Tribute to Carlos Javier Echarri Cánovas

Abstract

El Colegio de México paid a posthumous tribute to acclaimed demographer Carlos Javier Echarri Cánovas, formerly a distinguished research fellow at the Center for Demographic and Urban Studies (CEDUA) and Secretary General of the National Population Council. Participants at the event included Silvia Elena Giorguli, president of El Colegio de México (Colmex); Olga Sánchez Cordero, Secretary of the Interior; Alejandro Encinas, Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration of the Ministry of the Interior; Brígida García, Professor Emerita at El Colegio de México; Manuel Ordorica Mellado, CEDUA research fellow; Patricia Noemí Vargas Becerra, president of the Mexican Society of Demography (Somede) and research fellow at the University of Guadalajara; Edith Pacheco Gómez, research fellow at CEDUA; Julieta Pérez Amador, CEDUA research fellow; Karla Yukiko López Magaña, a Colmex Master’s Degree Program in Demography graduate; Manuel Echarri Cotler, a UNAM Political Science Bachelor’s Degree Program student; María del Puy Echarri Cánovas, Director of Accident Prevention at the Ministry of Health of Guanajuato, in Moroleón; and Guadalupe Cánovas Fonseca, mother of Carlos Echarri. The event was moderated by Jaime Sobrino, director of CEDUA. The speakers’ words are given below in order of presentation.