Date: October 7, 2005 12:48:07 PM PDT (CA)
Subject: Sterling Conference and Prize
Evelyn: could you please pass the following invitation along to the retirees group. There will be a special tribute to Ted at 6 pm preceding the official presentation of the prize. Thanks, Susan
A special event for your consideration....
IN 1993 NORA AND TED STERLING
established a prize at Simon Fraser University to honor
"work which challenges complacency and that provokes
controversy or contributes to its understanding."
Please join us for the Sterling Conference on Controversy
and the presentation of the
2005 Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy to
D. Kim Rossmo
Dr. Rossmo is a research professor in criminal justice and director of the advanced criminal investigation research center at Texas State University and adjunct professor of criminology at SFU. He received an SFU outstanding alumni award for his research and development of geographic profiling used in investigating serial crime. His current research focus is on geographic patterns in illegal land border crossings between the US and Mexico.
Saturday, October 29
Simon Fraser University Vancouver
Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
580 West Hastings Street (enter from Seymour Street courtyard)
The conference begins at 2 pm with a keynote address by
John Dixon (BC Civil Liberties Association) followed by a panel
discussion among previous Sterling Prize winners and a reception.
There will be a tribute to the late Ted Sterling at 6 pm
followed by the Sterling Prize presentation and lecture.
The conference and the lecture are free but
reservations are required: call 604.291.5100
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Susan Jamieson-McLarnon
Director, Public Relations
Simon Fraser University Vancouver
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. Canada V6B 5K3
(604)291-5151