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October 25, 2006
Poverty-childhood obesity link
Labour leaders lobby for fair wages
Poverty-childhood obesity link
Lisa Oliver, an SFU doctoral student in the faculty of health sciences, will appear before the federal government's standing committee on health in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26. Oliver's thesis is one of the first studies to establish that Canadian children living in low-income socio-economic neighbourhoods are more likely to be overweight or obese. Oliver is recommending that Ottawa provide funds for municipalities to create programs that help children access physical activity programs.
Diane Finegood is also presenting research at a conference on child obesity in Montreal. The SFU kinesiologist sits on an international think-tank drafting a societal plan for childhood obesity prevention at a conference co-hosted by McGill University, Oct. 25 -27. Finegood, the scientific director of the Canadian Institute of Health Research Institute of nutrition, metabolism and diabetes, is researching how obesity impacts the turnover of cells making insulin. She is also a strong advocate of the need for behavioural change to beat obesity.
Lisa Oliver, 613.951.4323, loliver@sfu.ca
Diane Finegood, 604.268.6707, finegood@sfu.ca
Corine Mizrahi, McGill University, 514.398.3299. corine.mizrahi@mcgill.ca
Labour leaders lobby for fair wages
It doesn't matter whether the workers are homegrown or being brought into B.C. by employers needing to hire foreign help because of labour shortages. B.C.'s labour leaders want fair wages for all workers regardless of what borders they've crossed. Mark Leier can comment on why the latest trend toward hiring foreign workers on construction projects, such as the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, is evolving into a political hot potato. Leier, a historian and director of the centre for labour studies at SFU, can offer thought on the legitimacy of labour leaders' claims that B.C. employers are trying to undercut Canadian labour standards by bringing in foreign workers for low wages and poor working conditions.
Mark Leier, 604.291.5827, leier@sfu.ca
Labour leaders lobby for fair wages
Poverty-childhood obesity link
Lisa Oliver, an SFU doctoral student in the faculty of health sciences, will appear before the federal government's standing committee on health in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 26. Oliver's thesis is one of the first studies to establish that Canadian children living in low-income socio-economic neighbourhoods are more likely to be overweight or obese. Oliver is recommending that Ottawa provide funds for municipalities to create programs that help children access physical activity programs.
Diane Finegood is also presenting research at a conference on child obesity in Montreal. The SFU kinesiologist sits on an international think-tank drafting a societal plan for childhood obesity prevention at a conference co-hosted by McGill University, Oct. 25 -27. Finegood, the scientific director of the Canadian Institute of Health Research Institute of nutrition, metabolism and diabetes, is researching how obesity impacts the turnover of cells making insulin. She is also a strong advocate of the need for behavioural change to beat obesity.
Lisa Oliver, 613.951.4323, loliver@sfu.ca
Diane Finegood, 604.268.6707, finegood@sfu.ca
Corine Mizrahi, McGill University, 514.398.3299. corine.mizrahi@mcgill.ca
Labour leaders lobby for fair wages
It doesn't matter whether the workers are homegrown or being brought into B.C. by employers needing to hire foreign help because of labour shortages. B.C.'s labour leaders want fair wages for all workers regardless of what borders they've crossed. Mark Leier can comment on why the latest trend toward hiring foreign workers on construction projects, such as the Richmond-Airport-Vancouver rapid transit line, is evolving into a political hot potato. Leier, a historian and director of the centre for labour studies at SFU, can offer thought on the legitimacy of labour leaders' claims that B.C. employers are trying to undercut Canadian labour standards by bringing in foreign workers for low wages and poor working conditions.
Mark Leier, 604.291.5827, leier@sfu.ca