Dr. Angela Redish is an economics professor at the University of British Columbia. She completed her BA in honours economics at Wilfrid Laurier University, followed by a master's and PhD in economics at the University of Western Ontario. During her time as a professor, Dr. Redish has served as special advisor to the Bank of Canada, head of the economics department and senior advisor to the president at the University of British Columbia, and visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford University. Her 20+ journal publications have focused on the history of monetary and banking systems in Europe and North America, receiving several national grants, and she is the co-author of the Canadian first edition of Money, Banking and Financial Markets. Dr. Redish has served as a member of the C.D. Howe Monetary Policy Council, assessing Canadian monetary policy; she has been an Editorial Board Member of several journals including the European Review of Economic History, and she is a past president of the Canadian Economics Association.