Expert	Faculty/Department	Media Outlets
Amarnath Amarasingam	Arts and Science Political Studies School of Religion	Globe and Mail: Will the Ottawa convoy morph into a Tea Party-style populist movement? Toronto Star: Why the ‘Freedom convoy’ protest on Parliament Hill may be just the beginning Dr. Amarasingam co-writes an op-ed about the trucker protest, and theorizes that the movement could represent the maturation of a Canadian Tea Party-style populist movement. He says once the rally is over, the organizers of the protest will go back home and continue their anti- government message, knowing they have hundreds of thousands of people listening.
Abray, Tim	Arts and Science Political Studies	CKWS/Global Kingston: Kingston MP and Queen’s Political Studies PhD candidate react to the mass protest in Ottawa and the collateral damage it’s caused. Abray, a PhD candidate, says the rally has done nothing to further the stated claims of the protesters.
Evans, Gerald	School of Medicine Biomedical and Molecular Sciences Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases Pathology and Molecular Medicine	CTV National Network News: Has the Delta variant disappeared in Canada? Dr. Evans says that Delta has been widely replaced by Omicron, but it is still out there.
Ardi Imseis	Law	CBC's The Current with Matt Galloway: The Current for Feb. 1, 2022 Prof. Imseis talks about the escalating war in Yemen, and Canada's role as an arms supplier to parties in the conflict. Cue 1:05 mark.

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