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- The Circular Economy: A Pathway to a Sustainable Organization
- Greening Your Organization: A Networking Event
- Natural Resources Planning Using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
- Natural Resources Planning Using Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation
- Procurement Through a Sustainability Lens
- Renewable Energy Transition Strategies: Practical Innovations for Urban Areas
- Understanding Environmental Assessment Today: Cases and Issues
- Vancouver's Target of 100% Renewables by 2050: Just another pipe dream?
- Climate Change in the Urban Environment: Essential Steps to Enabling Resiliency
- Ecopsychology
- Renewable Energy Transition Strategies
- Whole in One
- ENVP 925 - Green Infrastructure in Urban Centres: Policy, Design and Practice
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- Learning from the Global Pandemic
- Women Bending the Curve on Climate Change
- Engaging the Community to Build Flood Resilience: 12,000 Rain Gardens for the Puget Sound
- Engaging the university community in realizing sustainabiity: a transformational approach
- Engaging Citizens in Bike Lane Proposals: A Toronto Experience
- Climate Narratives
- Women's Participation and Leadership in Climate Solutions
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Research
Genuine research enables curiosity, expands our vision and inspires solutions to the challenges we face.
The Faculty of Environment studies the complex relationships between humans and their built and natural environments from the past to the present. We also tackle the three pillars of sustainability: environmental, economic and social with an aim to make positive impacts locally and globally.
Check out how we advance research in the specialized areas listed below in our departments and centres.
Archaeology
Ranked 1st in Canada for QS Rankings on citations per paper and H-Index citations
- Archaeological science
- Ceramic analysis
- Cultural resource management
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Evolutionary archaeology
- Forensic anthropology
- Geoarchaeology
- Historical archaeology
- Lithic analysis
- Paleoethnobotany
- Zooarchaeology
Geography
SFU Geography named One of Maclean's Standout Programs
- Environmental & Atmospheric Science
- Geomorphology & Hydrology
- Health Geography
- Place & Development
- Power, Politics, Policy
- Social Theory
- Society & Environment
- Soil Science & Ecology
- Spatial Information Science
- Urban Spaces
Resource and Environmental Management
- Avalanche Research
- Climate, Oceans, and Paleo-Environments (COPE)
- Coastal Marine Ecology and Conservation (CMEC)
- Energy & Materials (EMRG)
- Environment & Development
- Environmental Toxicology
- Forest Ecology & Management
- Indigenous Research & Partnerships
- Quantitative Fisheries
- Salmon Watersheds
- Sustainable Community Development (SCD)
Adaptation to Climate Change Team
Adaptation to Climate Change Team studies nine top-of-mind climate change areas and considers ways to protect environmental, economic and social well being throughout its five-year program.
Centre for Sustainable Development
The Centre for Sustainable Development develops practical, effective solutions for environmental, social and economic challenges to advancing sustainable development.
Cooperative Resource Management Institute
The Cooperative Resource Management Institute facilitates collaborative research and professional development projects with governmental and nongovernmental natural resource management agencies.
Sustainable Transportation Research Action Team
START is an interdisciplinary research collaborative that identifies sustainable transportation solutions by combining economic, engineering, marketing, policy and psychology.
Centre for Forensic Research
The Centre for Forensic Research is a joint venture between Archaeology and Criminology and forensic researchers from other areas. It is the focal point for world class research on a range of forensic science topics, notably homicides and animal cruelty.
Centre for Tourism, Policy and Research
The Centre for Tourism, Policy and Research engages with public and private sector tourism organizations to undertake research and professional development activities that address use and management of natural and/or cultural resources for tourism and recreation.
Pacific Water Research Centre
The Pacific Water Research Centre (PWRC) aims to promote and mobilize research that addresses water issues on multiple scales ranging from local communities to national to global.