Below you will find suggested Dalhousie University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Monday, February 24, 2020.

Stats Canada’s new data on poverty rates
Dr. Karen Foster is available to provide comment on Stats Canada’s new data on poverty rates set to be released today. Dr. Foster can discuss what the data means and some of the contributing factors that lead to the results.

Dalhousie Expert: Karen Foster, Associate Professor; Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Rural Futures for Atlantic Canada, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Economy, work and development, Knowledge, science and expertise, political economy, research methods, rural communities, social policy, social statistics and Atlantic Canada
Contact: karen.foster@dal.ca
Note: Dr. Foster has limited availability over the next few days via email.