FASS Media Mentions: July - August 2024

Media appearances, features, and publications featuring Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) faculty, staff, students, and alumni for July and August 2024. 

What are some price hikes that surprised consumers?
CBC Vancouver – July 2, 2024
Economics assistant professor Lucas Herrenbrueck is mentioned
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Have-not neighbourhoods hurt by about-face on engaging with the community in urban planning
The Conversation – July 3, 2024
Urban Studies professor Meg Holden and PhD candidate Meridith Sones (Faculty of Health Sciences) co-author an op-ed 
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Drug prohibition is fuelling the overdose crisis: Regulating drugs is the way out
The Conversation, Marijuana Moment – July 4, 2024
Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck co-authors an op-ed 
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Illicit drugs and regulation
NewsTalk 980 CKNW – July 8, 2024
Interview featuring Public Policy professor Kora DeBeck

Motivations of Winnipeg serial killer 
680 CJOB – July 9, 2024
Interview featuring Criminology professor Eric Beauregard

Ideological Biases within Mainstream Economics 
Challenging Economic Assumptions Podcast – July 9, 2024
Associate professor of Public Policy and Urban Studies Mohsen Javdani is interviewed on a podcast
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B.C. events and politics 
ICI Radio-Canada Premiére (CBUF) – July 10, 2024
Interview featuring History professor Nicolas Kenny

Joanne Leow, 'Counter-Cartographies: Reading Singapore Otherwise' (Liverpool UP, 2024) 
New Books in Art Podcast – July 10, 2024
English associate professor Joanne Leow is interviewed on a podcast
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How to reconnect with old friends who have become strangers
Scientific American – July 12, 2024
Psychology professor Lara Aknin co-authors an op-ed
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The Midnight Order: Who are they? Where are they now?
Cinemaholic – July 13, 2024
Criminology PhD candidate Hana Georgoulis is featured
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Russian airstrike against a Ukrainian children's hospital reveals Russia's eroding military might
The Conversation – July 16, 2024
Op-ed written by Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle
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(FR) Political situation in France
ICI Radio-Canada Premiére (CBUF) – July 16, 2024
Interview featuring Political Science professor Jérémie Cornut

Canada's bail system explained
CBC Listen – July 17, 2024
Interview featuring Criminology assistant professor Amanda Butler
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5 ways for governments to better tackle foreign disinformation
The Conversation – July 21, 2024
International Studies associate professor Nicole Jackson writes an op-ed
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It's hard to reach out to old friends, but doing so may help alleviate loneliness
The Conversation – July 21, 2024
Psychology Professor Lara Aknin MA student Kristina Castaneto co-author an op-ed 
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Donald Trump accepts presidential nomination
CBC Listen – July 22, 2024
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira 
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The Haida-B.C. agreement was a landmark deal, but where was Canada?
The Conversation, The Times Colonist – July 22, 2024
Op-ed co-authored by Criminology professor Ted Palys and PhD candidate Michaela M. McGuire
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BC Today listener wonders if America is ready to vote for a woman of colour as president 
CBC Vancouver – July 22, 2024
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira
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Transgender athletes face an uncertain future at the Olympics as reactionary policies gain ground
The Conversation, Toronto Star – July 23, 2024
Op-ed written by Sociology professor Travers
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U.S. elections 
CTV Two Vancouver Island (CIVI) – July 23, 2024
Political Science professor Andy Hira is interviewed

Kamala Harris hits the campaign trail 
CTV News – July 23, 2024
Political Science professor Andy Hira is interviewed
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U.S. presidential candidates and their foreign policies 
CFAX 1070 – July 23, 2024
Interview featuring Political Science professor Andy Hira
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The forgotten war in Congo
Foreign Affairs, Revista de Prensa – July 26, 2024
International Studies associate professor Jason Stearns writes an op-ed
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West Vancouver must pass bylaws to allow multi-law buildings on single family and duplex lots
CBC Radio One (CBU) – July 26, 2024
Urban Studies associate professor of professional practice Andy Yan is interviewed

Kamloops crime rates
CBC Radio One (CBTK) – July 29, 2024
Interview featuring Criminology associate professor Bryan Kinney

Rich countries are paying poorer ones to manage their refugee crises: 3 reasons this is dangerous
The Conversation – July 30, 2024
Public Policy assistant professor Ali Bhagat and professor Genevieve LeBaron co-author an op-ed
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Vancouver Pride this weekend
CBC Vancouver – July 31, 2024
Interview featuring Sociology professor Travers
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Report shows over 100,000 Canadian short-term rentals could be used for long-term housing
CBC News – August 1, 2024
Urban Studies associate professor of professional practice Andy Yan is interviewed
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Algerian Olympic Boxer and Sex Testing
CBC Vancouver – August 2, 2024
Interview featuring Sociology professor Travers
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Forgotten Ummah - Muslims in China
New Books Network Podcast – August 2, 2024
Interview featuring International Studies assistant professor Darren Byler
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Is it 'easier' to be queer in 2024? & The journalistic laziness from the Olympic Games 
Global News (Weekends with Rob Fai) – August 3, 2024
Interview featuring Sociology professor Travers
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SFU criminologists deciphers the numbers behind the Crime Severity Index
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 6, 2024
Interview featuring Criminology associate professor Bryan Kinney
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B.C.'s changing identity 
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 6, 2024
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed
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Halting Vancouver integrity commissioner's work
NewsTalk 980 CKNW – August 6, 2024
Interview featuring Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart

Can Canada overcome its drug overdose crisis?
BBC TV – August 7, 2024
Interview featuring Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart
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Vancouver's lack of engagement with community is hurting neighbourhoods
The Tyee – August 7, 2024
Urban Studies professor Meg Holden co-authors an op-ed
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Neil Boyd: Crime, 50 years later - a very different world 
The Vancouver Sun – August 8, 2024
Criminology professor emeritus Neil Boyd writes an op-ed
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Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief is 'prisoner of conscious' after failure of Delgamuukw ruling 25 years ago
The Conversation, The Times Colonist – August 8, 2024
Op-ed written by Criminology professor Ted Palys
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(FR) Affordable and social housing community support and opposition
ICI Radio-Canada – August 9, 2024
Public Policy term assistant professor Alex Rivard is interviewed
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The dramatic evolution of crime in Canada
Mornings with Simi (980 CKNW) – August 9, 2024
Interview featuring Criminology professor emeritus Neil Boyd
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Opinion: Wildfires foreshadow the looming crisis of internal displacement
The Globe and Mail – August 12, 2024
Public Policy assistant professor Ali Bhagat writes an op-ed
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Some homeowners upset by province's housing density rules
CBC Vancouver – August 12, 2024
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor of professional practice Andy Yan
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B.C. United promises large income-tax break
CBC Radio One (CBCV) – August 13, 2024
Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram is interviewed

Overdose crisis in Vancouver
CBC Radio One (CBLA) – August 14, 2024
Public Policy associate professor Kennedy Stewart is interviewed
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Internal displacement
CBC Radio One (CBU) – August 14, 2024
Interview featuring Public Policy assistant professor Ali Bhagat

(FR) How can Acadians increase and strengthen their political power? 
ICI Radio-Canada Premiére – August 14, 2024
French Cohort and Political Science professor Rémi Léger

Ukrainian special operations abroad are part of its broader war effort against Russia 
The Conversation – August 14, 2024
Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle writes an op-ed
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Fight Club turns 25
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 16, 2024
Interview featuring Labour Studies and History lecturer John-Henry Harter
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Ukraine's incursion into Russia's Kursk region
NewsTalk 770 (CHQR) – August 16, 2024
Global Humanities assistant professor James Horncastle is interviewed
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SFU announces Bachelor of Arts in Urban Worlds
Academica – August 19, 2024
FASS' new Urban Worlds program is featured 
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SFU Labour Studies lecturer weighs in on railway job action
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 20, 2024
Interview featuring Labour Studies and History lecturer John-Henry Harter
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"I'm not gone yet": Community safety a top priority for Victoria Police chief before retirement
CHEK-TV – August 21, 2024
Criminology alumnus Del Manak is featured
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Opinion: Make drug awareness a requirement to graduate from high school
The Financial Post – August 22, 2024
Op-ed written by Economics professor emeritus Herbert Grubel
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Most effective climate policies in the world 
Talk Radio AM640 (CFMJ) – August 22, 2024
Interview featuring Public Policy assistant professor William Scott

Two more Tri-City candidates named for provincial race this fall
Tri-City News – August 22, 2024
Political Science alumnus Adam Bremner-Akins is featured
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Power & Politics 
CBC News Network – August 23, 2024
Labour Studies and History lecturer John-Henry Harter is interviewed

Everything you need to know about this very confusing railway labour dispute
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 26, 2024
Interview featuring Urban Studies professor Anthony Perl
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Will the B.C. Government's 3% rent increase cap satisfy people?
CBC Radio One (BC Today) – August 27, 2024
Interview featuring Urban Studies associate professor of professional practice Andy Yan
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Sewer work causing traffic headaches
Global BC (CHAN) – August 27, 2024
Urban Studies associate professor of professional practice Andy Yan is interviewed

Here's what's missing from the invasive species narrative 
NPR – August 28, 2024
Interview featuring CERC and Indigenous Studies associate professor Nicholas Reo
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Changing conservative politics in B.C.
CBC Radio One (CBU) – August 29, 2024
Interview featuring Political Science senior lecturer Sanjay Jeram

(FR) What Kevin Falcon's withdrawal from the provincial election means for B.C.
ICI Radio-Canada Premiére (CBUF) – August 29, 2024
French Cohort and Political Science professor Rémi Léger is interviewed