Please find below suggested Ä¢¹½AV experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, May 7, 2019.Ìý
Recent study says Netflix’s '13 Reasons Why' is associated with increase in teen suicide rates
Ä¢¹½AV Expert:Â Dr. Simon Sherry, Professor and Director of Clinical Training, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry.Ìý
Research Specialties:Â Clinical psychology, depression, anxiety, personality, perfectionism, psychopathology, suicide, eating disorders, alcohol problems.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýSimon.Sherry@dal.ca and 902-494-7719/902-789-9419.
Edward Snowden to be keynote speaker at Ä¢¹½AV’s Alumni Days
Ä¢¹½AV Expert:Â Dr. Frank Harvey, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
Research Specialties:Â Security policy, international relations, international conflict crisis and war, US foreign policy, homeland security; Canadian foreign policy.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýfassdean@dal.ca,Ìýfrank.harvey@dal.ca, and 902-494-1439.
Human-made noise a growing and dangerous threat to East Coast whale populationÂ
Ä¢¹½AV Expert:Â Dr. Hal Whitehead, Professor, Department of Biology.
Research Specialties:Â Behaviour, ecology and evolution.
Contact:hal.whitehead@dal.ca and 902-494-3723.
Future of high school rugby in Nova Scotia still uncertain
Ä¢¹½AV Expert: Mary Kate Picketts, President, Ä¢¹½AV Women’s Rugby Football Club.Ìý
Research Specialties:Â University athletics, competitive rugby.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýmkpicketts@gmail.com and 902-222-8810.Ìý
Green Party continues ascend with by-election win in B.C.Ìý
Ä¢¹½AV Experts:Â Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; and Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties:Â Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, public engagement, social change and social movements.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýlturnbul@dal.ca or 902-494-6605; and howard.ramos@dal.ca or 902-402-9893.
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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
- Ä¢¹½AV has experts who can speak on the impacts of drought on blueberry crops, the Trump‑Putin summit, and the Global Plastics Treaty