Julia Smith, PhD

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University. Health policy and politics. Feminist. Opinions and typos my own. Pronouns: she/her

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

In 2020/21 nearly 200 women shared stories from the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic with me. I bring these together in a new book from @McGillQueensUP. So pleased to see this in print - https://t.co/kGQ62Go7PX @Gender_COVID19 @SFU_FHS @CGSHEquity @CIHR @womeninGH @pippsbc

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

Come join us to play some serious games!

[Pandemics and Borders Project @pandemics_brdrs]

Our team is at #HSR2024 in #Nagasaki this week! Join our workshop on serious games for health systems policy and learning with @juliaheather, @profplum8 and @JulianneEPiper this afternoon at 14:10! Conf Room 4.

[Pandemics and Borders Project @pandemics_brdrs]

Our team is at #HSR2024 in #Nagasaki this week! Join our workshop on serious games for health systems policy and learning with @juliaheather, @profplum8 and @JulianneEPiper this afternoon at 14:10! Conf Room 4.

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

For some reason the abstract for @profplum8 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!

[Redeye (redeyeradio.bsky.social) @redeyeradio]

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
@SFUFASS @juliaheather
@Gender_COVID19

[IRPP @IRPP]

Hotel workers are still waiting for their economic recovery from COVID-19.

@AMuragz, @juliaheather, & @UniteHere40 explain that despite industry revenues surpassing 2019 levels, workers face heavier workloads, low wages, safety issues, and job insecurity.
https://t.co/HDpInLY2GT

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

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 -https://t.co/ESUarHOpWZ @Gender_COVID19 @SFU_FHS @HasinanisaH @AMuragz

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

New paper on race, gender and moral distress shed light on Canada's healthcare worker crisis and the inequities that perpetuate it. https://t.co/LwO8qOjDff @RosemaryJMorgan @sfu_fhs @Gender_COVID19 @AMuragz

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

@paimadhu @afrodoc_ @PLOSGPH And this "If those we carefully selected do not get visas or cannot afford to come, we will do the deliberations for them. Anyways that will not change much if they were around." It's all so sadly true.

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

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. https://t.co/kGQ62Go7PX @SFU_FHS @pippsbc @McGillQueensUP

[Gender and Public Health Emergencies @Gender_COVID19]

📢🚨NEW REPORT🚨📢 Addressing gender-based violence and advancing women in leadership through increased social mobility in rural Kenya

On the website now - https://t.co/czvAbD7P4b

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

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 - https://t.co/m84HLmfRfN @SFU_FHS @pippsbc @SFUResearch

[The Tyee @TheTyee]

Holistic approaches to care. Addressing the information gap. Prevention. Researchers have been studying the impact of long COVID. Here are some of their solutions. 🦠
https://t.co/IhuV1JryZC

[André Picard @picardonhealth]

Making visible the invisible: Supporting #LongCOVID patients and the people caring for them, by @kaylee_byers @juliaheather @wanderingkayli @RackebT https://t.co/vyUtlEadQy via @ConversationCA #COVID19

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

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 - https://t.co/HvkqzWktMe Based on crucial research led by Kayli Jaimeson, @kaylee_byers & @RackebT @SFU_FHS @SFUResearch

[Simon Fraser University @SFU]

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: https://t.co/mapU6G8ZkJ
@SFU_FHS

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

@JeffCavanagh1 @pippsbc Its a good question Jeff. We're currently also engagingin research around Long COVID - see https://t.co/BvCBDnoftH.

[Julianne Piper @JulianneEPiper]

📢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_brdrs and @BPRI_WWU focus group discussion on May 29, at 7pm in downtown Vancouver! More details👇

[Women Transforming Cities @womentcities]

WTC members are taking a field trip to Vancouver City Hall on May 29 at 10 am. @cityofvancouver staff will answer questions about how city council works & we'll watch a council meeting together to see how decisions are made. Register here: https://t.co/IEtTk2lnok 1/2

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

Did you know Mother's Day started as peace protest? Thinking of all the parents and caregivers struggling to keep their kids safe this year and wishing them peace. https://t.co/fI1PDCUl8o

[Julia Smith, PhD @juliaheather]

Does your organization want to influence equity-based city policy? Did you know @womentcities 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 - https://t.co/HmTwuqldjz