CMU Faculty

Jerry Buckland is Professor of Economics and International Development based at the Redekop School of Business at Canadian Mennonite University. He was faculty member in International Development Studies (IDS) at Menno Simons College, based at the University of Winnipeg, from 1994 to 2023. For shorter periods of time he was the College Dean, the UofW Acting Director of the Masters in Development Practice program, and the IDS Coordinator. He has been a visiting professor at Central Queensland University (Cairns), RMIT (Melbourne), and the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (Dhaka). From 1986 through 1992 he was active as socioeconomic researcher in rural Bangladesh. Jerry’s research and teaching are in an area that encompasses community-economics and includes financial wellbeing studies (micro-finance, financial inclusion, financial literacy), research and evaluation methods, community-based development, and rural and Indigenous Peoples’ development.

Areas of Teaching

Financial capability/inclusion, Community/Economic Development, Research & Evaluation Methods, Food Security / Sovereignty

Education

PhD, Economics (Manitoba); MA, Economics (Carleton); BA, Economics (Calgary)

Work in Detail

Teaching

NEW COURSES

• BUSI-1010 Personal financial capability
• BUSI-3950 Business and the SDGs

Research

Jerry has authored or co-edited six books, several book chapters, many peer-reviewed articles, and several policy reports. Jerry enjoys and has made numerous presentations in academic and popular forums. 

Current Projects

Canadian Financial Diaries  

Recent Publications

Financial Vulnerability in Canada: The Embedded Experience of Households, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022, 179 pages.

Building Financial Resilience: Do Credit and Finance Schemes Serve or Impoverish Vulnerable People?, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 270 pages.

Payday Lending in Canada in a Global Context: A Mature Industry with Chronic Challenges, New York: Palgrave Macmillan (co-edited with Chris Robinson and Brenda Spotton Visano), 2018, 245 pages.

Hard Choices: Financial Exclusion and Fringe Banks in Inner-city Canada, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012, 270 pages.

Other Publications

Google Scholar

Applied

Consulting

Jerry has worked with several non-profit organizations (e.g., Public Interest Law Centre, SEED Winnipeg, Consumers Council of Canada, Momentum/Calgary), federal government departments (Department of Finance Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, Office of Consumer Affairs, Innovation, Sc, & Ec Devt Canada) and, most recently, with Credit Union Central Manitoba, and Manitoba Public Insurance, engaging in research, evaluation, and consulting. 

Sample reports

'The regulation of Group Plan RESPs and the experiences of low-income subscribers,' 2018, Winnipeg: SEED Winnipeg, with Gail Henderson, Kevin Schacter, Gaylen Eaton, and Simon Chung.

'Building Managers and Staff Members Capacity to Communicate About Work Performance,' 2017, Winnipeg, with Sandra Wiebe, Stephanie Stobbe and Janet Schmidt.

Community

Member of the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Research Committee (2018 & ongoing).

Member of the ABLE Financial Empowerment Network Research & Policy Action Team (2014-ongoing).