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November 6, 2009
Fraser River salmon crisis
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen will lead the judicial inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery, the federal government announced today. The inquiry is scheduled to report its recommendations by May 1, 2011. But SFU salmon conservation biologist John Reynolds says the situation is too urgent to wait. “We need to get on with the science now and in the longer term ask if there are structural changes that need to be made to the department of fisheries and oceans.” SFU is hosting a summit of North America’s 20 leading salmon scientists Dec. 7-8 to assess the salmon crisis and how, if possible, to resolve it. Reynolds can comment on both the federal inquiry and the SFU salmon summit, as can SFU fish physiologist and summit organizer, Patricia Gallaugher, SFU statistician and environmental scientist, Rick Routledge, and SFU biologist Larry Dill.
Larry Dill, 250.294.0827 (in Victoria, week of Nov. 9); 778.782.3664; lawrence_dill@sfu.ca
Patricia Gallaugher, 778.782.4653; pgallaug@sfu.ca
John Reynolds, 778.782.3496, reynolds@sfu.ca
Rick Routledge, 778.782.4478, richard_routledge@sfu.ca
Crash survivor voices criticism
Robert Decker, the lone survivor of a helicopter crash off Newfoundland last spring, is criticizing the safety training given the chopper’s passengers, the survival suits they wore and the seating design of their chopper. Matthew White, an SFU kinesiologist, is following Decker’s testimony at an inquiry into the helicopter ditching that killed 17 passengers. White, who researches how to help people survive helicopter ditching, can talk about the need for improved training, survival breathing masks and proper fitting survival suits.
Matthew White, 778.782.3344, matt@sfu.ca
Day to recognize non-violence
Only days after the violent attack on a U.S. army base, SFU’s Interfaith Centre is hosting Stand Against Violence, a gathering of various faiths in Convocation Mall on Monday, Nov. 9 from 11:30 – 1 p.m. Representatives from various religions, including two Muslim groups, will offer their perspectives, including Gary Stevenson of SFU’s Campus for Christ, who will be marking his one-year anniversary as a victim of a parcel bomb attack (Nov. 8, 2008).
See: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184945826008&ref=ss
B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen will lead the judicial inquiry into the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery, the federal government announced today. The inquiry is scheduled to report its recommendations by May 1, 2011. But SFU salmon conservation biologist John Reynolds says the situation is too urgent to wait. “We need to get on with the science now and in the longer term ask if there are structural changes that need to be made to the department of fisheries and oceans.” SFU is hosting a summit of North America’s 20 leading salmon scientists Dec. 7-8 to assess the salmon crisis and how, if possible, to resolve it. Reynolds can comment on both the federal inquiry and the SFU salmon summit, as can SFU fish physiologist and summit organizer, Patricia Gallaugher, SFU statistician and environmental scientist, Rick Routledge, and SFU biologist Larry Dill.
Larry Dill, 250.294.0827 (in Victoria, week of Nov. 9); 778.782.3664; lawrence_dill@sfu.ca
Patricia Gallaugher, 778.782.4653; pgallaug@sfu.ca
John Reynolds, 778.782.3496, reynolds@sfu.ca
Rick Routledge, 778.782.4478, richard_routledge@sfu.ca
Crash survivor voices criticism
Robert Decker, the lone survivor of a helicopter crash off Newfoundland last spring, is criticizing the safety training given the chopper’s passengers, the survival suits they wore and the seating design of their chopper. Matthew White, an SFU kinesiologist, is following Decker’s testimony at an inquiry into the helicopter ditching that killed 17 passengers. White, who researches how to help people survive helicopter ditching, can talk about the need for improved training, survival breathing masks and proper fitting survival suits.
Matthew White, 778.782.3344, matt@sfu.ca
Day to recognize non-violence
Only days after the violent attack on a U.S. army base, SFU’s Interfaith Centre is hosting Stand Against Violence, a gathering of various faiths in Convocation Mall on Monday, Nov. 9 from 11:30 – 1 p.m. Representatives from various religions, including two Muslim groups, will offer their perspectives, including Gary Stevenson of SFU’s Campus for Christ, who will be marking his one-year anniversary as a victim of a parcel bomb attack (Nov. 8, 2008).
See: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184945826008&ref=ss