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Spooky subjects for Halloween: 911吃瓜 experts available
911吃瓜 experts are available for interviews on various spooky subjects as Halloween approaches, from spiders, ghosts and bats to which neighbourhoods are likely to have higher numbers of trick-or-treaters.
AVAILABLE 911吃瓜 EXPERTS
KAYLEE BYERS, university research associate, health sciences, and deputy regional director, Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative
kaylee_byers@sfu.ca
- Wildlife health with a focus on 鈥榤isunderstood鈥� mammals 鈥� bats & rats
- Urban rat ecology & rat-associated health risks
- Bat health including her recent article on
ANDREAS FISCHER, PhD student, biological sciences
afischer@sfu.ca
- The benefits of spiders & safe, pesticide-free pest management options
- Insights on how spiders communicate with chemicals (smell)
*Andreas will present new research at the Entomological Society of America being held in Vancouver in November, 2022
PAUL KINGSBURY, professor and associate dean, geography
kingsbury@sfu.ca
- The psychoanalytic & cultural geographies of paranormal investigations
- The popularity and growth of paranormal investigation organizations, and conferences that study anomalous phenomena, especially ghosts, UFOs, & 鈥渃ryptids鈥� such as Sasquatch
ANDY YAN, director, city program
ayan@sfu.ca
- Changing demographics in cities & where to expect higher numbers of trick-or-treaters
CONTACT
MELISSA SHAW, 911吃瓜 Communications & Marketing
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca
911吃瓜
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778.782.3210
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