Holiday themes and a look ahead to 2025 - SFU experts available

As we enter the holiday period, SFU experts remain available to comment on ongoing stories and to look ahead to how they may develop during 2025. We also have a number of experts available to provide insights into various aspects of physical and mental health that may surface over the holiday break, and into the new year.

HEALTH & WELLNESS

With the new year fast approaching, many people will be planning new fitness goals and lifestyle changes – or considering how they can mitigate the potentially damaging health effects of an indulgent holiday period.

ALEXANDRA COATES, assistant professor, Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
alexandra_coates@sfu.ca

• Exercise
• Zone 2 training
• Nutrition 

SCOTT LEAR, professor, health sciences & Pfizer/Heart & Stroke Foundation Chair in Cardiovascular Prevention Research
604-454-8542 | slear@providencehealth.bc.ca

• Healthy habits during holidays
• Managing stress
• Increase in heart attacks over holidays
• Supporting people who are lonely or socially isolated
• New year's resolutions

LARA AKNIN, distinguished professor, psychology
604.729.9571 | laknin@sfu.ca (available until Dec. 30)
Looking for tips on how to increase your happiness in 2024? SFU Distinguished Professor Lara Aknin runs the Helping and Happiness Lab at SFU and can speak about:

• What makes people happy
• Emotional consequences of generous behaviour

HALI KIL, assistant professor, psychology
hali_kil@sfu.ca

• Mindfulness
• Mental health
• Managing parental stress or chaos with family during the holiday season
• Setting up mindfulness goals for the family for the new year

WHAT'S IN STORE FOR 2025

After another tumultuous year, SFU experts are available to speak to ongoing issues and offer insights on what we might see in 2025.

ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance
604.763.3696 | apavlov@sfu.ca (available until Dec. 28)

• Economic and political trends
• Real estate and housing
• Potential impacts to Canada of Trump’s presidency 

JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, humanities, Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations
jhorncas@sfu.ca

• International relations
• Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine