Thomas Mihaljevic
Thunder Bay
Ontario

Thomas
Mihaljevic

Passionate about economic policy and the data behind it, in government and in research.

MA Economics candidate at Lakehead University.

Currently
Program Administrator, Student Support Branch, Ontario Public Service.
Studying
MA Economics, Lakehead University. Completing Winter 2027.
Tools
Python, Stata, SQL, Tableau, Excel.
Availability
Seeking full-time policy and research roles from Winter 2027.
Experience

Where I've worked

Ontario Public Service

Apr 2026 – Present

Program Administrator, Student Support Branch · Thunder Bay

  • Adjudicate roughly 220 supporting documents per week for OSAP applications, determining eligibility under program policy and provincial student aid legislation.
  • Assess documentation across academic progress, disability status, SIN corrections, and bankruptcy files, verifying submissions and flagging discrepancies for correction.
  • Issue manual payments where system-generated funding does not process, and communicate approval and rejection decisions through the ministry portal.

Lakehead University

Sep 2025 – Apr 2026

Graduate Assistant, Department of Economics · Thunder Bay

  • Supported undergraduate economics courses through weekly office hours, working through microeconomic theory and quantitative methods.
  • Assessed assignments and exams for over 100 students per term with written feedback tied to course learning outcomes.

St. Joseph's Care Group

Sep 2022 – Aug 2025

Business Office Clerk, Accounts Receivable · Thunder Bay

  • Managed inpatient revenue collection averaging $400,000 per month, with accurate general ledger entry and full legislative compliance.
  • Reconciled Patient and Mental Health Trust accounts averaging $75,000 in balances against monthly transaction volumes of $40,000.
  • Analyzed healthcare policy to maintain operational compliance and prepared chronic co-payment agreements for clients and decision-makers.

Canada Revenue Agency

Jun 2021 – Sep 2021

Collections Officer - Summer Student · Thunder Bay

  • Managed over 500 taxpayer accounts, assessing legal collectability and enforcing compliance with CRA regulations.
  • Identified and actioned uncollectable accounts, reducing active case volume and improving team throughput.

Reddit, Inc.

Dec 2019 – Aug 2020

Data Analyst, Contract · Remote

  • Analyzed engagement data from more than 2,000 online communities to surface behavioural trends and inform algorithmic content recommendations.
Research

Research and projects

Master's research project · In progress

NHL Trade Market Efficiency Model

Builds a valuation framework that prices players, draft picks, and prospects on a single comparable scale, weighing what a team gives up in a trade against what it gets back. Applied to completed NHL trades to identify where the market systematically misprices assets.

StataValuationAnalytics

Economics of Defence · 2026

Sanctions Evasion and Economic Coercion

A game-theory model of how and why third-party intermediaries help sanctioned states evade enforcement, using Russia after 2022 as a case study. Identifies the conditions under which evasion becomes rational and where enforcement can realistically deter it.

Game theoryPublic policy

Public Finance, Expenditure · 2021

Canadian Housing Affordability: The Case for Zoning Reform

Measures the gap between home prices and construction costs across Canadian cities and attributes it to municipal building restrictions rather than land or material costs. Argues that zoning reform is the most direct lever available to policymakers on affordability.

HousingPublic policy
Skills

What I bring

Technical

Python, Stata, SQL, Tableau, Microsoft Excel.

Quantitative

Econometrics, game theory, economic policy analysis, large dataset analysis.

Professional

Regulatory compliance, policy interpretation, case adjudication, financial reporting.

Education

Education

  • Sep 2025 – Present

    Lakehead UniversityMaster of Arts, Economics. Thunder Bay, Ontario.

  • 2018 – 2022

    University of Western OntarioBA, Business Management and Organizational Studies. Honours Specialization in Finance and Administration. London, Ontario.

Contact

Get in touch

Based in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Open to relocating for the right role.