Stories of impact with community

SFU-Community partnershps and initiatives have mobilized with strength, resilience and courage. Explore examples of collaborative action here.

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  • March 17, 2023

    In early 2021, about a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, five students from SFU and UBC came together to persist in their passion for bringing STEM to young learners in Surrey. Delivering their program met with some challenges, but as with so much community engagement work, maintaining respectful communication with partners continues to allow them to engage in their passion for engaging young leaders and learners.

    SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, Featured, Stories of Impact
  • November 09, 2022

    It’s back-to-school season, and for many, that means a whirlwind of challenges such as homework, exams, and juggling extracurriculars. Food insecurity should not be one of them. 24% of our new registrants in the past year were post-secondary students, and we expect this number to grow in the upcoming months.

    Burnaby Partnerships, Food Security
  • March 18, 2022

    From art-based co-creation or engaging with schools, to community advocacy and meaningful acts of Reconciliation and more, the winners of this year’s SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition are putting ideas into action with their community partners.

    SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, Staff, Competition, Stories of Impact, News
  • February 07, 2022

    Community fridge now located in Maggie Benson Centre, the fridge is accessible to all. In the spirit of mutual aid, SFSS partnered with various community groups to address student food insecurity.

    Burnaby Partnerships, Food Security
  • February 03, 2022

    As SFU’s community fridge addresses one of food injustice’s most urgent symptoms – hunger – it also provides the extra benefit of preventing food waste.

    COVID-19, Burnaby Partnerships, News, Food Security, Featured
  • February 02, 2022

    In 2013, SFU students from Enactus SFU began developing an after-school program for newcomer children and youth. That was the beginning of a now seven-year journey to co-create key community programming that has weathered many bumps and challenges. We gathered some of the people still involved with the Media Minds partnership to reflect on the nature of its strengths and resiliency, and to honour its ongoing commitment to community impact.

    Blog, SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, Featured, Stories of Impact, Featured
  • November 09, 2021

    In 2018, the We Are the World project was awarded $3,000 to found a magazine to showcase seniors' stories of resilience. Three years later, we are pleased to share that the project is still moving forward, though with some changes.

    SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, Stories of Impact, Featured
  • November 05, 2021

    In 2018, the We Are the World project was awarded $3,000 to found a magazine to showcase seniors' stories of resilience. Three years later, we are pleased to share that the project is still moving forward, though with some changes.

    SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, SFU Student-Community Engagement Competition, Featured, COVID-19, Stories of Impact
  • October 22, 2021

    More people in Burnaby will have access to safe, low-barrier and non-judgmental support for nutrition.

    Stories of Impact, News, Food Security