Events & Resources

Events

SFU CLIMATE INNOVATION EVENTS

Research-for-Impact Series

About

SFU Climate Innovation’s Community-Centred Research-for-Impact Series convenes interdisciplinary researchers, community-centred partners and networks, and knowledge mobilization experts to advance transformative climate action and innovation pathways with and for communities across Canada and beyond. This series is hosted in partnership with SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue.

May 2024 - Research Intersections Workshop
January 2025 - Researcher & Partner Workshop
May 2025 - Co-Design Jam: Co-creating transformative community-centred climate innovation pathways
September 2025 - Vancouver Climate Day
May 2026 - Enabling Research Horizons Workshop
Up next: September 18, 2026 - Vancouver Climate Day - Call for session proposals now open!

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Vancouver Climate Day 2026

When
September 18, 2026 at the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, on SFU's Vancouver Campus.

About

The third Vancouver Climate Day aims to increase shared knowledge across different networks of the innovative work being done on climate action by people living and working in this city. It is a unique opportunity to showcase the innovative climate research of SFU and partner post-secondary institutions. The event will also feature research done with community partners, from local government to NGOs across themes of adaptation, clean energy, Indigenous-led climate solutions, nature-based solutions, equity, clean tech, AI and more.

The call for workshop proposals is now open: If you have an idea for a session or panel and are willing to take the lead in organizing and delivering this segment, please submit your proposal by April 30, 2026.

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Community and Partner Events

Do you have an upcoming event supporting climate-related research with and for communities? We want to hear about it! Fill out this short form to have your event or activity amplified by SFU Climate Innovation event listings and community channels.

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Co-Creation in Climate Research

Presented by SFU's Community-Centred Research Initiative (CERi) and co-hosted by RESET Labs and SFU Climate Innovation, these workshops to bring together SFU researchers, staff and students interested in leveraging climate research and community engagement to develop impactful solutions.

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Connecting the Dots: Creating an Interdisciplinary Cohort of Students

Monthly Web-Based Meeting - October-April (first Tuesday of every month, 12:30-1:30pm)

Hosted by ACT - Action on Climate Team, Connecting the Dots fosters an interdisciplinary community of graduate students and post-docs working on climate and sustainability research across different faculties

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Resources

SFU Climate Innovation connects researchers and partners by offering:

Building interdisciplinary networks and partnerships
Connecting and convening researchers
Providing seed funding
Initiating and managing research partnerships
Supporting co-creation research for implementation and evaluation

By connecting researchers to these supports, to each other, and to strategic community partners, SFU Climate Innovation will lead in building knowledge for impact and orienting higher education toward proactively engaging in global to local sustainability challenges.

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Apply now: Event funding for PICS universities

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is offering $2,500 to support climate change-related research dissemination, knowledge mobilization, and education focused events hosted by PICS-network university (UBC, SFU, UNBC, UVic) groups, organizations, departments, and/or institutes.

Events could include a range of activities such as disseminating research findings, sharing knowledge/s, coordinating engagement-focused events, building relationships and connections, and fostering meaningful conversations.

PICS is currently accepting applications for this funding stream.

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Creating Impactful Research and Partnerships