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Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Katherine Lippel (English and French) Professor and Distinguished Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law, Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) klippel@uottawa.ca What measures should provincial and federal governments bring forward to ensure that workers ca...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Gilles LeVasseur (English and French ) Telfer School of Managementjlgilles.levasseur@sympatico.ca IMPACT ON BUSINESSES What kind of help should governments offer to businesses to get through the crisis? How does the crisis affect SMEs versus large corporations? How can b...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Luc Bonneville (French only) Full Professor, Department of Communication. Researcher, Institut du Savoir Montfort luc.bonneville@uOttawa.ca Is the overabundance of information about the coronavirus contributing to (and fuelling) panic among the population? What is...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert(s) : Dr. Ronald Labonté (English only) Distinguished Research Chair and Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. rlabonte@uOttawa.ca Dr. Labonté agreed to answer our questions: 1- What is a pandemic?  “In many ways, it...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert(s): Joanne St. Lewis (English only) Assistant professor - Faculty of Law, Common Law Section joanne.stlewis@uOttawa.ca

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert(s):   Veldon Coburn (English only) Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts - Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies vcoburn@uottawa.ca Professor Coburn can analyze political and legal/constitutional questions, as well as general information on Indigenous peoples...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Daniel Rück (English only) Assistant Professor, Department of History - Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies Office - Bureau: 613-562-5800 (1278) drueck@uottawa.ca   Professor Rück is a historian who can contextualize current Canadian-Indigenous re...

Persepolis, Yazd, etc.  Do President Trump's threats to deliberately destroy Iran's cultural treasures constitute a war crime?  Is it our civic responsibility to protect cultural treasures in wartime? What measures have been taken in the past to preserve a country's cultural heritage in wartime? Costanza Musu Associate Prof...

Researchers have established that chemicals used in the manufacturing of smartphones, televisions and computer monitors are potentially toxic and pose a risk to our health. These products are found in nearly half of the dust samples collected by the research team, suggesting that they are released by the devices during their use.  ...

Do you know what happens with the goods you order online once you return them? Amazon has faced accusations of destroying returned items in Europe, and some companies simply incinerate unsold clothes. What can be done to prevent this situation and to avoid such waste?   Marc Tassé  Part-time professor Telfer School of Manage...