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Sam Smith

@samsmithwrites.bsky.social
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Media relations @SFU.ca, ex-journo.

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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Think female running shoes are designed for women’s feet? Think again. SFU’s Chris Napier spoke to BBC World Service on how women’s sports equipment, such as running shoes and sports bras, are not meeting the needs of female athletes. @sfu.ca @sfuscience.bsky.social www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
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BBC Audio | Discovery | Women Not Included: Consumer Products
In a world not designed for women, everyday products ignore women’s real needs.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Have you visited Whistler, Horstman or Blackcomb glaciers? According to an SFU study, these much-loved glaciers in B.C. are set to disappear completely within a few decades. sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2026/09/-losing-our-history-and-identity----three-b-c--glaciers-on-the-b.html
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'Losing our history and identity' – Three B.C. glaciers on the brink of extinction
Three much-loved glaciers in British Columbia are set to disappear completely within a few decades, according to a Simon Fraser University study.
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Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca · 22/09/2026
SFU experts are available to offer insight on Premier Eby calling a snap election for October 24, the election campaign and the key issues for voters ahead of polling day on October 24. Connect with SFU experts: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/medi...
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Premier David Eby calls snap election in British Columbia – SFU experts available
After weeks of speculation, British Columbia Premier David Eby has called a snap provincial election. SFU experts are available to offer their insight on the decision, the upcoming campaign trail, ...
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"The pier-reviewed science of finding neutrinos" When an article starts with a top 'dad joke' in the headline, you know it's going to be a good read. @sfuscience.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
theglobeandmail.com
Physicists want to catch neutrinos in the sea. Step 1: Make sure their machinery won’t drown
P-ONE could shed new light on a very strange particle – but first, it had to pass a swimming test on Vancouver’s Granville Island
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The hit to air quality in some big cities is reminiscent of the megafires in 2023 that came with vast death tolls. SFU's Stephanie Cleland: “I would be concerned by the fact that it’s only been three years since this last happened and now we’re having it again.” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
‘I couldn’t breathe’: the deadly health burden of wildfire smoke
Scientists race to untangle complex links between exposure and mortality as fire weather grows more prevalent
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
B.C. residents are growing increasingly wary of AI and the companies behind the technology, according to an SFU survey. Fergus Linley-Mota speaks to CBC's Gloria Macarenko about the findings. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Front page news! Great piece in the Globe last week on how @sfu.ca scientists are driving Canada’s involvement on a major upgrade of the Large Hadron Collider. @sfuscience.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...
Front page of the Globe and Mail newspaper showing a story about SFU scientists
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Evacuations underway as wildfire threatens homes in West Kelowna. Any media looking for interviews, SFU has a number of wildfire experts available ⬇️ www.sfu.ca/sfunews/medi...
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A tinderbox summer? Wildfire, heat and drought 2026 – SFU experts available
With a greatly reduced snow pack, early campfire bans, and long-standing temperature records already shattered in 19 communities, people across British Columbia are gearing up for a hot, dry summer. ...
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Imagine Mbappé wearing boots for the World Cup final that were designed for a narrower heel, a different arch, a foot shape that is not his. @sfu.ca's Ine Mylle on why it's time to drop the 'shrink it and pink it' approach to female sports equipment. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: ‘Shrink it and pink it’ thinking is not good enough for female athletes
Sports-equipment industry has long ignored the specific needs of women, choosing instead to slap a new label on a male product and call it a day
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
"Regardless of Trump’s threats, it’s clear that the U.S. is in a worse strategic position than it was before the war." SFU international relations prof on Trump's 'peace deal' @sfu.ca theconversation.com/trumps-large...
theconversation.com
Trump’s ‘largely negotiated’ truce with Iran exposes a deeper crisis in U.S. strategic thinking
Donald Trump isn’t the first American president to fall prey to the allure of U.S. military might and to ignore its limitations.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Canada has everything it needs to build a genuinely sovereign AI capacity. It's worth asking why that sovereignty is being routed through US companies, on US terms, under conditions shaped by US security interests. 🖊️ Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon @sfu.ca vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...
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Opinion: There is no such thing as 'Sovereign AI' — Canadian provinces need to beware
Opinion: OpenAI wants to open an office in B.C. Proposals on the table would embed foreign AI companies in Canadian public systems
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"Heat waves are unique among natural disasters because they are invisible. They don’t have names and categories like hurricanes, nor do we quantify them with numeric scales like tornadoes." Great article by Sam Anderson, @sfu.ca postdoctoral research fellow. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
theglobeandmail.com
Opinion: Heat waves are invisible. But we need to see them for what they are
A heatwave has shattered records in the U.S. When that happens, we have to confront the dramatic, terrifying change they signal – no matter where they’re happening
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
121 children in Lebanon have been killed by Israel since 2 March. That's 5 kids every day. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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‘My heart is breaking’: Lebanese family grieve daughter killed by Israeli bomb
Narjis, one of 121 children killed in Lebanon this month, wanted to be a doctor and ‘was like a blossom’, her mother says
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
"America has lost control of its own foreign policy" Badr Albusaidi, Oman’s chief diplomat, in The Economist. www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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America’s friends must help extricate it from an unlawful war
Badr Albusaidi argues that America and Iran's national interests lie in ending hostilities and resuming nuclear negotiations through regional dialogue.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
“OpenAI has since announced that its thresholds have been updated. But updated by whom, according to what criteria, subject to what review?” @sfu.ca prof Jean-Christophe Bélisle-Pipon discusses OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge shooting. theconversation.com/openais-safe...
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OpenAI’s safety pledges in the wake of Tumbler Ridge aren’t AI regulation — they’re surveillance
What Canada’s response to AI protocols in the wake of the Tumbler Ridge tragedy gets wrong, and what durable governance actually requires.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
"What are the US and Israel asking Iranian citizens to do: confront the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps with frying pans and broom handles?" @sfu.ca adjunct prof Paul Meyer analyzes the US-Israel attacks on Iran and Mark Carney's foreign policy tightrope. www.policymagazine.ca/trumps-iran-...
policymagazine.ca
Trump's Iran Strikes and Carney's New-World-Order Tightrope - Policy Magazine
Early Saturday morning, the United States and Israel initiated a second round of aerial attacks against Iran following the strikes on Iranian nuclear sites of
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"The real question is not whether OpenAI’s reasoning was defensible in isolation. It’s whether a private corporation should be making this determination at all." Good article by an SFU prof on the legislative vacuum surrounding AI @sfu-fhs.bsky.social theconversation.com/danger-was-f...
theconversation.com
Danger was flagged, but not reported: What the Tumbler Ridge tragedy reveals about Canada’s AI governance vacuum
In cases like the Tumbler Ridge shooter’s flagged ChatGPT account, Canada lacks a legal framework for assigning responsibility when an AI company possesses information that could prevent violence.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
"Some employees interpreted Van Rootselaar’s writings as an indication of potential real-world violence, and urged leaders to alert Canadian law enforcement about her behavior, the people familiar with the matter said. OpenAI leaders ultimately decided not to contact authorities." Deeply troubling.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Nice coverage of a recent @sfu.ca study on the growth of Canada's bike lanes and the communities that are missing out. vancouversun.com/news/vancouv...
vancouversun.com
Vancouver falling behind other Canadian cities in building bike routes
An SFU study found that recent developments in Vancouver’s bike network lags other big cities.
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Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca · 27/01/2026
Want to ride your bicycle? A new SFU study has found that Canada’s cycling network is growing, but not everyone is benefitting. While cities usually invest in cycling infrastructure in their downtown cores to support commuters, researchers says it’s important not to overlook everyday bike trips.
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Want to ride your bicycle? SFU study highlights rise of Canada’s bike network
A new Simon Fraser University study has found that Canada’s cycling network is growing, but not everyone is benefitting.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
"Nostalgia is not a strategy" The 'rules-based order' has been a facade for many years. Carney's rousing and realist Davos speech lays down a marker. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney
In a rousing speech, Mark Carney made the case for unity in the face of Donald Trump’s new world order. We reproduce it here
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Simon Fraser University @sfu.ca · 13/11/2025
The climate change conference COP30 is taking place right now in Brazil. Radoslav Dimitrov, a professor at SFU took part in climate change negotiations over a 10-year period. He spoke to Global News about the climate negotiations and what to expect from COP30. globalnews.ca/video/115198...
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COP30 Conference gets underway in Brazil | Watch News Videos Online
Watch COP30 Conference gets underway in Brazil Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
As PM Mark Carney prepares to unveil new 'nation building' projects, @sfu.ca prof Andy Hira sets out clearly why investing in fossil fuels makes no sense – from a climate perspective and economically. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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Sam Smith @samsmithwrites.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
"Investing in clean energy should be a no-brainer...Yet, we’re still stuck in the frankly absurd conversation about investing in fossil fuels." @sfu.ca prof Andy Hira makes a compelling case for Canada to invest in clean energy @hilltimes.com www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0...
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Carney is walking a political tightrope on our energy future
Clean energy is the path forward. Markets will eventually turn against fossil fuels, leaving taxpayers to shoulder the financial burden of supporting new infrastructure that lacks long-term payoff.
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