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CERi awards
The purpose of these awards is to provide recognition to SFU faculty members, graduate students, and community partners for outstanding community-engaged research that supports positive change. learn more
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Rewriting Climate Narratives: Hope, Justice, and Youth Empowerment Through Creative Engagement
Grace Nosek’s workshop uses her research and novel ROOTBOUND to show how creative writing and community engagement can combat climate issues and misinformation, especially ahead of key elections. learn more
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The Future of Community-Engaged Research is Bright
This article was written by Tammara Soma, who is a former Researcher-in-Residence with SFU CERi and recipient of the Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher Award at the 2023 SFU CERi Awards. Dive in to this article to learn about Soma's recent experiences in Tanzania, and why the future of community-engaged research is promising! learn more
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From campus to community: Empowering local voices to transform perspectives on poverty
This article is authored by Maitland Waddell, who was part of the 2023 cohort of the CERi Graduate Fellowship Program. He is a PhD student in the Psychology department’s Intergroup Relations and Social Justice lab. One of his primary lines of research examines the psychological impacts of the Making Ends Meet poverty simulator, an immersive perspective-taking intervention designed to challenge stigma towards those who live in poverty. Maitland aims to expand the impact of this work by partnering with local schools and NGOs in order to build their capacity to run poverty simulations in their own Greater Vancouver communities. learn more
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Participation. Cooperation. Social Transformation.
CERi promotes principles of participation, cooperation, social transformation and knowledge translation to lift up and strengthen the capacity of SFU’s researchers and students, to engage respectfully and ethically with community members.
Research that supports positive community change.
Based out of the new 312 Main co-working space in downtown Vancouver, CERi is SFU's first research infrastructure developed for the purpose of extending community-engaged research to provincial, national and international communities.
Simon Fraser University’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) is a new university-wide strategic initiative of the Office of the Vice-President, Research.
LATEST POSTS
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September 10, 2024
September 10, 2024
This article was written by Tammara Soma, who is a former Researcher-in-Residence with SFU CERi and recipient of the Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher Award at the 2023 SFU CERi Awards. Dive in to this article to learn about Soma's recent experiences in Tanzania, and why the future of community-engaged research is promising!
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August 13, 2024
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August 13, 2024
This article is authored by Maitland Waddell, who was part of the 2023 cohort of the CERi Graduate Fellowship Program. He is a PhD student in the Psychology department’s Intergroup Relations and Social Justice lab. One of his primary lines of research examines the psychological impacts of the Making Ends Meet poverty simulator, an immersive perspective-taking intervention designed to challenge stigma towards those who live in poverty. Maitland aims to expand the impact of this work by partnering with local schools and NGOs in order to build their capacity to run poverty simulations in their own Greater Vancouver communities.
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August 06, 2024
August 06, 2024
This article is written by Nicholas Blomley, a former CERi Researcher-in-Residence and Professor of Geography at Simon Fraser University. This article explores how academia presents a power-dynamic regarding which voices matter most. Specifically, this article dives into Blomley's experience with The Conversation, an independent news publication, and their policies regarding who can author articles and what determines 'expertise'.
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July 09, 2024
July 09, 2024
This Q+A is taken from an interview conducted by Tara Mahoney (SFU CERi) on the collaboration between CityHive and the Community Scholars Program. The interviewees included Heather De Forest and Dana McFarland from the Community Scholars Program and Joanne Nellas and Giulia Belotti from CityHive. The interview has been edited for brevity.
PROGRAMS
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CERi’s Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to facilitate community-engaged research through a combination of financial support, mentorship, peer learning and professional development.
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CERi’s Community-Engaged Research Funding Program is a grant program available to SFU faculty and graduate students.
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In partnership with Vancouver Island University, the University of Northern British Columbia, and University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library coordinates a program to provide staff of charitable and non-profit organizations in British Columbia with access to the latest research and knowledge in their fields.
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CERi’s Researchers-in-Residence program supports and promotes SFU faculty members actively practicing community-engaged research or whose research involves CER methods.
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The purpose of these awards is to provide recognition to SFU faculty members, graduate students, and community partners for outstanding community-engaged research that supports positive change.
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