Media

See FHS faculty and students as their contributions to health sciences are featured in the news.

May 31 - Anne-Marie Nicol
SFU brings DIY air filter workshops to Terrace - CTV Two Terrace

May 30 - Anne-Marie Nicol
(Mandarin) Do-it-yourself air filter project - Fairchild TV

May 30 - Anne-Marie Nicol
B.C. group wants to help you build $100 wildfire air filter - The Times Colonist

May 29 - Anne-Marie Nicol
SFU do-it-yourself air filter project - CKNW

May 28 - Anne-Marie Nicol
Chilliwack residents invited to free air-filter workshop - The Chilliwack Progress

May 27 - Stephanie Cleland
These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season - The Times Colonist

May 27 - Ashmita Grewal
Can housing prices impact our health? - Player FM

May 24 - Stephanie Cleland
These tips can help keep you safe during a potentially severe 2024 wildfire season - The Conversation Canada

May 23 - Chloe Goodison
What would you rather do? Squirt naloxone up a victim's nose or inject a needle? - The Province

May 23 - Anne-Marie Nicol
Location of South Cariboo air quality monitors outlined by Carter’s Project - Quesnel Cariboo Observer

May 22 - Julian Somers
Toronto's drug decriminalization request rejected - City News

May 22 - Ashmita Grewal
Correlation between rising housing prices and residents' health - CBC Radio One

May 21 - Stephanie Cleland
Expert advises precautions as wildfire season begins in B.C. - CFNR radio

May 17 - Steven Lewis
Steven Lewis: Here's why health-care workforce plans in Canada always fail - Regina Leader-Post

May 10 - Marina Marrow
Former White Rock assisted living resident in hospital after being uprooted - The Peace Arch News

May 8 - Bruce Lanphear
Medical freedom vs. public health: Should fluoride be in our drinking water? - NBC News

May 7 - Kelley Lee
Ottawa spends $575-million to shore up pandemic readiness - The Globe and Mail

May 7 - Scott Lear
(italiano) Snack exercise: A workout solution for busy individuals seeking toned muscles - La Gazzetta Dello Sport

May 2 - Tim Takaro
Construction of the Trans-Mountain pipeline is finished - CBC Radio One

May 1 - Tim Takaro
Living with Trans-Mountain - CBC.ca

May 1 - Kaylee Byers
The bizarre solution to America's rat plague - and you might not like it - The Daily Mail

April 30 - Stephanie Cleland
Prince George Emergency Operation Centre in need of a permanent facility says city official - CKPG

April 30 - Bohdan Nosyk
How realistic is a recovery-centric approach - CBC The Early Edition

April 30 - Kaylee Byers
Boston rats aren’t going anywhere. You might not love the solution - The Boston Globe

April 29 - Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon
Your AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots - The Conversation Canada

April 27 - DJ Larkin
B.C.'s recriminalization of drug use in public spaces is dangerous: expert - CBC News Network

April 26 - Tim Takaro
Toxic testing standoff: Family leaves house over air quality - CTV News

April 17 - Malcolm Steinberg
What are the short and long-term impacts on the health and well-being of Gazans? - CBC Radio One

April 17 - Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon
Should researchers use AI to write papers? Group aims for community-driven standards - Science.org

April 16 - Julian Somers
B.C. toxic drug crisis - City News

April 16 - Tim Takaro
Scientists studying possible health impacts of incoming Squamish LNG plant - Victoria News

April 15 - Scott Lear
Want to be healthier and live longer? Experts -- and these Vancouver Sun Run participants -- say start moving - Vancouver Sun

April 11 -  Chloe Goodison
You may see hundreds of purple flags while driving through the Tri-Cities on Sunday. Here's why - Tri-Cities News

April 8 -  Julia Smith
Preparing for the next health crisis: COVID-19 showed the importance of community-engaged research - The Conversation Canada

April 8 -  Kiffer Card
Rising housing prices are impacting our health, study finds - CHEK

April 8 - Benedikt Fischer
B.C. police seizures of medical opioids on the rise, causing concerns safer-supply pills are being diverted  - The Globe and Mail

April 8 -  Kaylee Byers
New research from Simon Fraser University is exploring the barriers for people who are suffering from long COVID - CBC Listen, Radio West

April 5 -  Kayli Jamieson
Researchers say more support, education needed to help B.C. long COVID patients - Global News

April 5 -  Kayli Jamieson
Report calls for more research and support for long COVID patients - Global News

April 5 - Tim Takaro
OPINION: New study will evaluate potential health impacts of flaring from LNG  - Vancouver Sun

April 5 -  Kayli Jamieson, Kaylee Byers
SFU Long COVID research - CBC Radio One

April 5 - Kaylee Byers
Long COVID report - CBC Radio One

April 5 - Kayli Jamieson
SFU Long COVID study - Global News

April 2 - Brian Conway
Long-acting ART offers hope for people 'hardly reached' in clinical trials - TheBodyPRO.com

April 2 - Steven Lewis
Alberta's new mental health and addiction services - CBC Calgary

April 2 - Steven Lewis
(Francais) Alberta will officially create a new organization, responsible for mental health  - Ici Radio Canada

April 2 - Steven Lewis
Albrta creating 2 mental health and addictions organizations, including Crown corporation - CBC.ca

March 28 - Kaylee Byers
To manage chronic wasting disease, some animals die so more can live - The Conversation Canada

March 27 - Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC)
Silence from Ontario Ministry of Health on supervised consumption sites - Sudbury Star

March 21 - Tim Takaro
Fossil fuel industry gaslighting puts world at risk - Rabble.ca

March 21 - Julian Somers
Auditor general report on B.C.'s opioid harm-reduction programs - CKNW

March 20 - Tim Takaro
COLUMN: Facts about methane (AKA 'natural' gas) - The Castlegar Source

March 19 - Chloe Goodison
30 Under 30: NaloxHome founder Chloe Goodison is committed to saving lives - BC Business

March 18 - Scott Lear
Can processed foods be part of a healthy diet? - CKNW

March 15 - Steven Lewis
Steven Lewis: Throwing money at health care continues to fail Canada - Regina Leader-Post

March 15 - Steven Lewis
Nurse practitioners seen as a 'short-term solution' to Sask family doctor shortage - CTV News

March 14 - Kiffer Card
Psilopsybin's role in trauma recovery may be mental and physical, study finds - AOL News

March 13 - Kaylee Byers
Second generation anticoagulant rodenticide (SGAR) use in British Columbia - CFMJ radio

March 13 - Tim Takaro
Does living near LNG plants pose health risks? Scientists investigate - The Tyee

March 12 - Bruce Lanphear
Welsh communities grapple with toxic legacy of metal mining - Financial Times

March 10 - Mark Lechner
Entice students back to the classroom with community quizzes - Times Higher Education

March 8 - Kaylee Byers
Why 'One Health' needs more social sciences: Pandemic prevention depends on behaviour as well as biology - Winnipeg Free Press

March 7 - Kaylee Byers
Why 'One Health' needs more social sciences: Pandemic prevention depends on behaviour as well as biology - The Conversation Canada

March 5 - Pablo Nepomnaschy
Having more children slows down the aging process - CJKX radio

March 5 - Bronwyn McBride
Richmond massage parlour bylaws under scrutiny - Richmond News

March 1 - Bronwyn McBride
Richmond moves forward on enforcement of escort services, body rub parlours - CBC Vancouver, On the Coast

February 27 - Joy Johnson
Difference matters - and embracing it can change the world for all women - Times Higher Education

February 22 - Hasina Samji
B.C. teens trying cannabis, alcohol or tobacco at lowest rate in 30 years, study finds - The Globe and Mail

February 21 - Steven Lewis
Dismantling AHS: Primary care, a way forward in Alberta - Ottawa Citizen

February 21 - Tim Takaro
Scientists to model health impacts of gas flaring at Squamish LNG plant - The Times Colonist

February 21 - Tim Takaro
(Francais) Scientists to study health effects of Squamish LNG plant - Ici Radio Canada

February 20 - Kaylee Byers
Chronic wasting disease has been detected in British Columbia deer, and we need to act now - The Conversation Canada

February 20 - Steven Lewis
Steven Lewis: A long-shot lawsuit might improve Canadian health care - Regina Leader-Post

February 20 - Kaylee Byers
Food, not poison ban, the culprit in rat proliferation, says rat catcher - The Times Colonist

February 20 - DJ Larkin
Supervised consumption sites - CBC News Network

February 19 - Tim Takaro
Federally funded study to focus on the wood fiber LNG plant under construction - CBC Radio One

February 19 - Tim Takaro
Scientists to study health impacts of Squamish, B.C., LNG Plant - CBC.ca

February 15 - Tyson Singh Kelsall
Minor drug seizures by Vancouver police increased after 'decriminalization,' data indicates - The Maple

February 15 - Jeremy Snyder 
Is crowdfunding a public good or a sign of society’s failures? - Player FM podcast

February 14 - Benedikt Fischer 
(Deutsch) Cannabis: How can you smoke weed a little safer? - Münchner Merkur  

February 12 - Kaylee Byers
Metro Vancouver rat management - CFMI radio

February 12 - Meghan Winters
(Francais) Victoria once again proclaims itself the cycling capital of Canada - Ici Radio Canada

February 9 - Meghan Winters
Victoria named itself the cycling capital of Canada. Does it deserve the title? - CBC.ca

February 9 - Kaylee Byers
When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver - CHEK

February 9 - Kaylee Byers
Pest control experts in Vancouver report rise in rat-related calls - The Global and Mail

February 7 - Kaylee Byers
When the sun goes down, a swarm of rats emerges in downtown Vancouver - National Post

February 6 - Kaylee Byers
Is warm weather driving a rat rise in Vancouver? - Global News

February 5 - Julian Somers
Has B.C.'s safe supply program reduced harms? - CFAX

February 5 - Scott Lear
(Espanol) Beyond sugar: the other dangerous ingredient that you should not abuse, according to science - El Confidencial

February 2 - Kiffer Card
Elmo asks everyone how they’re doing, and he gets blasted for it - CJAD radio

February 2 - Jeremy Snyder
Jeremy Snyder: New medical school at SFU shouldn't be named after Simon Fraser - Vancouver Sun

January 30 - Meghan Winters
Protected bike lanes, lower speed limits: Burnaby wants feedback on Vancouver-SFU bike routes - Vancouver is Awesome

January 29 - Julian Somers
Harm Reduction - City News

January 29 - Bruce Lanphear
Our blood is teeming with "forever chemicals." Can we remove them by donating blood? - Salon

January 29 - Scott Lear
(Espanol) The 'white poison' that hides in your daily diet and is not sugar: the alert from doctors in Spain - El Espanol

January 26 - Lindsay Hedden
Is B.C. pay model for family physicians applicable to Alberta? - CBC Radio One

January 26 - Julian Somers
2,511 toxic drug deaths in B.C. last year - City News

January 26 - Alice Mũrage
Women workers bear pandemic burden as hotel industry prospers, says report - The Indo-Canadian Voice

January 26 - Alice Mũrage
Study calls for more wage increases, job security for women in hotel industry - My Prince George Now

January 26 - Sonya Cressman
Cost of depression treatment - CBC Vancouver, BC Today

January 25 - Krista Stelkia
Health Series: What is Indigenized Healthcare? - CKNW

January 25 - Alice Mũrage
Report finds female hotel workers continue to bear the brunt of pandemic cuts - Global News

January 24 - Alice Mũrage
Hotel workers and precarious employment - CBC Radio One

January 24 - Sonya Cressman
Depression treatment costs in B.C. - CBC Radio One

January 19 - Scott Lear
Being active for just 15 minutes may offset full day of sitting at work - Healthline

January 19 - Steven Lewis
Steven Lewis: New Canadian medical schools will fail to solve issues - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

January 18 - Sonya Cressman
B.C. health-care system depression costs - Radio NL

January 18 - Sonya Cressman
Depression costs health-care system billions - City TV Vancouver

January 17 - Sonya Cressman
Costs of major depression - Pulse FM

January 17 - Sonya Cressman
Major depression and B.C.'s health system costs - CHEK

January 17 - Sonya Cressman
Major depression costs B.C.'s health system more than $1.5 billion over two years - Radio NL

January 17 - Sonya Cressman
Cost of depression in B.C. - CFAX radio

January 17 - Sonya Cressman
British Columbians with major depression paying $700 a week for help - Vancouver is Awesome

January 17 - Hasina Samji
B.C. funds plans for northern youth centre with mental heath, addictions support - Global News

January 16 - Sonya Cressman
An SFU study into depression-attributable costs in B.C. - CTV Vancouver

January 15 - Tim Takaro
Feds approve $2B loan guarantee to help TMX over finish line - National Observer

January 12 - Bohdan Nosyk
Major study finds people with opioid addictions 61% less likely to die if prescribed safer supply - The Globe and Mail

January 11 - Scott Lear
Approach-oriented resolutions more likely to be successful - Sask Today

January 9 - Kelley Lee
Bruce Pardy: WHO health treaty a convenient cover for more government overreach - National Post

January 5 - Scott Lear
Scientific strategies on how to keep your New Year resolutions - Scroll.in

January 3 - Scott Lear
The science behind building health habits can help you keep your New Year's reolution - The Conversation

January 2 - Bruce Lanphear
Non-Toxic Living with Kim Konte and Bruce Lanphear - Wake Up and Read the Labels!

January 2 - Tim Takaro
Part 1: What is behind the shocking number of deaths linked to lead poisoning? - News24

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