06/08/2026
Led by her interest in development and how government policies impact individual lives, graduand Harvi Shah found her second home in economics. ✨
🏆This year, she represented SFU at the International Economics Olympiad in Germany, placing 9th globally among participants from 23 countries, and earned a Best Paper Award at a symposium at Gujarat University for her research on the Make in India Initiative.
Her economics program taught her to solve complex problems. “You are looking at huge data sets, and you have to determine how you can create a report and run the regression models to find an efficient way for people to access the data.”
The skills she learned in her economics courses – from data analysis to programming languages to data visualization – prepared her to take on these new challenges.
Shah also dedicated time to volunteering and building her community at SFU.
From her first days as an international student to presenting at the Canadian Economics Association Conference, Harvi's journey is an example of determination, curiosity, and a commitment to learning.
As she graduates with a major in economics, a concentration in economic data analysis, and a statistics minor, we celebrate her accomplishments and look forward to seeing what’s next!
🔗Read Harvi’s full story here: https://www.sfu.ca/economics/community/news/2026/06/one-economics-student-s-journey-from-uncertainty-to-internationa.html
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