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Please find below suggested Â鶹´«Ã½ experts on current topics of regional, provincial, national and international interest for Tuesday, June 18,Ìý2019.

More at stake in Sackville-Cobequid by-election than just one seat in legislature 
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Howard Ramos, Professor, Associate Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology.
Research Specialties: Social justice and inequality, migration – immigration, social change, social movements, social statistics.Ìý
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýhoward.ramos@dal.caÌý²¹²Ô»åÌý902-494-3130/902-494-6595.

Federal Liberals expected to green light Trans Mountain expansion project today
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Lori Turnbull, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science.
Research Specialties: Canadian parliamentary governance, political ethics, elections, electoral systems, and public engagement.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýlturnbul@dal.ca and 902-494-6605.

Tick numbers could reach epidemic levels in Nova Scotia this summer
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Todd Hatchette, Department of Pathology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Infectious Diseases.
Research Specialties: Microbiology, vaccinology, virology, viral diagnostics, medical microbiology, sexually transmitted infections
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýtodd.hatchette@nshealth.ca and 902-473-6885.

Floating plastic could affect the physical and biogeochemical processes of our oceans
Â鶹´«Ã½ Expert: Dr. Boris Worm, Department of Biology.Ìý
Research Specialties: Marine biodiversity, its causes, conservation, marine sanctuaries, management of marine ecosystems.
°ä´Ç²Ô³Ù²¹³¦³Ù:Ìýbworm@dal.ca and 902-494-2478/902-210-8330.