Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018.
Canada’s First Ministers meeting expected to be acrimonious
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and 902-494-6605.
Analyzing the medical challenges during the Halifax Explosion
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Jock Murray, Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine.
Research Specialties: Multiple Sclerosis, autoimmune diseases, and medical humanities.
Contact: jock.murray@dal.ca.
Homeless rates in Halifax on the rise
Dalhousie Expert: Jeff Karabanow, Professor, School of Social Work.
Research Specialties: Homelessness and poverty, housing, international social work, homelessness and trauma, street youth, and street culture.
Contact: jeff.karabanow@dal.ca and 902-494-1193.
More calls to make Beaver Bank Connector safer for pedestrians, motorists
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Ahsan Habib, Associate Professor, School of Planning, Department of Civil and Resource Engineering.
Research Specialties: Travel behaviour analysis, travel demand forecasting, integrated transportation, road safety and collision analysis, transportation planning and policy.
Contact: ahsan.habib@dal.ca and 902-494-3209.
Recent News
- Federal Budget
- Violent extremist groups, youth and cyber security, Halloween scares, and daylight savings time
- World Occupational Therapy Day
- Whale Sanctuary approved in NS
- Canadian Tire Data breach and cyber security
- Carney‑Trump meeting, ceasefire talks, protests/national guard deployment, and lice and pinworm treatment
- Ottawa denies Marineland request to export remaining beluga whales to China
- Dalhousie University has experts who can speak on the impacts of drought on blueberry crops, the Trump‑Putin summit, and the Global Plastics Treaty