Missing Women Task Force report due today

The much anticipated Missing Women Task Force report is due to be released today (Dec. 17). Available for comment (once they’ve read through the lengthy report) are SFU criminologists John Lowman, Robert Gordon, School of Criminology director, and adjunct professor Kim Rossmo, who completed his master’s degree and PhD at SFU while carrying out pioneering geographic profiling research. (Rossmo is now based at Texas State University and can best be reached via email).
 
John Lowman, 778.782.3185; lowman@sfu.ca
Robert Gordon, 778.782.4305, 604.418.4660; robert_gordon@sfu.ca
Kim Rossmo, kr13@txstate.edu

Christmas shopping – lining up online

You can’t see the line-ups in these stores but they are growing, says SFU Beedie School of Business prof Dianne Cyr, who studies trends in online shopping. Cyr can rate how the online Christmas shopping season is going thus far.
 
Dianne Cyr, 778.782.7416; 604.454.8581; cyr@sfu.ca

Christmas and spirituality

Meanwhile, amid depressing news stories and hectic lives, Donald Grayston, SFU humanities professor emeritus, can shed light on the season and spirituality. He can also talk about the need to address what he calls seasonal diversity.
 
Donald Grayston, 604.709.0883; donald_grayston@sfu.ca

‘Tis the season for avalanche alerts

Milder weather is prompting higher risks of avalanches through regions of the province this season, and keeping watch is SFU avalanche safety expert Pascal Haegeli, who has studied and written about avalanche accidents in Canada.
 
Pascal Haegeli, 604.773.0854, pascal@avisualanche.ca