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March 5, 2008
Crisis in senior care?
Canadian workforce graying
Property rights for First Nations women
Interest rate down
One primary decided and one more to go
Albertans stick with tried-and-true blue
Crisis in senior care?
B.C.’s health care system, in particular the treatment of seniors, is under close scrutiny following two controversial incidents. An Okanagan seniors home has fired an employee and forced two others to resign in connection with abuse allegations. And, Vancouver hospital officials are investigating the theft of heirloom rings right off the hand of a 91-year-old grandmother as she lay in a bed at the hospital. Gloria Gutman, a research associate in SFU’s Gerontology Research Centre for Aging Research, can comment on both incidents and what they say about the health care system.
Gloria Gutman, 778.782.5063, gutman@sfu.ca
Canadian workforce graying
According to the latest Statistics Canada report, the median age of Canada’s workforce has surpassed 40 years for the first time in history. SFU gerontologists Andrew Wister, Gloria Gutman and Barbara Mitchell can explain the extent to which the aging of baby boomers and the elimination of mandatory retirement are combining to gray Canada’s workforce.
Andrew Wister, 778.782.5044, wister@sfu.ca
Gloria Gutman, 778.782.5063, gutman@sfu.ca
Barbara Mitchell, 778.782.6628, mitchelo@sfu.ca
Property rights for First Nations women
The federal government has introduced legislation to ensure women on First Nations reserves have matrimonial property rights if their marriages dissolve. Mary-Ellen Kelm, an SFU historian and a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples of North America, can discuss how this proposed legislation could radically improve the fate of aboriginal women whose divorces often leave them destitute.
Mary-Ellen Kelm, 604.984.2893, 778.238.3460, kelm@sfu.ca
Interest rate down
The Bank of Canada axed its lending rate by half a percentage point on Tuesday, March 4 and is hinting that it will wield its axe again, making the deepest cuts in more than six years. Andrey Pavlov, an SFU associate professor of business administration, can offer some thoughts on how the falling interest rate could affect real estate markets.
Andrey Pavlov, 778.782.5835, apavlov@sfu.ca
One primary decided and one more to go
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s win in Texas and Ohio in the US presidential primaries has kept her candidacy alive and ended her rival Barack Obama’s winning streak. Meanwhile, Arizona senator John McCain has clinched the Republican primary. Michael Fellman, an SFU historian and expert on American politics, can analyse these latest developments. Jean-François Godbout, an assistant professor of political science who speaks French, can also comment. Godbout studies American political institutions and elections and is spending the spring semester as a research fellow at Duke University. He is reachable via email.
Michael Fellman, 604.261.8243, fellman@sfu.ca
Jean-François Godbout, (available via email) godbout@sfu.ca
Albertans stick with tried-and-true blue
Despite dissatisfaction with the way their provincial government is dealing with mounting social, economic and environmental pressures, Albertans have put Conservative leader Ed Stelmach back in the premier’s chair. SFU political scientists Patrick Smith and David Laycock are available to comment on Stelmach’s landslide win of Monday night’s provincial election. Their analysis can help elucidate how the worst turnout in Alberta’s election history, Stelmach’s still relatively fresh face and a booming economy combined to give the province’s Tories their 11th consecutive majority government.
David Laycock, 778.782.3089, laycock@sfu.ca
Patrick Smith, 778.782.3088, 604.291.1544, psmith@sfu.ca
Canadian workforce graying
Property rights for First Nations women
Interest rate down
One primary decided and one more to go
Albertans stick with tried-and-true blue
Crisis in senior care?
B.C.’s health care system, in particular the treatment of seniors, is under close scrutiny following two controversial incidents. An Okanagan seniors home has fired an employee and forced two others to resign in connection with abuse allegations. And, Vancouver hospital officials are investigating the theft of heirloom rings right off the hand of a 91-year-old grandmother as she lay in a bed at the hospital. Gloria Gutman, a research associate in SFU’s Gerontology Research Centre for Aging Research, can comment on both incidents and what they say about the health care system.
Gloria Gutman, 778.782.5063, gutman@sfu.ca
Canadian workforce graying
According to the latest Statistics Canada report, the median age of Canada’s workforce has surpassed 40 years for the first time in history. SFU gerontologists Andrew Wister, Gloria Gutman and Barbara Mitchell can explain the extent to which the aging of baby boomers and the elimination of mandatory retirement are combining to gray Canada’s workforce.
Andrew Wister, 778.782.5044, wister@sfu.ca
Gloria Gutman, 778.782.5063, gutman@sfu.ca
Barbara Mitchell, 778.782.6628, mitchelo@sfu.ca
Property rights for First Nations women
The federal government has introduced legislation to ensure women on First Nations reserves have matrimonial property rights if their marriages dissolve. Mary-Ellen Kelm, an SFU historian and a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples of North America, can discuss how this proposed legislation could radically improve the fate of aboriginal women whose divorces often leave them destitute.
Mary-Ellen Kelm, 604.984.2893, 778.238.3460, kelm@sfu.ca
Interest rate down
The Bank of Canada axed its lending rate by half a percentage point on Tuesday, March 4 and is hinting that it will wield its axe again, making the deepest cuts in more than six years. Andrey Pavlov, an SFU associate professor of business administration, can offer some thoughts on how the falling interest rate could affect real estate markets.
Andrey Pavlov, 778.782.5835, apavlov@sfu.ca
One primary decided and one more to go
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton’s win in Texas and Ohio in the US presidential primaries has kept her candidacy alive and ended her rival Barack Obama’s winning streak. Meanwhile, Arizona senator John McCain has clinched the Republican primary. Michael Fellman, an SFU historian and expert on American politics, can analyse these latest developments. Jean-François Godbout, an assistant professor of political science who speaks French, can also comment. Godbout studies American political institutions and elections and is spending the spring semester as a research fellow at Duke University. He is reachable via email.
Michael Fellman, 604.261.8243, fellman@sfu.ca
Jean-François Godbout, (available via email) godbout@sfu.ca
Albertans stick with tried-and-true blue
Despite dissatisfaction with the way their provincial government is dealing with mounting social, economic and environmental pressures, Albertans have put Conservative leader Ed Stelmach back in the premier’s chair. SFU political scientists Patrick Smith and David Laycock are available to comment on Stelmach’s landslide win of Monday night’s provincial election. Their analysis can help elucidate how the worst turnout in Alberta’s election history, Stelmach’s still relatively fresh face and a booming economy combined to give the province’s Tories their 11th consecutive majority government.
David Laycock, 778.782.3089, laycock@sfu.ca
Patrick Smith, 778.782.3088, 604.291.1544, psmith@sfu.ca