Brian Abner

Brian is a Professor of Economics (Emeritus) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University in Toronto. From 1995 until 2010 he served as Associate Vice-President for Academic Resource Planning for the Vice-President Academic (Provost). His work for Directions draws upon his experiences in post-secondary institutions, administration and governance, and strategic planning. As AVP, Brian directed activities in a variety of areas linking policy, planning, research and practice within the University; including faculty salary practices, retirement projections and faculty renewal, funding and budget projections, enrolment and academic complement planning, and faculty labour relations. Brian provides methodological oversight for Directions’ theoretical and empirical projects on costs and on program and policy assessment, including analyses of social rates of return on investment. Brian has a great sense of humor . . . for an economist.