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Mar 25 2026

CABE Webinar: StatCan Series – Navigating Turbulence: The meaning of GDP in a rapidly changing world

How should we talk about the ups and downs of the economy in periods of profound disruption? Improve your ability to tell the top-line story with confidence and learn where to look when you lift the hood to see what’s driving change. Learn about the data’s strengths and limitations and how revisions to GDP could shape your analysis.

amanda_s Amanda Sinclair Assistant Director in the National Economic Accounts Division, Statistics Canada

Amanda Sinclair is an Assistant Director in the National Economic Accounts Division. She has over 14 years experience working at Statistics Canada and is currently responsible for the Income and Expenditure Accounts, Labour Productivity Accounts, Capital Stock program as well as the Distributions of Household Economic Accounts. She has contributed to several international advisory committees in the areas of macroeconomic accounts, digital economy and economic well-being. She has a Masters in Public Administration from Carleton University.

Issam Alsammak Issam Alsammak Acting Director, Industry Accounts Division, Statistic Canada
Mr. Issam Alsammak is the Acting Director of the Industry Accounts Division. He has almost 20 years of experience in national accounts, gained at Statistics Canada, where he was primarily responsible for the compilation of the annual national and provincial supply and use tables; and at the International Monetary Fund, where he provided technical assistance on the compilation of real sector statistics to countries in the Middle East. In his current role, Issam oversees the compilation of the supply, use, and input-output tables, as well as the monthly national and annual provincial GDP by Industry programs. Issam is a graduate of McGill University.

 

Event Details

Virtual (Microsoft Teams)
Mar 25, 2026 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm EST

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Public Attendee List

  • Farhad Panahov
  • Doug Norris
  • Karen MacKintosh
  • Marisa McGillivray
  • Jiangnan Ji
  • Holly Chisholm
  • Robin Banerjee
  • Robin Banerjee
  • Salma Ahmed
  • Akshay Kotak
  • Akshay Kotak
  • Stephen Tapp
  • Olivier Samson
  • Olivier Samson
  • Sara Kallas
  • Robin Banerjee
  • Susanna Campagna