2010 Winter Olympics
As Vancouver prepares for another star turn on the world stage in a day, SFU researchers are available to comment on various aspects of the 2010 Winter Olympics:
Updated Feb. 11, 2010
Updated Feb. 11, 2010
Aboriginal/First Nations
- Mary-Ellen Kelm, history, 604.984.2893, 778.238.3460; kelm@sfu.ca
Aboriginal health, healing and history - William Lindsay, director, First Nations Office, 778.782.8924; wlindsay@sfu.ca
- Doug McArthur, public policy, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Aboriginal policy - George Nicholas, Archaeology, 778.782.5709; nicholas@sfu.ca
Head of an international research project on cultural property 'ownership'
http://www.sfu.ca/ipinch/ - John Richards, public policy, 778.782.5250; john_richards@sfu.ca
Aboriginal and social policy
Architecture/"Vancouverism"
- Gordon Price, City Program, 778.782.5081; gordon_price@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/city/bioGordon.htm
Athletic performance
- Andrew Blaber, kinesiology, 778.782.3276; ablaber@sfu.ca
Effects of high altitude on athletes. See:
http://www.sfu.ca/kinesiology/faculty_directory/blaber/ - David Cox, sport psychologist, 778.782.6667; david_cox@sfu.ca
Peak performance/visualization; is working with Canada’s snowboarding and cross-country ski teams, has worked with athletes at all levels and at three previous Olympic games.
http://www.psyc.sfu.ca/people/index.php?topic=finf&id=56 - Mario Liotti, psychology, 778.782.4561, 778.231.1965 (cell); mario_liotti@sfu.ca
Involved in studies of elite athletes and neurological impacts on winning/losing; see his study on the agony of defeat:
http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/news_releases/archives/news04190601.htm, and more recent research at:
http://www.sfu.ca/pamr/media_releases/media_releases_archives/media_01281001.html - Steve Robinovitch, kinesiology, 778.782.3566; stever@sfu.ca
The biomechanics of impact-related injuries (skiing or snowboarding wipe-outs, etc.), helmet and protective clothing design, or questions such as safe landing strategies in ski jumping, etc. Studies falls among athletes and the elderly and is involved in a study developing real-life labs in two care facilities to test how technology is used in fall prevention. - Matthew White, kinesiology, 778.782.3344; matthew_white@sfu.ca
Human performance in cold weather conditions; has developed a portable breath-monitoring-and-manipulation device to make it easier for researchers to travel anywhere to study how extreme environments affect athletes, the elderly and the sick. See: http://www.sfu.ca/kinesiology/faculty_directory/white/
Bilingualism
- Claire Trépanier, french, 778.782.6981; trepanie@sfu.ca
- Danielle Arcand, french, 778.782.6866; darcand@sfu.ca
- Réjean Canac-Marquis, french, 778.782.3546; rcanacma@sfu.ca
Canadiana
- Cara Camcastle, political science, 778.782.8832; ccamcast@sfu.ca
Environmental politics in Canada and B.C. - Arne Mooers, biology, 778.782.3979; amooers@sfu.ca
Canada’s endangered species
www.sfu.ca/~amooers
Climate
- Owen Hertzman, geography, 604.524.6575 (home); owen_hertzman@sfu.ca
Warm weather trends/climate change
Crime/gang-related activity
- Robery Gordon, director, School of Criminology, 778.782.4305/4042; 604.418.6640 (cell); rgordon@sfu.ca
Cultural Olympiad/Blue Dragon
- Martin Gotfrit, School for the Contemporary Arts, 778.782.3766; gotfrit@sfu.ca
- Owen Underhill, School for the Contemporary Arts, 778.782.3898; owen_underhill@sfu.ca
Design
- Ben Hulse, graduate, SIAT program, 778.834.5565; ben@benhulse.com
Assisted with design of the Olympic torch
Economics
- Majorie Griffin Cohen, political science, 778.782.5526, mcohen@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/politics/faculty/full_time/mcoh.html - Steeve Mongrain, economics, 778.782.3547; steeve_mongrain@sfu.ca
Public economics
Environmental impact / Green issues
- Boyd Cohen, business, 604.250.1292; bcohen@sfu.ca
SFU’s sustainability entrepreneur-in-residence; green business
Geography
- Nick Hedley
Producing 3-D interface maps of the Whistler region
Housing/homelessness
- Julian Somers, health sciences, 778.782.5148, 604.290.3210 (cell); jsomers@sfu.ca
Research leader of the Vancouver component of Canada’s first housing-first initiative to help homeless mentally ill people
Labour
- Mark Leier, history, 778.782.5827; leier@sfu.ca
Labour history in B.C./Canada
http://cgi.sfu.ca/%7Ewwwhist/cgi-bin/viewfaculty.php?view=19 - David Thomas, business, 778.782.7709; david_c_thomas@sfu.ca
Director, Centre for Global Workforce Strategy
Cultural intelligence and cross-cultural organizational settings; managing and staging the Games with an international and diverse workforce.
Marketing/Branding
- Lindsay Meredith, 778.782.5554, 604.939.0460 (h), 1.604.932.6934 (Whistler), 604.842.6007 (cell); meredith@sfu.ca
Marketing the games
http://business.sfu.ca/profiles/LindsayMeredith - Michael Parent, 778.782.5214; michael_parent@sfu.ca
Olympic sponsorship and ambush marketing - Judy Zaichkowsky, 778.782.5720, 778.782.7710; zaichkow@sfu.ca
http://business.sfu.ca/profiles/JudyZaichkowsky
Public surveillance
- Richard Smith, communication, smith@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/%7Esmith/
(away during the games and available only by email) - Neil Boyd, criminology, 778.782.3224, 604.947.9569; nboyd@sfu.ca
Sustainable communities
- Gordon Price, director, City program, 778.782.5081; gordon_price@sfu.ca
- Mark Roseland, centre for sustainable communities, 778.782.4161; roseland@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/cscd/directory/mark-roseland/
Security
- Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5597; andre_gerolymatos@sfu.ca
http://www.sfu.ca/hellenic-studies/andre_gerolymatos.html - Doug Ross, political science, 778.782.4782; douglasr@sfu.ca
Border issues
http://www.sfu.ca/politics/faculty/full_time/ross.html - David MacAlister, criminology, 778.782.3019; dmacalis@sfu.ca
Civil disobedience - Mark Leier, history, 778.782.5827; leier@sfu.ca
Civil disobedience
http://cgi.sfu.ca/%7Ewwwhist/cgi-bin/viewfaculty.php?view=19 - Sara Smyth, criminology, 778.782.8844; sara_smyth@sfu.ca
Director, Centre for Cybercrime Research
Social issues/Downtown Eastside
- John O'Neil, dean, health sciences, 778.782.5361; joneil@sfu.ca
Housing, homelessness and aboriginal health - Julian Somers, health sciences, 778.782.5148, 604.290.3210 (cell); jsomers@sfu.ca
Housing and homelessness
Technology
- Cheng-Hsin Hsu, 650.229.4454; cheng-hsin.hsu@telekom.com
SFU Surrey doctoral student and researcher at California’s Deutsche Telekom Inc. He is perfecting technology for live TV programming on mobile devices. - Nathan Waddington, third-year student, School for Interactive Arts and Technology, 604.761.1125; nathan_waddington@sfu.ca
He and fellow colleagues created weBlimp, a user-controlled blimp to be featured at Surrey’s Holland Park Olympic celebrations through February; it moves in response to people’s actions on the ground. See video at http://vimeo.com/4223282
Transportation
- Anthony Perl, urban studies, 778.782.7887; aperl@sfu.ca
(Will be away during the games’ second week) - Gordon Price, director, City Program, 778.782.5081; gordon_price@sfu.ca
Tourism
- Aliaa Elkhashab, graduate student, resource management; aelkhash@sfu.ca
Involved in a study called Leveraging tourism legacies: social capital and the 2010 Games - Lindsay Meredith, business, 778.782.5554, 604.939.0460 (h), 1.604.932.6934 (Whister), 604.842.6007 (cell); lindsay_meredith@sfu.ca
Consumer behaviour and tourism
http://business.sfu.ca/profiles/LindsayMeredith - Peter Williams, director, SFU’s Centre for Tourism Policy and Research;
chair, B.C. Tourism Research Advisory Council,
778.782.3074, 604.922.1954 (h); peter_williams@sfu.ca
http://www.rem.sfu.ca/faculty/williams.htm
