Centres and Institutes
Over 60 research centres and institutes directly contribute to Simon Fraser University's position among Canada’s top universities in research impact. SFU's Research Centres and Institutes support collaborative research to confront key scientific and global challenges, foster creative interaction and stimulate engagement with students and visiting scholars.
Research Institutes
Research Institutes are formally designated non-departmental units that facilitate extensive multi-faculty collaborative research. This research is often enhanced by research relationships with other universities, stakeholders (e.g., government, community or private sector affiliates) or shared resources and infrastructure. The activities of Research Institutes support the strategic research mission of the university.
The following Institutes which have university-wide mandate or a multi-university consortium were established under SFU Policy R40.01 and are under the direct authority of the Vice-President, Research and International.
- Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing
- Centre for Education Research and Policy
- Centre for Forensic Research
- Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences
- Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
- Chronic Pain Research Institute
- Digital Democracies Institute
- Indigenous Research Institute
Institute for Black and African Diaspora Research and Engagement - Institute for Environmental Learning
- Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN) - Institute for Performance Studies (IPS)
Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence - Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research (ITCR)
Institute on Violence, Terrorism, and Security - International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
- International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)
Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences - Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute (STAR)
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
- Visual & INteractive Computing Institute (VINCI)
- Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)
BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre
Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
Educational Neuroscience Laboratory (Engrammetron)
FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
Imaginative Education Research Group
Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines
Kids Brain Health Network
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
Quantum Algorithms Institute
Social Attention Research Group (SARG)
TRIUMF
Research Centres
Research Centres are formally designated, non-departmental units facilitating collaborative research mainly within a single faculty. They may include in their membership SFU researchers from outside of the home faculty. The activities of a Research Centre support the research mission of its home faculty and require the support of its home faculty dean.
The following centres were established under SFU Policy R40.01 and are under the direct authority of the faculty dean:
- Africa Research Centre
- Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Studies
- Centre d'etudes francophones Québec-Pacifique
- Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies
- Centre for Public Policy Research
- Centre for Restorative Justice
- Centre for Scottish Studies
- David Lam Centre for International Communication
- First Nations Language Centre
- Gerontology Research Centre
- Institute for the Humanities
- Institute of Governance Studies
- Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies
- The SFU Morgan Centre for Labour Research