Sheila Block is Director of Economic Analysis at the Wellesley Institute. Her experience and background include work as Research Director at the Ontario Federation of Labour, and a decade in the Steelworkers’ research department, where she provided pensions and benefits support for bargaining. She has also worked as a political advisor and public servant in the Ontario government. Sheila is a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. She has an Honours B.A. in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Toronto.