He gives public lectures and seminars across the world, including at Harvard, Princeton, MIT, Stanford, Chicago, Yale, LSE and Peking University. He makes frequent media appearances within Canada and abroad, including a term as an invited columnist at The Globe and Mail. Trefler was a long-standing co-editor at the Journal of International Economics, the top-ranked journal in his field, and served on the Editorial Board of the American Economic Association's Journal of Economic Literature. He has received all three major awards of the Canadian Economics Association: the Harry Johnson Prize, John Rae Prize, and the Innis Lecture, the latter of which is awarded in recognition of contributions to economics in the broadest sense. He was awarded Canada's Killam Prize in 2016. Dubbed Canada's Nobel, the Killam Prize is awarded annually to "academic titans" for "pushing the boundaries of their fields" His advocacy on behalf of children earned him the Noni MacDonald Award from the Canadian Paediatric Society. He is the recipient of the Bank of Canada Fellowship Award and was the 2011 Ohlin Lecture, the most internationally celebrated lecture in his core field of international economics. Selected Articles for a General Audience "The Politics of Inequality." Rotman Magazine. Fall 2017, pages 94–97. "Canada Should Lead Development of Clean, Renewable Energy." Globe & Mail. June 22, 2015. With Alan Bernstein and Ted Sargent. "Canada: Oiled by Tar or Tarred by Oil." OpenCanada.org. April 7, 2014. "The One Percent in History." Rotman Magazine. Fall 2013, pages 93–96. "Loonacy of Parity: How a Strong Dollar Weakens Canada." Globe & Mail. October 16, 2010, F9. "A Time and Place for Free Trade." Harvard College Economic Review, volume II, issue 2. Spring 2008. "Think Globally, Invest Locally: Responding to the Rise of Offshoring." Rotman Magazine. Fall 2005, pages 42–45. "Treating Children Well Strengthens a Nation." The Ottawa Citizen. September 4, 2004. "Looking Back: How Childhood Experiences Impact a Nation’s Wealth." Rotman Magazine. Spring/Summer 2004. See also Rotman School of Management Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Journal of International Economics Journal of Economic Literature Canadian Economics Association Izaak-Walton-Killam Award References External links Homepage at Rotman School of Management 1959 births Living people Alumni of the University of Cambridge International economists Innovation economists People from Toronto Trade economists University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Toronto alumni University of Toronto faculty 20th-century Canadian economists 21st-century Canadian economists