Below you will find suggested Dalhousie University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national, and international interest for Friday January 27, 2023.

WHO's COVID emergency declaration decision
Medical Perspective:
Dalhousie Expert: Lisa Barrett, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine                         .
Research Specialties: Immunology, vaccinology, hepatitis C, chronic viral infection, aging, immune senescence, HIV, and CMV
Contact: lindsay.savelle@dal.ca
Please note: Dr. Barrett has limited availability. 

Political perspective
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Director, School of Public Administration.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757

‘Freedom Convoy’ anniversary 
Political perspective
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Director, School of Public Administration.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757

Supreme Court of Canada Ruling on the constitutionality of mandatory firearm sentences
Dalhousie Expert: Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of 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.