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September 17, 2009
Reflecting on H1N1 and body bags
Understanding the core cause of addiction
SFU choreographer scores major prize
Reflecting on H1N1 and body bags
The delivery of body bags to some Manitoba First Nations communities at a time when the H1N1 pandemic is flaring up has offended aboriginals and has Canada’s chief public health officer investigating the situation. John O'Neil, dean of SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences and an expert on aboriginal health issues, says, "Aboriginal communities have historically experienced inadequate and sometimes inappropriate health services and decades of distrust of non-aboriginal governments. This has created an environment where communities are quick to question events like this. However, we need to wait for the outcome of the health ministry’s inquiry and to be sure of what the real story and motivation are here before reacting."
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
Understanding the core cause of addiction
What do video games, shoes, alcohol and Twitter have in common? Bruce Alexander, an SFU psychology professor emeritus, will discuss the answer to that question tonight, 5 to 7:30 p.m., in the first episode of Addiction, a free six-part workshop series at the Gathering Place. The community centre at 609 Helmcken Street is in the downtown southside, an evolving community in which business, well-to-do condo owners and addicts of all types live on each other’s doorstep. Alexander—the author of The Globalization of Addiction: A Study of Poverty in Spirit—says addiction is rampant and crosses all socio-economic boundaries because of a global emotional emptiness. He adds the Gathering Place approached him to co-host this series as an experiment in bringing together disparate troubled communities.
Bruce Alexander, 604.253.2046, alexande@sfu.ca
SFU choreographer scores Canada Council prize
The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded the 2009 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize to Judith Marcuse. The artistic director, producer and choreographer is the founder and co-director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change, a partnership between SFU and Judith Marcuse Projects. The $6,000 prize is awarded annually, in memory of Montreal dancer and ballet teacher Jacqueline Lemieux-Lopez, to the most deserving applicant in the Canada Council Grants to Dance Professionals program. Marcuse received an honorary doctorate from SFU in 2000.
Judith Marcuse, 778.782.8851, judith@icasc.ca
Understanding the core cause of addiction
SFU choreographer scores major prize
Reflecting on H1N1 and body bags
The delivery of body bags to some Manitoba First Nations communities at a time when the H1N1 pandemic is flaring up has offended aboriginals and has Canada’s chief public health officer investigating the situation. John O'Neil, dean of SFU's Faculty of Health Sciences and an expert on aboriginal health issues, says, "Aboriginal communities have historically experienced inadequate and sometimes inappropriate health services and decades of distrust of non-aboriginal governments. This has created an environment where communities are quick to question events like this. However, we need to wait for the outcome of the health ministry’s inquiry and to be sure of what the real story and motivation are here before reacting."
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
Understanding the core cause of addiction
What do video games, shoes, alcohol and Twitter have in common? Bruce Alexander, an SFU psychology professor emeritus, will discuss the answer to that question tonight, 5 to 7:30 p.m., in the first episode of Addiction, a free six-part workshop series at the Gathering Place. The community centre at 609 Helmcken Street is in the downtown southside, an evolving community in which business, well-to-do condo owners and addicts of all types live on each other’s doorstep. Alexander—the author of The Globalization of Addiction: A Study of Poverty in Spirit—says addiction is rampant and crosses all socio-economic boundaries because of a global emotional emptiness. He adds the Gathering Place approached him to co-host this series as an experiment in bringing together disparate troubled communities.
Bruce Alexander, 604.253.2046, alexande@sfu.ca
SFU choreographer scores Canada Council prize
The Canada Council for the Arts has awarded the 2009 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize to Judith Marcuse. The artistic director, producer and choreographer is the founder and co-director of the International Centre of Art for Social Change, a partnership between SFU and Judith Marcuse Projects. The $6,000 prize is awarded annually, in memory of Montreal dancer and ballet teacher Jacqueline Lemieux-Lopez, to the most deserving applicant in the Canada Council Grants to Dance Professionals program. Marcuse received an honorary doctorate from SFU in 2000.
Judith Marcuse, 778.782.8851, judith@icasc.ca