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March 11, 2008
Segal School hosts UN responsible investment panel
Family dynamics not so stereotypical
Hype over disconnect anxiety
Segal School hosts UN responsible investment panel
Key members of a United Nations initiative, Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), are meeting for the first time outside of New York or Geneva – they’ll be at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business for a free panel discussion on Wednesday, March 12 from 8 - 10 a.m. The speakers represent some of the world’s largest institutional investors and are among those invited by the UN to assess how environmental, social and corporate governance issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios. Registration is required – see online at www.business.sfu.ca/pri. For more information: http://business.sfu.ca/segal/
Sue Anne Linde, SFU Business, 778.782.5038
Family dynamics not so stereotypical
Students in Neelu Kang’s Dynamics of the Indian Family in Contemporary Times class are often surprised to discover that Indian families don’t resemble the stereotypes of Bollywood movies nor the stereotypes that people outside India generally have about Indian families. Kang, a visiting professor from Panjab University in Chandigarh, teaches the third-year special topics course in SFU’s sociology and anthropology department. “Families in India have evolved over the past few decades; those in urban India are a blend of modernity and tradition, unlike Indo-Canadian families, which tend to be very traditional and orthodox,” says Kang, who can elaborate on family differences.
Neelu Kang, 778.782.4552; neelukang@yahoo.com
Hype over disconnect anxiety
A new study suggests that more than half of Canadians, when in the absence of their virtual communication tools, may be afflicted with ‘disconnect anxiety.’ Richard Smith, an associate professor of communication at SFU, says the study may be more about hype. “ If people were asked a few decades ago about losing their telephone service you would have likely drawn the same response,” says Smith, who specializes in how we use technology.
Richard Smith, 604.947.9287; smith@sfu.ca
Family dynamics not so stereotypical
Hype over disconnect anxiety
Segal School hosts UN responsible investment panel
Key members of a United Nations initiative, Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), are meeting for the first time outside of New York or Geneva – they’ll be at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business for a free panel discussion on Wednesday, March 12 from 8 - 10 a.m. The speakers represent some of the world’s largest institutional investors and are among those invited by the UN to assess how environmental, social and corporate governance issues can affect the performance of investment portfolios. Registration is required – see online at www.business.sfu.ca/pri. For more information: http://business.sfu.ca/segal/
Sue Anne Linde, SFU Business, 778.782.5038
Family dynamics not so stereotypical
Students in Neelu Kang’s Dynamics of the Indian Family in Contemporary Times class are often surprised to discover that Indian families don’t resemble the stereotypes of Bollywood movies nor the stereotypes that people outside India generally have about Indian families. Kang, a visiting professor from Panjab University in Chandigarh, teaches the third-year special topics course in SFU’s sociology and anthropology department. “Families in India have evolved over the past few decades; those in urban India are a blend of modernity and tradition, unlike Indo-Canadian families, which tend to be very traditional and orthodox,” says Kang, who can elaborate on family differences.
Neelu Kang, 778.782.4552; neelukang@yahoo.com
Hype over disconnect anxiety
A new study suggests that more than half of Canadians, when in the absence of their virtual communication tools, may be afflicted with ‘disconnect anxiety.’ Richard Smith, an associate professor of communication at SFU, says the study may be more about hype. “ If people were asked a few decades ago about losing their telephone service you would have likely drawn the same response,” says Smith, who specializes in how we use technology.
Richard Smith, 604.947.9287; smith@sfu.ca