Photos courtesy of Paul Crowe and the Vancouver Cantonese Opera.
Welcome to the David Lam Centre (DLC)
David See-Chai Lam Centre supports and facilitates research collaboration, networking and building the community of Asia-related scholars across campus and internationally. Check out our funding opportunities below.
Supporting research and engagement with the Asia Pacific Region.
Opportunities for faculty
Part of our mandate is to facilitate engagement and research between SFU and Asia. SFU faculty (including limited term lecturers) conducting Asia-related research are eligible to receive support from David Lam Centre. Funding is available to members of the DLC. We also support a Scholar-in-Residence program.
Resources for students
SFU David Lam Centre (DLC) offers an annual graduate student essay prize for $1,200 for an outstanding paper on intercultural issues, particularly as they relate to people in or from Canada and the Asia Pacific region. Funding is also available to graduate students to support their research.
Funding for the community
We support events that are Asia-related, especially in terms of culture and history. Such events should be free and open to the public and /or connect to faculty interest at SFU. We can coordinate events by booking rooms at Harbour Centre; organizing food and drink; preparing event posters; and announcing the event to our networks.
Events
Past events
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February 06, 2026
February 06, 2026
News
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March 06, 2026
Congratulations to Ms. Shangrila Plaza whose paper was selected as the 2025 Best Graduate Student Paper, awarding her this year’s Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award.
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August 07, 2025
In July, SFU's School for International Studies and SFU's David Lam Centre teamed up with Peace Boat and Mines Action Canada to host a lecture on building a future free of nuclear weapons.