• Dr. Katherine Fierlbeck, Professor in Political Science, sits on Policy Matter panel discussion
  The federal Liberal administration has articulated its intention to introduce a national pharmacare program. However, the particulars of this program are still unknown: what gets on the formulary? who decides? who pays? how much? and through what mechanism? This panel discussed the administrative, legal, economic, and political challenges in implementing such a program across all provinces. It also reflected on how particular implementation plans could affect Nova Scotians for better or for worse. Other panelists included: Diana Whalen, Advisory Council for the Implementation of National Pharmacare, Marc-Andre Gagnon, Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration, Maureen MacDonald, MLA for Halifax Needham between 1998 and 2016, and served as both Minister of Health and Minister of Finance for the NDP between 2009 and 2013
  
• PhD Candidate, Ben O'Bright, Recipient of the 2018 International Policy Ideas Challenge
  Congratulations to Ben O'Bright, one of the reciepients of the 2018 International Policy Ideas Challenege (IPIC)
  
• PhD Candidate, Susan Manning showcased on Dalnews
  Susan Manning interviewed as one of Dalhousie graduate researchers who receive full scholarships from the Killam Trusts
  
• Assistant Professor, Steven Seligman's research discussed in Globe and Mail
  Seligman's research on Canada-Israel relations discussed in recent article
  
• Upcoming MA and PhD defenses in the Department of Political Science
  
  
• Dal alumnus Robert Muggah is a visiting scholar at the Phil Lind Institute at UBC
  Focusing on the global liberal order, Robert Muggah, co-founder of the Igarapé Institute and SecDev Group, is currently a visiting scholar with UBC and helping with the Phil Lind Speaker Series
  
• PhD candidate, Adam MacDonald, wrote for Inside Policy: "Coming to Grips with a Nuclear‑Armed North Korea"
  The US should reject the notion of preventive strikes or “bloody nose” attacks against North Korea, writes Adam MacDonald. Instead, emphasis should be placed on a combination of engagement and deterrence/containment.
  

From Dal News

• Rethinking Canada’s climate policy from the ground up
  Canada's top-down approach to designing its climate policy has failed, writes MacEachen Institute Junior Fellow Adebayo Majekolagbe. It needs to find ways to engage with individuals.
  
• The Conversation: Young refugees have unique needs that require special support
  With World Children's Day this week, we need to critically assess how Canada's doing helping young refugees settle into their new homes and their new lives, writes PhD candidate Emily Pelley.
  
• Our Killam Scholars: In the shadow of the dam
  Susan Manning, Killam Scholar and PhD candidate in Political Science, is using the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam in her home province of Newfoundland and Labrador as a case study on how such projects affect overlooked local communities.
  
• The language of friendship
  Haruka Aoyama, Dania Shalabi and Delicia Marie Toro came to Dalhousie from three different countries to study three different programs. But after meeting in the first week of their English for Academic Purposes class, they've formed a bond that spans any of the differences between them.
  
• Panel ponders future of global leadership as U.S. wanes
  A top NATO official, a Nobel Peace Laureate, and others discussed the future of U.S. and global leadership during a roundtable at Dal to kick off this year's Halifax International Security Forum — one of the top annual gatherings of its kind in the world.