Please find below suggested Dalhousie University experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Friday, March 8, 2019.
Celebrating Indigenous women in the era of reconciliation
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Margaret Robinson, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties: Critical health studies, social justice and inequality, indigenous peoples, gender, sexuality, substance use, food and food movements.
Contact: mrobinson@dal.ca and 902-494-1360.
Examining the global status of women in 2019
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Emily Kirk, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of International Development Studies.
Research Specialties: Cuba, Latin American development studies, gender/sexual Diversity, health practices, south-south Cooperation.
Contact: Emily.Kirk@dal.ca and 902-494-2221.
Have scientists discovered a new breed of killer whale?
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Hal Whitehead, Professor, Department of Biology.
Research Specialties: Behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Contact: hal.whitehead@dal.ca and 902-494-3723.
Snow-filled sidewalks anger pedestrians, but is the municipality liable in the event of an accident or injury?
Dalhousie Expert: Wayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights 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.
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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