Media Relations Award

This week I was presented with the SFU President's Award for Media Relations. This was based on over 50 interviews last year, and various other activities such as public seminars. Most of the interest concerned the ups and downs of Fraser River sockeye, including the Cohen Commission's judicial enquiry into what has been going wrong since the early 1990s. I had testified during the first week of the Commission's hearings in September 2010, including cross-examination on issues concerning sustainable use and conservation. For a busy year of outreach, I credit SFU's excellent press office for helping to get the questions out, and keeping me busy trying to answer them.