Background
Ostry, Sylvia was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Morris J. and B. (Stoller) Knelman.
academic administrator economist
Ostry, Sylvia was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Daughter of Morris J. and B. (Stoller) Knelman.
Bachelor in Economics, McGill University, 1948. Master of Arts, McGill University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Cambridge University and McGill University, 1954.
Also 19 honorary degrees.
Lecturer, assistant professor economics McGill University. Research officer Institute Statistics, University Oxford, England. Associate professor University Montreal, Canada.
With department statistics Economic Council Canada, Ottawa, 1964-1972, chairman, 1978-1979. Chief statistician Statistics Canada, 1972-1975. Deputy minister consumer and corporation affairs Government Canada, 1975-1978, deputy minister international trade, coordinator international economic relations, 1984-1985, ambassador for multilateral trade negotiations, personal representative of Prime Minister for Economic Summit, 1985-1988.
Chancellor University Waterloo, 1991-1996. Head department economics and statistics Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1979-1983. Chairman Center for International Studies University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1990—1997, distinguished research fellow Munk Center for International Studies Canada, since 1997.
Lecturer Per Jacobssen Foundation, 1987. Chairman national council Canada Institute International Affairs, 1990-1995. Western co-chairman Blue Ribbon Commission for Hungary's Economic Recovery, 1990-1994.
Member advisory board Institute International Economics, Washington. Founding member Pacific Council on International Policy. Volvo Distinguished visiting fellow Council on Foreign Relations, New York City, 1989.
Fellow Royal Society of Canada, member Group of Thirty, Institute for International Economics (advisory board).
Married Bernard Ostry. Children: Adam, Jonathan.