McGill Experts: 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
On August 8, the world’s attention will be focused on the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Will politics overshadow the spirit of these ancient Games? Will smog, censorship or protesters grab their share of headlines? We suggest the following McGill sources for your coverage of this story and all continuing coverage of the 2008 Olympics:
History of modern sports in China
Sean Macdonald
Department of East Asian Studies
Expertise: Chinese culture, changing representations of the Chinese
cultural tradition in the West.
514- 398-4993
sean.macdonald2 [at] mcgill.ca
French and English media
Athletic disobedience/ Human rights
Frédéric Mégret
Canada Research Chair in the Law of Human Rights and Legal
Pluralism, Faculty of Law
Expertise: Public international law, international protection of
human rights, international criminal law, the laws of war and
international relations
514-398-5962
frederic.megret [at] mcgill.ca
French and English media
Human rights
René Provost
Director, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of
Law
Expertise: public international law, international human rights
law, and international humanitarian law.
514-398-6647
rene.provost [at] mcgill.ca
Available as of August 12
French and English media
Canada
Antonia Maioni
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, Director (sabbatical
year)
Expertise: Canadian politics, Canada on the world stage
514-398-8346
antonia.maioni [at] mcgill.ca
French and English media
Doping
McGill Chancellor Richard Pound
Expertise: Former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
and former vice-president of the International Olympic Committee
(IOC)
Contact via cynthia.lee [at] mcgill.ca
French and English media
Sports psychology
Gordon Bloom
Professor, Department of Kinesiology & Physical Education
Expertise: Sports psychology
514-398-4184 x0516
gordon.bloom [at] mcgill.ca
English media, French print media
McGill contingent at the Olympics
An 11-member entourage with ties to Ï㽶ÊÓƵ is among
the 331 competitors named to the Canadian Olympic team for the 2008
Beijing Games. Six other McGill graduates will serve in an
administrative capacity at the Games for either the Canadian
Olympic Committee or the IOC.
Contact via Earl Zukerman, Communications Officer, McGill
Athletics
514-398-7012
earl.zukerman [at] mcgill.ca