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International - US government shutdown looms
Robert Asselin
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Canadian politics, federalism, political communications, Quebec politics, American politics
Office: 613-562-5800 (4431)
rasselin@uOttawa.ca
Penny Collenette
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Ethical challenges, governance issues, public policy matters, women and management, corporate responsibility, public administration, international business, corporate law, corporate social responsibility
penny.collenette@rogers.com
Errol Mendes
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Role of ethics, democracy and its relationship to the economy, the impact of budgetary and taxation policy on social policy initiatives, international law issues
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca
Canada - Quebec Court of Appeal to hear Guy Turcotte case
Blair Crew
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Sexual assault law, criminal law and procedure, criminal and civil litigation, appellate advocacy, legal aid
Office: 613-562-5600 (3120)
Blair.Crew@uOttawa.ca
International - Two Canadians remain jailed in Egypt
Nadia Abu-Zahra
School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Colonization, geopolitics, international development and globalization, Middle East, social justice
Office: 613-562-5800 (6787)
Cell: 613-220-3144
nadia.abu-zahra@uOttawa.ca
Jabeur Fathally
Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law
Afghanistan, 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
Noomane Raboudi
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Arab studies
Office: 613-562-5800 (4617)
nraboudi@uOttawa.ca
Canada - André Boisclair temporarily steps down from New York duties
Penny Collenette
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Ethical challenges, governance issues, public policy matters, women and management, corporate responsibility, public administration, international business, corporate law, corporate social responsibility
penny.collenette@rogers.com
International - Relations between US and Iran improve
Errol Mendes
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Role of ethics, democracy and its relationship to the economy, the impact of budgetary and taxation policy on social policy initiatives, international law issues
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca
Jabeur Fathally
Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law
Afghanistan, 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
Canada - Notorious Kingston Penitentiary officially closes its doors
Justin Piché
Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Alternatives to imprisonment, Canadian politics, capital punishment, consequences of imprisonment, crime in Canada, detention, history of the Canadian penal system, justice, political ideology, prison, prison tourism, prison writing, state violence
justin.piche@uottawa.ca
International – Terrorist attack in Kenyan mall
Claude Laverdure
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Former Canadian ambassador to France, former foreign policy advisor to the Prime Minister and Assistant Secretary to Cabinet (foreign and defence policy), former personal representative of the Prime Minister at Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
claude.laverdure@yahoo.com
Joshua Ramisch
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Food security, agriculture, food policy, food aid, peasant farming, globalization, international development and globalization, development project management, African environmental issues, African social change, Kenya, Mali, Uganda, Tanzania, NGOs in Africa
Cell: 613-882-7759
jramisch@uOttawa.ca
Stephen Brown
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Colonization, democracy and democratization, ethics in international affairs, foreign aid, globalization, human rights, international development, international development and globalization, international financial institutions, international organizations, international political economy, international relations, political economy, political violence
Office: 613-562-5800 (1896)
brown@uOttawa.ca
Rita Abrahamsen
School of International Development and Globalization, Faculty of Social Sciences
African politics, development and security, security privatization, postcolonial theory
Office: 613-562-5800 (3222)
Cell : 613-715-2268
rita.abrahamsen@uOttawa.ca
Wesley Wark
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Intelligence, national security, international relations, terrorism, war
Office: 613-562-5800 (3915)
Cell: 613-513-9041
wwark@uOttawa.ca
Errol Mendes
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Role of ethics, democracy and its relationship to the economy, the impact of budgetary and taxation policy on social policy initiatives, international law issues
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca
International – Syrian conflict
Jabeur Fathally
Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law
Afghanistan, 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
Errol Mendes
Common Law Section, Faculty of Law
Role of ethics, democracy and its relationship to the economy, the impact of budgetary and taxation policy on social policy initiatives, international law issues
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca
Benjamin Zyla
School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Afghanistan, contemporary European history, European politics, governance, geopolitics, international development and globalization, wars
Office: 613-562-5800 (4989)
bzyla@uOttawa.ca
International – United Nations to release the first part of its fifth major assessment of climate science
Anthony Heyes
Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
Public economics, environmental economics, environmental policy, industrial organization
Office: 613-562-5800 (1135)
aheyes@uOttawa.ca
Jeremy Kerr
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science
Behavior, ecology and systematics, macroecology, global change, remote sensing, conservation biology, biodiversity
Office: 613-562-5800 (4577)
jkerr@uOttawa.ca
Canada - Quebec's Charter of Values
Salah Basalamah
School of Translation and Interpretation, Faculty of Arts
Religion in the public sphere, Muslim activism, Islamism, religious pluralism, translation and copyright, intellectual property
Office: 613-562-5800 (3139)
salah.basalamah@uOttawa.ca
Pascale Fournier (in French)
Civil Law Section, Faculty of Law,
Comparative family law, Islam and Judaism in Europe and North America, constitutional law and freedom of religion and the relationship between multiculturalism, secularism and women’s rights, human rights, identity politics and the role of religion in liberal democracies
pascale.fournier@uOttawa.ca
Dimitri Karmis
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Applied ethics, Canadian politics, constitution, federalism, immigration, nationalism, political philosophy, political theory, Quebec politics
Office: 613-562-5800 (1579)
dkarmis@uOttawa.ca
Linda Cardinal
Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Minorities, bilingualism and language policy, identity-related policies and constitutionalism, federalism and public policy
Office: 613-562-5800 (2697)
linda.cardinal@uOttawa.ca
Martin Papillon
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Aboriginal legal issues, Canadian politics, constitution, federalism, immigration, municipal politics, political philosophy, polyethnic societies, Quebec politics
martin.papillon@uOttawa.ca
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Néomie Duval
International Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613-562-5800 (2981)
Cell: 613-863-7221
neomie.duval@uottawa.ca
Kina Leclair
Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613-562-5800 (2529)
Cell: 613-762-2908
kleclair@uOttawa.ca
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