Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
North Korea's Kim Jong-un meeting with China's Xi Jinping
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Robert Huish, 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.
Flu season hitting Canada at unexpected, accelerated rate
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Scott Halperin, Director of the Canadian Center for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University.
Research Specialties: Bacteriology, vaccinology, pertussis, clinical trials, immunization, meningococcal vaccine, influenza vaccine.
Contact: scott.halperin@dal.ca and 902-470-8498.
‘Dry January’ offers many health benefits
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Niki Kiepek, Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy.
Research Specialties: Diversity inclusion, health Professional education, substance use.
Contact: niki.kiepek@dal.ca and 902-494-2609.
B.C. court orders new conditions to protect prison inmates' constitutional rights
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Adelina Iftene, Assistant Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Health Law Institute.
Research specialties: Prison law and prisoners’ rights, criminal law and criminal justice, sentencing, evidence, charter rights.
Contact: aiftene@dal.ca
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- 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