CV

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Weseem H. Ahmed

Curriculum Vitae 

Employment

• Data Scientist, Minerva Intelligence (Nov 2021 to Nov 2022)
• Research Associate, Canadian Institute for Climate Choices (Sept 2019 to present)
• Ad-hoc Consultant (May 2019 to June 2020)
• Policy Analyst and Clusters Specialist, Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity (Mar 2018 to May 2019)
• Research Assistant, Western University (April 2016 to April 2017)

Education

• M.A. Economics, Toulouse School of Economics (2014-2016) Masters Thesis: Estimating Effects of Democratic Institutions on Climate Change with a Logistic Regression

• B.A. Economics, Western University (2010-2014)

Skills

• Graduate-level statistics
• Machine Learning
• Python
• R programming
• SQL
• Data visualization

Publications

11 Ways to Measure Clean Growth: Unlocking prosperity through progress on climate change, economic and social goals

Arnold, J., R. Samson, W. Ahmed, D. Beugin, and J. Bourque (2020). "11 Ways to Measure Clean Growth." Canadian Institute for Climate Choices.

A Place-Based Lens to the Future Of Work in Canada

Ahmed, Weseem and Sean Speer. (2020). "A Place-Based Lens to the Future Of Work in Canada." Public Policy Forum.

Measuring Ontario’s Urban-Rural Divide

Ahmed, Weseem. (2019). "Measuring Ontarios Urban-Rural Divide." University of Toronto.

The Canadian Cluster Handbook

Ahmed et al. (2019). "The Canadian Cluster Handbook." Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity

Unfinished Business: Ontario since the Great Recession

Ahmed, Weseem and Chris Mack (2018). "Unfinished Business: Ontario since the Great Recession." Institute for Competitiveness and Prosperity.

Talks and Presentations

How ready is YOUR province for a low-carbon future?

October 28, 2020

Talk at Energi Media, Toronto, Ontario

Bridging Ontario’s Rural-Urban Divide

November 27, 2019

Talk at The Agenda, Toronto, Ontario

Discussing Public Policy in Ontario

May 10, 2019

Radio talk at CBC Studio, Toronto, Ontario

Implementing Cluster Theory in Ontario

April 15, 2019

Talk at Ministry of Finance, Toronto, Ontario