Below you will find suggested Dalhousie University experts who can speak to current topics of regional, provincial, national, and international interest for Tuesday, January 21, 2025.

US Immigration policies and the US-Mexico and Canadian borders
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Kate Swanson, Professor, Canada Research Chair in International Peace, Security and Children, Department of International Development Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Research Specialties: Migration, asylum and refugees, children and youth, immigration detention, violence and human rights, and Latin America and US/Mexico border
Contact: Kate.Swanson@dal.ca

Fentanyl use in Canada and the US
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Fiona Martin, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Research Specialties: Critical health studies, body and embodiment, drug use, gender, knowledge, science and expertise, personhood, poverty and social marginalization, and reproduction and mothering
Contact:  f.martin@dal.ca

Canada-US relations
Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Brian Bow, Chair, Department of Political Science
Research Specialties: Policy coordination, US foreign policy, Canada-US relations, international security and defense policy 
Contact: brian.bow@dal.ca and 902-494-6629

Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Professor, Faculty of Management, Public & International Affairs Department
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757

Dalhousie Expert: Dr. Robert Huish, Associate Professor, Department of International Development Studies
Research Specialties: Sanctions, international relations, activism and social justice, and COVID-19 Stigma
Contact: huish@dal.ca

Liberal leadership
Dalhousie Expert: Lori Turnbull, Professor, Faculty of Management, Public & International Affairs Department
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems and public engagement.
Contact: lturnbul@dal.ca and (902) 225-8757