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Dr. Valorie Crooks, PhD @ValorieCrooks

@SFU AVPR. Health geographer specializing in health services research. Holder of @CRC_CRC. Liker of crafty & creative pursuits. pandemicgeographies.ca

Joined December 2017
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Dr. Valorie Crooks, PhD@ValorieCrooks
18 Dec 2017
How do I mobilize my research? Here's a little peek. @SFUResearch @drjoyjohnson @CRC_CRC @MSFHR @SFUENV Watch the full video here: goo.gl/PGzLwD
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Janice Sorensen PhD RD 🇨🇦 🇩🇰@JaniceMSorensen
29 Apr 2025
How residents, families, volunteers and staff are part of shaping long-term care and assisted living research at @Fraserhealth Thanks for funding support from @HlthResearchBC healthresearchbc.ca/news_art… @ValorieCrooks @tara_azimi @SherinJamal21 @LeahCoppella

How residents and families are part of shaping long-term care research at Fraser Health | Michael...

Dr. Janice Sorensen and her team convened discussions with people with lived and living experience to discover the most important research questions facing people that live and work in care homes....

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Great job Leah 👏
Leah Coppella@LeahCoppella
21 Mar 2025
Shared our work on sexual wellbeing among older women in #assistedliving at @SFUENV GEAR Up! Honoured to be nominated for Excellence in Grad Research & Engagement—meaningful recognition of our community-engaged approach🫶Thanks to all who’ve shared their story—let’s keep talking!
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With the ease of 🇨🇦🇺🇸 cross border travel being brought into question, Canadian snowbirds are back in the spotlight. I spoke with @CTVVancouver about some likely implications for Canada’s older seasonal travellers. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2…

New U.S. rules affecting Canadian snowbirds

Canadian snowbirds who drive across the border are being advised to pay close attention to a new rule.

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What a pleasure to attend the #KillamAwrds on behalf of @SFU to celebrate Dr. Kora DeBeck’s prestigious Dorothy Killam Frllowship 👏
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and congrats to you too @jackie_dawson 🌸🌺
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What an honour to attend a research symposium hosted by Yuma Regional Medical Centre and listen to my retiring collaborator Trudie Milner flag the significance of our @CIHR_IRSC funded research on health service use and care practices by Canadian snowbirds wintering there
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Tyler Cole@TylerColeUofA
25 Sep 2024
Very excited to announce my first ever first-authored paper has been published in @BMC_series. It explores the challenges faced by long-term care homes in British Columbia regarding telehealth usage for physician care during COVID-19 lockdown periods. bmcdigitalhealth.biomedcentr…

“I would have to walk around to find the best Wi-Fi connection…”: qualitatively exploring challen...

BMC Digital Health - Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care (LTC) homes in British Columbia, Canada, restricted visitation to ensure the safety of their residents against transmission of...

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What a great day! Four MA theses successfully defended. It’s been a pleasure to work with all of these graduate students. Congratulations @TylerColeSFU, Benjamin, Olivia and @agreywal 🤩 @SFUENV @GeogSFU
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It’s been great to attend the International Medical Geography Symposium here in Atlanta. Looking forward to seeing some of great submissions coming to Health & Place soon!
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Simon Fraser University
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10 Jul 2024
"Over my term I will continue to work towards improving services and resources for our student researchers, increasing equity across graduate programs and strengthening SFU’s reputation as a university that enables researchers to focus on their studies." ~@ValorieCrooks
SFU Research@SFUResearch
9 Jul 2024
“As AVPR, I am here to support all SFU researchers in the pursuit & generation of new knowledge & refinements to existing ways of thinking.” Get to know @ValorieCrooks, @SFU’s associate VP, research, and learn how she supports researchers at SFU ⬇️ sfu.ca/dashboard/faculty-sta…
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SFU Research@SFUResearch
9 Jul 2024
“As AVPR, I am here to support all SFU researchers in the pursuit & generation of new knowledge & refinements to existing ways of thinking.” Get to know @ValorieCrooks, @SFU’s associate VP, research, and learn how she supports researchers at SFU ⬇️ sfu.ca/dashboard/faculty-sta…

Advancing a leading research university: Meet SFU's AVP Research Valorie Crooks

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I'm really looking forward to presenting our @CIHR_IRSC funded work at this @Fraserhealth @BCSUPPORTUnit next Tuesday (June 25th) 🤓
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SFU Research@SFUResearch
23 Jan 2024
Earlier this month, we were thrilled to welcome @SSHRC_CRSH President Ted Hewitt to @SFU for a special town hall. It was wonderful to see our community gathered to discuss opportunities, priorities & insights in Canada’s social sciences & humanities research scene! 🍁
SFU President Joy Johnson addresses SSHRC President Ted Hewitt in front of a crowd.

ALT SFU President Joy Johnson addresses SSHRC President Ted Hewitt in front of a crowd.

A group of attendees stand and listen at the town hall event.

ALT A group of attendees stand and listen at the town hall event.

A group of SFU researchers, including AVPR pro tem Valorie Crooks and Dean of Science Angela Brooks-Wilson, are gathered around a table. They look to be deep in conversation.

ALT A group of SFU researchers, including AVPR pro tem Valorie Crooks and Dean of Science Angela Brooks-Wilson, are gathered around a table. They look to be deep in conversation.
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SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences@SFUFASS
12 Jan 2024
FASS had the honour of speaking with @SSHRC_CRSH president Ted Hewitt during his visit to @SFU yesterday—FASS Dean @SLaurelWeldon, associate dean Steeve Mongrain & LING researcher @maite_taboada shared with him the many exciting & promising research taking place at FASS ✏️📚
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In 2003 I received @sshrc PhD fellowship. In 2007, a small @SSHRC_CRSH from @sfu. In 2008, a @sshrc standard research grant. Today I had the distinct pleasure of hosting the @SSHRC_CRSH President here @SFUResearch 🤩. I mean, wow! It’s been both a pleasure and honour.
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Attending Science Meets Parliament in Ottawa was an amazing learning and networking opportunity. Exciting to see that @sfu researchers can now attend close to home! Sign up - you won’t regret it 😉
SFU Research@SFUResearch
10 Jan 2024
Hey @SFU researchers—applications are open for the first Science Meets Parliament - BC program! See if you're eligible to participate 🔽 @SFUFASS @SFUBeedie @SFU_Science @sfueducation @SFU_FHS @FCATatSFU @FAS_SFU @SFUENV #SciParlBC #CdnSci
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NEW: Wanting to know more about #medicaltourism? In this Architecture Off-Centre podcast I offer an overview of key equity and ethical issues associated with this 🌎 practice. 👉👉Listen: open.spotify.com/show/2uEdRM… Watch: youtube.com/watch?v=fvEzbu3i…

Architecture Off-Centre

Podcast · Vaissnavi Shukl · Architecture Off-Centre highlights unconventional design practices and research projects, which reflect various emerging discourses within the design discipline and...

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Janice Sorensen PhD RD 🇨🇦 🇩🇰@JaniceMSorensen
21 Dec 2023
📢📰Hot off the press 👉 Long COVID in long-term care: a rapid realist review @BMJ_Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/1… Thanks to our funders: @fafmcfpc @CMA_Docs @AkberM6 @ValorieCrooks @Maura_MacPhee @a__APaul @ShanFree77 @kmdthatsme @sivanmanoj

Long COVID in long-term care: a rapid realist review

Objectives The goals of this rapid realist review were to ask: (a) what are the key mechanisms that drive successful interventions for long COVID in long-term care (LTC) and (b) what are the critical...

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🚨 I’m stepping into the role of co-Editor-in-Chief of Health & Place with Michael Widener. Thanks to @jamie0pearce for the amazing work he’s done in leading our discipline’s flagship journal over the last decade. I’m looking forward to this next career adventure 🤩
Jamie Pearce@jamie0pearce
21 Dec 2023
After 10 years as Editor-in-Chief at Health & Place it is time to hand on the baton. A few thoughts 💭👇 1/7
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I had the pleasure of unboxing another book from @SpringerGeo's Global Perspectives on Health Geography series. This time it's 'Health and Medical Geography in Africa' edited by @yemiadewoyin with invited chapters by many including @Pete_M_M link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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