Current Issues

Quebec – Possible ADQ -CAQ merger

Robert Asselin
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Canadian politics, federalism, political communications, Quebec politics
Office: 613-562-5800 (4431)
rasselin@uOttawa.ca

Pierre Anctil
Department of History
Aspects of Canadian identity, Quebec culture, immigration, ethnic and religious minorities
Cell: 514-261-5265
panctil@uOttawa.ca

Luc Turgeon
School of Political Studies
Political economics, social movements, intergovernmental relations
Office: 613-562-5800 (1702)
Cell: 613-204-3199
lturgeon@uOttawa.ca

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas: commercial, traditional and social aspects

Diane Pacom
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Socio-political and socio-cultural context, contemporary social and political theory, social trends, culture, art, popular culture, youth culture, Internet, virtual reality, interpersonal relationships
Office: 613-562-5800 (1370)
dpacom@uOttawa.ca

Michael Mulvey
Telfer School of Management
Marketing research (especially consumer behaviour) and social trends
mulvey@telfer.uOttawa.ca

Gurprit Kindra
Telfer School of Management
Strategic-marketing contexts, management issues in strategic marketing
Office: 613-562-5800 (4774)
kindra@telfer.uOttawa.ca

Catherine Lee
School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Fathers' involvement with their children, co-parental relationship, positive parenting programs, family, mental health, clinical psychology, youth
catherine.lee@uOttawa.ca

International - Financial crisis in Europe

Errol Mendes
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Role of ethics, democracy and its relationship with the economy, the impact of the budget and taxation policy on future social policy initiatives, international law issues
Office: 613-562-5890
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca

Patrick Leblond
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Global economic governance, international and comparative political economy, international finance, North American and European economic integration
Cell: 613-263-9824
pleblond@uOttawa.ca

Gordon Betcherman
School of International Development and Global Studies
International development, labour and political economics, international relations, demography, social policy
Office: 613-562-5800 (2568)
Cell: 613-447-8464
Home: 819-827-4240
gordon.betcherman@uOttawa.ca

Mario Seccareccia
Faculty of Social sciences, Department of Economics
Labour economics, monetary economics, macroeconomic theory
Office: 613-562-5800 (1691)
Home: 613-225-4901
mario.seccareccia@uOttawa.ca

Ontario - Attawapiskat housing crisis

Claude Denis
School of Political Studies
Indigenous politics, francophone minorities, conflicting nationalisms in Canada, Mexican politics, transition to democracy, human rights and indigenous rights
Office: 613-562-5800 (1653)
Claude.Denis@uOttawa.ca

Joseph Eliot Magnet
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Constitutional and international law, Canadian charter of rights and freedoms, aboriginal legal issues
Office: 613-562-5800 (3315)
Cell: 613-562-5124
Joseph.Magnet@uOttawa.ca

International – Violence in Egypt

Noomane Raboudi
School of Political Studies
Islam, Arab-Muslim political imagery, political Islamism, terrorism, human rights, democratic transition in the Arab world
Office: 613-562-5800 (4617)
Noomane.Raboudi@uOttawa.ca

Jabeur Fathally
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Theory of law, comparative law, legal systems, international private law, international public law, conflict in the Middle East, international terrorism
Office: 613-562-5800 (3098)
Cell: 613-898-0880
jabeur.fathally@uOttawa.ca

Canada – Cuts to public service

Serge Coulombe (in French)
Department of Economics
Economic growth, macroeconomics, monetary theory, optimum currency areas, regional economics
Office: 613-562-5800 (1689)
Cell: 819-743-3587
scoulomb@uOttawa.ca

Canada – Gun registry

Irvin Waller
Institute for the Prevention of Crime
Department of Criminology
Violence and crime in Canada and in Mexico, crime prevention, crime victims' rights, national policy on crime
Office: 613-562-5800 (3671)
Cell: 613-762-6752
Home: 613-730-0725
Irvin.Waller@uOttawa.ca
www.irvinwaller.org

Michael Kempa
Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Human security, role of public and private policing agencies in shaping the collective order, international criminality, human rights, justice, political violence
mkempa@uOttawa.ca

International - Kim Jong-il’s death

Markus W. Gehring
Faculty of Law
International laws and regulations, EU, dangers of nuclear power
Cell: 613-322-0382
markus.gehring@uOttawa.ca
Skype: mwgehring

Canada - The Supreme Court’s judgment on national securities regulator

Carissima Mathen
Faculty of Law
Constitutional law, criminal law, comparative civil liberties
Cell: 613-668-2020
carissima.mathen@uOttawa.ca

Sébastien Grammond
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Public law, including constitutional and administrative law; the rights of minorities, in particular the rights of aboriginal peoples, language rights, equality rights, contract law
Office: 613-562-5902
Cell: 613-808-3620
Home: 819-827-5303
sebastien.grammond@uOttawa.ca

Canada – Doctors calls to support a ban of violence in hockey and endorse deterrent penalties

Blaine Hoshisaki
School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences
Injury mechanisms in sport, head injury in ice hockey, injury prevention in sport, strategies for decreasing injury in sport
Office: 613-562-5851
thoshiza@uottawa.ca

David Mai
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medecine
Sports medicine services, specialty in concussions for pediatric and adult patients
Office: 613-818-0250
d.mai@sympatico.ca

John Sinclair
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
Neuroendoscopy and vascular neurosurgery, surgical management of moyamoya disease, complex cerebral aneurysms and vascular malformations, stereotactic radiosurgical management of arteriovenous malformations and brain tumours
*Please contact Karine Proulx at 613-219-3058 or at karine.proulx@uOttawa.ca

Rajendra Kale
Faculty of Medicine
Neurogology with a subspecialty in epilepsy
*Please contact Karine Proulx at 613-219-3058 or at karine.proulx@uOttawa.ca

International – Russia joins the World Trade Organization

Ottawa – Sentencing hearing for former bishop Raymond Lahey charged with possession of juvenile pornography

Michael Seto
School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Pedophilia, child pornography, sexual offending, violence risk assessment, mentally disordered offenders
michael.seto@rohcg.on.ca

J. Paul Fedoroff
University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Forensic research, assessment and treatment of paraphilic sexual disorders, individuals with developmental delay or brain injury
pfedorof@rohcg.on.ca

International – Israel releases Palestinian prisoners

Jabeur Fathally
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Classics and religious studies, democracy and democratization, international law, international relations, international terrorism, Middle-East issues
Office: 613-562-5800 (3098)
Cell: 613-898-0880
jabeur.fathally@uOttawa.ca

Gatineau – Info-Santé directs Gatineau patients to medical clinics in Ontario

Douglas Angus
Telfer School of Management
Economic and policy analysis in the health care field, management issues and evaluation of programs in health care
angus@telfer.uOttawa.ca

Jonathan Patrick
Telfer School of Management
Health care management, multi-priority patient scheduling policies, priority-specific wait times, capacity planning within health care, scheduling challenges
Office: 613-562-5800 (4796)
patrick@telfer.uOttawa.ca

International – Signature of protocol to protect civilians in Syria

Noomane Raboudi
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Arab studies
Office: 613-562-5800 (4617)
nraboudi@uOttawa.ca

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Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613 562-5800 (2529)
Cell: 613 793-7361
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Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613-562-5800 (3149)
Cell: 613-219-3058
karine.proulx@uOttawa.ca

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