SFU CERi
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On this episode of Below the Radar, host Am Johal speaks with Sadhu Binning — bilingual author, educator, and advocate for Punjabi literature, culture, and language. They discuss his life, storytelling, & founding arts and cultural collectives in Vancouver in the 80s and 90s.
Listen: bit.ly/4339dy5
Listen: bit.ly/4339dy5
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
On this episode of Below the Radar, host Am Johal speaks with Sadhu Binning — bilingual author, educator, and advocate for Punjabi literature, culture, and language. They discuss his life, storytelling, & founding arts and cultural collectives in Vancouver in the 80s and 90s.
Listen: bit.ly/4339dy5
Listen: bit.ly/4339dy5
WE ARE HIRING!
We are hiring a DTES Climate Resiliency Research & Advocacy Coordinator to help advance community-led climate resilience, equity, and collaboration in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Join a cross-sector effort shaping local climate policy.
Apply by Nov 7: sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
We are hiring a DTES Climate Resiliency Research & Advocacy Coordinator to help advance community-led climate resilience, equity, and collaboration in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Join a cross-sector effort shaping local climate policy.
Apply by Nov 7: sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
WE ARE HIRING!
We are hiring a DTES Climate Resiliency Research & Advocacy Coordinator to help advance community-led climate resilience, equity, and collaboration in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Join a cross-sector effort shaping local climate policy.
Apply by Nov 7: sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
We are hiring a DTES Climate Resiliency Research & Advocacy Coordinator to help advance community-led climate resilience, equity, and collaboration in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Join a cross-sector effort shaping local climate policy.
Apply by Nov 7: sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
Reflecting on five years of community-engaged research at SFU! Over the last five years, CERi has built a collaborative hub connecting scholars, students & partners to drive real social change.
Read the 5-Year Report on how research supports community impact: www.sfu.ca/ceri/about/5...
Read the 5-Year Report on how research supports community impact: www.sfu.ca/ceri/about/5...
October 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Reflecting on five years of community-engaged research at SFU! Over the last five years, CERi has built a collaborative hub connecting scholars, students & partners to drive real social change.
Read the 5-Year Report on how research supports community impact: www.sfu.ca/ceri/about/5...
Read the 5-Year Report on how research supports community impact: www.sfu.ca/ceri/about/5...
Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes
Explore how Indigenous storytellers reframe climate change—not as a crisis alone, but as a symptom of deeper histories. Join leading journalists & creators Oct 24, 6:30 PM at MOA.
Detail: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
Explore how Indigenous storytellers reframe climate change—not as a crisis alone, but as a symptom of deeper histories. Join leading journalists & creators Oct 24, 6:30 PM at MOA.
Detail: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
October 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Beyond Fires & Floods (BFF): Indigenous Narratives in an Era of Extremes
Explore how Indigenous storytellers reframe climate change—not as a crisis alone, but as a symptom of deeper histories. Join leading journalists & creators Oct 24, 6:30 PM at MOA.
Detail: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
Explore how Indigenous storytellers reframe climate change—not as a crisis alone, but as a symptom of deeper histories. Join leading journalists & creators Oct 24, 6:30 PM at MOA.
Detail: sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...
Join CERi’s 2025 Workshop Series!
SFU CERi is hosting in-person workshops at 312 Main as part of the Graduate Fellowship Program. Topics include collaboration, ethics, decolonization, and knowledge mobilization. Open to the public—attend the sessions that interest you.
Register: bit.ly/4nfY054
SFU CERi is hosting in-person workshops at 312 Main as part of the Graduate Fellowship Program. Topics include collaboration, ethics, decolonization, and knowledge mobilization. Open to the public—attend the sessions that interest you.
Register: bit.ly/4nfY054
October 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Join CERi’s 2025 Workshop Series!
SFU CERi is hosting in-person workshops at 312 Main as part of the Graduate Fellowship Program. Topics include collaboration, ethics, decolonization, and knowledge mobilization. Open to the public—attend the sessions that interest you.
Register: bit.ly/4nfY054
SFU CERi is hosting in-person workshops at 312 Main as part of the Graduate Fellowship Program. Topics include collaboration, ethics, decolonization, and knowledge mobilization. Open to the public—attend the sessions that interest you.
Register: bit.ly/4nfY054
Join us for an evening celebrating community, creativity, and impact!
Support Megaphone’s mission to amplify marginalized voices and strengthen communities. Hear from Am Johal on Non-Profit Sustainability, enjoy a raffle, and celebrate this year’s honorees.
Register: bit.ly/4q2So04
Support Megaphone’s mission to amplify marginalized voices and strengthen communities. Hear from Am Johal on Non-Profit Sustainability, enjoy a raffle, and celebrate this year’s honorees.
Register: bit.ly/4q2So04
October 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Join us for an evening celebrating community, creativity, and impact!
Support Megaphone’s mission to amplify marginalized voices and strengthen communities. Hear from Am Johal on Non-Profit Sustainability, enjoy a raffle, and celebrate this year’s honorees.
Register: bit.ly/4q2So04
Support Megaphone’s mission to amplify marginalized voices and strengthen communities. Hear from Am Johal on Non-Profit Sustainability, enjoy a raffle, and celebrate this year’s honorees.
Register: bit.ly/4q2So04
The Museum of Vancouver will launch Living with Long COVID on Oct 4 with a 2:00 pm reception. This exhibition shares the daily lives of Longhaulers through their own photography, honoring their stories and resilience. Community, partners, and the public are warmly invited.
Register: bit.ly/46AoiI4
Register: bit.ly/46AoiI4
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The Museum of Vancouver will launch Living with Long COVID on Oct 4 with a 2:00 pm reception. This exhibition shares the daily lives of Longhaulers through their own photography, honoring their stories and resilience. Community, partners, and the public are warmly invited.
Register: bit.ly/46AoiI4
Register: bit.ly/46AoiI4
This episode of Below the Radar B-Sides is guest hosted by Joe Clark (SFU) with guest Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (Seattle U), author of The Celluloid Specimen. Together they explore their shared interest in non-theatrical film and the futures of scientific filmmaking.
Listen: bit.ly/4nopOV5
Listen: bit.ly/4nopOV5
September 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
This episode of Below the Radar B-Sides is guest hosted by Joe Clark (SFU) with guest Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa (Seattle U), author of The Celluloid Specimen. Together they explore their shared interest in non-theatrical film and the futures of scientific filmmaking.
Listen: bit.ly/4nopOV5
Listen: bit.ly/4nopOV5
Join us tomorrow, Sept. 26 at Vancouver Climate Day 2025! Dr. Tara Mahoney (CERi) and partners present the DTES Climate Resilience Roadmap—a community-driven plan to help social service orgs support vulnerable populations facing climate hazards like heat, smoke, and flooding.
Detail: bit.ly/4pFt2VF
Detail: bit.ly/4pFt2VF
September 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Join us tomorrow, Sept. 26 at Vancouver Climate Day 2025! Dr. Tara Mahoney (CERi) and partners present the DTES Climate Resilience Roadmap—a community-driven plan to help social service orgs support vulnerable populations facing climate hazards like heat, smoke, and flooding.
Detail: bit.ly/4pFt2VF
Detail: bit.ly/4pFt2VF
On this episode of Below the Radar, host Am Johal is joined by Dorothy Christian, Associate Director of Indigenous Policy & Pedagogy in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at SFU. They discuss her role in advancing Indigenous knowledge, policy, and education.
Listen: bit.ly/4mAkpsL
Listen: bit.ly/4mAkpsL
September 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
On this episode of Below the Radar, host Am Johal is joined by Dorothy Christian, Associate Director of Indigenous Policy & Pedagogy in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at SFU. They discuss her role in advancing Indigenous knowledge, policy, and education.
Listen: bit.ly/4mAkpsL
Listen: bit.ly/4mAkpsL
On this episode of BTR B-Sides, host Am Johal speaks with Ming Wong, a Singapore-born and Berlin-based contemporary artist. They discuss his artistic practice, research into Cantonese Opera cinema, his approach to pedagogy, and the benefits of being at the fringe looking in.
Listen: bit.ly/4nRtrCU
Listen: bit.ly/4nRtrCU
September 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
On this episode of BTR B-Sides, host Am Johal speaks with Ming Wong, a Singapore-born and Berlin-based contemporary artist. They discuss his artistic practice, research into Cantonese Opera cinema, his approach to pedagogy, and the benefits of being at the fringe looking in.
Listen: bit.ly/4nRtrCU
Listen: bit.ly/4nRtrCU
Below the Radar is back!
In this B-Sides episode, host Am Johal speaks with Alphonso Lingis — renowned philosopher, writer, and professor at Penn State. Tune in for an insightful conversation that bridges thought and life.
Listen now: www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
In this B-Sides episode, host Am Johal speaks with Alphonso Lingis — renowned philosopher, writer, and professor at Penn State. Tune in for an insightful conversation that bridges thought and life.
Listen now: www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
September 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Below the Radar is back!
In this B-Sides episode, host Am Johal speaks with Alphonso Lingis — renowned philosopher, writer, and professor at Penn State. Tune in for an insightful conversation that bridges thought and life.
Listen now: www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
In this B-Sides episode, host Am Johal speaks with Alphonso Lingis — renowned philosopher, writer, and professor at Penn State. Tune in for an insightful conversation that bridges thought and life.
Listen now: www.sfu.ca/vancity-offi...
Nominations are now open for the 2025 CERi Awards at SFU!
These awards celebrate faculty, graduate students, and community partners leading impactful community-engaged research. Join us in recognizing innovation, collaboration, and equity—nominate today!
Deadline Nov 7: bit.ly/ceriaward
These awards celebrate faculty, graduate students, and community partners leading impactful community-engaged research. Join us in recognizing innovation, collaboration, and equity—nominate today!
Deadline Nov 7: bit.ly/ceriaward
September 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 CERi Awards at SFU!
These awards celebrate faculty, graduate students, and community partners leading impactful community-engaged research. Join us in recognizing innovation, collaboration, and equity—nominate today!
Deadline Nov 7: bit.ly/ceriaward
These awards celebrate faculty, graduate students, and community partners leading impactful community-engaged research. Join us in recognizing innovation, collaboration, and equity—nominate today!
Deadline Nov 7: bit.ly/ceriaward
How can researchers ensure fair recognition and compensation for community partners in community-based research?
Join our webinar on Sept 23, 2025 at 10:30am PDT, featuring Joanna Habdank (SFU CERi) and colleagues from McMaster and Nova Scotia.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-...
Join our webinar on Sept 23, 2025 at 10:30am PDT, featuring Joanna Habdank (SFU CERi) and colleagues from McMaster and Nova Scotia.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-...
September 18, 2025 at 4:30 AM
How can researchers ensure fair recognition and compensation for community partners in community-based research?
Join our webinar on Sept 23, 2025 at 10:30am PDT, featuring Joanna Habdank (SFU CERi) and colleagues from McMaster and Nova Scotia.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-...
Join our webinar on Sept 23, 2025 at 10:30am PDT, featuring Joanna Habdank (SFU CERi) and colleagues from McMaster and Nova Scotia.
Register: www.eventbrite.ca/e/community-...
We’re hiring!
SFU CERi is looking for a Project Coordinator to support and contribute to a range of community-engaged research projects. This is a great opportunity for SFU graduate students to gain hands-on experience in community-engaged research.
Apply by Sept 21: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
SFU CERi is looking for a Project Coordinator to support and contribute to a range of community-engaged research projects. This is a great opportunity for SFU graduate students to gain hands-on experience in community-engaged research.
Apply by Sept 21: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
September 4, 2025 at 8:51 PM
We’re hiring!
SFU CERi is looking for a Project Coordinator to support and contribute to a range of community-engaged research projects. This is a great opportunity for SFU graduate students to gain hands-on experience in community-engaged research.
Apply by Sept 21: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
SFU CERi is looking for a Project Coordinator to support and contribute to a range of community-engaged research projects. This is a great opportunity for SFU graduate students to gain hands-on experience in community-engaged research.
Apply by Sept 21: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
Join us for Cultivating Resilience: Advancing Climate-Smart Agri-Food, a national summit co-hosted by AG-ACt, SFU, and UBC. October 27–28, 2025, Vancouver. Early-bird registration and poster proposals are now open. Learn more: site.pheedloop.com/event/cultiv...
August 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Join us for Cultivating Resilience: Advancing Climate-Smart Agri-Food, a national summit co-hosted by AG-ACt, SFU, and UBC. October 27–28, 2025, Vancouver. Early-bird registration and poster proposals are now open. Learn more: site.pheedloop.com/event/cultiv...
As the Community Voices report launches, revisit Emily R. Blyth’s blog on the community-rooted research that helped shape it—highlighting care, co-creation, and ethical reporting grounded in lived experience and collective analysis with those directly impacted.
Read: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
Read: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
July 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
As the Community Voices report launches, revisit Emily R. Blyth’s blog on the community-rooted research that helped shape it—highlighting care, co-creation, and ethical reporting grounded in lived experience and collective analysis with those directly impacted.
Read: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
Read: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
[HIRING ALERT]
The 312 Main Research Shop is hiring a Research Assistant for a pilot project supporting dogs in domestic violence shelters across BC. Community-engaged research, data analysis & education work involved.
Apply: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
The 312 Main Research Shop is hiring a Research Assistant for a pilot project supporting dogs in domestic violence shelters across BC. Community-engaged research, data analysis & education work involved.
Apply: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
July 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
[HIRING ALERT]
The 312 Main Research Shop is hiring a Research Assistant for a pilot project supporting dogs in domestic violence shelters across BC. Community-engaged research, data analysis & education work involved.
Apply: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
The 312 Main Research Shop is hiring a Research Assistant for a pilot project supporting dogs in domestic violence shelters across BC. Community-engaged research, data analysis & education work involved.
Apply: www.sfu.ca/ceri/job-pos...
SFU graduate student - Genevieve Cheng helped transform a local health project into a national climate initiative—rebranding it as The BREATHE Project & leading DIY air filter workshops. A powerful story of how communication fuels public health change.
Read more:
www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
Read more:
www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
July 16, 2025 at 6:48 PM
SFU graduate student - Genevieve Cheng helped transform a local health project into a national climate initiative—rebranding it as The BREATHE Project & leading DIY air filter workshops. A powerful story of how communication fuels public health change.
Read more:
www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
Read more:
www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
Wonder how media can improve reporting on police violence? The Community Voices report, co-created with impacted people and researchers, gives practical guidance for ethical, community-centered journalism.
Read the full report: www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica...
Wonder how media can improve reporting on police violence? The Community Voices report, co-created with impacted people and researchers, gives practical guidance for ethical, community-centered journalism.
Read the full report: www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica...
July 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!
Wonder how media can improve reporting on police violence? The Community Voices report, co-created with impacted people and researchers, gives practical guidance for ethical, community-centered journalism.
Read the full report: www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica...
Wonder how media can improve reporting on police violence? The Community Voices report, co-created with impacted people and researchers, gives practical guidance for ethical, community-centered journalism.
Read the full report: www.sfu.ca/ceri/publica...
Belinda Li, PhD candidate at SFU’s Food Systems Lab and Fall 2024 Graduate Fellow, explores how community composting strengthens sustainable food systems in rural BC—using songwriting to communicate her research and connect with communities. Read more: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
June 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Belinda Li, PhD candidate at SFU’s Food Systems Lab and Fall 2024 Graduate Fellow, explores how community composting strengthens sustainable food systems in rural BC—using songwriting to communicate her research and connect with communities. Read more: www.sfu.ca/ceri/blog/20...
Eyes of the Beast is a powerful docu-theatre piece by Neworld Theatre, co-created with @sfu.ca students and @climatedisaster.bsky.social—real stories of climate disaster, told with urgency and hope. Supported by @sfu.ca @scasfu.bsky.social. Don’t miss it: neworldtheatre.com/projects/eye...
June 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Eyes of the Beast is a powerful docu-theatre piece by Neworld Theatre, co-created with @sfu.ca students and @climatedisaster.bsky.social—real stories of climate disaster, told with urgency and hope. Supported by @sfu.ca @scasfu.bsky.social. Don’t miss it: neworldtheatre.com/projects/eye...
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
The 2025/26 Graduate Fellowship Program is now open!
If you’re a grad student doing community-based research, apply for CERi’s 8-month fellowship (Sept 2025–Apr 2026) for funding, mentorship, and professional development.
Apply by June 30, 2025: www.sfu.ca/ceri/ceri-pr...
The 2025/26 Graduate Fellowship Program is now open!
If you’re a grad student doing community-based research, apply for CERi’s 8-month fellowship (Sept 2025–Apr 2026) for funding, mentorship, and professional development.
Apply by June 30, 2025: www.sfu.ca/ceri/ceri-pr...
May 20, 2025 at 9:11 PM
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS!
The 2025/26 Graduate Fellowship Program is now open!
If you’re a grad student doing community-based research, apply for CERi’s 8-month fellowship (Sept 2025–Apr 2026) for funding, mentorship, and professional development.
Apply by June 30, 2025: www.sfu.ca/ceri/ceri-pr...
The 2025/26 Graduate Fellowship Program is now open!
If you’re a grad student doing community-based research, apply for CERi’s 8-month fellowship (Sept 2025–Apr 2026) for funding, mentorship, and professional development.
Apply by June 30, 2025: www.sfu.ca/ceri/ceri-pr...
The CERi team is thrilled to join the Cultivating Environmental Resilience session at #C2UExpo2025, hosted at MacEwan University—connecting with leaders driving climate action through community-engaged research. We're grateful to be part of these crucial conversations!
May 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The CERi team is thrilled to join the Cultivating Environmental Resilience session at #C2UExpo2025, hosted at MacEwan University—connecting with leaders driving climate action through community-engaged research. We're grateful to be part of these crucial conversations!
Let’s kick off today’s roundtable session! If you’ve registered, be sure to join us—this is a conversation you definitely won’t want to miss.
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Let’s kick off today’s roundtable session! If you’ve registered, be sure to join us—this is a conversation you definitely won’t want to miss.