Simon Fraser University Professors Receive Award For Pipeline Battle

The Canadian Press, 07 Oct, 2015 11:37 AM

VANCOUVER — Two professors at Simon Fraser University will be honoured for their work fighting oil pipelines.

The university has announced Stephen Collis and Lynne Quarmby are the 2015 recipients of SFU's Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy.

Collis, a professor in the English department and Quarmby, a professor in Molecular Biology and Chemistry, will be presented with the award at a ceremony in Vancouver next Tuesday.

The two were among five people named by Kinder Morgan in a civil suit after protesters were arrested at Burnaby Mountain last fall against the company's exploratory work for its Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion.

Kinder Morgan has now dropped the suit and Collis has said it's proof the protests forced the company to change its approach.

He says it's a great honour to receive the award because it recognizes the importance of public actions.

Prev Next

MORE National ARTICLES

Saskatchewan City Under Precautionary Boil-Water Advisory Due To 'Process Error'

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. — Residents of a Saskatchewan city are being told to boil their tap water as a precaution because it might be contaminated.

Saskatchewan City Under Precautionary Boil-Water Advisory Due To 'Process Error'

Toronto Mayor 'Nowhere Near' Decision On Whether To Bid For 2024 Olympics

With just over a month left to enter the race to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, Toronto's mayor says he is "nowhere near" deciding whether the city will throw its hat in the ring.

Toronto Mayor 'Nowhere Near' Decision On Whether To Bid For 2024 Olympics

Counsel Of Bible Helped Wright Decide To Help Duffy, Keep It Quiet, Court Told

OTTAWA — Nigel Wright, Stephen Harper's former chief of staff, says he was trying to quietly do a "good deed" when he gave Mike Duffy $90,000, then privately notified the prime minister's director of issues management.

Counsel Of Bible Helped Wright Decide To Help Duffy, Keep It Quiet, Court Told

Oilsands Being Left In The Ground Is Just A Matter Of Fact, Experts Say

EDMONTON — The furor over a New Democrat candidate's remarks about leaving Alberta's oilsands in the ground reflects how poorly the issue is understood, say energy experts.

Oilsands Being Left In The Ground Is Just A Matter Of Fact, Experts Say

Kinder Morgan president says draft Trans Mountain pipeline conditions achievable

VANCOUVER — Kinder Morgan Canada's president says 145 draft conditions affecting the company's proposed expansion of its Trans Mountain pipeline are rigorous but achievable.