Critical Futures: Book Launch & CERi Awards

Event Description

Join SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) for an evening celebrating community-engaged scholarship, featuring the launch of Critical Futures: Community-Engaged Research in a Time of Crisis and Social Transformation and the presentation of the 2025 CERi Community-Engaged Research Awards.

The CERi Awards recognize SFU faculty, graduate students, and community partners whose collaborative research demonstrates excellence, ethical partnership, and a commitment to positive social change. Award categories include Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher, Community-Engaged Research Achievement, Community-Engaged Graduate Scholar, and Community-Engaged Research Partner.

Emerging Community-Engaged Researcher Award

• Mei Fang
• Cher Hill

Community-Engaged Graduate Scholar Award

• Tyson Singh Kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

Community-Engaged Partnership Award

• Chris McBride

Special Recognition Award

• Belinda Li
• Angel Kennedy

The Critical Futures book brings together leading scholars, community researchers, and activists to explore how community-engaged research can advance social justice, decolonization, and transformative change in an era of crisis. Through critical essays and field-based case studies, the book challenges conventional academic hierarchies and calls for research practices rooted in solidarity, accountability, and care.

Hosts and book co-editors Stuart Poyntz, Am Johal, and Kari Grain will guide the evening’s conversation, reflecting on the future of engaged scholarship in dialogue with this year’s award recipients. 

The evening will conclude with time for community connection and dialogue. This event is open to researchers, students, community partners, practitioners, and all those interested in the future of community-engaged research.

Date: February 11

Time: 5:00 PM

Location: 

SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre (2nd Floor)

149 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC