- Event: “Death Takes a Holiday” seminar
- Date: Friday, Dec. 11, 1998
- Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Place: Delta Whistler Resort, Whistler, B.C.
- Parking: Available at the hotel
Clues ranging from bugs to bite marks will be explored in a one-day
seminar on forensic identification co-sponsored by the Bureau of
Legal Dentistry (BOLD) lab, based at the University of British Columbia.
BOLD director David Sweet will discuss how bite marks and teeth
can help identify victims and Dean Hildebrand, a BOLD molecular
biologist, will speak on forensic DNA analysis at the seminar called
“Death Takes a Holiday.”
“It’s getting more common for dentists, DNA experts and law enforcement
officers to work together to identify the victims of crime,” says
Sweet. “This field is developing rapidly and we want to provide
the latest information to the people who might be involved in these
cases.”
More than 40 dentists, students, criminologists and police officers
will hear from speakers such as Gail Anderson, an SFU forensic entomologist,
who will describe how insects are used in death investigation and
Bill Haglund, a U.S. forensic anthropologist, who will talk about
working with the United Nations in Rwanda and Bosnia to identify
victims buried in mass graves.
BOLD is North America’s first research facility dedicated exclusively
to forensic dentistry.
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