John Loxley (194228 July 2020) was a Canadian economist. Loxley obtained a doctorate in economics at the

University of Leeds , mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , ...

, completing his doctoral dissertation, ''The development of the monetary and financial system of the East African currency area 1950 to 1964'' in 1966. He began teaching at the

University of Manitoba The University of Manitoba (U of M, UManitoba, or UM) is a Canadian public research university in the province of Manitoba.Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; french: Société royale du Canada, SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bil ...

, received the Distinguished Academic Award from the

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in 2008, followed by the Progressive Economists' Forum's 2008 Galbraith Prize in Economics and Social Justice. In 2019, the Errol Black Chair in Labour Issues at the Manitoba office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives honoured Loxley at the eighth Errol Black Chair Fund Raiser. Loxley died on 28 July 2020, aged 77.

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