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February 19, 2008
Budget experts
Child obesity high in poor neighbourhoods
Job seekers market
Photo op: Drums welcome gift of African art
Budget experts
A reminder that PAMR’s list of budget experts is available here.
Child obesity high in poor neighbourhoods
A new study by Statistics Canada shows that children living in Canada's poorest neighbourhoods gained more weight over an eight-year period than those living in middle-income areas. The discrepancy was minimal among children of early ages but became more prevalent by age 11. SFU PhD candidate Lisa Oliver, a post-doctoral fellow at Stats Canada, says in some of the poorest neighborhoods 40 per cent of children were overweight. Oliver is undertaking a new study of eight greater Vancouver neighbourhoods to look further at the factors at play.
Lisa Oliver (in Ottawa), 613.951.4706; lisa.oliver@statscan.ca
Job seekers market
A record number of employers - 23 - will court students as prospective employees at SFU's second annual seasonal hiring fair. SFU Career Services associate director Howie Outerbridge says the university mounted the spring fair for the first time last year because an unwieldy number of employers wanted booths at the larger annual fair in the fall. Last September's fair attracted 100 employers. Outerbridge and career services advisor Jocelyn Au can elaborate on how job fairs are an indication of a healthy job seekers market and on the economic and labour trends influencing that market. "Travel, tourism, nanotechnology and molecular biology are turning out to be fields with a growing demand for employees," notes Outerbridge. "We now have four job possibilities for every co-op position." The fair takes place Wednesday, Feb. 20, 10 am to 3 pm at the Burnaby campus in the South Academic Quadrangle concourse and will feature booths by Cara Airlines Solution, BC Ferries and Parks Canada.
Jocelyn Au, 778.782.3129, jocelyn_au@sfu.ca
Howie Outerbridge, 778.782.3878, 604.789.6782 (cell), hjo@sfu.ca
Photo op: Drums welcome gift of African art
SFU’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is the recipient of a large donation of ethnographic arts amassed by local Vancouver collectors Moreno and Dagmar Gabay. The collection has a significant number of important African pieces, as well as works from Papua, New Guinea and some of the Pacific Islands. Curator Barbara Winter can talk about the artworks’ significance. An exhibition will open on Thursday Feb. 21 at 5 p.m during the Archaeology Department’s first celebration of Black History month. Members of Metro Vancouver’s Black community have been invited to join SFU President Michael Stevenson and members of the School for the Contemporary Arts and the Afro-Caribbean Students Association for a celebration of drumming and dancing.
Barbara Winter, curator, 778.782.3325; barbara_winter@sfu.ca
Child obesity high in poor neighbourhoods
Job seekers market
Photo op: Drums welcome gift of African art
Budget experts
A reminder that PAMR’s list of budget experts is available here.
Child obesity high in poor neighbourhoods
A new study by Statistics Canada shows that children living in Canada's poorest neighbourhoods gained more weight over an eight-year period than those living in middle-income areas. The discrepancy was minimal among children of early ages but became more prevalent by age 11. SFU PhD candidate Lisa Oliver, a post-doctoral fellow at Stats Canada, says in some of the poorest neighborhoods 40 per cent of children were overweight. Oliver is undertaking a new study of eight greater Vancouver neighbourhoods to look further at the factors at play.
Lisa Oliver (in Ottawa), 613.951.4706; lisa.oliver@statscan.ca
Job seekers market
A record number of employers - 23 - will court students as prospective employees at SFU's second annual seasonal hiring fair. SFU Career Services associate director Howie Outerbridge says the university mounted the spring fair for the first time last year because an unwieldy number of employers wanted booths at the larger annual fair in the fall. Last September's fair attracted 100 employers. Outerbridge and career services advisor Jocelyn Au can elaborate on how job fairs are an indication of a healthy job seekers market and on the economic and labour trends influencing that market. "Travel, tourism, nanotechnology and molecular biology are turning out to be fields with a growing demand for employees," notes Outerbridge. "We now have four job possibilities for every co-op position." The fair takes place Wednesday, Feb. 20, 10 am to 3 pm at the Burnaby campus in the South Academic Quadrangle concourse and will feature booths by Cara Airlines Solution, BC Ferries and Parks Canada.
Jocelyn Au, 778.782.3129, jocelyn_au@sfu.ca
Howie Outerbridge, 778.782.3878, 604.789.6782 (cell), hjo@sfu.ca
Photo op: Drums welcome gift of African art
SFU’s Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is the recipient of a large donation of ethnographic arts amassed by local Vancouver collectors Moreno and Dagmar Gabay. The collection has a significant number of important African pieces, as well as works from Papua, New Guinea and some of the Pacific Islands. Curator Barbara Winter can talk about the artworks’ significance. An exhibition will open on Thursday Feb. 21 at 5 p.m during the Archaeology Department’s first celebration of Black History month. Members of Metro Vancouver’s Black community have been invited to join SFU President Michael Stevenson and members of the School for the Contemporary Arts and the Afro-Caribbean Students Association for a celebration of drumming and dancing.
Barbara Winter, curator, 778.782.3325; barbara_winter@sfu.ca