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Below is a list subject matter experts at HÂþ»­ who can speak to topics relating to matters of racism and social justice.Ìý

Institutional systemic racism
HÂþ»­ ·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:ÌýDr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor;ÌýCross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black CanadaÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýafua.cooper@dal.caÌýand 902-494-3012

·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:Ìý¶Ù°ù.ÌýBarbara Hamilton-Hinch, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance
Research Specialties:ÌýHIV testing, institutional racism,Ìýracism and health,Ìýprostate cancer, andÌýdiversity
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýb.hamilton-hinch@dal.caorÌý(902) 494-3391

HÂþ»­ Expert:ÌýTiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties:ÌýÌýSocial and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophyÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtmgordon@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice diversity and multiculturalism Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýt.bryan@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6755

Expert:ÌýDr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor,ÌýSchool of Nursing, Chair, HÂþ»­ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties:ÌýMedical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.caÌýand 902-494-4267

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, DirectorÌý& University Teaching FellowÌýTransition Year ProgramÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact:Ìýisaney@dal.caÌýand 902-449-4967

Anti-racism
HÂþ»­ ·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:ÌýDr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor;ÌýCross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies, and Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black CanadaÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýafua.cooper@dal.caÌýand 902-494-3012

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert:ÌýTiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophyÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtmgordon@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of Histor
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýt.bryan@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6755

Expert:ÌýDr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor,ÌýSchool of Nursing, Chair, HÂþ»­ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties:ÌýMedical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.caÌýand 902-494-4267

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, DirectorÌý& University Teaching FellowÌýTransition Year ProgramÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact:Ìýisaney@dal.caÌýand 902-449-4967

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers,ÌýAssociate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýAfrican philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact:Ìýchike.jeffers@dal.caÌýor 902-494-3547

Protesting
HÂþ»­ Expert:ÌýTiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophyÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtmgordon@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, DirectorÌý& University Teaching FellowÌýTransition Year ProgramÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact:Ìýisaney@dal.caÌýand 902-449-4967

Environmental racism
Expert:ÌýDr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor,ÌýSchool of Nursing, Chair, HÂþ»­ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties:ÌýMedical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.caÌýand 902-494-4267

Politics –How policies, legislations and actions impact historically oppressed and marginalized communities
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert: Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor of Law; Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law
Research Specialties:ÌýAboriginal law, Indigenous law, constitutional law, administrative law, equality and human rights law, diversity in legal education, the legal profession, and the judiciary
Contact:Ìýnaiomi.metallic@dal.caÌýor 902-494-4500

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýt.bryan@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6755

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, DirectorÌý& University Teaching FellowÌýTransition Year ProgramÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact:Ìýisaney@dal.caÌýand 902-449-4967

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers,ÌýAssociate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýAfrican philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact:Ìýchike.jeffers@dal.caÌýor 902-494-3547

Health and mental health inequalities
Expert:ÌýDr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor,ÌýSchool of Nursing, Chair, HÂþ»­ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties:ÌýMedical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.caÌýand 902-494-4267

Racism and Health
·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:Ìý¶Ù°ù.ÌýBarbara Hamilton-Hinch, Assistant Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance
Research Specialties:ÌýHIV testing, institutional racism,Ìýracism and health,Ìýprostate cancer, andÌýdiversity
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýb.hamilton-hinch@dal.caorÌý(902) 494-339

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

Policing
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýt.bryan@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6755

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

HÂþ»­ Expert:ÌýTiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophyÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtmgordon@dal.ca

Legal perspective on cases involving systemic racism, racial profiling and human rights
HÂþ»­ Expert: Naiomi Metallic, Assistant Professor of Law; Chancellor's Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law
Research Specialties:ÌýAboriginal law, Indigenous law, constitutional law, administrative law, equality and human rights law, diversity in legal education, the legal profession, and the judiciary
Contact:Ìýnaiomi.metallic@dal.caÌýor 902-494-4500

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Timothy Bryan, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology
Research Specialties:ÌýPolicing, hate crime, race and racism, criminal justice Diversity and multiculturalism Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýt.bryan@dal.caÌýor 902-494-6755

Race-based health data collection
Expert:ÌýDr. Ingrid Waldron, Associate Professor,ÌýSchool of Nursing, Chair, HÂþ»­ Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
Research Specialties:ÌýMedical sociology, sociology of health and illness, mental illness in black Canadian, Immigrant and Indigenous communities and environmental health inequities
Contact:Ìýiwaldron@Dal.caÌýand 902-494-4267

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

Structural white supremacy and racial fragility
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

Lateral racial violence
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Ajay Parasram, Assistant Professor, Department of International Development Studies, Department of History
Research Specialties: Colonial, Postcolonial, and decolonial studies, modern/colonial South Asia, Global Development and political economy, global history and international relations, and political ontology and pluriversality
Contact:Ìýparasram@dal.caÌýand 902-494-2167/902-789-5711

Black history
HÂþ»­ ·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:ÌýDr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor;ÌýCross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies,ÌýÌýand Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýafua.cooper@dal.caÌýand 902-494-3012.

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Isaac Saney, DirectorÌý& University Teaching FellowÌýTransition Year ProgramÌýHÂþ»­ UniversityÌý
Research Specialties: Africa, the Caribbean, Cuba, and Black Canadian history
Contact:Ìýisaney@dal.caÌýand 902-449-4967

HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Chike Jeffers,ÌýAssociate Professor; Honours Advisor; Cross-Appointed with Canadian Studies; and International Development Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýAfrican philosophy, philosophy of race, social and political philosophy, and ethics
Contact:Ìýchike.jeffers@dal.caÌýor 902-494-3547

Slavery -ÌýHistory and impacts
HÂþ»­ ·¡³æ±è±ð°ù³Ù:ÌýDr. Naa Afua Dadesen Cooper, Professor;ÌýCross-appointed to Departments of History, Sociology and Social Anthropology, Faculty of Graduate Studies,ÌýÌýand Gender and Women's Studies
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial justice and inequality, African diaspora, critical race theory, decolonizing studies and methodologies, gender, slavery, abolition and freedom, Black Canada.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýafua.cooper@dal.caÌýand 902-494-3012.

HÂþ»­ Expert:ÌýTiffany Gordon, PhD student in Philosophy
Research Specialties:ÌýSocial and political philosophy, philosophy of race, feminist philosophyÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtmgordon@dal.ca

Urban planningÌý– History of use for residential segregation,Ìýdisplacement, expropriation and gentrification
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. Lisa Berglund,ÌýAssistant Professor of Urban Planning,ÌýFaculty of Architecture and Planning
Research Specialties:ÌýNeighborhood change, uneven development, urban design, critical urban theory, and environmental justiceÌý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýlisa.berglund@dal.caÌýorÌý902-233-4665/902-494-1763

LGBQ2S Issues (Pride celebrations, flags, parades, HIV/AIDS stigma, Canadian Blood Services)
HÂþ»­ Expert: Dr. OmiSoore Dryden, Associate Professor, James R. Johnston (JRJ) Chair in Black Canadian Studies, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology
Research Specialties: Black Canadian studies, Black health equity, anti-Black racism and health outcomes, blood donation systems, HIV & AIDS, medical education and health humanities, and Black Feminist/Black Queer diasporic analytics.
Contact:Ìýomisoore.dryden@dal.ca

Please note– It’s up to the faculty members' discretion as to whether they’re able to accommodate interview requests.