U.S. President Donald Trump is defending his administration’s practice of separating families entering the U.S. illegally, despite growing protests and condemnation. UBC experts are available to comment:
Law
Efrat Arbel
Peter A. Allard School of Law
Cel: 604-722-6162
Email: arbel@allard.ubc.ca
- Canada-U.S. Safe Third Country Agreement
- Refugee law
- Refugee law at the border
- Canada-U.S. border policy
*unavailable on Thursday afternoon
Political Science
Paul J. Quirk
Department of Political Science
Email: paul.quirk@ubc.ca
- U.S. politics
- role of U.S Congress in enacting policies
Psychiatry
Ashley Miller
Department of Psychiatry
Email: ashley.miller@ubc.ca
- psychiatric effects of childhood trauma
- psychiatric effects of parent-child separation
Psychology
Andrew Baron
Department of Psychology
Tel: 604-822-2755
Email: abaron@psych.ubc.ca
- early child development
- impact of separation on infants and children
- effects of childhood trauma
Kiley Hamlin
Department of Psychology
Tel: 604-822-2297
Lab: 604-822-8780
Email: kiley.hamlin@psych.ubc.ca
- Social, social-cognitive, and moral development in infants and children
- Child attachment and separation
David Klonsky
Department of Psychology
Email: EDKlonsky@psych.ubc.ca
Tel: 604-822-5972
- impact of disrupted connectedness and parental care on suicide risk
Social Work
Edward H. Taylor
Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
Email: edward.taylor@ubc.ca
Tel: 250-807-8740
- Mental disorders
- Impact of environment and trauma on children and youth