
Julia Smith, PhD
@juliaheather
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. Health policy and politics. Feminist. Opinions and typos my own. Pronouns: she/her
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https://www.genderandcovid-19.org/ 29-01-2011 18:22:36
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Does your organization want to influence equity-based city policy? Did you know Women Transforming Cities provides workshops on topics like 'how to drive change at city hall' and 'why non-profits should engage with local government' ? Find out more and get in touch - lnkd.in/gxvAqR46



WTC members are taking a field trip to Vancouver City Hall on May 29 at 10 am. City of Vancouver staff will answer questions about how city council works & we'll watch a council meeting together to see how decisions are made. Register here: can.keela.co/forms/BdrAYKsk… 1/2


📢Do you (or someone you know) live in the Vancouver area? Were you impacted by #US-#Canada travel measures during the #COVID19 pandemic? 🚘✈️🚢🇨🇦🇺🇸 Join a Pandemics and Borders Project and @BPRI_WWU focus group discussion on May 29, at 7pm in downtown Vancouver! More details👇


A new SFU-led research group received major funding totalling $14.6 million to prepare for future pandemics. The Social Sciences and Humanities Consortium will be led by Kelley Lee, professor in SFU’s Faculty of Health Sciences. Learn more: ow.ly/pFKh50S8LMa SFU Health Sciences

Join us in Vancouver October 25-27 2024 for the 🇨🇦Canadian Conference on Global Health - call for abstracts available now! Deadline July 19th. cagh-acsm.org/en/events/2024… Shashika Bandara Kerry Scott Dr. Sameera Hussain Julia Smith, PhD @KMPlamondon @ananya_tb Lara Gautier Srinivas Murthy, MD, MHSc

Did you know 1 in 9 Canadians have experienced Long COVID? We share what we've learned from people living with Long COVID, their caregivers & clinicians here - theconversation.com/making-visible… Based on crucial research led by Kayli Jaimeson, Kaylee Byers, PhD & Dr. Rackeb Tesfaye SFU Health Sciences SFU Research

Making visible the invisible: Supporting #LongCOVID patients and the people caring for them, by Kaylee Byers, PhD Julia Smith, PhD Kayli Jamieson #COVIDIsAirborne Dr. Rackeb Tesfaye theconversation.com/making-visible… via The Conversation Canada #COVID19


While working with H. Tiwana on this scoping review, I was surprised how little research there is on vaccine decision-making & religion, particularly religions outside the Judeo-Christian traditions. Read more here - link.springer.com/content/pdf/10… SFU Health Sciences pippsbc SFU Research


One of my favourite thing about taking a BC ferry is picking up a copy of BC Bookworld. I never knew I secretly aspired to be in it until I saw this page! So honoured to have Conscripted to Care featured. mqup.ca/conscripted-to… SFU Health Sciences pippsbc McGill-Queen's University Press


New paper on race, gender and moral distress shed light on Canada's healthcare worker crisis and the inequities that perpetuate it. link.springer.com/article/10.118… Rosemary Morgan, PhD @sfu_fhs Gender and Public Health Emergencies Alice Mũthoni Mũrage

I love it when I get the opposite result to what I expected. We analyzed gender, moral distress & unpaid care & found ♂️ experienced ⬆️moral distress related to unpaid care than ♀️. Find out more here -journals.plos.org/plosone/articl… Gender and Public Health Emergencies SFU Health Sciences Dr. Hasina Samji Alice Mũthoni Mũrage

Hotel workers are still waiting for their economic recovery from COVID-19. Alice Mũthoni Mũrage, Julia Smith, PhD, & Unite Here Local 40 explain that despite industry revenues surpassing 2019 levels, workers face heavier workloads, low wages, safety issues, and job insecurity. policyoptions.irpp.org/?p=113934

Saturday | 11:20 PT We speak with Dr. Julia Smith about her new book, “Conscripted to Care” that documents the experiences of women on the frontlines of the Covid-19 pandemic. heu SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Julia Smith, PhD Gender and Public Health Emergencies


For some reason the abstract for Kelley Lee and my capacity building session at #HSR2024 is not included in the program - but please some anyways to Introducing serious games as a health systems learning and training tool at 2:10 in Conf Rm 3. We will be playing games!

Our team is at #HSR2024 in #Nagasaki this week! Join our workshop on serious games for health systems policy and learning with Julia Smith, PhD, Kelley Lee and Julianne Piper this afternoon at 14:10! Conf Room 4.

