Beijing 2022 Olympics: SFU experts available

Canadian athletes are preparing to compete on a world stage at the Winter Olympics in Beijing which begins later this week. The games will be held amidst concerns about the Omicron variant spread and human rights issues in China. 

Experts from Simon Fraser University are available to provide insights on the following Olympic-related topics: 

BUSINESS 

ROBERT ADAMSON, lecturer, business
radamson@sfu.ca
Expertise: censorship and media coverage, politics and international relations, health regulations including COVID laws and protocols, Travel and health rules and regulations related to COVID

LINDSAY MEREDITH, professor emeritus, marketing
meredith@sfu.ca
Expertise: marketing, branding and how companies and governments use the Olympics to achieve their own goals. Issues with COVID, how decisions by IOC management and politicians impact the Olympic brand

PETER WILLIAMS, professor emeritus, resource & environmental management
peter_williams@sfu.ca
Expertise: the impact of the Olympic Games on the host cities, including his earlier research on how hosting the Games in Vancouver impacted tourism

CHINA - CULTURE/ISSUES

SHUYU KONG, professor, humanities & co-director, David Lam Centre for International Communication 
shuyu_kong@sfu.ca
Expertise: contemporary Chinese media and popular culture, Chinese language media in Canada, WeChat and internet communities, and the Chinese diaspora in North America and Australia

JEREMY BROWN, professor & department chair, history
jeremy_brown@sfu.ca
Expertise: Modern Chinese history, human rights in China, censorship in China

DARREN BYLER, assistant professor, international studies
 darren_byler@sfu.ca
Expertise: the human rights situation in China and his new book, Terror Capitalism Uyghur Dispossession and Masculinity in a Chinese City 

TRANSGENDERED ATHLETES/ATHLETICS

TRAVERS, professor, sociology
atravers@sfu.ca
Expertise: transgender athletes, the flawed science around female eligibility and sexual dimorphism, modern sport’s sex segregated structure in crisis, and the groups behind anti-trans social movements

ATHLETES COMPETING AT THE 2022 OLYMPIC GAMES WHO ATTENDED SFU:

Skeleton: Jane Channell - Track & Field at SFU
Bobsled: Justin Kripps -  Track & Field at SFU

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, SFU  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca

Simon Fraser University
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778.782.3210

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