Dr. Mike Moffatt is the founding Director of the University of Ottawa’s Missing Middle Initiative (MMI) and co-host of the Missing Middle Podcast, and subject of the Financial Post feature ‘Can this man solve Canada’s housing crisis?’.
Prior to founding MMI, Mike served as the Chief Innovation Fellow for the Government of Canada, advising Deputy Ministers on innovation policy and emerging trends. He has also previously held the titles of Founding Director of the PLACE Centre, Senior Director of Policy at the Smart Prosperity Institute, Interim Director at the Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management, Director of Policy at Canada 2020, and Chief Economist at the Mowat Centre, University of Toronto. Mike has held several academic positions, including Assistant Professor at Ivey Business School, Western University, where he taught courses on global macroeconomics and geopolitical risk for nearly two decades.
Mike has worked with politicians and policymakers of all political stripes in several countries to craft more effective public policy. From 2013 to 2015, Mike served as an economic advisor to Liberal leader Justin Trudeau.
Mike holds a Ph.D. in Management Science from Ivey Business School and an M.A. in Economics from the University of Rochester.
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2026
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual