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Terror and trade
Federal budget
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s minority Conservative government will deliver its second federal budget today at approximately 4 pm (EST). Further to our listing of experts provided on March 16, these additional faculty members can speak about what it will mean for taxpayers:
on education
Peter Grimmett, education, 604.291.4937; grimmett@sfu.ca; budget impact on education
Mario Pinto, vice-president, research, 604.291.4152/4327; bpinto@sfu.ca;
budget implications for university research
Don Avison, president of the university president’s council, 250.480.4819,
avisond@uvic.ca; post-secondary funding
Terror and trade
Terror and trade...SFU's Latin American Studies program will host an international security workshop, "Terrorism, trade and the threat to prosperity: Adapting North American security and border relations to terrorist threats,"on March 23, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm, at the Halpern Centre on the Burnaby campus. International panelists will explore timely and relevant issues such as industrial vulnerability, transportation challenges, and the likelihood of attacks using weapons of mass destruction. This event is free and open to the public.
For more information: Anil Hira ahira@sfu.ca; www.sfu.ca/las