Time & Location

7 – 9:30 p.m.

Potter Auditorium
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Ave., Halifax

Event Details

The results of the 2016 American presidential election are more than a little surprising and disorienting for many students, faculty, political analysts and the general public.

This event will feature two 75 minute panels with five speakers/experts on each panel addressing the lessons and implications of the US election for various aspects of:  American politics, gender, class and/or race in the US, immigration, journalism and the role of traditional and social media (e.g., false news; polling failures, etc.), Canada-US relations, international politics, international trade, diplomacy and global security.

The event will be hosted by:

• Frank P. Harvey (Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)

The panels will be moderated by:

• Sylvain Charlebois (Dean, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie)
• Camille Cameron (Dean, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie)

Panelists include:

• Jerry Bannister (History, Dalhousie)
• Brian Bow (Political Science, Dalhousie)
• Mary R. Brooks (Rowe School of Business, Dalhousie)
• Louise Carbert (Political Science, Dalhousie)
• Sara-Jane Corke (History, Dalhousie)
• Amal Ghazal (History, Dalhousie)
• Edna Keeble (Political Science, Saint Mary’s University)
• Ajay Parasram (International Development Studies, Dalhousie)
• Isaac Saney (History/Transition Year Program, Dalhousie)
• Kelly Toughill (Journalism, University of King’s College)

For further details on the panel participants and topics they will be discussing, please click here.

Tickets

The panel event is free and open to the public. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

A reception with light refreshments will precede the lecture starting at 6 p.m. outside the Potter Auditorium.

For further information, please contact Genevieve MacIntyre at genevieve.macintyre@dal.ca or 902.494.6288.