Hot Topics for Oct. 31 2011: World Population Hits Seven Billion, Halloween

Carleton University experts are on standby to provide commentary on today’s hot topics.

World Population Hits Seven Billion

Rania Tfaily
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
613-520-2600, ext. 2625
rania_tfaily@carleton.ca

Rania Tfaily is an expert on social demography with special focus on nuptiality, fertility and intergenerational transfers; social inequality in education; stratification in health and quantitative methods.

Daiva Stasiulis
Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
613-520-2600, ext. 1098
daiva_stasiulis@carleton.ca

Daiva Stasiulis supervises PhD and MA graduate students, chiefly in the areas of citizenship, race/ethnic studies and migration studies. She regularly teaches graduate seminars on Citizenship and Globalization and The Politics of Social Movements and the State.

Halloween

Frances Woolley
Professor, Economics
613-730-2261
frances_woolley@carleton.ca

Frances Woolley is a professor of economics and a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail’s Economy Lab. She is able to discuss the social capital benefits of Halloween in neighbourhoods.

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Chris Cline
Media Relations
Carleton University
613-520-2600, ext. 1391
christopher_cline@carleton.ca