Dr. Ross Finnie is a Full Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and Director of the Education Policy Research Initiative at the University of Ottawa. Professor Finnie works in various areas of labour and public economics. His current interests are focussed on post- secondary education (PSE), including access and barriers to PSE; student retention, pathways to completion, and the development of predictive models of students at risk and the evaluation of student success initiatives; the participation and experiences of under-represented and minority groups in PSE; and post-schooling outcomes. His recent work has a strong emphasis on the use of linked PSE-tax data to study students’ experiences and outcomes while in PSE, and their post- schooling outcomes.