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Please find below suggested ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest forÌýTuesday, March 5, 2019.Ìý

Federal Government rocked by Jane Philpott’s resignation from cabinetÌý
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExperts:ÌýLori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science; and Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties:ÌýCanadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, public engagement, social change and social movements.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýlturnbul@dal.ca or 902-494-6605; andÌýhoward.ramos@dal.caÌýor 902-402-9893.

Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou fights extradition with lawsuit claiming illegal detentionÌý
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert: Robert Currie, Professor of Law, Schulich School of Law, Law and Technology Institute.
Research Specialties:ÌýInternational criminal law, international litigation, international law, extradition, civil procedure, criminal law.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýrobert.currie@dal.ca and 902-494-1012.

Scientists see increase of heat waves in oceans – and it’s killing underwater lifeÌý
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert:ÌýDr. Eric Oliver, Assistant Professor, Physical Oceanography, Department of Oceanography.
Research Specialties: Oceanography, physical oceanography, climate science, climate change.
Contact:ÌýEric.Oliver@Dal.CaÌýand 902-494-2505.Ìý

‘Unlock the Potential of Food’ is theme for 2019 Nutrition Month
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert: Dr. Catherine Mah,ÌýCanada Research Chair in Promoting Healthy Populations, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health.
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicy science and interpretive policy analysis, population health intervention research, health promotion practice, food and nutrition, healthy cities and communities.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýcatherine.mah@dal.ca and 902-494-1110.

Bottled water vs tap water: is one safer than the other?Ìý
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert:ÌýDr. Sylvain Charlebois, Professor, Food Distribution and Policy, Faculties of Management and Agriculture.
Research Specialties:ÌýFood distribution, food policy, food safety, food security, traceability.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýsylvain.charlebois@dal.ca and 902-222-4142.

Whooping-cough outbreak at Moncton high school surprises students, staff and parents
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExperts:ÌýDr. Scott Halperin, Division of Infectious Diseases, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology; and Dr. Noni MacDonald, Professor, Department of Pediatrics.Ìý
Research Specialties:ÌýVaccine safety, vaccine hesitancy, vaccine pain mitigation, bacteriology, vaccinology, pertussis, clinical trials, immunization, meningococcal vaccine, influenza vaccine.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýscott.halperin@dal.ca and 902-470-8498; Noni.MacDonald@Dal.Ca and 902-470-8799.

Dennis Oland to take stand at murder trial
ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøExpert:ÌýWayne MacKay, Professor Emeritus of Law, Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law.Ìý
Research Specialties:ÌýCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, cyberbullying, education law, human rights, humanitarian law, public policy analysis, public law and public interest.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:ÌýWayne.Mackay@dal.ca and 902-483-7810.