Wow! You submitted 54 ideas! Best. Year. Ever.
The 2022-23 competition is now closed for idea submission. Thank you to everyone who made this our best start ever. We are now on to phase two of the competition. If you'd like to get reminders for next year, sign up on our Key Information page.
"The idea behind the project is empowerment. We're aiming (to) empower people to change their own habits in a way that's not onerous, in a way that's fun.”
- Priscilla Lam (Project: BYO), 2020 Grand Award winner
"Naloxone kits save lives. The overdose crisis hits close to home, for everyone in BC. Combining “naloxone” and the Tri-Cities, my “home”, I’ve created NaloxHome. We’re cracking open the conversation not in a way that scares but just in a way that engages them."
- Chloe Goodison (Project: NaloxHome), 2020 Grand Award winner
"SFU’s Office of Community Engagement is so pleased to be able to support the good work that students are doing with their community partners. Each year of this competition brings forth stunning creativity and innovation."
- Matthew Grant, director of SFU’s Office of Community Engagement
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March 18, 2022
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.
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February 02, 2022
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.
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November 09, 2021
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.
