» Go to news main
Racism and social justice subject matter expertise
Below is a list subject matter experts at Dalhousie who can speak to topics relating to matters of racism and social justice.
Institutional systemic racism
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor; Cross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada
Contact: afua.cooper@dal.ca and 902-494-3012
Expert: Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance
Research Specialties: HIV testing, institutional racism, racism and health, prostate cancer, and diversity
Contact: b.hamilton-hinch@dal.caor (902) 494-3391
Dalhousie Expert: Tiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy
Contact: tmgordon@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Policing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice diversity and multiculturalism
Contact: t.bryan@dal.ca or 902-494-6755
Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Dalhousie Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact: iwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Director & University Teaching Fellow Transition Year Program Dalhousie University
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca and 902-449-4967
Anti-racism
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor; Cross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada
Contact: afua.cooper@dal.ca and 902-494-3012
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Tiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy
Contact: tmgordon@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of Histor
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Policing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism
Contact: t.bryan@dal.ca or 902-494-6755
Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Dalhousie Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact: iwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Director & University Teaching Fellow Transition Year Program Dalhousie University
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca and 902-449-4967
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers, Associate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties: African philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact: chike.jeffers@dal.ca or 902-494-3547
Protesting
Dalhousie Expert: Tiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy
Contact: tmgordon@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Director & University Teaching Fellow Transition Year Program Dalhousie University
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca and 902-449-4967
Environmental racism
Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Dalhousie Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact: iwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267
Politics –How policies, legislations and actions impact historically oppressed and marginalized communities
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor of Law; Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law
Research Specialties: Aboriginal law, Indigenous law, constitutional law, administrative law, equality and human rights law, diversity in legal education, the legal profession, and the judiciary
Contact: naiomi.metallic@dal.ca or 902-494-4500
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Policing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism
Contact: t.bryan@dal.ca or 902-494-6755
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Director & University Teaching Fellow Transition Year Program Dalhousie University
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca and 902-449-4967
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers, Associate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties: African philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact: chike.jeffers@dal.ca or 902-494-3547
Health and mental health inequalities
Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Dalhousie Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact: iwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267
Racism and Health
Expert: Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance
Research Specialties: HIV testing, institutional racism, racism and health, prostate cancer, and diversity
Contact: b.hamilton-hinch@dal.caor (902) 494-339
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Policing
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Policing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism
Contact: t.bryan@dal.ca or 902-494-6755
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Dalhousie Expert: Tiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy
Contact: tmgordon@dal.ca
Legal perspective on cases involving systemic racism, racial profiling and human rights
Dalhousie Expert: Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor of Law; Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law
Research Specialties: Aboriginal law, Indigenous law, constitutional law, administrative law, equality and human rights law, diversity in legal education, the legal profession, and the judiciary
Contact: naiomi.metallic@dal.ca or 902-494-4500
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties: Policing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism
Contact: t.bryan@dal.ca or 902-494-6755
Race-based health data collection
Expert: Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Chair, Dalhousie Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties: Medical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact: iwaldron@Dal.ca and 902-494-4267
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Structural white supremacy and racial fragility
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Lateral racial violence
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact: parasram@dal.ca and 902-494-2167/902-789-5711
Black history
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor; Cross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada.
Contact: afua.cooper@dal.ca and 902-494-3012.
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, Director & University Teaching Fellow Transition Year Program Dalhousie University
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact: isaney@dal.ca and 902-449-4967
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers, Associate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties: African philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact: chike.jeffers@dal.ca or 902-494-3547
Slavery - History and impacts
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor; Cross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada.
Contact: afua.cooper@dal.ca and 902-494-3012.
Dalhousie Expert: Tiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties: Social and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophy
Contact: tmgordon@dal.ca
Urban planning – History of use for residential segregation, displacement, expropriation and gentrification
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Lisa Berglund, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Faculty of Architecture and Planning
Research Specialties: Neighborhood change, uneven development, urban design, critical urban theory, and environmental justice
Contact: lisa.berglund@dal.ca or 902-233-4665/902-494-1763
LGBQ2S Issues (Pride celebrations, flags, parades, HIV/AIDS stigma, Canadian Blood Services)
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact: omisoore.dryden@dal.ca
Please note– It’s up to the faculty members' discretion as to whether they’re able to accommodate interview requests.