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CORAK, Miles »


Professor of Public and International Affairs
Full professor
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

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My current research focuses on issues associated with poverty, child poverty, immigration, and the well-being of children and their capacity to become successful adults. These issues touch upon most aspects of social policy, labour markets, and family policy in Canada and other OECD countries.

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DORAN, Marie-Christine »


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Faculty of Social Sciences
Political Studies

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2009)
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I work on the evolution of democracy and governance in Latin America. Themes such as : political changes (turn to the left), violence, justice and human rights, poverty, socio-political and religious movements, political legitimacy, as well as Latin America's relation with other parts of the world are my main areas.

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English and French , Espagnol

GOSSELIN, Julie »


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Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2208)
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My research centers around risk and resiliency factors linked with adjustment in the stepfamily. More specifically, I am interested in the functioning of stepfamilies with teenagers, in the development of the stepparent role, and in the role on women in stepfamilies.

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KEMPA, Michael »


Michael Kempa

Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2572)
Cell: 647-770-7656
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I am interested in all aspects of human security. In particular, I focus upon the role of public and private policing agencies in shaping collective order. I am interested in the powers, culture and accountability of public and private policing agencies. Looking at trends in policing tells us a lot about current directions in politics and economics at home and abroad.

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KINDRA, Gurprit S. »


Full Professor of Marketing
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Telfer School of Management

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4774)
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Professor Kindra is a Full Professor of Marketing and former Head of Marketing and HRM at University of Ottawa. He has 25 years of experience in teaching, research and consulting work in the area of non-profit marketing. Dr. Kindra is a recognized consultant in the public sector. He has conducted marketing related seminars and consulting work for a broad range of organizations like The World Bank, Industry Canada, Environment Canada, Health Canada, Public Service Commission, Employment and Immigration, Public Works, Canadian International Development Agency, The Canadian Museum of Nature and The Government of Cuba. Author and co author of several publications, Professor Kindra received the Best Applied Marketing Paper as well as the Fondation de Recherche en Administration de l'Université de Sherbrooke awards at the 1990 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference for his paper Marketing Prescription for the Health Care Sector in Canada. Other publications include two books - second edition of the award-winning standard Canadian text Consumer Behaviour in Canada, and Marketing Strategies for the Health Care Administrator, and research articles in International Marketing Review, Canadian Journal of Administrative Studies, and European Journal of Business, Optimum, and Ivey Business Journal. He writes a column for Diplomat magazine on trade and foreign affairs. He has appeared as an expert witness for The Parliamentary Committee on Health and has been quoted on BBC, CBC, Global, Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, CP, Southam, and numerous other media.

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LACZKO, Leslie »


Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1255)
Home: 613-741-5101
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MCCURDY, Patrick »


Assistant professor
Faculty of Arts
Communication

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2728)
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Media strategies of civil society actors (including Twitter and Facebook); Representation of protests and civil society in the media; Media events (e.g. the Olympics, Eurovision, Super Bowl etc.) and the "media eventisation" of society; Consequences of living in a media-saturated society; Media and international Development; Representation of suffering; Journalism; WikiLeaks; Trial of Bradley Manning; Protest Camps; Occupy movement.

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MEUNIER, Martin »


Sociologue
Assistant professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Sociology

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Sociologie des religions, en particulier l'analyse du catholicisme au 20e siècle et des liens entre religions et les phénomènes modernes (laïcité, nouveaux groupes religieux, etc).Le cas québécois; son histoire et son devenir. Intellectuels québécois au 20e siècle.

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MULVEY, Michael S. »


Michael S. MULVEY

Assistant professor
Telfer School of Management

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Marketing research, especially consumer behavior, consumer advertising and consumer product marketing. How consumers perceive, comprehend and respond to advertising and brand images.

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