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Alani

Aniz

Student Legal Fund Society

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Constitutional Issues, Human Rights, Law, Students

litigation, student rights, access to education, legal challenges

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Bakan

Joel

Law

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Censorship, Constitutional Issues, Human Rights, Law, Quebec

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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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Benedet

Janine

Law

French

Censorship, Crime, Human Rights, Law, Sex/Sexuality, Women's Issues

criminal law, sex equality, discrimination law, sexual assault, sexual harassment, prostitution, pornography law

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Berg

Lawrence

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

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Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Culture, Disabled Persons, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Geography, Health Care, Human Rights, Multiculturalism, New Zealand, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Women's Issues

aboriginal rights, citizenship, ,cultural politics of identity, disabilities, ethnicity, geography, Maori identities, gender, masculinities, race and racism, whiteness.

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Black

William

Law

French

Constitutional Issues, Human Rights, Law

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (especially equality rights); Canadian human rights legislation

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Bobinski

Mary Anne

Law

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Abortion, AIDS, Constitutional Issues, Disabled Persons, Ethics, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Genetics, Health Care, Human Rights, Law, Medicine, United States

legal education (including costs of education/tuition), health law, bioethics, reproductive health law (including cloning, fetal protection, abortion), comparative health law (U.S. and Canada), HIV (legal and policy issues), health care disparities, medical research (legal and ethical aspects of)

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Brook

Timothy

Arts

French, Chinese

Capital punishment, China, Human Rights

Chinese history, global history, war crimes

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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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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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Cheek

Timothy

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

Mandarin Chinese

Asian Affairs, History, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Taiwan

China, modern history of China, China's intellectuals, CCP, Communist Party of China, politics of China, contemporary thought and society of China, historiography

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Chiu-Duke

Josephine

Arts

Mandarin, Taiwanese

Asian Affairs, China, Government, History, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Immigration, Chinese, Politics, Taiwan, Women's Issues

Chinese and Taiwanese history, political thought, human rights, democracy, intellectuals

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Dauvergne

Catherine

Law

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Australia, Human Rights, Immigration, Law, Women's Issues

Refugee law, Immigration law, citizenship law

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Fryer

Margo

Learning Exchange

none

Community Planning, Culture, Education, English as a Second Language, Human Rights, Literacy, Students, Sustainability, Teaching, Olympics

Community Service Learning, University-Community Partnerships, Community-Based Research, Downtown Eastside, Strengthening Civil Society, Global citizenship.

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Ho

Anita

College of Interdisciplinary Studies

Cantonese

Ethics, Human Rights, Philosophy

Clinical Ethics, Research Ethics (Domestic and International), Bioethics, Culture and Health Care, Health Care Resource Allocation, End-of-Life Care

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Kang

Shimi

Medicine

Punjabi, Hindi

Abortion, Addictions, Adolescence, Asian Affairs, Brain, Communications, Depression, Education, Families, Health Care, Human Behavior, Human Rights, Immigration, India, Media, Medicine, Mental Health, Multiculturalism, Psychiatry, Psychology, Racism/Race Relations, Schizophrenia, Sex/Sexuality, Smoking, Sports, Stress, Students, Suicide, Teaching, Television, Women's Issues

Mental health, addictions, substance use, motivation, culture, women's health, youth health, diversity, psychiatry,

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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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Krug

Don

Education

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Computers, Computers in Education, Culture, Education, Environment, Ethics, Fine Arts, Geography, Human Rights, Internet, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Research and Development, Sociology, Sustainability, Teaching, Technology, Telecommunications

teaching, learning, and social networking, media literacies, information and communication technologies and education, knowledge mobilization, cognition, formal and informal learning space design, cultural studies and rich media, sustainability and ecological literacy

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Kruk

Edward

Social Work and Family Studies

Polish

Addictions, Children, Drugs, Ethics, Families, Human Rights, Psychology, Sociology

divorce; family law; child custody; family mediation; fathering; women and addiction; harm reduction

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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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Lary

Diana

Arts

Mandarin; French; German

Asian Affairs, China, Defence, Hong Kong, Human Rights, Immigration, History, Taiwan

Asian military; Asian migrations; Hong Kong; human rights; military; warfare

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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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Liston

Mary

Law

French, Spanish

Canada, Government, Human Rights, Law, Politics

Public law, Canadian government, law and politics, rule of law

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Lynn

Hyung-Gu

Arts

Japanese, Korean

Asian Affairs, Communications, Film, Government, History, Human Rights, Immigration, International Studies, Internet, Japan, Korea, Multiculturalism, Music, Politics, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Urban Planning

South Korea, North Korea, Japan, politics, economics, popular culture, society, international relations,

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Mazawi

Andre

Education

French, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian

Education, Human Rights

sociology of education, higher education governance, international education, education and higher education policy, education in the Arab region, human rights and education,

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Miller

Bruce

Arts

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Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Culture, Human Rights, Law, Racism/Race Relations

Aboriginal peoples of North America, Coast Salish peoples, aboriginal law, aboriginal politics, concepts of indigeneity. Human rights and Indigenous peoples. Law and society. Oral history evidence in court. Comparative studies of Aboriginal-state relations.

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Raj

Aditya

Education

Hindi, Urdu, Bengali

Asian Affairs, Canada, Culture, Education, Film, History, Human Rights, Immigration, India, International Studies, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Quebec, Research and Development, Sociology

International Curriculum Studies, Comparative Education, Post-Colonial / Globalization / Diaspora Discourse, Multiple Literacies, Immigration & Multiculturalism, India and Indians Abroad.

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Riches

Graham

Arts

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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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Sarfaty

Galit

Law

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Anthropology, Human Rights, Law, Sustainability

International Law, Human Rights, Regulatory Governance, Law and Development Organizational Culture, Corporate Sustainability

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Schreyer

Christine

Arts

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Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Archives, Bilingualism, Canada, Communications, Community Planning, Education, English as a Second Language, Environment, History, Human Rights, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Natural Resources, Speech Sciences, Sustainability

linguistics, endangered languages, language curriculum development, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, language planning and policy, language rights, sociolinguistics, Tlingit, Cree, language documentation, Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade, ethnohistory, oral histories

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Shakya

Tsering

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Tibetan

Anthropology, Censorship, China, Culture, Defence, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, India, Literature, Politics, Religion

Tibet, Himalayas, China's minority issues, China and India relationship, refugee issues,

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Somers

Sean

Arts

Japanese, Irish Gaelic

Asian Affairs, Culture, English as a Second Language, Film, Human Rights, International Studies, Japan, Language, Literacy, Literature, Media, Religion, Theatre

Irish literature, W. B. Yeats, Japanese modernism, folklore, Japanese legends, ghosts in popular culture, occultism, translation, comparative religious studies, Japan in intercultural genres, contemporary haiku, calligraphy

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Stainton

Tim

Arts

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Disabled Persons, Ethics, Human Rights, Mental Health, Philosophy

Developmental Disability, Disability, Social Policy, History of Developmental Disability, Philosophy of Welfare

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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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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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Tate

Jude

Education

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Culture, Education, Gay and Lesbian Issues, Human Rights, Racism/Race Relations, Sex/Sexuality, Sports, Students

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education, Sexual and Gender Diversity in Post-Secondary settings, Student Experience, Employee Experience in Post-Secondary Institutions

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Torpey

John C.

Arts

German; Italian

Europe, History, Human Rights, International Studies, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology

politics and society in contemporary Europe; 20th century history; reparations for historical injustices; immigration patterns, especially in Europe and the U.S.; political issues

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Tyndall

Mark

Medicine

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Addictions, AIDS, Human Rights, Medicine

injection drugs users and aids; HIV; health and human rights

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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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