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Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Jamie Chai Yun Liew (English only) Associate Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section [email protected] What are the rights of migrant workers in Canada? What are the responsibilities of companies hiring migrant workers? Professor Liew is an expert in immigr...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, two Canadians detained in China, have been formally charged with spying by Chinese prosecutors. What’s the potential impact of those charges? Is it likely to raise tensions between the two countries? Errol Mendes (English only)...

Prime Minister Trudeau announced today that Ontario will start testing a new COVID-19 contact tracing app, which will be made available nationwide in July. Shall we all download it? Members of the media may directly contact the following experts: Teresa Scassa (English and French) Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy a...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Allison Ouimet (English only) Associate Professor, Faculty of Social [email protected]  We’re in the first few days of Stage 2 of loosening the COVID-19 related restrictions in Ontario – will people flock to stores and restaurants? If they do, are th...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts: Canada is seeking a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Voting will take place Wednesday. Canada is up against Ireland and Norway for two available seats on the Council. Allan Rock (English and French) Full professor, Faculty of Law, Common Law Se...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts: Eric Champagne (English and French) Associate Professor in Public Administration, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences. Director, Centre on [email protected] Burlone (English and French) Associate Professor, School of Politica...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Colleen Flood (English only) Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section. University Research Chair in Health Law & Policy. Director, uOttawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. [email protected] “To date, Canada has the highest reported nationa...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts: Dr. Sanni Yaya (English and French) Full Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences [email protected]   Dr. Ronald Labonté (English only) Distinguished Research Chair and Full Professor, School of Epid...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Nicolas Moreau (French only) Full Professor, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences [email protected] Professor Moreau can address the importance of treating sport as positive (under certain conditions) in terms of physical health, but especially ment...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Monnica T Williams (English and French) Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences [email protected] Professor Williams can speak to the following topics: racism in the USA, racialization in Canada, African American issues, discrimination and mental healt...