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尤物视频 is honouring five of its faculty and staff for making headlines, sparking conversations, and engaging communities through their excellence in media relations, digital engagement and communications strategy.

The SFU President鈥檚 Newsmaker Awards showcase a staff or faculty member who has supported SFU鈥檚 role as Canada鈥檚 Engaged University by sharing their expertise with the larger community through earned media, social media and by leveraging strategic communications skills.

The 2019 SFU President鈥檚 Newsmaker Award winners are:  

Stewart Prest and Sanjay Jeram, SFU political science lecturers - President鈥檚 Media Newsmaker of the Year (shared award).

Fatemeh Torabi Asr, affiliated researcher at SFU鈥檚 Discourse Processing Lab - President鈥檚 Emerging Thought Leader Newsmaker of the Year.

Merran Smith, Clean Energy Canada SFU fellow - President鈥檚 Social Media Newsmaker of the Year.

Rachel Bennett, marketing and communications director 尤物视频 Lifelong Learning - President鈥檚 Strategic Communicator of the Year.

Sanjay Jeram

Undergraduate Program Chair and Senior Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences

2019 President鈥檚 Media Newsmaker of the Year

Sanjay Jeram comments on a variety of political issues, including the nexus between immigrant-generated diversity and sub-state nationalism, the effects of nationalism on public opinion, democratization, and Canadian federalism. He often advocates for diversity among elected officials, which is an important issue in the Canadian political landscape.

 about Liberal candidate Karen Wang鈥檚 online post singling out NDP leader Jagmeet Singh鈥檚 ethnicity. Wang was running against Singh in the 2019 federal election but apologized and resigned over her comment.

鈥淯ltimately, I think the candidates have a responsibility to try to rise above and demonstrate that politics is about representing all the citizens that live in the riding, rather than a particular group, and not trying to play groups against each other,鈥� Jeram is quoted as saying.

Jeram appeared in hundreds of stories in Canada, and in international media based in Hong Kong, Brazil and the U.K. in 209.

Stewart Prest

Limited Term Lecturer, Department of Political Sciences

2019 President鈥檚 Media Newsmaker of the Year

Stewart Prest has shared his expert views on a variety of subjects related to the fields of international affairs and Canadian politics. Prest appeared in close to 500 media articles and broadcasts in 2019  where he is quoted on the results of the student mock election and geographic differences noted in official election polls.

鈥淲e鈥檙e having different conversations in this country and it doesn鈥檛 seem like any leader currently can put together a narrative about where the country needs to go that is going to resonate with voters in every region,鈥� Prest is quoted as saying.

His comments have aired on CBC and Global News, and have appeared in The Toronto Star, The Vancouver Sun and in many other local, national and U.S. media.

Fatemeh Torabi Asr

Affiliated Researcher, Discourse Processing Lab

2019 President鈥檚 Emerging Thought Leader Newsmaker of the Year

Fatemeh Torabi Asr, an affiliated researcher at SFU鈥檚 Discourse Processing Lab, completed SFU鈥檚 Emerging Thought Leaders program and then  Her article was published in The Conversation and gained international media attention. The research Asr and her colleagues conducted, about using machine learning to identify the linguistic characteristics of fake news, was featured in news outlets such as The Guardian, Salon and PBS. 

鈥淭he technology behind the internet and social media has enabled this spread of misinformation; maybe it鈥檚 time to ask what this technology has to offer in addressing the problem,鈥� she writes.

Asr also co-authored another popular opinion-editorial for The Conversation with SFU Discourse Processing Lab director Maite Taboada about 

Merran Smith

Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada

Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue

2019 President鈥檚 Social Media Newsmaker of the Year

Merran Smith is recognized for her outstanding results in working with online audiences to shape public knowledge and opinion on topics such as fighting misinformation about climate change.

Under her leadership, Clean Energy Canada鈥檚 Facebook posts reached roughly five million Canadians with 1.5 million engagements in 2019. On Twitter, CEC saw 50,000 engagements. Smith co-wrote eight opinion pieces in 2019, and was mentioned more than 800 times in the media and 6,000 times on social media.

 regarding a Clean Energy Canada-commissioned report looking at the surprising economic growth in the clean energy sector.

鈥淲e were surprised to find how big the sector is,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hat we found is that we鈥檙e missing more than half the picture when we talk about energy in Canada. We think of oil and gas, we think of pipelines, we think of Alberta, and we are missing this clean-energy sector which is in every province across the country.鈥�

Merran is active on Twitter; her tweets have been shared, liked and retweeted by most Canadian political parties, federal ministers and even the Prime Minister.

Rachel Bennett

Director, Marketing & Communications Student Services, Lifelong Learning 

2019 President鈥檚 Strategic Communicator of the Year

Rachel Bennett led a brand narrative project with the Lifelong Learning group to highlight SFU鈥檚 Continuing Studies programs and emphasize what makes these programs uniquely SFU.

In addition to coordinating digital and transit advertising, Bennett and her team introduced pop-up caf茅s as an innovative way to engage the business community and showcase professional development opportunities at SFU. Members of the public could visit pop-up caf茅s in Surrey and Vancouver for coffee and prizes, and to learn more about programs offered by SFU Continuing Studies.

鈥淪FU is such a welcoming and dynamic place 鈥� there鈥檚 a reason our brand narrative includes the words approachable, compassionate, and unconventional," she says. 鈥淭he Continuing Studies pop-up caf茅s were an opportunity to interact with people one-to-one, and the entire team worked hard to make those a success. I鈥檓 thrilled to be at SFU, and I鈥檓 looking forward to what we can do next.鈥�

Bennett has been an active member of SFU鈥檚 senior communicators and the brand committee. She has spoken at two all-communicators events, including SFU鈥檚 annual storytelling program.