2026 News

FHS adjunct professor Julia Smith and FHS research associate Kayli Jamieson are leading a team of investigators to develop tools to improve recognition of Long Covid in urgent primary care centres and emergency departments in British Columbia

FHS Associate Professor Lyana Patrick is launching a new podcast mini-series that centers the work and perspectives of Indigenous people working within health and justice system in British Columbia. Patrick is working in association with the Creative Entanglement Collaboratory, which is co-led by FHS researcher Emily R. Blyth

The Canadian Drug Policy Coalition is evolving and will officially become a not-for-profit organization based in British Columbia

FHS adjunct professor Dr. Julia Smith and her co-editor Dr. Clare Wenham have published a compendium of case studies from researchers around the world examining how the secondary impacts of the global pandemic have deepened systemic inequality for women

A study conducted by FHS Associate Professor Maya Gislason found that children and adolescents experience a wide range of transformative and influential emotions tied to climate crisis

A study led by FHS professor Dr Meghan Winters has found that while Canada's bike infrastructure network is growing, improvements are not occurring equitably

2025 was a great year for the Faculty of Health Sciences - check out the hghlights now.

Dr. Angela Kaida's new Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in HIV and Sexual & Reproductive Health Equity will enable her to deeply explore issues that lie at the intersection of global health, HIV, and gender and health.