Research Associate, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Julia Smith's research centres around the politics of health and global health governance. As a Research Associate with the Global Tobacco Control Research Program, at Simon Fraser University, Dr. Smith contributes to projects on the political economy of the the global tobacco industry and Indigenous led action on tobacco. She has authored over a dozen peer reviewed publications, as well as the book the Role of Civil Society in the Global Response to HIV/AIDS. Research interests include sexual and reproductive health, tobacco industry, community development, human rights, peace building and feminist theory. A Rotary Peace Fellow Alumni, Dr. Smith has worked in Africa, Europe and North America.
Canada’s health-care crisis is gendered: How the burden of care falls to women
Oct 23, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Health
As we enter cold, flu and COVID season, Canada is continuing to experience a health-care crisis. One in six Canadians dont have a family doctor and less than 50 per cent are able to see a primary care provider on the same...
Big Tobacco’s opposition to plain packaging is spin, not substance
Sep 24, 2018 06:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Business
No matter how you look at it, a standardized cigarette pack is ugly. The colours are unappealing, the font bland and the large graphic health warnings gruesome. Thats why standardized packaging is such an effective public...
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