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For Media Inquiries

Cindy MacKenzie, Media Relations Manager
cmackenz@stfx.ca
902. 867.2401

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Media Commentary Areas

Faculty and Fellows are available for media engagement pertaining to their areas of expertise.

Research Fellow

Media Areas: Community Disaster Resilience; Disaster and Emergency Management; Search and Rescue; Sovereignty, Safety, and Security in Polar Regions

 

Op-Eds

“‘Rangers Reset’ Ignores, Disrespects Actually What They Do.” Nunavut News, 1 November 2020. https://nunavutnews.com/opinion/rangers-reset-ignores-direspects-what-actually-they-do/

With P. Whitney Lackenbauer. “Handshakes or Arm Wrestling?: The United States, Canada and Icebreakers in the Arctic.” Canadian Global Affairs Institute Policy Perspective. August 2020. https://www.cgai.ca/handshakes_or_arm_wrestling_the_united_states_canada_and_icebreakers_in_the_arctic

“Gaps and Bridges: The Case for American Polar Icebreakers.” North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network Quick Impact Reports. August 12, 2020. https://www.naadsn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20-August-_Kikkert_Gaps-and-Bridges-The-Case-for-American-Polar-Icebreakers.pdf

With Stéphane Roussel and P. Whitney Lackenbauer. «Les Rangers: une réponse communautaire à la COWID-19 en regions isolées.» Radio-Canada. May 1, 2020.

“GUEST COMMENT: The Canadian Rangers, Community Resiliency, and COVID-19.” Nunavut News. April 5, 2020. https://nunavutnews.com/nwtnewsnorth/guest-comment-the-canadian-rangers-community-resiliency-and-covid-19

Distinguished Fellow

Media Areas: Canadian Federalism; Comparisons of COVID-19 at Home and Abroad; Federal-Provincial Relations; Fiscal Relations Between Governments

Research Fellow

Media Areas: Canadian Media and Broadcasting Policy; Apologies in Federal Politics; Populist Movements

Distinguished Fellow

Media Areas: Corporate and Industry Politics; Governance; Natural Resources and Environment

Canada Research Chair in Health Equity and Social Justice, Fellow

Media Areas: Disability; Health and Services Policy; Intersectionality; Mental Health and Illness

Interviews & Op-Eds

With Tamara Daly and Ivy Lynn Bourgeault. Long-term Residential Care Work: Recognized as Essential But Still Essentially Under-Recognized. Policy Options. May 14, 2020. https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/may-2020/long-term-care-work-is-essential-but-essentially-under-recognized/

Information Morning. “Nova Scotians Report the Highest Level of COVID-19 Related Anxiety in the Country.” By Steve Sutherland. CBC Radio (Cape Breton). October 16, 2020. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-24/clip/15803449

98.9 XFM. “New Poll Shows Nova Scotians Are Reporting the Highest Levels of Anxiety and Depression in Canada Due to COVID-19.” By Ken Kingston. October 13, 2020. https://www.989xfm.ca/new-poll-shows-nova-scotians-are-reporting-the-highest-levels-of-anxiety-and-depression-in-canada/

Global News Morning. “The Echo Pandemic of Mental Health.” By Alyse Hande. Global News (Halifax). October 7, 2020. https://globalnews.ca/video/7382978/the-echo-pandemic-of-mental-health

“Poll: Nova Scotians Most Anxious in Country During Pandemic.” By John McPhee. The Chronicle Herald. October 1, 2020. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/poll-nova-scotians-most-anxious-in-country-during-pandemic-504581/

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Mila Mulroney Chair in Women, Policy, and Governance Leadership

Media Areas: Gender-Based Violence in Politics; Gender-Based Violence Policy; Canadian News Coverage of Sexual Violence and Domestic Violence; Canadian Police Communication and Response to Gender-Based Violence

Mila Mulroney Research Chair in Women and Politics

Media Areas: Canadian Politics; Social Policy; Women, Gender, and Politics

Steven K. Hudson Research Chair In Canada-US Relations

Media Areas: Canada-US Relations; Canadian Foreign Policy; US Foreign Policy; Canadian Politics; US Politics; Defence and Security

Mulroney Chair In Arctic And Maritime Security

Media Areas: Arctic Issues; Defence and Security; Naval and Maritime Security

Media Interviews

“Federal Approval of Chinese Takeover of Hope Bay Hangs in the Balance.” By Derek Neary. Nunavut News. 24 August 2020.

 “Chinese Ownership of Nunavut’s Resources Stokes Unease.” By Derek Neary. Nunavut News. May 21, 2020. https://nunavutnews.com/nunavut-news/chinese-ownership-of-nunavuts-resources-stokes-unease/

 “New Trump Administration Aid to Greenland Stirs Fears of a U.S. Takeover.” By Alexander C. Kaufman. Huffington Post. May 6, 2020. https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/greenland-us-aid-takeover_n_5eb30b9fc5b6dbd807b4dcf8?ri18n=true

The Walrus. By Gloria Dickie. January 29, 2020.

NPR. By Jackie Northam. January 20, 2020

Fellow

Media Areas: Canadian Politics; Federalism; Parties and Elections; Regionalism

Media Interviews

Dr. Bickerton is in demand regionally, nationally, and internationally as a commentator on Canadian politics. He has participated in media interviews across a variety of platforms, including radio, television, and print outlets. He has appeared on CBC Radio’s Information Morning, Maritime Noon, and Cross Country Checkup, and on the CBC, CTV, and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) television networks. He has also been cited in numerous magazine and newspaper pieces, such as The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Maclean’s, and The Chronical Herald.

Fellow

Media Areas: Migration; Development Politics; Political Ecology; South Asia

Fellow

Media Areas: East Asian Regionalism; East Asian Regional Security Complex; Financial Globalization; Inter-Korean Relations

Fellow

Media Areas: Cannabis Legalization; Canadian State Information; Consumerism and State; State and Celebrity

Fellow

Media Areas: Art and Politics; Canadian Foreign Policy on Latin America; Latin American Politics; Politics in the Atlantic Region

Interviews & Op-Eds

Dr. Grenier has a weekly Friday interview, «Chronique politique», on the Radio-Canada program Le Réveil hosted by Marc Babin.

"Commentary: Israel-Palestine: A Tale of Two Targeted Killings." Saltwire, 23 October 2023. https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/opinion/commentary-israel-palestine-a-tale-of-two-targeted-killings-100904350/

“Protest in Cuba: Spreading nonconformity in the age of COVID and social media.” Chronicle Herald, 14 December 2020. https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/opinion/local-perspectives/yvon-grenier-protest-in-cuba-spreading-nonconformity-in-the-age-of-covid-and-social-media-531004/

Téléjournal Acadie. Radio-Canada. November 6, 2020.

Téléjournal Acadie. Radio-Canada. November 4, 2020.

L’heure de pointe (Acadie). Radio-Canada. September 30, 2020.

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Fellow

Media Areas: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Political Theory; Argument Theory/Logic; Ethics; Political Thought/Philosophy

Op-Eds

“Ireland Through a Canadian’s Eyes.” Woodland Magazine of the Woodland Trust. 33 (July 2020): 10­–13

Fellow

Media Areas: International Relations Theory; Israel-Palestine Conflict; Security Studies

Fellow

Media Areas: Emerging Markets Finance; International Portfolio Flows; Tax Evasion

Fellow

Media Areas: Post-Communist Governance; Religion and Politics; Transitional Justice

Fellow

Media Areas: Freedom of Conscience; Freedom of Religion; Ethics in Governance; Health Care Policy and Ethics; Human Rights

Fellow

Media Areas: Economic Policy; Financial Crises; Forecasting; Monetary Policy

Fellow

Media Areas: Educational Administration; Education Law; Educational Leadership; Educational Policy