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Averill |
Gage |
Arts |
Creole |
Archives, Caribbean, Education, Fine Arts, Music, Racism/Race Relations, Technology, Third World, Women's Issues |
Haitian music, barbershop harmony, sound, music and power, music and politics, Caribbean music, steelband, ethnomusicology, world music |
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Beasley-Murray |
Jon |
Arts |
Spanish |
Constitutional Issues, Culture, Film, History, Human Rights, Internet, Language, Multiculturalism, Philosophy, Politics, South America, Teaching, Technology, Third World, Tourism |
Latin America, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Venezuela, Central America, politics, political theory, cultural studies, literature, culture, film, history, the Left, revolution, revolutionary movements, civil society, affect, habit, multitude, posthegemony, educational technology, blogs, Wikipedia. |
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Bowie |
William |
Medicine |
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AIDS, Animals, Environment, Government, Health Care, Medicine, Microbiology, Sex/Sexuality, Third World, Waste Management, Weather, Women's Issues |
infections (travel, sexually transmitted diseases, water borne, vector borne, zoonotic); bioterrorism; antibiotic use; public health issues related to communicable disease; climate change, environmental degredation, inequities and infection |
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Cameron |
Maxwell |
Arts |
Spanish |
Constitutional Issues, Free Trade, Government, Human Rights, International Studies, Law, Literacy, Politics, South America, Third World, Trade |
Democratic politics, Latin America, law and constitutions, human rights, the separation of powers, elections, the media, Canadian foreign policy, political economy, NAFTA, development |
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Carlaw |
Kenneth |
Arts |
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Artificial Intelligence, Banking, Commerce, Computers, Consumers, Economics, Environment, Government, Human Behavior, Internet, Labour Issues, Management, New Zealand, Politics, Research and Development, Sustainability, Technology, Telecommunications, Third World, Trade, Transportation |
Economics, Sustainable economics Development and Gowth, Technological Change, Productivity, Climate Justice, Innovation Policy |
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Chun |
Jennifer |
Arts |
Korean |
Asian Affairs, Immigration, Korea, Labour Issues, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology, Third World, Women's Issues, Work |
Comparative Labour Movements, Development and Globalization, Race, Gender and Politics, Social Movements and Social Change, Immigration |
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Courtright |
Paul |
Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, BC |
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international health; blindness and vision loss; traditional eye medicines |
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Dechaine |
Rose-Marie |
Arts |
French |
Aboriginal Issues, Africa, Bilingualism, Communications, Language, Literacy, Quebec, Third World |
Native American languages; Algonquian language family, Cree, Blackfoot, Ojibwe; French / English bilingualism policy; formal linguistics; generative grammar (Chomsky); West African languages (Niger-Congo, Yoruba, Igbo, Edo); Nigerian languages; literacy vs. oralcy; language planning re: French, Indigenous languages |
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Effer |
Sidney |
Medicine |
Portuguese; Spanish |
premature labour; survival of extremely premature babies; maternal mortality in Third World |
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Faris |
Hani |
Arts |
Arabic |
Middle East Politics & Governments, Arab Politics & Governments, Arab-Israeli Conflict, Palestinian Issue, Politics of Developing Countries, Islam & Muslims. |
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Gurstein |
Penny |
College for Interdisciplinary Studies |
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Adolescence, Aging, Architecture, Children, Community Planning, Families, Internet, Labour Issues, Sustainability, Third World, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work, Olympics |
community planning; housing; planning and health; multimedia and planning; marginalized communities; gender and planning; telework and home-based employment; sustainable development; outsourcing and its impact on employment |
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Johnson |
Graham |
Arts |
French; Mandarin; Cantonese |
Anthropology, Asian Affairs, China, Hong Kong, Immigration, Multiculturalism, Sociology, Taiwan, Third World |
Language, Sociology |
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kang-dhaliwal |
neelu |
Arts |
Punjabi, Hindi, rdu |
Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Aging, Agriculture, AIDS, Bilingualism, Canada, Children, Communications, Community Planning, Consumers, Culture, Death, Depression, Drugs, Education, English as a Second Language, Families, Film, Fine Arts, Gangs, Health Care, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Multiculturalism, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Religion, Research and Development, Sex/Sexuality, Sociology, Stress, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Theatre, Third World, Tourism, Women's Issues |
Indian/Punjabi/Sikh diaspora,Violence against women( public and domestic), women activism/welfare/status/movement in India and Canada, Indian/Punjabi family, culture, traditions,Sikh life style and patterns,rural and agricultural India/Punjab,indebtedness in Punjab, Punjab's history and economy,Punjabi immigration and history in Canada and other countries,Popular Indian/Punjabi media and films,aging population of Indians in Canada, cultural reproduction of Indians/Punjabis in diaspora, Indo-Canadian legal, social and cultural issues |
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Karlen |
Walter |
Applied Science |
German,French |
mobile computing for health care, mobile health, pulse oximetry, remote monitoring, telehealth, low income countries, pneumonia |
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Kozak |
Rob |
Forestry |
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Africa, Business, Canada, Community Planning, Environment, Forestry, Management, Marketing, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Third World |
forest products marketing and management; value-added wood products; forest dependent communities; forests and poverty alleviation |
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Laquian |
Aprodicio |
Community and Regional Planning |
Pilipino |
Abortion, Addictions, Anthropology, Architecture, Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Crime, Culture, Environment, Geography, Government, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, International Studies, Management, Multiculturalism, Politics, Pollution, Racism/Race Relations, Third World, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water |
planning and governance of metropolitan areas, poverty alleviation, affordable housing, urban development in Asia with special focus on China, India,Vietnam, the Philippines, inner city redevelopment with focus on Vancouver's Down Town East Side, how to solve problems of slums in developing countries |
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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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Leaf |
Michael |
Community and Regional Planning |
Indonesian |
Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Third World, Urban Planning |
urbanization and social change in Third World countries, particularly southeast Asia and China |
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Lester |
Richard |
Medicine |
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Africa, AIDS, Health Care, Microbiology, Science, Sex/Sexuality, Telecommunications, Third World |
Infectious Diseases, HIV, AIDS, mHealth (M-Health), Global Health, Innate Immunity |
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Malhotra |
Nisha |
Arts |
Hindi |
Global Health, Development, Poverty, Child Malnutrition, India, Domestic Violence, Population, Gender |
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Pirani |
Shafique |
Medicine |
Gujarati |
Clubfoot |
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Riches |
Graham |
Arts |
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global hunger and food poverty in rich societies; right to food; food security; food policy; charitable food aid; food banks; social welfare; Canadian and international social policy; |
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Smukler |
Sean |
Land and Food Systems |
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Agriculture, Natural Resources, Sustainability, Third World, Water |
agriculture, environment, sustainable development, ecosystem services |
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Spiegel |
Jerry |
Medicine |
French, Spanish |
Global health, International health, environmental health, Cuba, Latin America |
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Srivastava |
Diane |
Science |
Spanish (poorly) |
Environment, Insects, Plants, South America, Third World, Wildlife |
biodiversity, conservation, tropics, Costa Rica, insects, mites, food webs, habitat loss |
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Stites Mor |
Jessica |
Arts |
Spanish, Portuguese, French, Hebrew |
Culture, Film, History, Human Rights, Media, Third World, Women's Issues |
Latin America, Argentina, Southern Cone, Latin American Cinema, Cultural Studies, Human Rights, Solidarity, Transnationalism, Citizenship |
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Sumaila |
Ussif Rashid |
College of Interdisciplinary studies |
Norwegian, Hausa |
Canada, Economics, Environment, Fisheries, Forestry, Hong Kong, Natural Resources, Third World |
natural resource and environmental economics; sustainable development; sustainable management and use of fishery resources; sustainable |
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Tang |
Kwong-leung |
Arts |
English, Chinese |
Asian Affairs, China, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Racism/Race Relations, Taiwan, Third World |
social policy, child poverty, social welfare development (East Asia), comparative social policy, welfare-to-work programmes |
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Tester |
Frank J. |
Social Work and Family Studies |
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Aboriginal Issues, Free Trade, International Studies, Pollution, Third World, Waste Management, Africa, Canada, Economics, Environment, Free Trade, Suicide, Trade, Water, Environment |
expecially Nunaunt and Inuit of Eastern Arctic; Canadian social policy; international development; global financial institutions; international development work and issues affecting health, economic well-being; Canadian environmental issues; history, geography, politics; global trade issues; in general but for Aboriginal people |
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Vincent |
Amanda |
College for Interdisciplinary Studies |
French |
Alternative Medicine, Animals, Asian Affairs, Environment, Fisheries, Natural Resources, Science, Sustainability, Third World, Wildlife |
marine conservation, subsistence fisheries, marine protected areas, non-food fisheries, aquarium fish, traditional Chinese medicine, coastal management, Philippines, fisheries trade policy, seahorses, pipefishes |
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White |
Melissa Autumn |
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Canada, Environment, Families, Free Trade, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Geography, Human Rights, Immigration, International Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Sociology, Third World, Tourism, United States, Urban Planning, Women's Issues, Work |
LGBTQ migration and asylum; human rights; sexual and gender minority rights; globalization; transnationalism; geopolitics; Canadian immigration policy; critical security studies; Canadian foreign policy as it pertains to gender and sexual minorities and women; race and racism. |
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Yassi |
Annalee |
Graduate Studies |
Spanish |
Africa, Health Care, Labour Issues, Medicine, South America, Sustainability, Third World |
occupational health, health of health workers, international health, global health, community-based research, capacity building, Latin America, evidence-based best practices, workplace injury and illness prevention, HIV and TB prevention and care for health workers, South Africa |
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Zerriffi |
Hisham |
Graduate Studies |
French |
Africa, Asian Affairs, China, Economics, Engineering, Environment, Europe, Government, India, International Studies, Management, Natural Resources, Politics, Research and Development, Science, South America, Sustainability, Technology, Third World, Trade, Urban Planning |
energy, environment, rural development, climate change, renewable resources, regulation, governance, technology, pollution |
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