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February 4, 2010
Study to track Olympic ‘attitudes’
It’ll be a study of Olympic proportions. Peter Williams, director of SFU’s Centre for Tourism Policy and Research, and a crew of more than 40 students will be part of a massive tourism impact study on attitudes and impressions of the 2010 games. Partnering with host cities, the provincial government and others, Williams expects it will be one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, targeting both residents and tourists. “Students will be out surveying as early as 5 a.m. as visitors make their way up to Whistler,” says Williams, who anticipates raking in several thousand surveys over the games’ 17 days. Williams can also comment on everything from games ‘aversion’ (those heading out of town) to the economic ripple effect of the cancelled cruise ship. Other Olympics-related research includes a study tracking the Cultural Olympiad’s impact on tourism.
Peter Williams, 778.782.3074; peter_williams@sfu.ca
Politics killing First Nations school?
The Saskatchewan government’s decision to pull its annual funding of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC), based in Regina, is worsening the university’s already precarious fate. SFU public policy professor John Richards, a former NDP MLA in Saskatchewan (1970s) believes the governance structure of the FNUC allowed the political elite in the school’s governing body to run the school’s affairs. “The governing body did not respect academic freedom and did not encourage creation of procedures enabling academic self-government,” says Richards. “The fact that the province and the federal government have let the problem fester as long as they have is an indication of delicate race relations at work.” Public policy colleague Doug McArthur can also provide comment.
William Lindsay, the first director of SFU’s new Office of First Nations, has extensive teaching and administrative experience in aboriginal post-secondary settings. Lindsay says power struggles with the FNUC’s leadership are killing the institution. “Who this hurts in the end is the aboriginal student. B.C. has seen this same story with the demise of the late Institute for Indigenous Government.”
John Richards, 778.782.5250; jrichards@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
William Lindsay, 778.782.8924; wlindsay@sfu.ca
It’ll be a study of Olympic proportions. Peter Williams, director of SFU’s Centre for Tourism Policy and Research, and a crew of more than 40 students will be part of a massive tourism impact study on attitudes and impressions of the 2010 games. Partnering with host cities, the provincial government and others, Williams expects it will be one of the most comprehensive studies of its kind, targeting both residents and tourists. “Students will be out surveying as early as 5 a.m. as visitors make their way up to Whistler,” says Williams, who anticipates raking in several thousand surveys over the games’ 17 days. Williams can also comment on everything from games ‘aversion’ (those heading out of town) to the economic ripple effect of the cancelled cruise ship. Other Olympics-related research includes a study tracking the Cultural Olympiad’s impact on tourism.
Peter Williams, 778.782.3074; peter_williams@sfu.ca
Politics killing First Nations school?
The Saskatchewan government’s decision to pull its annual funding of the First Nations University of Canada (FNUC), based in Regina, is worsening the university’s already precarious fate. SFU public policy professor John Richards, a former NDP MLA in Saskatchewan (1970s) believes the governance structure of the FNUC allowed the political elite in the school’s governing body to run the school’s affairs. “The governing body did not respect academic freedom and did not encourage creation of procedures enabling academic self-government,” says Richards. “The fact that the province and the federal government have let the problem fester as long as they have is an indication of delicate race relations at work.” Public policy colleague Doug McArthur can also provide comment.
William Lindsay, the first director of SFU’s new Office of First Nations, has extensive teaching and administrative experience in aboriginal post-secondary settings. Lindsay says power struggles with the FNUC’s leadership are killing the institution. “Who this hurts in the end is the aboriginal student. B.C. has seen this same story with the demise of the late Institute for Indigenous Government.”
John Richards, 778.782.5250; jrichards@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
William Lindsay, 778.782.8924; wlindsay@sfu.ca