Welcome to my webpage. I'm associate professor of economics and philosophy at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. Here, you'll find links to my academic and public writings, videos, and other items that I hope you'll find interesting. You can reach me at vdehejia[at]gmail[dot]com, on Twitter @vdehejia, or on Instagram @vd9122 .
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
I'm quoted here in the Pitt student newspaper: "If working for real racial inclusion in our societies was as easy as a white prime minister putting on Indian clothes, we wouldn’t still be facing the problems of systematic racial inequality." https://pittnews.com/article/128250/opinions/editorial-trudeau-demonstrates-skin-deep-commitment-diversity/ … #cdnpoli
Sunday, February 25, 2018
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Friday, February 23, 2018
“It may be a ‘small investment,’ but it’s also about the poor optics,” I tell @globalnews about gratuitously flying in celebrity chef Vikram Vij at Canadian taxpayers' expense to cater a party at Canada House in Delhi. https://globalnews.ca/news/4041799/canada-vikram-vij-india-trudeau/ … #TrudeauInIndia #cdnpoli
Thursday, February 22, 2018
I speak to @AakankshaT @VICE: “I’d said a few days ago that this [visit] was a slow moving train wreck. Well, today, the train well and truly went off the tracks.” https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/qveez7/india-outraged-after-convicted-sikh-extremist-invited-to-trudeaus-photo-ops-canada-diplomacy-jaspal-atwa-terrorism-assassination … #TrudeauInIndia #cdnpoli
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
More appearances in the media commenting on the Trudeau visit to India.
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/21/justin-trudeau-india-visit-theres-talk-prime-minister-snubbed-by-indian-government.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/4037948/trudeau-family-criticized-for-indian-outfits/
http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/indian-pm-modi-did-not-snub-the-trudeaus-its-just-that-canada-is-of-secondary-importance-to-india
https://globalnews.ca/news/4037948/trudeau-family-criticized-for-indian-outfits/
http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/indian-pm-modi-did-not-snub-the-trudeaus-its-just-that-canada-is-of-secondary-importance-to-india