Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, January 22, 2019.
MNP survey says almost half of Canadians within $200 of insolvency
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Lars Osberg, Professor, Department of Economics.
Research specialties: Labour economics, income and wealth distribution.
Contact: lars.osberg@dal.ca and 902-494-6988.
Canada’s new food guide released
Dalhousie Expert: Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Food Distribution and Policy, Faculties of Management and Agriculture.
Research Specialties: Food distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, traceability.
Contact: sylvain.charlebois@dal.ca and 902-222-4142.
Many Canadians don't have the money or time to follow new national food guide
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Sara Kirk, Professor, School of Health and Human Performance.
Research Specialties: Socio-ecological approaches, population health intervention research, chronic disease prevention, obesity prevention, healthy public policy, weight bias and weight-based teasing.
Contact: sara.kirk@dal.ca and 902-494-8440.
Expect U.S. to formally request extradition of Huawei CFO from Canada soon – China accuses both countries of abusing system
Dalhousie Expert: Robert Currie, Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Law and Technology Institute.
Research Specialties: International criminal law, international litigation, international law, extradition, civil procedure, criminal law.
Contact: robert.currie@dal.ca and 902-494-1012.
KonMari Method of decluttering can be beneficial to your mental health
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Simon Sherry, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry.
Research Specialties: Clinical psychology, depression, anxiety, personality, perfectionism, psychopathology, suicide, eating disorders, alcohol problems.
Contact: Simon.Sherry@dal.ca and 902-494-7719.
Legendary great white shark found in waters off Hawaii – water previously thought to be too warm for great whites
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Frederick Whoriskey, Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology.
Research Specialties: Ecology and marine biology.
Contact: fr362427@dal.ca and 902 494-6741.