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Asghari

Parisa

Medicine

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Heart Disease, Middle East, Multiculturalism

In discussions of general issues facing women from Middle East in Canada; Personal experiences on the job market; Imaging of heart cell's molecular architecture.

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Byers

Michael

Arts

French, German

Canada, Defence, Environment, Free Trade, Government, Human Rights, International Studies, Law, Middle East, Politics, United States, Water

politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law

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Faris

Hani

Arts

Arabic

Middle East, Politics, Religion, Third World

Middle East Politics & Governments, Arab Politics & Governments, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Issue, Politics of Developing Countries, Islam & Muslims.

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Gregory

Derek

Arts

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Geography, Middle East

Wars in Afghanistan/Pakistan and Iraq, Israel/Palestine, drone wars, counterinsurgency, air war and bombing, war

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Le Billon

Philippe

Graduate Studies

French

Africa, Business, Defence, Geography, Human Rights, Middle East, Mining, Natural Resources, Third World

armed conflicts; civil war; extractive industries; corporate responsibility; Angola; Sierra Leone; DR Congo; Cambodia; Iraq

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Norenzayan

Ara

Arts

French, Arabic, Armenian

Culture, Middle East, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Religion

social psychology; cultural psychology; evolutionary psychology; religion; culture; human cooperation; human universals; thinking across cultures

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Rouse

Robert

Arts

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Culture, Europe, Geography, History, Law, Literacy, Literature, Middle East, Multiculturalism, New Zealand, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality

medieval, crusades, Chaucer, middle ages, monsters, medieval islam, medieval maps, medieval sexuality, spatial theory, historical racism, medieval law, arthurian literature,

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Russell

James

Arts

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Archaeology, Architecture, Classical Studies, Europe, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Language, Literature, Middle East, Olympics, Religion, Russia/Eastern Europe

old world, Iron Age, Celtic, classical Greek, Roman and Byzantine art, archaeology,architecture, ancient Roman daily life and culture;Roman military organization early Christianity; magic in antiquity; Greek and Roman inscriptions and coins; Scottish and Irish archaeology; old world and classical architecture, archaeology and culture with emphasis on Western Europe and Middle East; Celtic (especially Ireland and Scotland); Greek and Roman, classical and Byzantine; Latin, Greek, Lallans and lowland Scots; Scottish literature; Robert Burns; Scottish poetry generally; ancient through early Islam, especially Turkey; Eastern Europe

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Shawwash

Ziad

Applied Science

Arabic

Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Middle East, Natural Resources, Water

Water resources planning and management, hydropower, clean and renewable sources of energy, hydroelectric power scheduling, optimization, decision analysis, risk analysis, hydrology, expert systems

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Last reviewed 07-Jun-2010 Env: PROD / USER

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