Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018.
Addressing homelessness as winter sets in
Dalhousie Expert: Jeff Karabanow, Professor, School of Social Work
Research Specialties: Homelessness and poverty, housing, international social work, homelessness and trauma, street youth, and street culture.
Contact: jeff.karabanow@dal.ca and 902-494-1193.
Nova Scotia implementing Voluntary Exclusion from Casinos
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Igor Yakovenko, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry.
Research Specialties: Change determinants across additive behaviours, transdiagnostic addiction and comorbidity, cannabis use and disordered gambling, online substance use interventions.
Contact: Igor.Yakovenko@dal.ca and 902-494-1074.
An Ontario police force ‘naming and shaming’ impaired drivers: will it deter drinking and driving?
Dalhousie Expert: Jennifer Llewellyn, Professor of Law; Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law, Schulich School of Law.
Research Specialties: Restorative justice, human rights, international criminal law, constitutional law, international human rights law.
Contact: jennifer.llewellyn@dal.ca and 902-494-1013.
Province releases its response to the Lahey review on forestry practices
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Karen Beazley, Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies.
Research Specialties: Biodiversity, ecosystems, protected area system planning, conservation biology, and landscape ecology.
Contact: karen.beazley@dal.ca and 902-494-1383.
Average Canadian family facing increase of $400 for groceries in 2019
Dalhousie Expert: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Rowe School of Business.
Research Specialties: Food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, traceability.
Contact: sylvain.charlebois@dal.ca and 902-494-7822.