April 18, 2008

Housing sales drop across Canada

Jim Dewald
Professor in the Haskayne School of Business
Areas of expertise: Real estate
Cell: 403-861-7417
Email: jim.dewald@haskayne.ucalgary.ca

Earth Day—April 22, 2008

Mishka Lysack
A professor in the Faculty of Social Work and an Anglican priest
Can comment on: Earth Day as the new religion.
Work: 403-220-7648
Email: mlysack@ucalgary.ca

Jo Wright
Sustainability Coordinator, Office of Sustainability, University of Calgary
Can comment on: The importance of Earth Day, how U of C is celebrating Earth Day and 10 ways to celebrate.
Work: 403-220-4641
Email: j.d.wright@ucalgary.ca
Web: http://www.ucalgary.ca/sustainability/ 

April 2, 2008

2008 JUNO Awards

Richard Sutherland
Music sales have gone down in value by 20 percent and the music industry has lost an estimated $1.3 billion in illegal downloads. Sutherland says these factors along with major labels leaving Canada and easier access to music through satellite radio, iPods and the Internet has lead to a growth in independent music and a diminishing of the mainstream music industry that supports the Juno Awards. Sutherland talks about the relevance of the Junos to this changing Canadian music industry.
Faculty of Communication and Culture
rfsuther@ucalgary.ca
(403) 288-4250 or (403) 210-8475

Jim Parker
Can comment on: The JUNO Awards, the candidates for the major awards and their relative merits. He can even make a prediction.
Faculty of Fine Arts
(403)220-6784
jparker@ucalgary.ca

Statistics Canada releases a detailed analysis of data from the 2006 Census on ethnic origin, visible minorities and place of work, and mode of transportation.

Noel Keough
Faculty of Environmental Design
Areas of expertise: Transportation trends and sustainability.
(403) 220-8588
nkeough@ucalgary.ca

Jim Frideres
Areas of expertise: Immigration, integration, adaptation, family, ethnic relations and Aboriginal people.
Department of Sociology
(403) 220-2554
frideres@ucalgary.ca

Tamara Palmer Seiler
Areas of expertise: Western Canadian history and culture, immigration and Canadian studies.
Faculty of Communication and Culture
Available today between 10:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Available by telephone and email only. (Please email Tamara Palmer Seiler to set up a phone interview).
(403) 220-5320
tseiler@ucalgary.ca

David Este
Can comment on: The diversity that exists in Canada that will be reflected in the census data.
Faculty of Social Work
(403) 220-7309
deste@ucalgary.ca

Hieu Van Ngo
Area of expertise: Immigration and integration, cultural diversity and competence, immigrant children and youth.
Sessional instructor and doctoral candidate, Faculty of Social Work, U of C.
Available by telephone only.
(403)554-9958