Current Issues
International – Financial situation in Europe
Patrick Leblond
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Global economic governance, international and comparative political economy, international finance, North American and European economic integration
Office: 613-562-5800 (2953)
Cell: 613-263-9824
pleblond@uOttawa.ca
Gordon Betcherman
School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
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
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
Serge Coulombe
Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics
Budgetary politics, public taxes and deficits; monetary policy, interest rates; exchange rates; Canada, United-States, Europe
Office: 613-562-5800 (1689)
Cell: 819-743-3587
serge.coulombe@uOttawa.ca
International - Nuclear development in Iran
Markus Gehring
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Sustainable development; balancing of environmental protection, social priorities and economic rules such as international trade and investment; European Union Law
Office: 613-562-5800 (3086)
Cell: 613-322-0382
markus.gehring@uOttawa.ca
Ontario – The aftermath of the Shafia trial
Carissima Mathen
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Constitutional law, criminal law, comparative civil liberties
Office: (613) 562-5800 (3282)
carissima.mathen@uOttawa.ca
Pascale Fournier (in French)
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
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
Canada — Harper's visit to China
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
Cell: 613-799-0559
emendes@uOttawa.ca
André Laliberté
School of Political Studies
Identity and nationalism, politics and religion, politics of China and Taiwan, welfare regimes in East Asia
Office: 613-562-5800 (8913)
alaliber@uOttawa.ca
Scott Simon
School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Political economy, economic development in Taiwan (female entrepreneurship and development in the indigenous Austronesian communities of the island), ethnic identity and nationalism: to understand relations between Taiwan and China
Cell: 613-262-1887
ssimon@uOttawa.ca
International — Cold front devastates Europe
Matthew Paterson
School of Political Studies
Lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, intersection of global political economy and global environmental politics, climate change politics, politics of carbon markets, transnational climate change governance
Home: 613-253-5473
Matthew.Paterson@uOttawa.ca
Canada — Suicide Prevention Week
Tim Aubry
School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Faculty Research Chair in Community Mental Health and Homelessness, de-institutionalization, mental-health services, program evaluation, social services
Office: 613-562-5800 (4815)
taubry@uOttawa.ca
Darcy Santor
School of Psychology
Adolescent mental health, depressive vulnerability factors, measurement
Cell: 613-293-1570
darcy.santor@uOttawa.ca
Georg Northoff
Canada Research Chair for Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics
Functional and biochemical mechanisms in both healthy subjects and psychiatric patients, impact of emotions and empathy in the decision making involved in informed consent
Georg.Northoff@rohcg.on.ca
Ian Manion
School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Mental health promotion, suicide and depression, youth mental health
manion@cheo.on.ca
International — Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee
Benoît Pelletier
Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Constitutional law, administrative law, labour law
Office: 613-562-5800 (3229)
benoit.pelletier@uOttawa.ca
International – Situation in Syria
Justin Massie
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
France's importance in Canadian strategic culture, Canadian participation in contemporary peace operations, emergence of a neoconservative strategic culture in Canada, transatlantic security, Québec society and war
Office: 613-562-5800 (8859)
jmassie@uOttawa.ca
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
Noomane Raboudi
School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Arab studies
Office: 613-562-5800 (4617)
nraboudi@uOttawa.ca
Canada – Supreme Court to review HIV and criminal law
Carissima Mathen
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Constitutional law, criminal law, comparative civil liberties
Office: (613) 562-5800 (3282)
carissima.mathen@uOttawa.ca
Edward Mills
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
Clinical epidemiology, evidence-based medicine, complex emergencies, HIV/AIDS
emills@uOttawa.ca
Patrick O’Byrne
Faculty of Health Sciences
Public health nursing, marginalized populations, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, critical theory and politics, nursing, intersection of health and law
Office: 613-562-5800 (8917)
pjobyrne@uOttawa.ca
Jennifer Kilty
Department of Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences
Women in prison, self-harming behaviours, prison abolition, transcarceration, psy care in prison, the social construction of dangerous girls and women, identity building and negotiation of prisoners
jkilty@uottawa.ca
Canada – First Nations education
Manon Tremblay
Student Academic Success Service (SASS), Senior Policy Advisor, Aboriginal Affairs
Language and cultural issues associated with aboriginal peoples and the post-secondary system
Office: 613-562-5800 (2496)
mtremb24@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
Quebec – Hydro-Quebec installation of smart meters
Jean-Thomas Bernard
Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
Prices, costs, taxes and environmental policies relating to natural resources, economics of natural resources, energy
Office: 613-562-5800 (1374)
jbernar3@uOttawa.ca
International – Censorship and social media
Ruhi Umar
Telfer School of Management
E-business, online communities, m-commerce, social media, BI and Enterprise 2.0
Office 613-562-5800 (1990)
ruhi@telfer.uOttawa.ca
Rocci Luppicini
Department of Communication, Faculty of Arts
Social Networking and Virtual Communities, Identity and Technology (Technoself Studies), Technoethics and Technology Assessment, Social Systems Theory and Organizational Research, Science and Technology Studies (STS, Instructional Design and Organizational Training, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research
rluppici@uOttawa.ca
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Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613 562-5800 (2529)
Cell: 613 793-7361
mscopell@uOttawa.ca
Karine Proulx
Media Relations Officer
University of Ottawa
Office: 613-562-5800 (3149)
Cell: 613-219-3058
karine.proulx@uOttawa.ca
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