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January 28, 2008
Premiers meet on climate change
Bush and the State of the Union
Air pollution bad for the heart
Islamic law and women
Premiers meet on climate change
The premiers are in town this week searching for common ground on the issue of climate change. Cara Camcastle, a new faculty member in SFU’s Centre for Canadian studies, specializes in the environment and politics and can comment on the discussions. Public policy analyst Doug McArthur is also following the political debate and can provide insight.
Cara Camcastle, 778.782.6624; ccamcast@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Bush and the State of the Union
U.S. President George W. Bush will reflect on the past year and detail his hopes for the future – amid a backdrop of growing economic woe - when he delivers his final State of the Union address tonight. SFU historian Michael Fellman can comment on the president’s speech and plans for his final year in office. Meanwhile, economists Richard Harris and David Andolfatto can comment on the state of the U.S. economy and its effects on Canada.
Michael Fellman, 604.261.8243; fellman@sfu.ca
Richard Harris, 778.782.3795; rharris@sfu.ca
David Andolfatto, 778.782.5825; dandolfa@sfu.ca
Air pollution bad for the heart
The Heart and Stroke Foundation says few Canadians believe there is a connection between heart health and air pollution. The foundation calls air pollution a ‘pervasive and unavoidable health risk’ for heart disease, after releasing results of its report card on Canadians’ Health. Ryan Allen, an assistant professor in SFU’s faculty of health sciences, studies the health effects of air pollution and can comment.
Ryan Allen, 778.782.7631; ryan_allen@sfu.ca
Islamic law and women
Asifa Quraishi, assistant professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, will talk about the issues raised by social and political activism and Islamic law and women at a free public lecture on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at SFU’s Burnaby campus (in the social science and communication K building (SSK 9500).
Because the workings of Islamic legal thinking are largely unknown to western observers, Quraishi's presentation will include an introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence. For more information visit www.sfu.ca/internationalstudies
Tamir Moustafa, international studies, tmoustafa@sfu.ca
Bush and the State of the Union
Air pollution bad for the heart
Islamic law and women
Premiers meet on climate change
The premiers are in town this week searching for common ground on the issue of climate change. Cara Camcastle, a new faculty member in SFU’s Centre for Canadian studies, specializes in the environment and politics and can comment on the discussions. Public policy analyst Doug McArthur is also following the political debate and can provide insight.
Cara Camcastle, 778.782.6624; ccamcast@sfu.ca
Doug McArthur, 604.786.0016 (cell); doug_mcarthur@sfu.ca
Bush and the State of the Union
U.S. President George W. Bush will reflect on the past year and detail his hopes for the future – amid a backdrop of growing economic woe - when he delivers his final State of the Union address tonight. SFU historian Michael Fellman can comment on the president’s speech and plans for his final year in office. Meanwhile, economists Richard Harris and David Andolfatto can comment on the state of the U.S. economy and its effects on Canada.
Michael Fellman, 604.261.8243; fellman@sfu.ca
Richard Harris, 778.782.3795; rharris@sfu.ca
David Andolfatto, 778.782.5825; dandolfa@sfu.ca
Air pollution bad for the heart
The Heart and Stroke Foundation says few Canadians believe there is a connection between heart health and air pollution. The foundation calls air pollution a ‘pervasive and unavoidable health risk’ for heart disease, after releasing results of its report card on Canadians’ Health. Ryan Allen, an assistant professor in SFU’s faculty of health sciences, studies the health effects of air pollution and can comment.
Ryan Allen, 778.782.7631; ryan_allen@sfu.ca
Islamic law and women
Asifa Quraishi, assistant professor of Law at the University of Wisconsin, will talk about the issues raised by social and political activism and Islamic law and women at a free public lecture on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at SFU’s Burnaby campus (in the social science and communication K building (SSK 9500).
Because the workings of Islamic legal thinking are largely unknown to western observers, Quraishi's presentation will include an introduction to Islamic law and jurisprudence. For more information visit www.sfu.ca/internationalstudies
Tamir Moustafa, international studies, tmoustafa@sfu.ca