Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada (all angles)
Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
The Economy
Adelphe Ekponon (English and French)
Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management
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Professor Adelphe Ekponon’s research examines how theoretical and empirical methods in macroeconomic affect pricing and finance.
Hal Hilfi (English only)
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering
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Professor Hilfi’s expertise lies in the principles of Operations Management, including supply chain management, operations strategy, process improvement, quality management, and lean methodologies.
Fabio Moneta (English only)
Associate Professor and RBC Financial Group, Telfer school of management
Professor Moneta’s research interests concentrate on investments, institutional investors, trading behavior, mutual fund performance, responsible investing, and empirical asset pricing.
Michael Mulvey (English and French)
Associate professor of Marketing, Telfer School of Management
Professor Mulvey can explain how do tariffs tax more than wallets, shaping consumer emotions and shopping strategies.
Gordon Betcherman (English only)
Full professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Geneviève Dufour (English and French)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section
Professor Dufour's research focuses on free trade issues and trade interactions.
Errol Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
Professor Mendes can comment from a legal point of view.
Jennifer Quaid (English and French)
Assistant professor, Civil Law, Faculty of Law
Professor Quaid can comment on questions related to competition law; business regulation and how the trade dispute between the US and Canada might affect Canada’s capacity to impose regulations that diverge from US regulations; Canada’s ability to enforce its laws against US-based companies with substantial economic power and influence in the US, such as the tech giants.
Impact on Steel/Aluminum
Tommaso Ferretti (English only)
Assistant Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
Professor Ferretti’s research is situated at the nexus of international strategy, sustainability innovation, and global governance.
Seána Glennon (English only)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Public Law Centre, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section
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Dr. Glennon can provide analysis of how the latest tariff threats by the United States could create new, deeper ties between Canada and the European Union.
Jean-Thomas Bernard (English and French)
Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
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Professor Bernard's can comment on the economics of this tariff threat on the Canada-U.S. economies.
Groceries, boycotts and tourism
Myriam Brouard (English and French)
Assistant Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
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Professor Brouard specializes in Consumer Culture Theory and offers profound insights into modern consumer behaviour by studying the dynamics behind the adoption of disruptive initiatives.
Keri Kettle (English only)
Associate Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
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Professor Kettle's research focuses on consumer identity and financial decision making.
Michael Mulvey (English and French - French written questions only)
Assistant Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
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Professor Mulvey can offer consumer-centred perspectives, such as public reactions to these events in social media, cross-border shopping, travel, and tourism—a significant aspect of trade that has received little discussion, and Making sense of brands (consumer-initiated boycotts and buycotts).
Melissa Fernandez (English and French)
Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Fernandez’s research focuses on understanding the impacts of digital food environments on health and nutrition with a particular interest in food literacy, eating practices, dietary intakes, and mental health. She can provide insight into how this could affect Canadians eating habits, digital food retail (online groceries and food kits) and any effect this could have on mental health.
Canada - U.S. Relations
Damien-Claude Bélanger (English and French)
Associate Professor, Department of History, Faculty of Arts
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Professor Bélanger’s expertise touches on Canadian history and Canadian-American relations.
Luisa Veronis (English and French)
Full Professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Faculty of Arts
Professor Veronis' research interests examine issues of identity and citizenship in Canadian cities.
Claude Denis (English and French)
Full Professor, School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Professor Denis' expertise relates to Canadian Studies including competing nationalisms and federal politics.