2023 News

Judy Wu, a first year FHS PhD candidate, won the Best Podium Presentation Award at a recent symposium for her project "Climate concern, climate anxiety, and eco-anxiety in BC youth: Findings from the Youth Development Instrument (YDI)”

Drs. Darshini Darshini Govindasamy, Angela Kaida, and Nwabisa Shai received Canadian funding to study the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health, social and economic well-being of South African children and adolescents living with HIV and their unpaid caregivers

The SFU-led Mental Health Climate Change Alliance will be hosting an online conference February 2-3, 2023 to discuss best pathways to take when identifying and addressing mental health impacts of climate change.

FHS professor Scott Lear says those who are most likely to walk more than 150 minutes a week for commuting or leisure purposes reported their neighbourhoods had more desirable features.

Researchers from Simon Fraser University will play a key role in a major initiative aimed addressing biodiversity and health issues through an Indigenous lens.