When Does A Worker's Death Become Murder? Columbia U. Expert to Examine Occupational Disease, Politics of Responsibility

TORONTO, April 15, 1999 -- Professor David Rosner, Co-Director of the History of Public Health and Medicine Program at Columbia University and a leading expert on occupational disease and safety issues, will delve into the question When does a Worker's Death Become Murder? Occupational Disease and the Politics of Responsibility during a lecture at York University, Monday, April 26, 1999, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m, Room 390, York Lanes.

Rosner's lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by York University's Centre for Health Studies with the support of the Hannah Institute for the History of Medicine. It lands two days before the April 28th National Day of Mourning for Workers Killed on the Job.

WHO:
Columbia University Professor David Rosner
Co-Director of the History of Public Health and Medicine, Columbia University
Expert on occupational disease and workplace safety issues

WHAT:
Lecture: When does a Worker's Death Become Murder? Occupational Disease and the Politics of Responsibility

WHEN:
Monday, April 26, 1999, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

WHERE:
Room 390, York Lanes
York University, 4700 Keele Street

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For more information, please call:

Rosanna Moretti
Centre for Health Studies
York University
(416) 736-5941

Sine MacKinnon
Senior Advisor, Media Relations
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22087

Ken Turriff
Media Relations Officer
York University
(416) 736-2100, ext. 22086
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