The University of British Columbia has experts who are available to comment on the post-game riots in downtown Vancouver.
Social media and the police
Christopher Schneider, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences
Email: christopher.schneider@ubc.ca (best contact method)
- The role that social media and news media played, the police response, criminology, mob behavior, comparisons with the 1994 riots. Located in Kelowna.
Psychology of conflict, violence
Toni Schmader, Dept. of Psychology
Tel: 604.822.4826
Email: tschmader@psych.ubc.ca
- Aggression, intergroup behaviour, intergroup conflict, emotion and motivation. Available until 2 p.m. PST today.
Peter Suedfeld, Dept. of Psychology
Tel: 604.822.5713
Email: psuedfeld@psych.ubc.ca
- Psychology of violence, mob mentality, dark personalities
Del Paulhus, Dept. of Psychology
Tel:604.822-3286
Email: dpaulhus@psych.ubc.ca
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Dark personalities, self-enhancement, self-deception
Gender and age factors of mob
Rima Wilkes, Dept. of Sociology
Tel: 604.822.6855
(Can be reached on Fri., Jun. 17 @ 604.221.0290)
Email: wilkesr@interchange.ubc.ca
- Motivations, gender and age of rioters; collective action, the difference between legitimate protests and drunken behavior. Available until 1 p.m. PST today.
Chris Mackenzie, Dept. of Sociology
Email: mackz@mail.ubc.ca
- Crime, deviance
Events, crowds in the public realm
Patrick Condon, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Cell: 604.788.0747
Email: patrick.condon@ubc.ca
Ian McDonald, School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
Tel: 604.633.1830
Cell: 604.657.4113
Email: ianross.mcdonald@gmail.com
- reduced youth agency, desire for community and peer approval, suburban malaise
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