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June 17, 2010
Long awaited report on Air India
Less than a week before the Air India disaster’s 25th anniversary, former Supreme Court justice John Major’s inquiry-based report on the plane bombing has finally come down. SFU political scientist and terrorism expert Stuart Farson can talk about how a lack of funding and focus affected the effectiveness of the RCMP and CSIS collaboration on counter-terrorism and how that situation is changing. Farson’s essay comparing the Air India disaster with other disasters appears in Understanding Terror: Perspectives of Canadians, a new book published by University of Calgary Press (February 2010). SFU security expert Andre Gerolymatos and historian Hugh Johnston are also available to comment.
Stuart Farson, 250.537.5137; farson@sfu.ca
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5597, 604.728.2712 (cell); agerolym@sfu.ca
Hugh Johnston, 604.987.1849; hjohnsto@sfu.ca
Braidwood final report released Friday
The Braidwood commission of inquiry’s final report on the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski will be released publicly on Friday (June 18) at 10 a.m. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Robert Gordon, director of SFU’s School of Criminology, and criminologist Neil Boyd are both available to comment on the report’s findings.
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell); rgordon@sfu.ca
Neil Boyd, 778.782.3324, 604.947.9569 (h); nboyd@sfu.ca
Orange minis and ambush marketing
Was it an over-reaction? FIFA’s respond to orange mini-dress-clad fans at a World Cup soccer game in support of a non-sponsoring beer company have dominated headlines. SFU business professor Leyland Pitt studies ambush marketing and co-authored a study, Event sponsorship and ambush marketing: Lessons from the Beijing Olympics, published this spring in Business Horizons. He’s following the story and can talk about the balance between the obligation to protect sponsors’ rights and consumer opposition.
Leyland Pitt, leyland_pitt@sfu.ca (best reached by email, off-campus but checking regularly today)
Mudslide fallout unraveling
SFU earth scientist and natural hazard expert John Clague suggests that the provincial government review its procedures for approving and monitoring all constructed dams in light of the Oliver mudslide. News reports point to the Forest Service after it was learned the RCMP forwarded a citizen’s alert. Meanwhile, earth scientist Brent Ward cautions that it has yet to be proven the Forest Service was at fault. He notes that the Penticton District office was downsized to a satellite office with few staff within the last few years.
John Clague, 778.782.5444; clague@sfu.ca
Brent Ward, 778.782.4229; bcward@sfu.ca
Less than a week before the Air India disaster’s 25th anniversary, former Supreme Court justice John Major’s inquiry-based report on the plane bombing has finally come down. SFU political scientist and terrorism expert Stuart Farson can talk about how a lack of funding and focus affected the effectiveness of the RCMP and CSIS collaboration on counter-terrorism and how that situation is changing. Farson’s essay comparing the Air India disaster with other disasters appears in Understanding Terror: Perspectives of Canadians, a new book published by University of Calgary Press (February 2010). SFU security expert Andre Gerolymatos and historian Hugh Johnston are also available to comment.
Stuart Farson, 250.537.5137; farson@sfu.ca
Andre Gerolymatos, 778.782.5597, 604.728.2712 (cell); agerolym@sfu.ca
Hugh Johnston, 604.987.1849; hjohnsto@sfu.ca
Braidwood final report released Friday
The Braidwood commission of inquiry’s final report on the death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski will be released publicly on Friday (June 18) at 10 a.m. at the Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Robert Gordon, director of SFU’s School of Criminology, and criminologist Neil Boyd are both available to comment on the report’s findings.
Robert Gordon, 604.418.6640 (cell); rgordon@sfu.ca
Neil Boyd, 778.782.3324, 604.947.9569 (h); nboyd@sfu.ca
Orange minis and ambush marketing
Was it an over-reaction? FIFA’s respond to orange mini-dress-clad fans at a World Cup soccer game in support of a non-sponsoring beer company have dominated headlines. SFU business professor Leyland Pitt studies ambush marketing and co-authored a study, Event sponsorship and ambush marketing: Lessons from the Beijing Olympics, published this spring in Business Horizons. He’s following the story and can talk about the balance between the obligation to protect sponsors’ rights and consumer opposition.
Leyland Pitt, leyland_pitt@sfu.ca (best reached by email, off-campus but checking regularly today)
Mudslide fallout unraveling
SFU earth scientist and natural hazard expert John Clague suggests that the provincial government review its procedures for approving and monitoring all constructed dams in light of the Oliver mudslide. News reports point to the Forest Service after it was learned the RCMP forwarded a citizen’s alert. Meanwhile, earth scientist Brent Ward cautions that it has yet to be proven the Forest Service was at fault. He notes that the Penticton District office was downsized to a satellite office with few staff within the last few years.
John Clague, 778.782.5444; clague@sfu.ca
Brent Ward, 778.782.4229; bcward@sfu.ca