Publications

Popular press and reports

Buse, C., Smiley, S., & Takaro, T. (2025, Feb 11). We hear about the health impacts of climate-related events. But what about the health-care workers who respond to them? The Conversation.

Smiley, S., Devine, C., Tremblay, L. L., et al. (2024). A Hostile Climate: Confronting the challenges of humanitarian aid delivery in the context of climate change [Report]. Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF).

Smiley, S., Schwarz, C., Hu, E., & Haegedorn, K. (2024, Mar 20). Emergency departments are a safety net. But they no longer feel safe for anyone. The Vancouver Sun.

Smiley, S., Gandhi, P., & Haegedorn, K. (2024, Jan 19). Why ‘evictions to nowhere’ must stop. The Tyee.

Smiley, S., Naidu, M., Tosefsky, K., et al. (2022, Jul 6). Roe is out. BC must bring universal reproductive health care in. BCMJ Blogs.

Bhuiyan, I., Foreman-Mackey, A., & Smiley, S. (2022, May 13). Prescriptions for our housing crisis. The Tyee.

Smiley, S., Foreman-Mackey, A., Bhuiyan, I., et al. (2022). One paycheque away: The health consequences of homelessness and housing instability in British Columbia. UBC Medical Undergraduate Society Political Advocacy Committee.

Fast, D., Thulien, M., Smiley, S., & Giang, V. (2020, Aug 5). Youth and opioid agonist therapy: We need to collaborate with youth on short- and longer-term plans. BCMJ Blogs.

Smiley, S. (2020, Mar 31). Out of sight, out of mind? Transgender people in humanitarian emergencies. ICRC Law and Policy Blog.

Academic articles

Cunningham, N., Pierzchalski, J., Smiley, S., & Eisen, J. (2025). Discharge with insufficient or inappropriate care in Canada’s EDs: Overcoming the challenges for people who use drugs. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Smiley, S., & Heisler, M. (2024). Climate adaptation and human rights: Potential directions for health advocacy and research. Health and Human Rights Journal.

Venkataraman, M., Smiley, S., Gong, C., et al. (2024). UBC Medical Students for Climate Action: The time to act is now. UBC Medical Journal, 15(2), p. 29.

Schwartz, C., Card, K., Elliott, R., et al. (2023). Assessing options for poppers policy in Canada: A call to action for evidence-based policy reform. International Journal of Drug Policy, 115(104017).

Smiley, S., Blum, M., & Kapoor, V. (2023, Feb 2). Managing eco-anxiety in primary care: A rapid review of the literature. Poster presented at The Summit on Mental Health and Climate Change 2023, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (online).

Baxter, L., Cowan, K., Devine, C., et al. (2022, Oct 25). Policy brief for Médecins Sans Frontières, 2022. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.

Baxter, L., McGowan, R. C., Smiley, S., et al. (2022, Oct 25). The relationship between climate change, health, and the humanitarian response. The Lancet, 400(10363).

Smiley, S., Giesler, A., Chhita, N., & Glegg, S. (2022, May 17). Evaluation of a novel education and training pathway for registered nurse and registered psychiatric nurse prescribing of buprenorphine/naloxone in British Columbia, Canada. Poster presented at the 2022 BC Substance Use Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (online).

Smiley, S., McIver, L., Schwerdtle, P. N., et al. (2021, Oct 24). Policy brief for Médecins Sans Frontières. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change. 

Smiley, S., & Devine, C. (2021, Sept 9). COVID-19 public health regulations and their impacts on migrant health. Abstract presented at the North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (via Zoom).

Tamariz, M., & Smiley, S. (2021, Sept 9). Planetary health concerns for migrants in Honduras and Central America. Abstract presented at the North American Refugee Health Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (via Zoom).

Devine, C., Smiley, S., Willett, B. et al. (2021, May 25). The Environmental Impact Toolkit: Futureproofing MSF through measurement & mitigation. Abstract presented at MSF Scientific Days International 2021, London, United Kingdom (via Zoom).

Devine, C., Smiley S., Willet, B. et al. (2021, April 28). Futureproofing humanitarian operations through environmental impact measurement and mitigation. Poster presented at the Humanitarian Leadership Conference 2021, Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia (via Zoom).

Guevara, M., Devine, C., Smiley, S., et al. (2020, Dec 2). Policy brief on humanitarian impacts. The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change