- About
- Commitments
- Sustainable Development Goals
- The Goals
- SDG 1: No Poverty
- SDG 2: Zero Hunger
- SDG 3: Good health and well-being
- SDG 4: Quality education
- SDG 5: Gender equality
- SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
- SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy
- SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
- SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
- SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
- SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
- SDG 13: Climate action
- SDG 14: Life below water
- SDG 15: Life on land
- SDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
- SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
- About
- The Goals
- SFU at COP
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Sustainability and Climate Plan
- Reports
- Get involved
- Contact
Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
Engagement
Events at SFU Continuing Studies
As part of SFU Lifelong Learning, Continuing Studies offers programming for personal and professional development. Throughout the year, they offer a wide variety of public events open to everyone.
Research, Teaching and Learning
Lifelong Learning
SFU provides flexible, responsive education in British Columbia and beyond through Lifelong Learning programs and services. Through timely, targeted programming, SFU helps learners grow and advance personally and professionally in a fast-changing world, and has done so for more than 50 years.
Each year, thousands of members of the general public participate in:
- Continuing Studies courses and programs for professional and personal development
- Lectures and events for the community
- Special audit of SFU undergraduate courses
New Climate Action Certificate Program
The Climate Action Certificate program equips professionals with the skills and knowledge to address climate change. The online program is designed for those in sectors impacted by the climate crisis, offering practical tools to implement effective climate solutions, overcome barriers, and promote climate justice. Taught by leading experts, including former Vancouver councillor Andrea Reimer, the program covers topics like climate science, communication, and Indigenous knowledge systems.
Semester in Climate Futures
SFU's Semester in Dialogue is a one-semester, full-time program designed to inspire students with a sense of civic responsibility and encourage their passion for improving society. Each semester the program offers an original, interdisciplinary experience that bridges the classroom with the community and creates space for students to reflect on what they are doing and why it matters.
The Research Hub
The Research Hub is an innovative, collaborative, interdisciplinary, technology-infused and centralized space for supporting the research and scholarly activities of our faculty and students. It creates a central space to share at-a-glance information on the research projects and initiatives that interconnect and intersect within the university and in our communities around the world.
Former Environment Dean challenges current sustainability education practices in new book
The Future of Sustainability Education at North American Universities, explores sustainability education and offers recommendations for higher education institutions to help students better understand how to advance sustainability. Editor of the book and former dean of SFU’s Faculty of Environment, Naomi Krogman, was intrigued by the challenges universities face to approach and keep up with sustainability education.
Facts and Figures
- 245 research publications related to SDG 4, 2020-2024 (source: SciVal)
- 165 active research projects related to SDG 4 funded between 2020-2024
- Since the 2018/19 academic year, SFU has offered 17 courses relating to SDG 4, representing over 1854 students
Operations
Centre for Educational Excellence
The centre’s mission is to collaborate with instructors to inspire and support innovative, inclusive and reflective teaching approaches that create engaging learning experiences for students.
The Centre for Educational Excellence offers over 100 teaching development workshops, symposia, intensive courses and faculty learning communities each year, in person, online and blended formats to accommodate instructors on all three campuses.
Trottier Observatory & Science Courtyard
Nestled within the heart of the Burnaby campus, the Trottier Observatory is the flagship facility in the Faculty of Science’s myriad outreach programs. The Trottier Studio for Innovative Science Education and the Trottier Observatory and Science Courtyard have been bringing science education and astronomy to students, families, and the general public since 2014.