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Recent Posts
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Meet Kathy Feng: research assistant, podcaster, and visual artist
It’s our pleasure to introduce an important member of our team who is hard at work behind the scenes of Below the Radar, Kathy Feng. Kathy is a fourth year visual arts student in the School for Contemporary Arts at SFU, who has been working as a research assistant in SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement since Spring 2020. read more
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Recap: After the Pandemic: The Future of University-Community Engagement
We hosted community engagement scholars and practitioners from across Canada for a virtual conversation about the path forward for university-community partnerships. The panel shared strategies for supporting communities through and beyond the pandemic, and called for institutional changes in post-secondary to de-centre whiteness and Eurocentric frameworks, and to embrace a willingness to try new tactics. read more
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2020 in Review: Reflections on Our Pandemic Year
As this complicated and tumultuous year comes to a close, there is much to reflect upon. While our public programming has been limited to the virtual world for the time being, we look forward to welcoming our communities back to in-person programming in Fall 2021. We wish you a restful holiday season to recharge your batteries and look forward to the possibility of new, inspiring times ahead. read more
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Below the Radar Surpasses 25,000 Listens
Reflecting on a podcast milestone during crisis times. Two years and 86 episodes later, Below the Radar is going strong with 25,000+ listens. The connections we have made to our guests and listeners became even more dear to us this spring, when the COVID-19 pandemic made it unsafe for us to gather and be in community with each other in the same way. read more
All Posts
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Finding Community Through Dance: Our Conversation with Julie Lebel November 18, 2019
Our longtime community partner Karen Jamieson Dance has returned with the Carnegie Dance Troupe to... -
Celebrating one year of Below the Radar November 05, 2019
One year ago, we released the very first episode of Below the Radar. It was 2018, and at that... -
What is the future of Indigenous planning in Vancouver? October 21, 2019
On September 25, 2019, we had the opportunity to co-host “Decolonizing the City: The Future... -
‘Intersections, Athens’ — A workshop with Anne Marie Slater October 16, 2019
Visual artist and photographer Anne Marie Slater shared her recent 2019 Artist Residency with the... -
Join us for these events at this year’s Heart of the City Festival! October 07, 2019
It’s that time of year again! Back for their 16th year, Heart of the City Festival will fill... -
Reel Causes #Indigeneity: Our Conversation with Rylan Friday September 16, 2019
We are partnering again with Reel Causes for their upcoming event #Indigeneity, which will showcase... -
Happy Fall from SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement! September 09, 2019
The new school year brings both new and returning faces to our university campus. As students and... -
Stepping Back and Trying New Things: Reflecting on Community Journalism 101 August 07, 2019
Teresa Wong has always been on the search for happiness. For some, happiness comes from success,... -
Astra Taylor asks “What is Democracy?” in her latest film July 22, 2019
What is Democracy? asks audiences to consider what democracy really means, especially in our... -
“An Indefinite Sentence”: A conversation with author and activist Siddharth Dube June 26, 2019
On June 7, we hosted Calcutta-born author and activist Siddharth Dube for a conversation about his... -
Nathan Edelson looks at the future of inner city planning at the 2019 Jim Green Memorial Lecture June 11, 2019
At the seventh annual Jim Green Memorial Lecture, community planner Nathan Edelson explored the... -
Empowering Informed Consent: Community Ethics in Cultural Production May 21, 2019
SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement partnered with Hives for Humanity to support the... -
United Nations rapporteur Rita Izsák-Ndiaye speaks on building connected communities May 10, 2019
As a Special Rapporteur, Izsák-Ndiaye has travelled to countries across the globe to hear... -
Geoff Mann Launches “In the Long Run We Are All Dead” October 10, 2018
This Thursday, we’re excited to be hosting SFU Geography professor Geoff Mann who will be... -
Restoring Right Relationships in Vancouver’s Inner City July 25, 2018
By Jamie-Leigh Gonzales In June 2018, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement hosted the... -
‘Illicit’ tells powerful stories of the overdose crisis through community theatre June 29, 2018
A group of harm reduction workers and frontline responders from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside... -
Tonya Surman asks, “What is social innovation?” at the 2018 Jim Green Memorial Lecture April 05, 2018
Tonya Surman, a social entrepreneur who has built multiple world-changing projects which put people... -
Community Journalism 101: a course in storytelling for DTES residents February 27, 2018
On a grey Vancouver day, the community engagement team met with co-facilitators Jackie Wong and... -
New(to)Town offers physical theatre training for all February 22, 2018
We sat down to talk with the brilliant minds behind the New(to)Town Collective. Their goal? To... -
Kenny Bailey hosts workshop on Social Emergency Response Centers December 13, 2017
In partnership with the Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival, social activist and community... -
Germaine Tremmel on the “Rise of Women Warriors” at Standing Rock December 01, 2017
Germaine Tremmel visited SFU to present on the Importance of Cultural Identity for Women and the... -
Itrath Syed on Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Women’s Resistance November 30, 2017
Itrath Syed, a PhD Candidate at the School of Communications at SFU gave a lecture on Gendered... -
Tzo’kam & Sawagi Taiko at Heart of the City 2017 November 17, 2017
Bringing together cultural traditions from across the world, the unique collaboration between... -
Bob Williams on Surrey, “building and designing a city that is dynamite” September 28, 2017
Surrey has been a rapidly-expanding ‘up-and-comer’ in Metro Vancouver for quite some... -
Super Cool Tuesdays: community-building through art in the DTES August 24, 2017
Super Cool Tuesdays has been connecting artists and members of the DTES as a drop-in speaker series...