Bob Huish is an Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University in the department of International Development Studies. His research encompasses approaches to comprehensive development strategies in marginalized communities in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Southern Asia by employing activism and direct engagement. He is the author of Where No Doctor Has Gone Before: Cuba's Place in the Global Health Landscape, and has published widely on how development strategies have worked to transform conditions of poverty and sub-development throughout the global South. He wrote his doctorate on the Cuban health care system and now works on multiple health care projects in Canada and around the world. Bob Huish also teaches a wide range of courses that embrace experiential learning, engagement and activism. His course, Development & Activism: Methods of Organization, Manifestation and Dissent has received national attention. He was recently featured as one of Canada's most Innovative Educators in the Globe and Mail's series "Our Time to Lead: The Future of Higher Education in Canada."