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January 17, 2008
Was Linda Keen doing her job?
Healing Canada’s aboriginal population
Studies track role of aboriginal support systems
Aid package targets hard hit communities
Was Linda Keen doing her job?
SFU political scientist, Marjorie Griffen Cohen who is well versed on how public boards work because she has sat on many, can talk about whether the firing of Linda Keen was justified. Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn fired Keen as the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for approving the shutdown of a medical isotope-producing nuclear reactor. The shutdown prompted a worldwide shortage of radioisotopes, a crucial medical material. Griffen Cohen can talk about the correct role of a public regulator.
Marjorie Griffen Cohen, 604.294.2134, mcohen@sfu.ca
Healing Canada’s aboriginal population
John O’Neil, dean of SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, can provide context for understanding the significance of new Stats Canada data indicating a huge growth in Canada’s aboriginal population. O’Neil has spent decades studying how social, political and economic variables have devastated aboriginal communities worldwide, particularly in Canada’s North. He can talk in depth about the importance of Canada getting a handle on the socio-economic and health issues plaguing aboriginal communities to prevent their population growth translating into greater suicide statistics.
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
Studies track role of aboriginal support systems
SFU psychology graduate student Kim van der Woerd’s 2003 study found that more than half of aboriginal students who dropped out of school in one Vancouver Island community did so in isolation – without seeking advice or support. Her latest study shows that the more support systems an individual has in place, the greater the chances for success in the long term battle to conquer addiction. For her study, van der Woerd, a member of the 'Namgis band, tracked more than 200 clients of a Vancouver Island treatment centre over a three-year period. She can look at the role of support systems in the aboriginal community.
Kim van der Woerd, 604.836.8941 (cell); kvanderwoerd@shaw.ca
Aid package targets hard hit communities
The federal government’s recently announced billion-dollar aid package is aimed at supporting Canadian communities hit by economic upheaval, but will it go far enough? Sean Markey, an assistant professor of geography, can look at the potential impact of the package as well as the needs of hard-hit communities. He is a co-author of Second Growth, Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia (2005, UBC Press)
Sean Markey, 778.782.7608; sean_markey@sfu.ca
Healing Canada’s aboriginal population
Studies track role of aboriginal support systems
Aid package targets hard hit communities
Was Linda Keen doing her job?
SFU political scientist, Marjorie Griffen Cohen who is well versed on how public boards work because she has sat on many, can talk about whether the firing of Linda Keen was justified. Federal Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn fired Keen as the president of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission for approving the shutdown of a medical isotope-producing nuclear reactor. The shutdown prompted a worldwide shortage of radioisotopes, a crucial medical material. Griffen Cohen can talk about the correct role of a public regulator.
Marjorie Griffen Cohen, 604.294.2134, mcohen@sfu.ca
Healing Canada’s aboriginal population
John O’Neil, dean of SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences, can provide context for understanding the significance of new Stats Canada data indicating a huge growth in Canada’s aboriginal population. O’Neil has spent decades studying how social, political and economic variables have devastated aboriginal communities worldwide, particularly in Canada’s North. He can talk in depth about the importance of Canada getting a handle on the socio-economic and health issues plaguing aboriginal communities to prevent their population growth translating into greater suicide statistics.
John O’Neil, 778.782.5361, joneil@sfu.ca
Studies track role of aboriginal support systems
SFU psychology graduate student Kim van der Woerd’s 2003 study found that more than half of aboriginal students who dropped out of school in one Vancouver Island community did so in isolation – without seeking advice or support. Her latest study shows that the more support systems an individual has in place, the greater the chances for success in the long term battle to conquer addiction. For her study, van der Woerd, a member of the 'Namgis band, tracked more than 200 clients of a Vancouver Island treatment centre over a three-year period. She can look at the role of support systems in the aboriginal community.
Kim van der Woerd, 604.836.8941 (cell); kvanderwoerd@shaw.ca
Aid package targets hard hit communities
The federal government’s recently announced billion-dollar aid package is aimed at supporting Canadian communities hit by economic upheaval, but will it go far enough? Sean Markey, an assistant professor of geography, can look at the potential impact of the package as well as the needs of hard-hit communities. He is a co-author of Second Growth, Community Economic Development in Rural British Columbia (2005, UBC Press)
Sean Markey, 778.782.7608; sean_markey@sfu.ca