SFU's next Strategic Research Plan (SRP) will launch in 2023. We are gathering feedback from the research community on their goals, priorities and challenges. The SRP consultation process is happening concurrently with the SFU President's community conversations to shape what's next for SFU—as a whole. As research at SFU is a university-wide priority, the SRP consultation process is aligned with SFU's plans in defining who we are as a community, what ideas and priorities are most meaningful to us, and what we want to commit to as an institution.
Provide your feedback
To better understand the needs of the SFU research community, we invited members of the community to conversations that started in March 2022. We scheduled individual consultations with each SFU faculty, as well as other research groups across the institution. The format was a combination of in-person, remote and hybrid. There were also two community consultations offered to the entire SFU community (see recordings below).
The community was also invited to provide feedback and ideas for the next SRP by emailing srp_feedback@sfu.ca and/or taking a survey. With the SFU research community's input, the next SRP will help define the nature of our work and shape the future of research at SFU—thank you to everyone who provided their feedback and participated in the various ways that were offered.
Survey
SFU's Vice-President, Research and International, Dugan O'Neil invited the research community to provide their input by participating in a survey. The survey was available until 4:30pm on Monday, May 30, 2022.
SFU-wide community consultations
All members of the SFU community were invited to join us at a community-wide consultation to share their thoughts. Both sessions were hybrid format, with attendees able to join in through Zoom or in person.
Event date | Session recording |
Friday, May 6 |
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Monday, May 9 9:00am-10:30am |
Community conversations
Individual community consultations have been completed with numerous SFU groups. Please email srp_feedback@sfu.ca if you have questions about the community conversations.
Faculty/group | Date of consultation |
SFU Library | Monday, March 28, 2022 |
Faculty Research Advisory Group (SFU Faculty of Education) | Thursday, April 7, 2022 |
Faculty of Health Sciences | Thursday, April 21 |
Faculty of Science | Monday, April 25 |
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Research Advisory Group) | Thursday, April 28 |
Faculty of Applied Sciences | Monday, May 9 |
Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology | Friday, May 13 |
Faculty of Environment (Leadership Team) | Monday, May 16 |
Beedie School of Business | Thursday, May 26 |
Faculty of Education | Monday, May 30 |