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Dr. Meera Paleja

Behavioural Science Fellow, Women and Gender Equality Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Meera has completed two placements as a Behavioural Science Fellow at Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC). Meera received her doctorate in neuroscience in 2012. Since then, she has worked in the behavioural insights space as a management consultant in the private sector and as a scientist in the provincial government. In 2016, she also began instructing MBA and upper-level undergraduate courses in Behavioural Economics at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. Meera is excited to be working in the field of BeSci when its appetite in government is at an all-time high!