Sylvia OSTRY

Background

OSTRY, Sylvia was born in June 1927 in Winnipeg. Daughter of Morris J. and B. (Stoller) Knelman.

Education

McGill and Cambridge Universities.

Career

Deputy Minister of Consumer and Corporation Affairs and Deputy Registrar General 1975-1978. Chairman Economics Council of Canada 1978-1979. Head, Economical Statistics Department, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1979-1983.

Deputy Minister (Institute Trade) and Co-ordinator for Institute Economics Relations, Department, of External Affairs 1984-1985. Ambassador, Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Personal Representative of the Prime Minister, Economics Summit, Department, of External Affairs 1985. Per Jacobsson Foundation Lecture, Washington 1987.

Senior Research Fellow, University of Toronto 1989-1990. Professional organisations. Seventeen honorary degrees.

Outstanding Achievement.

Works

• Other Work

  • Labour Economics in Canada, International Economic Policy Co-ordination (co-author) 1986. Articles on labour economics, demography, productivity, competition policy.

Membership

Several learned societies and.

Interests

• Films, theatre, contemporary reading.

Connections

Married Bernard Ostry.

Father:

Morris J.

Mother:

B. (Stoller) Knelman

Spouse:

Bernard