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Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (1791)
E-mail: linebeau@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Politiques en matière de drogues et prévention. Lois et drogues. Femmes policières.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Drugs
• Police

Language preference:

Français seulement

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

Contact information:

E-mail: Jason.Nickerson@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Dr. Jason Nickerson is a Clinical Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Common Law at the University of Ottawa in the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. Jason has worked extensively on drug policy research, analysis, and advocacy with a specific focus on improving access to controlled medicines for pain relief and anesthesia in low- and middle-income countries, and on the use of cannabis by older adults in Canada. He is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s respiratory therapy program specializing in anesthesia, and completed a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia studying the education of health professionals who provide community-based HIV care, and a PhD in population health at the University of Ottawa where he focused on the methodologies for conducting assessments of health facilities in severely disrupted health systems during acute and protracted emergencies. He has worked and published on a broad array of global public health, health systems, access to medicines, and drug policy issues in Canada and internationally.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Anesthesia
• Drugs
• Ethics
• Ethics in international affairs
• Foreign aid
• Foreign Policy
• Health care
• International health
• Medical research
• Population health

Language preference:

English only

Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology

Contact information:

Office: 613-238-5909
Cell: 613-282-1864
Home: 613-238-5909
E-mail: eugene@oscapella.ca
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone, Office Telephone

Research information:

policy and law about illegal drugs, drugs and crime, drugs and terrorism, privacy

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Drugs
• Policy
• Privacy
• Terrorism

Language preference:

English and French , some French interviews as well

Assistant professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 3324
E-mail: rruparel@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

I specialize in issues of race and racism, both within and outside of legal systems. I also teach and research in the areas of torts and criminal law, particularly in the context of women and racialized communities.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Aboriginal criminality
• Aboriginal legal issues
• Criminal law
• Drugs
• Gender discrimination
• Police
• Race
• Racism
• Sentencing
• Torts
• Violence against women
• Women and law

Language preference:

English only