Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
Another dead whale with stomach full of plastic washes up onshore, this time in Sicily
Dalhousie Expert: Hal Whitehead, Professor, Department of Biology.
Research Specialties: Behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Contact: Hal.Whitehead@dal.ca and 902 494-3723.
Firefighter argues lack of access to vegan food is a human rights violation
Dalhousie Expert: Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law.
Research Specialties: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cyberbullying, education law, human rights, humanitarian law, public policy analysis, public law and public interest.
Contact: Wayne.Mackay@dal.ca and 902-483-7810.
Shoe giants Nike, Adidas urge United States to lift tariffs against China
Dalhousie Expert:Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor, Department of International Development Studies.
Research Specialties: Global health, North Korea, Cuban development, activism and social justice.
Contact: huish@dal.ca and 902-494-2979.
Number of whooping cough cases in New Brunswick rises to 22, vaccination clinics set up in effort to contain outbreak
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Joanne Langley, Division Head, Infectious Diseases.
Research Specialties: Vaccines, infectious diseases, child health, infections in children, evidence-based immunization policy, communicable disease control.
Contact: joanne.langley@dal.ca and 902-470-8762.
Large number of Atlantic Canadians actually agree on a wide range of political issues, in contrast to reports of increasing polarization
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, migration – immigration, social change, social movements, social statistics.
Contact: howard.ramos@dal.ca and 902-494-3130/902-494-6595.