Canada's new National AI Strategy declares that trust is its north star. On this, the government is right: nothing else in the document works without it. AI for All is candid about the problem. Canadi...

Background On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove...

FHS Postdoctoral Fellow Callista Ottoni Health Systems Impact (HSI) fellowship is enabling her to support Vancouver Coastal Health's Healthy Environments and Climate Change (VCH HECC) team in their ef...

Marie-Françoise Malo, a PhD candidate in bioethics in a joint program between Simon Fraser University and Université de Montréal.

FHS alumnus and PhD student Anmol Swaich has won a Vanier Graduate Scholarship, one of Canada's top doctoral studies awards. She will be exploring how immigration policies and labour conditions shape ...

Ce que cinq décennies de recherche nous ont appris sur la façon de faire face à la mort.

What five decades of research has taught us about surviving death.

FHS graduand Sarah Munoz-Violant blended hands-on community work and academic research during her MSc degree to help address structural gaps in the system of care for Vancouver's Downtown East Side re...

A new poll on artificial intelligence and health care suggests that while some Canadians may be turning to chatbots for medical advice, they're far less comfortable with the technology being used to m...

Dr. Kelley Lee - SFU Health Sciences Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Health Governance - was recognized by SFU's Office of the VP, Research and Innovation with a Legacy Award for ...

Researchers examined the perspectives of people in Canada towards mRNA technology. They seek to better understand perspectives and to make recommendations that could strengthen public trust and suppor...

Meet Riana Sihota (she/her): Riana is a PhD Candidate in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Her work examines how cultural orientation (collectivism and individualism), migrati...

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...

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. P...

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

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What if cancer treatment could be tailored to each child and their cancer using insights from their own DNA? Genet...

Could a lower threshold for radon levels in Canadian homes protect more people from getting lung cancer? Some researchers say Canada is overdue for an evidence-backed rethink in light of emerging rese...