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AMOS, Will »

Director, Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: (613)562-5800 (3378)
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William Amos is a public interest environmental lawyer and is the Director of the uOttawa-Ecojustice Environmental Law Clinic, where he has taught in both French and English since March 2007.  He manages a variety of litigation files and law reform projects.  He has appeared before the Supreme Court of Canada, the Quebec, Ontario and B.C. Courts of Appeal, the Ontario Superior and Divisional Courts, the Quebec Superior Court, the Ontario Municipal Board, and the Ontario Environmental Review Tribunal. He has expert knowledge in the areas of offshore drilling law, environmental tort law (nuisance, negligence), species-at-risk law, expropriation law and environmental rights law.

Will has previously served as counsel with the Canadian Radioâ??Television and Telecommunications Commission and the law firm of Heenan Blaikie L.L.P. in Montreal. He has worked internationally with the Mexican Environmental Law Centre (CEMDA) and as a consultant for the North American Commission on Environmental Cooperation. Prior to becoming a lawyer, he was a special assistant in the federal Environment Minister and the Prime Ministerâ??s Offices. 

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ASSELIN, Robert »

Associate Director
Visiting professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4431)
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Canadian and Quebec Politics, American Politics, Electoral Politics, Federal-Provincial Relations, Official Languages Policy.

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BEHIELS, Michael D. »

Michael D. Behiels

Full professor
Faculty of Arts
History

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1305)
Home: 613-837-9483
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I am a political, constitutional, intellectual historian who deals with Canadian political and constitutional matters since 1945. I am a specialist in Canadian federalism, federal-provincial relations with a special emphasis on Ottawa-Quebec relations, nationalisms as expressed in Canada, francophone-anglophone relations, and the development of Canada's Francophone minority communities

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CARDINAL, Linda »

Linda Cardinal

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2697)
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Minorités, bilinguisme et politiques linguistiques; politique identitaire et constitutionnalisme; fédéralisme et politiques publiques ;les enjeux identitaires en politique comparée; la vie politique des minorités francophones hors Québec.

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CHAMBERLIN, Tyler Adam »

Assistant professor
Telfer School of Management

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4703)
Cell: 613-863 5251
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Tyler Chamberlin conducts research into industrial innovation and its impacts on individual firms and the economy. He has investigated sector differences in the methods and impact of innovation in Canada and elsewhere with particular attention to issues of strategy and finance. He teaches courses on international business and multinational business strategy in the Telfer School of Management where he has taught since 2002 and his educational background is in Economics, Management and Public Policies. 

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COLLENETTE, Penny »

Penny Collenette

Adjunct Professor
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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My career has taken me from boardrooms to classrooms and from the Prime Minister's Office (1993-1997) to the Kennedy School at Harvard (Senior Fellow, Centre of Business and Government, 2002-2004).

I'm a lawyer who is comfortable discussing ethical challenges ( including whistleblowing) governance issues and public policy matters whether within government or the private sector. I'm also a founding member of the Taskforce for Women and Enterprise.

I also research the area of corporate responsibility and that I am currently designing a new law course entitled: The new International Corporate Reality: The Business of Human Rights.

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DENIS, Claude »

Director of the School of Political Studies
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1653)
Cell: 819-775-6790
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My research deals primarily with Canadian politics and with Mexican politics. On Canada, I work on aboriginal rights and politics, and on federal politics. On Mexico, I work on the democratic transition, aboriginal rights and human rights. My work often focusses on the relationship between law and politics, and media and politics

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FAFARD, Patrick »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4186)
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My research deals mainly with Canadian politics and public policy and builds on a career in government both federally and provincially. I am currently working on a number of projects relating to the politics of public health, broadly defined, and the role of science and evidence in public policy. I also have a longstanding interest in Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations and have published a wide range of research in this area.

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FREEMAN, Aaron »

MR.
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law

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Office: 613-564-0007
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Environment, toxics, pollution, nature, ecology, Kyoto Protocol, climate change, global warming, endangered species, energy efficiency, ecological fiscal reform, Great Lakes, advocacy, elections, electoral law and politics, ethics in government, whistleblowers, access to information, patronage, government appointments, lobbying and lobbyists, party politics, parliamentary procedure, democratic deficit

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GINGRAS, François-Pierre »

François-Pierre Gingras

Dr.
Associate professor (retired)
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Home: 819-568-6813
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Canadian Federal Elections, Québec Provincial Élections. Opinion Polls. Identity and Minority issues (Canada and comparative). Nationalism. Sociology of Religion.

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JUILLET, Luc »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1584)
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Politique canadienne: administration publique, relations fédérales-provinciales, parlementarisme, élections. Analyse des politiques gouvernementales, notamment les politiques à l'égard de l'environnement.

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KARMIS, Dimitri »

Dr.
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1579)
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1) Citoyenneté, identités et pluralisme culturel et linguistique; 2) exclusion politique et sociale; 3) immigration et multiculturalisme; 4) éthique et politique; 5) fédéralisme, nationalisme et constitution; 6) politique canadienne et québécoise

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LAGASSÉ, Philippe »

Assistant Professor
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4646)
Cell: 613-867-6519
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Constitutional monarchy (Canada), the Canadian Crown, executive-legislative relations, Canadian and American foreign and defence policy, military and strategic studies, war studies, international relations, Canadian defence procurement, and machinery of government.

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LECOURS, André »

Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1942)
Cell: 819-661-5853
Home: 819-684-9096
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Party politics, nationalism, federalism, public policy in Europe (Belgium, France, United Kingdom (especially Scotland), Italy, Germany, Spain (especially Catalonia and the Basque Country); Canada, Québec, Australia, Nepal.

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MASSIE, Justin »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8859)
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Associate Researcher at the Canada Research Chair in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy (UQÀM), at the Centre for Foreign Policy and Security Studies (UQÀM), and at the Réseau francophone de recherche sur les opérations de paix (Université de Montréal).

His current research focuses on France's importance in Canadian strategic culture, Canadian participation in contemporary peace operations, and the emergence of a neoconservative strategic culture in Canada.

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MATHEN, Carissima »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5800 (3282)
Cell: 613-668-2020
Home: 613-421-9870
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Constitutional and criminal law, issues relating to government, the courts, the Charter of Rights and civil liberties, crime and the criminal justice system, and women's issues.

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English and French , English is better than French.

MENDES, Errol »

Errol MENDES

Former Director, Human Rights Research and Education Centre
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613-562-5890
Cell: 613-799-0559
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Globalization, United Nations, foreign policy, international law and human rights,law and policy on anti-terrorism, Constitutional law, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Private and Public Sector governance, including issues relating to accountability, transparency and integrity.

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NEEDHAM, Roger »

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1052)
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Federal and Provincial Water Policy Natural resource and environmental issues, Public Policy Evaluation, Jurisdictional Responsibilities for Environmental Health, and Justice under the Constitution.

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ORSINI, Michael »

Chair, Institute of Women's Studies
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5791
Cell: 613-218-0819
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I am a political scientist who is interested in health politics and health policy. I have specific interests in how citizens can affect health policy issues. I am especially interested in illnesses that affect marginalized communities, such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C. I am currently completing a SSHRC-funded project on “contested illnesses”, including autism and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities. My non-health related interests include methods of citizen engagement and citizen participation, the role of the voluntary sector, and the influence of interest groups and social movements.

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PAPILLON, Martin »

Mr
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2657)
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Canadian politics, Quebec politics, Aboriginal peoples,federalism, intergovernmental relations, immigration, multiculturalism

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PICHÉ, Justin »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

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Prison, penal and carceral expansion, alternatives to incarceration, punishment and carceral controls, cultural representations of confinement and punishment, penal geography, prison writing. Additionally in relation to prisons: business, human rights, and national policy.

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ROCHER, François »

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (5754)
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Canadian & Quebec politics; federalism; intergovernmental relations; nationalism; secession; constitutionnal politics; management of diversity (multiculturalism & interculturalism).

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ROUILLARD, Christian »

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2659)
Cell: 819-635-8692
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Governance and the renewal of managerial thoughts and practices in the Canadian federal and Quebec public services.

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STEELE, Jackie F. »

Dr.
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Political representation (women/minorities), comparative electoral systems, democratic deficit, quota laws, electoral reform, liberal/republican theories of citizenship, democratic institutions, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, family law, same-sex marriage, women's equality concerns in Canada, Québec and Japan. Canadian Politics and Parliamentary Processes (Canada, Japan)

Comparative Electoral Systems Design and Representational Quotas Women, Politics, Public Policies (Canada, Quebec, Japan) Constitutionalism, Federalism, and Multinational Democracy Equality, Diversity and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Feminist Movement Activism in Canada, Quebec and Japan Feminist Theory, Neo-Republicanism, and Critical Democratic Theories Theory/Practice of Political Liberty in Contemporary Constitutional Democracies 

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English and French , Japanese/Japonais

STEGER, Debra »

Debra Steger

Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

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Office: 613 562 5800, (3323)
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My research is in the areas of international trade, international arbitration and dispute settlement, NAFTA, WTO, regional trade agreements, international investment, governance of international institutions, subsidies, and international development.

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TURGEON, Luc »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1702)
Cell: 613-204-3199
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Website

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My expertise is in Canadian politics, both federal and provincial (mostly Ontario and Québec). I can comment on issues related to party politics, social policy, municipal politics, nationalism and immigration.

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WESTHEIMER, Joel »

Joel Westheimer

University Research Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Education

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4161)
Cell: Contact Media team
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Relationship of schooling to society, social norms; education and democracy; teachers' workplace environment; civic education; service learning; politics and education; youth civic engagement and activism; different philosophies of education; testing, standards, and "accountability''.

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WILSON, Christopher »

Senior fellow
Telfer School of Management
Centre on Governance

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Office: 613-355-6505
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* Governance - private, public and civic governance * Private-public partnerships (P3s) * Community-based partnership * Collaboration and stewardship * e-Governance and mass collaboration * Regional economic development * Developmental evaluation For over 15 years, Mr. Wilson has worked with many public, private and civic partnerships either as a partner or as an evaluator while teaching collaboration and governance at the University.

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