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BECKWITH, Paul »
Ph.D. student
Part-time professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography
Contact information:
Office: 613-979-3957
Cell: 613-979-3957
Home: 613-233-3957
E-mail: pbeckwit@uottawa.ca
Preferred method s of contact:
E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research information:
Climate Change Research - Abrupt Climate Change Research - Arctic temperature amplification - Arctic sea ice loss - methane emissions - extreme weather events - global food supply threats
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Aerosol physics
- Alternatives
- Biogeography
- Chaos theory
- Climate change
- Climatology
- Decision-making at the interface of science and policy
- Disaster impact on physical structures
- Ecology
- Efficiency
- Energy (electricity, oil, natural gas)
- Energy efficiency
- Environmental Communication
- Environmental migration
- Environmental science
- Food sustainability
- Geopolitics
- Glaciers and ice
- Global Warming
- Marine biology
- Paleoclimatology
- Permafrost
- Probability theory
- Quantum optics
- Science and Society
- Science education
- Solar Energy
- Statistics
- Sustainable development
- University Teaching
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English only
CHANDLER, Jennifer A. »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (3286)
E-mail: chandler@uOttawa.ca
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Research information:
The legal, social and political implications of science and technology. Recent work has addressed the regulation of new technologies, the judicial response to disputes involving new technologies, the theory of law and technology, and organ donation policies.
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CHAPLEAU, François »

Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (6357)
Home: 819-827-6416
E-mail: chapleau@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Office Telephone
Research information:
I have an interest in the teaching of the theory of evolution and the history of life. I also have an interest in the ecology of freshwater fishes of Ontario and Quebec with an emphasis on endangered species of the National Capital region. I also have a good knowledge of the biology of vertebrates (fishes, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birds)Area(s) of expertise:
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Language preference:
English and French
CHOWDHURY, Wahida »
Dr.
Part-time professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Criminology
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Office: 613-883-6248
E-mail: wchowdhu@uottawa.ca
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Research information:
Dr. Wahida Chowdhury is a cognitive scientist, who graduated with a Ph.D. in cognitive science from Carleton University in June 2017. She comes from an educational background in engineering, medicine, psychology, and cognitive science. Her master’s thesis demonstrated how ideas from social cognition could be applied to prevent people from downloading malicious software known as Trojan Horses. Her dissertation research investigated personal, social and situational influences on people’s judgments of online privacy and surveillance. Dr. Chowdhury started her research career as a social science research assistant in 2010 when she worked for a project funded by Employment and Social Development Canada to improve Government job websites. Since then she has been working on several research projects from inception to completion for private and public organizations, such as the Department of National Defence of Canada, the Treasury Board Secretariat Canada, Carleton University and the University of Ottawa. Her projects involved developing research proposals, performing literature reviews, designing and conducting surveys and interviews, analyzing results by both quantitative and qualitative statistical methods, conducting archival research, and writing research reports for publication or presentation at national and international conferences.Area(s) of expertise:
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DAWSON, Jackie »
Canada Research Chair in Environment, Society and Policy
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography
Contact information:
Cell: 8184523459
E-mail: jackie.dawson@uottawa.ca
Website
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E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research information:
Dr Dawson's expertise is on the human and policy dimensions of environmental change with a strong focus on the implications of climate change and economic development for the Arctic shipping and tourism sectors. She leads several projects examining Arctic shipping trends, marine shipping governance and policy, climate change impacts and adaptation, and local marine use and transportation needs. She works closely with coastal communities in Arctic Canada, shipping industry stakeholders, and government departments involved in the Arctic marine transportation sector. You can find out more about her research and her research lab at www.espg.ca
Area(s) of expertise:
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- Aboriginal Studies
- Climate change
- Decision-making at the interface of science and policy
- Economic development
- Environmental policy
- Glaciers and ice
- Global Warming
- Rural development
- Science and Society
- Sustainable development
- Sustainable development
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English only
DE BEER, Jeremy »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Law
Common Law
Contact information:
Cell: 613-263-9155
E-mail: jeremy.debeer@uottawa.ca
Website
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E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research information:
Professor de Beer shapes ideas about technology innovation, intellectual property, and global trade & development. He is a Full Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, as well as a practicing lawyer and expert consultant. His work helps solve practical challenges related to innovation in the digital economy, life science industries, clean tech sector, and related fields.Area(s) of expertise:
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- Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications policies
- Communications and technology
- Courts
- E-business
- E-commerce
- Environmental law
- Intellectual property
- International law
- Internet
- Internet law
- Privacy
- Property law
- Science and Society
- Sports law
- Technology
- Telecommunications
Language preference:
English only
FAFARD, Patrick »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (4186)
E-mail: pfafard@uOttawa.ca
Website
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Research information:
My research deals mainly with Canadian politics and public policy and builds on a career in government both federally and provincially. I am currently working on a number of projects relating to the politics of public health, broadly defined, and the role of science and evidence in public policy. I also have a longstanding interest in Canadian federalism and intergovernmental relations and have published a wide range of research in this area.
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English and French
FINDLAY, C. Scott »

Director, Institute of the environment
Associate professor
Faculty of Science
Biology
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5874
Home: 819-827-5246
E-mail: findlay@uottawa.ca
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Research information:
Effects of human activities, including road construction, dams, forest management and pollutants, on biological diversity and ecosystem function and structure.
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English only
HAYSOM, Joan »
Senior Engineer and Business Development Lead
Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Engineering
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact information:
Office: 613-683-3298
E-mail: jhaysom@uottawa.ca
Website
Preferred method s of contact:
E-mail, Office Telephone
Research information:
Photovoltaics, sustainable electricity, renewable energy, low carbon innovation, sustainable development: including technological innovations in photovoltaic materials, optimization of photovoltaic systems, energy yield, integration of renewables onto the electrical grid, and innovative policy.Area(s) of expertise:
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- Alternatives
- Energy (electricity, oil, natural gas)
- Policy
- Regulation
- Renewable energy
- Science and Society
- Solar Energy
- Sustainable development
- Systems and Devices
Language preference:
English and French
KASSEN, Rees »
Assistant professor
Faculty of Science
Biology
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (6978)
E-mail: rees.kassen@uOttawa.ca
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E-mail, Office Telephone
Research information:
Research in our lab concerns the most fundamental and persistent puzzle of nature: the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Or, put another way, we are trying to answer the age-old question, why are there so many species in the world? To do this requires that we study the evolutionary process as it unfolds, keeping track of the variety of genotypes and phenotypes in a population or community through time, a task that would be very challenging with any large, long-lived organism. For this reason, we use microbial populations of bacteria and protists to study the evolutionary process in the laboratory. Topics of interest in the laboratory include the relationship between environmental variation and diversity, the genetics of adaptation, evolutionary medicine, and the evolution of social interactions.
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PARÉ, Daniel »
Associate professor
Faculty of Arts
Communication
Contact information:
Office: 613 562 5800 x2052
E-mail: dpar2@uOttawa.ca
Preferred method s of contact:
E-mail, Office Telephone
Research information:
Paré's research focuses on the the social, economic, and technical issues arising from innovations in information and communication technologies (ICTs). His areas of research and policy-related work include ICTs and international development (ICT4D), e-commerce, Internet governance, information and communication policy, e-government, and knowledge networks.Area(s) of expertise:
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- Canadian broadcasting and telecommunications policies
- Communications and technology
- Governance
- International development and globalization
- Political communications
- Political economy
- Science and Society
- Wireless communications
Language preference:
English only
SANER, Marc »

Full professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography
Contact information:
Office: 613-562-5800 (1061)
Cell: 613-220-7688
E-mail: msaner@uottawa.ca
Website
Preferred method s of contact:
E-mail, Cell Telephone
Research information:
The governance of emerging technologies, including ethics, risk management and regulation. I have worked on GMOs, nanotechnology, biotechnology, synthetic biology, and biofuels. My core focus is the science/policy interface: how evidence is used in decisions and how values and facts get combined in policy and decision-making (in particular in the environmental and health fields).Area(s) of expertise:
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- Applied ethics
- Decision-making at the interface of science and policy
- Governance
- Science and Society
- Technology
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English only, German
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