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November 4, 2009
Sahara ultra-marathoner returns
SFU ombudsperson and ultra-marathoner Jay Solman is back from Egypt after completing the grueling six-day, 254-km (156 mile) Sahara Race, rated by Time Magazine as one of the world's harshest endurance competitions. Solman can talk about running the equivalent of a marathon each day in 30C to 50C temperatures. He says the final 3km to the finish line, after a tortuous 16-hour, 85-km slog, were “some of the toughest physical and emotional moments of my life.”
Jay Solman, 778.782.4563 (o); 778.216.1468 (h); jsolman@sfu.ca
Academics fight asbestos export
A grassroots effort to persuade the Canadian government to ban the country’s export of asbestos to developing nations is picking up steam. Responding to a letter authored by SFU health scientist Tim Takaro, the federal Liberal party has done an about-face on its decades-long support of the Canadian asbestos industry’s exports to the developing world. Takaro can talk about how he and fellow academics nationally have worked with Rightoncanada.ca to secure Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff’s opposition to the mining, use and export of asbestos. Rightoncanada is the human rights advocacy arm of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs in Ottawa.
Tim Takaro, 778.782.7186, ttakaro@sfu.ca
Rae shares foreign policy views
Bob Rae, Liberal MP and opposition critic for foreign affairs will share his thoughts on Canadian foreign policy at a seminar with SFU public policy students on Friday, Nov. 6, 12 noon, Room 3000, SFU’s Harbour Centre. Rae is an expert in federalism and had a long-term role in the effort to resolve the Sri Lanka conflict. Session topics will include Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Copenhagen conference on climate change.
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, 778.782.5151, jamieson@sfu.ca
* Media are welcome but space is very limited. Call/email to ensure a seat.
SFU ombudsperson and ultra-marathoner Jay Solman is back from Egypt after completing the grueling six-day, 254-km (156 mile) Sahara Race, rated by Time Magazine as one of the world's harshest endurance competitions. Solman can talk about running the equivalent of a marathon each day in 30C to 50C temperatures. He says the final 3km to the finish line, after a tortuous 16-hour, 85-km slog, were “some of the toughest physical and emotional moments of my life.”
Jay Solman, 778.782.4563 (o); 778.216.1468 (h); jsolman@sfu.ca
Academics fight asbestos export
A grassroots effort to persuade the Canadian government to ban the country’s export of asbestos to developing nations is picking up steam. Responding to a letter authored by SFU health scientist Tim Takaro, the federal Liberal party has done an about-face on its decades-long support of the Canadian asbestos industry’s exports to the developing world. Takaro can talk about how he and fellow academics nationally have worked with Rightoncanada.ca to secure Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff’s opposition to the mining, use and export of asbestos. Rightoncanada is the human rights advocacy arm of the Rideau Institute on International Affairs in Ottawa.
Tim Takaro, 778.782.7186, ttakaro@sfu.ca
Rae shares foreign policy views
Bob Rae, Liberal MP and opposition critic for foreign affairs will share his thoughts on Canadian foreign policy at a seminar with SFU public policy students on Friday, Nov. 6, 12 noon, Room 3000, SFU’s Harbour Centre. Rae is an expert in federalism and had a long-term role in the effort to resolve the Sri Lanka conflict. Session topics will include Afghanistan and Pakistan and the Copenhagen conference on climate change.
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, 778.782.5151, jamieson@sfu.ca
* Media are welcome but space is very limited. Call/email to ensure a seat.