Centres and Institutes
The following Centres were established under SFU Policy R40.01
and are under the direct authority of the Faculty Dean.
Note: Directors of Centres/Institutes can access the template for the annual report and renewal application here: Annual Report and Renewal Template
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies
- Centre d'etudes francophones Québec-Pacifique
- Centre for Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures
- Centre for Forensic Research
- Centre for Global Political Economy
- Centre for Public Policy Research
- Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour in Economics (CRABE)
- Centre for Research on Sexual Violence
- Centre for Restorative Justice
- Centre for Scottish Studies
- Centre for the Study of Public Opinion and Political Representation
- Criminology Research Centre
- David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
- Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society
- First Nations Language Centre
- Gerontology Research Centre
- Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy
- Institute for the Humanities
- Institute of Governance Studies
- Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies
Faculty of Business Administration
- CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management
- CMA Innovation Centre
- Centre for Global Workforce Strategy
- Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth Management
- Centre for Workplace Health and Safety
- Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Studies
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
- Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology
- Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities
- Interaction Design Research Centre
Faculty of Education
- Centre for Education, Law and Society
- Centre for Research on International Education
- Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy
- David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education
- Institute for Research on Early Education and Child Health
- Institute for Studies in Teacher Education
Faculty of Environment
- Centre for Coastal Science and Management
- Centre for Sustainable Community Development
- Centre for Tourism Policy and Research
- Cooperative Resource Management Institute
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Science
Research Institutes
The following Institutes which have university-wide mandate or a multi-university consortium were established under SFU Policy R40.01 and are under the direct authority of the Vice-President, Research.
- 4D LABS
- Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute
- Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing
- Centre for Disability Independence Research and Education
- Centre for Education Research and Policy (CERP)
- Centre for Imaginative Education (see Imaginative Education Research Group below)
- Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences (CORDS)
- Centre for Scientific Computing
- Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
- Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health
- Community Health Solutions
- Indigenous Research Institute
- Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies
- Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement
- Institute for Environmental Learning
- Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
- Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence
- Institute for Values in Policy and Science (VIPS)
- Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS)
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
- International Centre of Art for Social Change
- International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)
- Nanomed Canada Research Network
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
- TRIUMF
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
- Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)
In addition to the above, the following research initiatives are associated with the University.
- 7th Floor Media
- Business Administration Research Initiatives
- Metropolis British Columbia, Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Diversity
- Educational Neuroscience Laboratory (Engrammetron)
- FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
- Imaginative Education Research Group
- Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions
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