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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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Alternative Medicine, Health Care, Medicine, Third World

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

Babies, Death, Health Care, Obstetrics, Third World

premature labour; survival of extremely premature babies; maternal mortality in Third World

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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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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

Africa, Engineering, Health Care, Technology, Third World

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

Free Trade, Third World, Women's Issues

Global Health, Development, Poverty, Child Malnutrition, India, Domestic Violence, Population, Gender

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Pirani

Shafique

Medicine

Gujarati

Orthopedics, Sustainability, Third World

Clubfoot

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Riches

Graham

Arts

-

Canada, Families, Human Rights, Nutrition, Third World

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

Environment, International Studies, Third World

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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