolNet//__ Bio: David K. Foot, Professor of __ Economics __ at the University 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. Following his undergraduate degree in Australia and his doctorate in economics from Harvard University, Professor Foot's research involved projections of the Canadian economy. Subsequently, he focused on Canada's declining population growth and associated population aging as one of the fundamental and often neglected determinants of the challenges to economic performance and policy. His 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. A number of these themes are explored in two of his previous books, Canada's Population Outlook: Demographic Futures and Economic Challenges and The Over Forty Society. In addition to academic writings and contributions to professional journals and to the popular media, Professor Foot's work in the area of public policy has included research and submissions to many government commissions and numerous consulting and conference assignments for both private and public organizations. He is a recipient of a national 3M Award for Teaching Excellence and is a two-time winner of the University of Toronto undergraduate teaching award.