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Education, U.S. election, global warming, orangutans – Issues, Experts and Ideas
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November 07, 2006
Teachers raise issues
U.S. voters cast their ballots
Warnings on warming world
Orangutan outrage
Exploring Polynesian origins
The Attar Project tour
Teachers raise issues
Teachers had their say with Premier Gordon Campbell and education minister Shirley Bond on Monday, raising a number of issues, from overwork to too little preparation time. The day-long congress was the start of an effort to improve the education system and teacher-government relations. Dan Laitsch, an assistant education professor at SFU, can look at the process and the issues raised.
Dan Laitsch, 778.782.7529; dlaitsch@sfu.ca
U.S. voters cast their ballots
Americans take to the polls today in an election that could dramatically reverse the Republican domination in Congress. SFU historian Michael Fellman, who specializes in American politics, and political science professor Alexander Moens, author of a book on George W. Bush, are following the U.S. congressional elections and can look at the impact of the results.
Michael Fellman, 1.250.629.2218, or on election night: 604.828.1165 (cell)
Alexander Moens, 604.291.4361; alexander_moens@sfu.ca
Warnings on warming world
Beginning this week, thousands of international delegates to a UN conference will look at the next steps necessary to ward off the worst impacts of climate change. Attendees at the conference in Nairobi, Kenya are expected to preview the latest scientific findings — and recommendations — on a warming world. SFU professor and energy expert Mark Jaccard can assess the issues.
Mark Jaccard, 604.291.4219; mark_jaccard@sfu.ca
Orangutan outrage
SFU will host Outrage: What is happening to orangutans today?, a public lecture by renowned primatologist Biruté Mary Galdikas on Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m., Burnaby campus, AQ 3149. The event supports International Orangutan Awareness week and will focus on the human and environmental threats that could cause the extinction of orangutans within the next decade. The lecture is by donation; proceeds will help support more than 275 ex-captive and orphaned orangutans currently in care in Indonesian Borneo.
Biruté Mary Galdikas, 604.537.7022 (cell), drbirute@gmail.com
Exploring Polynesian origins
What are the origins of the far South Pacific’s Polynesian cultures, and how did seafaring inhabitants first come to be there 3000 years ago? SFU archaeologist David Burley will present new data on ancestral Polynesian culture and its homeland, based on his studies of the Tongan group of islands, when he presents In Search of Polynesian Origins on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 4:30 p.m., SFU Burnaby’s Halpern Centre, room 126. The free public lecture is part of the President’s lecture series. For more information: 604.291.4910.
David Burley, 604.291.4196, david_burley@sfu.ca
The Attar Project tour
With her unparalleled blending of Western and South Asian cultures, Parmela Attariwala has become one of the most original and compelling performers in Canada, weaving an intriguing tapestry of music and dance, twining contemporary composition and classical virtuosity with traditional Indian rhythms. The Attar Project showcases violin and tabla musicians accompanied by dance performers Attariwala, Gitanjali Kolanad and Shawn Mativetsky. You can catch the colourful performances on Thursday, Nov. 9 at SFU Burnaby (SFU Theatre, 12:30 p.m.) or at SFU Surrey (campus mezzanine level, 7 p.m.).
SFU Burnaby: 604.291.3514, or theatre@sfu.ca
SFU Surrey: 604.291.3210 or 604.268.6828