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From Pandemic to Endemic: B.C.’s plans to lift restrictions - ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts available

February 15, 2022

An announcement is expected today regarding easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19 in British Columbia. 

As we navigate from a pandemic to endemic situation,  ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV experts are available to provide insight: 

AVAILABLE ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV EXPERTS

STUART POYNTZ, professor, school of communication, & director, Community Engaged Research Centre  
stuart_poyntz@sfu.ca                     
Expertise: The shift from pandemic to endemic and how that shift is communicated to the public, digital media, youth, public sphere, children and media culture

JULIA SMITH, assistant professor, health sciences & faculty member, Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity (available Tuesday, limited availability Wednesday – Thursday)   
jhs6@sfu.ca
Expertise: The impact of the pandemic on women including the ‘she-cession’ and how a return to normal may impact women and their families

JAMIE SCOTT, professor emerita, health sciences  
jkscott@sfu.ca
Expertise: Development of vaccines & vaccinations, future booster shots and what ‘living with the virus’ means

TANYA BROESCH, associate professor, psychology (limited availability)
tanya_broesch@sfu.ca
Expertise: Impacts on children/families as restrictions ease, child development and culture, social learning, early communication, parenting practices and socialization across cultures

CONTACT

MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca 

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