Carleton University experts are on standby to provide commentary on today’s hot topics.
Rwanda
Alleged war criminal Leon Mugesera is scheduled to be deported to his home country of Rwanda after a 16 year fight to remain in Canada.
Doris E. Buss
Associate Professor, Department of Law
613-520-2600, ext. 8011
doris_buss@carleton.ca
Doris Buss is a professor of law and an expert in international human rights, sexual violence, war crimes prosecutions and women’s rights. Conducting a multi-year study of identity and international war crimes tribunals, her research examines how international war crimes prosecutions produce ‘legal knowledge’ about the origins and nature of large-scale violence, the meaning of racial and ethnic identity, and the impact of sexual violence crimes. Focusing specifically on the Rwanda Tribunal, she is examining the politics of judging Rwandan history.
New Hampshire Primaries
Melissa Haussman
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
613-321-2856
Melissa_Haussman@carleton.ca
In 2008, Professor Haussman, an American, led a group of Carleton students on an excursion to Massachusetts to work on the Hillary Clinton campaign in the final days before Super Tuesday. Haussman has worked on congressional and presidential primary campaigns, and in the Massachusetts state legislature.
She is able to comment on long and short-term aspects of party and electoral change in the U.S., the U.S. presidential primary system, party financing, women in politics and the current trajectory of the Republican party.
Christopher Waddell
Associate Professor
Associate Director, School of Journalism and Communications
613-850-2313
cwaddell@connect.carleton.ca
Professor Waddell is an expert in political journalism. He is the Carty Chair in Business and Financial Journalism, and is former national editor for the Globe and Mail and the parliamentary bureau chief for CBC News.
Andrew Cohen
Associate Professor of Journalism
613-520-2600, ext. 8303
andrew_cohen@carleton.ca
Andrew Cohen is a former foreign editor and foreign affairs columnist for the Financial Post. He has also served as the national political correspondent for Saturday Night magazine and as a member of the editorial board of the Globe and Mail. He was the Globe’s Washington correspondent from 1997 until joining the School of Journalism and Communication in 2001.
Robert Jackson
Distinguished Research Professor of Political Science
Professor of Government and Director of International Relations at the University of Redlands in California
Robert_Jackson@redlands.edu
909-335-8919
Dr. Jackson has taught courses in Canadian, comparative and international relations for 35 years, as well as advanced seminars on “Security and Crises” in both Canada and the United States. He is undertaking a major study of the complexities of global politics and the changing nature of security, especially the importance of children and armed conflict. He is available to speak to issues surrounding foreign policy, strategic issues and terrorism.
Colin Robertson
Senior Distinguished Fellow, Norman Paterson School of International Affairs
613-619-1867 (cell)
613-695-0347
robcolin@gmail.com
Roberston recently published the policy paper “A Canadian Primer to the 2012 U.S. Primaries and Caucuses” for the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute where he is a senior fellow. It offers Canadians background on the American election and aims to contribute to the understanding of why this election matters to Canadians.
A career foreign service officer from 1977 to 2010, he served as first head of the Advocacy Secretariat and minister at the Canadian Embassy in Washington. He was consul general in Los Angeles, with previous assignments as consul and counsellor in Hong Kong and in New York at the UN and Consulate General. In his final assignment, he directed a project on Canada-U.S. Engagement at Carleton University’s Centre for Trade Policy and Law, with the support of the federal and provincial governments and the private sector.
Liberal Convention
At their upcoming convention, the federal Liberal Party will be tackling issues of leadership and how to rebuild.
Clare Beckton
Executive Director, Centre for Women in Politics and Leadership
613-726-0448
becktoc@gmail.com
Ms. Beckton has extensive experience in a number of areas including law, women and leadership, leading large organizations, equality rights, leadership to change systems, risk management, governance, gender, diversity and Aboriginal policy issues. She has an LLB from the University of Saskatchewan, and as a Fulbright Scholar, obtained an MPA, with a focus on leadership, from the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.
William Cross
Professor, Department of Political Science
Bell Chair in Canadian Parliamentary Democracy
613-520-2600, ext. 2799
Bill_Cross@Carleton.ca
Dr. Cross is a student of Canadian political institutions and his work emphasizes the connections between civil society and political parties and legislatures. His recent work includes studies of youth participation in Canadian politics, candidates in the 2008 federal election and changing methods of party leadership selection. He is an expert in political party organization, party members and party leadership selection.
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Media Relations
Carleton University
613-520-2600, ext. 8718
Caitlin_Kealey@carleton.ca
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 in Experts Available
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