Armine Yalnizyan is a Canadian economist and writer , who was a senior economist with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives from 2008 to 2017 . She appeared regularly on '' Lang and O'Leary Exchange '' , CBC 's '' Metro Morning '' , and contributed regularly to the " Economy Lab " at the '' Globe and Mail '' . She is currently a Fellow with the Atkinson Foundation doing collaborative research on the future of workers in a period of technological change . Her work focuses on " social and economic factors that determine our health and well being " . In 2012 , the CBC described her , as one of Canada 's " leading progressive economists . " Yalnizyan came to Canada as a child . Her parents were Armenian immigrants . Her grandparents were killed in the Armenian Genocide ( 1914 – 1923 ) . She grew up in Toronto
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Armine Yalnizyan