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Centres and Institutes
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BC Synchrotron Institute 462
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute
462
Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research
Group 462
Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies
462
Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing 462
Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and
Addiction 463
Centre for Coastal Studies 463
Centre for Comparative Study of Muslim Societies
and Cultures 434
Centre d’études Québec-Pacifique 463
Centre for Dialogue 463
Centre for Disability Independence Research and
Education 463
The Centre for Education, Law and Society 463
Centre for Education Research and Policy 463
Centre for Experimental and Constructive
Mathematics 463
Centre for Forensic Research 463
Centre for Global Political Economy 464
Centre for Imaginative Education 464
Centre for International Studies 464
Centre for Labour Studies 464
Centre for Natural Hazards Research 464
Centre for Operations Research and Decision
Sciences 464
Centre for Policy Research on Science and
Technology (CPROST) 464
Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and
Communities 464
Centre for Public Policy Research 464
Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among
Children and Youth 464
Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour in
Economics (CRABE) 464
Centre for Restorative Justice 464
Centre for Scientific Computing 465
Centre for Scottish Studies 465
Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth
Management 465
Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures 465
Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and
Policy 465
Centre for Sustainable Community Development
465
Centre for Tourism Policy and Research 465
Centre for Wildlife Ecology 465
Chemical Ecology Research Group (CERG) 465
Children’s Health Policy Centre 465
CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk
Management 466
CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance
Measurement 466
Co-operative Resource Management Institute 466
Criminology Research Centre 466
David See-Chai Lam Centre for International
Communication 466
David Wheeler Institute for Research in
Mathematics Education 466
Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society
466
4D LABS 466
Gerontology Research Centre 466
Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies 466
Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health
(ICSGH) 466
Institute of Governance Studies 467
Institute for the Humanities 467
Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication
Research 467
Institute for Research on Early Education and Child
Health 467
Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy 467
Institute for Studies in Teacher Education 467
Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in
the Disciplines 467
Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and
Computational Sciences (IRMACS) 467
International Centre of Art for Social Change 467
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and
Criminal Justice Policy 467
International Cybercrime Research Centre 468
Logic and Functional Programming Group 468
Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute 468
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences 468
Nanomed Canada Research Network 468
Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF) 468
Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences
Society (Bamfield) 468
W.J. VanDusen BC Business Studies Institute 468
Director: K.L. Kavanagh BSc (Qu), PhD (Cornell), 778.782.4244 Tel, 778.782.3765 Fax, kavanagh@sfu.ca
The institute's members come from the University of BC, University of Victoria, 91ÅÝܽ, and University of Northern BC, BC companies, federal and provincial government laboratories in BC. The mandate is to inform the BC academic, industrial and government laboratory communities of opportunities through synchrotron radiation studies, particularly at the Canadian Light Source; to raise BC's profile nationally in research and development; and to assist in preparing BC funding applications for facilities and equipment from agencies such as CFI.
Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute
Interim Director: U. Ribary MSc, PhD (Swiss Inst Tech), LEEF Chair in Cognitive Neurosciences in Early Childhood Health and Development, 778.782.3791 Tel, 778.782.3427 Fax, urs_ribary@sfu.ca
This institute fosters interdisciplinary research and training about the mind and body relationship. Building on world-renowned researchers who investigate behavioral, cognitive, sensory-motor, and neurophysiological phenomena, the BCNI focuses on broad topics such as attention, perception, language, memory and action. Our major emphases will be on using structural and functional brain imaging to better understand the underlying neurophysiology of cognitive human brain function, cognitive disability, neurological and psychiatric symptoms. The goal is to develop objective diagnostic procedures that translate into better pedagogical applications and specific cognitive, pharmacological and surgical interventional therapies. Some of the institute’s main objectives are
• to understand the relationships between behavior, cognition and their neurobiological substrates
• to understand brain development and life-long plasticity of brain and behavior
• to understand the nature of the deficits and spared capacities that are specific to particular syndromes and developmental disorders
• to develop diagnostic markers that can be related and translated into specific cognitive pharmacological and surgical interventions
• to co-ordinate initiatives to secure world-class collaborative neuroscience research tools and facilities among BC universities and hospitals
The institute provides a matrix to further facilitate scientists working synergistically toward these and related goals across disciplines and institutions.
Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research Group
Director: B.D. Roitberg BSc (S Fraser), MSc (Br Col), PhD (Mass), 778.782.3585 Tel, 778.782.3496 Fax, roitberg@sfu.ca,
The research group was formally established in 1989 to pursue basic research in behavioral ecology; to maintain and develop an internationally recognized student training centre in behavioral ecology, and related areas of inquiry; and to provide a service to government, industry and others to tackle basic and applied problems in behavioral ecology through collaborative research. Members are drawn from the Departments of Biological Sciences, Psychology, and the School of Resource Management.
Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies
Director: G. Macdonald BA (Tor), PhD (Yale),
LLD (Calg), OC, 604.682.3455 Tel, 604.682.3310 Fax,
gmacdonald@billreidfoundation. org
The centre’s objective is to promote understanding of the history and principles of Northwest Coast Indigenous art through research and connoisseurship, and to promote its application to contemporary art and design in British Columbia with special reference to the interests of Indigenous Peoples. The centre provides a meeting place for students and scholars of diverse backgrounds, and serves as a virtual access portal for Native community centres, museums and academic departments around the world.
Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing
This centre was established in 1987 to pursue the study of publishing and to serve the research and the information needs of the publishing industry. The CCSP engages in basic research into the history, management, technology and policy issues related to the industry. Projects are initiated by the CCSP and undertaken under contract to, or by means of grants from industry, government and granting agencies. The research of the CCSP involves faculty, graduate students and independent researchers from a variety of disciplines. From time to time, the CCSP publishes monographs and reports on the theory and practice of publishing and sponsors seminars, conferences and professional development courses.
Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction
Director: J. Somers BA (S Fraser), MSc, PhD (Wash)
CARMHA develops knowledge and practices that enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of mental health and addiction resources. It promotes innovation, accountability, and inclusiveness to improve mental health and reduce substance use problems. Recent major projects focus on housing, telehealth, primary healthcare, corrections population, workplace mental health, Aboriginal people within the justice system, assertive community treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, dementia and identifying gaps in mental health and addictions services.
The centre promotes interdisciplinary research, education and dialogue about Canada's coastal ecosystems, particularly in British Columbia. By linking social and natural science with local knowledge, the centre focuses on marine conservation, diversification of coastal economies, and capacity for resource management. Activities include collaborative research involving universities, industry, communities, First Nations, NFOs and governments; public education; programs and projects that enhance capacity building and information sharing. The centre’s meeting and office space are provided for interdisciplinary networking and a location for visiting researchers.
Centre for Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures
The centre facilitates the academic discussion and public understanding of the cultures and societies of past and present Muslim peoples. By focussing on diversity, the centre encourages the shift in analysis from a single religious ideascape defined by Islam to a more complex view of Muslims as agents in the construction of their own history. It sponsors Muslim studies conferences, workshops, public lectures, visiting scholars, international exchange, library augmentation, and language acquisition.
Centre d’études Québec-Pacifique
Director: C. Guilbault BA, MA (Laval), PhD (Alta), 778.782.6783 Tel, 778.782.5932 Fax, guilbaul@sfu.cawww.sfu.ca/french/cefqep.html
This is a research and documentation centre for gathering and disseminating information relating to French literature, culture and language of the Pacific region, as well as interdisciplinary research in literature, sociolinguistics, cinema and culture. It supports and sponsors conferences, colloquia and visiting speakers. As the only research centre of its kind west of the Rockies, it’s activities and programs focus on the distinct culture of BC and Pacific Rim French speakers. It also acts as a liaison between the Centre d'études Québécoises (CETUQ) of the University of Montreal and the Pacific Region.
Director: M.L.
Established in March 2002, the centre promotes dialogue inside and outside the University through applied, theoretical, and collaborative research, education and professional development and teaching. It brings together community leaders and organizations, faculty members from 91ÅÝܽ and beyond, and undergraduate and graduate students to explore dialogue as a discipline and its application in solving complex problems. The centre focuses on the relationship of dialogue and negotiation, on dialogue around foreign affairs issues such as war, environment, trade and immigration, on responding to local communities’ needs for specific kinds of dialogue, first to relieve rising tensions and then to open possibilities of changing relationships. Within British Columbia, dialogues about the relationship of aboriginal and non-aboriginal futures are of continuing interest. The centre is guided by the Centre for Dialogue steering committee and is currently chaired by M. Winston, Director, Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue; Fellow, Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue; Professor, Department of Biological Sciences.
Centre for Disability Independence Research and Education
This centre provides a site where persons with physical disabilities can meet with researchers and jointly analyze, conceive, develop and test innovative solutions for improved performance of activities of daily living and for other unmet needs. This unique setting encourages participation and knowledge transfer by people with physical disabilities, researchers, undergraduate and graduate students, educators, clinicians and health professionals from British Columbia and beyond.
The Centre for Education, Law and Society
www.cels.sfu.ca
The centre was established in 1984 and given formal approval by the Board of Governors in 1994. Its central purpose is to improve the legal literacy of children and young adults through a program of research, teaching, curriculum development, and community initiatives. Law-related education encompasses: an understanding of law, its role in society and impact on the individual; the relationship between law and governance/citizenship/democracy; issues relating to social justice and fundamental human rights; conflict and dispute resolution; school law, policies, procedures and culture. CELS works primarily with teachers and prospective teachers, school administrators, and educational and legal organizations to help fulfil its mandate. Projects include: research into cyber-bullying; support for a school for high risk youth; investigating the ethics of care and justice in school settings; inquiry into aboriginal knowledge and perspectives in education; case studies on environmental law; a website for teachers on current legal issues; assessing students' understanding of human rights, citizenship, identity and sustainability. Projects vary from year to year, depending on the needs of the educational community, the centre's priorities, and the ability to obtain external funding. Three undergraduate courses and one graduate course in law education have been developed and are offered on a regular basis through the Faculty of Education. The three undergraduate courses also are available through the Centre for Online and Distance Education. The centre attracts a number of graduate students interested in human rights, social justice, citizenship education, the ethics of care, and school culture.
Centre for Education Research and Policy
This centre (CERP) co-ordinates the activities of interdisciplinary researchers who are interested in education policy in British Columbia. The centre examines the academic consequences of various aspects of education policy, including assessment and accountability frameworks, school and program choice, and funding levels. In addition to looking at academic outcomes, the centre measures the effects of these policies on geographic segregation, social interactions and inter-group attitudes, and will emphasize the interactions between distinct ethnic and linguistic groups, including off-reserve aboriginal students and communities.
CERP includes social scientists from economics, education, psychology and public policy who have expertise in quantitative, qualitative and experimental methods. CERP is committed to working in partnership with students, parents, educators, administrators and community organizations province-wide to generate high-quality research that informs and enriches public debates about education policy, locally, nationally and internationally.
Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics
The centre furthers research and graduate education in computation in the mathematical sciences.
The centre's activities include: participation in the training of graduate students in experimental and computational mathematics; provision of post doctoral fellowships in areas related to experimental and constructive mathematics; sponsorship of regular short term and long term research visitors to the centre; organization of regular colloquia and occasional conferences on advances in experimental and computational mathematics; providing access to computing resources and mathematical software packages (currently Maple and Magma); provision of tutorials and consulting assistance for faculty and graduate students at 91ÅÝܽ in the use of the centre's software and other computer algebra systems; establishment, development and maintenance of accessible software archives; collaboration with similar centres and appropriate individuals at other Canadian and foreign universities. Such collaboration may include co-sponsorship of speakers, workshops and visitors, joint application for external research funds, exchange of software and expertise, establishment of a Canadian mathematical computation network.
Subject to the director’s approval, membership is open to 91ÅÝܽ faculty, and post-doctoral and graduate students who are active in mathematical computing. Associate membership will be available to faculty at other universities.
Co-directors: M.F. Skinner BA (Alta), PhD (Camb), 778.782.4171 Tel, 448.782.5666 Fax, mskinner@sfu.ca, G.S. Anderson BSc (Man), MPM, PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.3589 Tel, gail_anderson@sfu.ca
This centre is designed to create new knowledge in the forensic sciences to solve crimes, identify human remains, determine elapsed time since death and circumstances of death on local and global scales. The core researchers specialize in entomology, bone chemistry, anthropology, DNA and botany. The centre is designed to attract researchers and students internationally who seek a facility with well-equipped, secure laboratories and experienced colleagues to create new research initiatives arising from the challenge of cold cases, recent deaths and large scale mass disasters. The centre serves the research and day-to-day needs of law enforcement and death investigation agencies nationally and provincially. The services and product of the centre are available to all who seek an independent forensic scientific opinion.
Centre for Global Political Economy
This centre is housed in the Department of Political Science, and involves faculty from other 91ÅÝܽ units to provide a focus in the field of global political economy and to win a position as an international centre for such research. This will be accomplished through external grants, high quality publications and a variety of other activities.
Centre for Imaginative Education
Director: M. Fettes MA (Camb), MSc (Br Col), Phd (Tor), 778.782.4479 Tel, mtfettes@sfu.ca
This centre seeks to nurture a new way of thinking about and practicing education, for institutions, individuals, and communities. Drawing on leading-edge research into the ways in which understanding develops, for individuals and cultures, the centre works with educators of all kinds to engage a greater range of emotions and cognitive abilities in the processes of teaching and learning. Among other outcomes of this approach, learning environments can become more inclusive and exciting places, learners gain a deeper, more lasting, and more flexible grasp of subject matter, and educators develop new skills, energy, and inspiration.
The centre co-ordinates both the Imaginative Education Research Group at 91ÅÝܽ, and the International Research Network on Imaginative Education, which involves researchers around the world. It also provides publications, workshops, and other materials and services to educators in the field.
Centre for International Studies
Director: J. Harriss BA, MA (Camb), PhD (E Anglia), 778.782.7898 Tel, 778.782.7837 Fax, jharriss@sfu.ca
The centre provides a setting for students, faculty, and community members to explore the global issues in today's increasingly complex, inter-dependent and rapidly changing world. Through a comprehensive, rigorous, and focused program of studies, research efforts, and dialogue, the centre examines the most pressing international issues confronting the members of the global community. The centre's programs will explore the character and causation of various global problems, examine how such issues have been manifest in diverse regional and cultural settings, and evaluate the alternative policies that have been offered to manage or resolve existing global challenges.
While focused on the important task of analyzing and responding to challenges of the current global situation, the centre will offer practical training for the solution of major problems within and across societies, as well as developing toleration and understanding among diverse cultures.
Thus, in addition to providing a solid academic basis for the analysis of international affairs, the centre will offer exposure to a global network that links students, citizens, policy makers, members of non-governmental organizations, and academic specialists.
The centre promotes the study and understanding of labor, working people, and their organizations from a comprehensive social, cultural, historical, political and economic perspective. The centre aims to provide a range of taught courses and programs (both credit and non-credit), offer research opportunities and assistance to both 91ÅÝܽ students and provincial labor organizations, and create mutually supportive and beneficial links between the academic and labour communities.
Centre for Natural Hazards Research
The Centre for Natural Hazards Research (CNHR) is an interdisciplinary and multi-departmental research facility within the Department of Earth Sciences at 91ÅÝܽ. CNHR conducts research on natural geophysical processes that pose a hazard to Canadians, including earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, floods, and the impacts of climate change on the landscape and ecosystems. It is grounded in the physical sciences but conducts social and policy research on risk perception. CNHR provides graduate students with training and skills in a range of disciplines required for careers in government, academic institutions, and the private sector.
Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences
Director: A. Punnen BSc (Kerala), MSc (Kanpur), PhD (IIT Kanpur), 778.782.7611/7488 Tel, 778.782.7485 Fax, apunnen@sfu.ca
This centre (CORDS) is located at 91ÅÝܽ Surrey. With more than 15 members from various departments such as mathematics, computing science, business, resource and environmental management, it focuses on research activities in the area of operations research — the science of optimal decision-making. Members undertake various applied research projects.
Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST)
Director: R.K. Smith BA (Car), MA, PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.5116 Tel, 778.782.5239 Fax,
CPROST was established in 1988. Its primary research is the relationship between public policy and management of technology. The centre brings together practitioners and scholars to study the interaction of advances in science and technology, its implementation in the marketplace, and the impact on community and individual interests.
Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities
Co-directors: A.C.M. Beale BA, MA, PhD (McG), 778.782.5160 Tel, 778.782.5239 Fax, beale@sfu.ca, C.A. Murray BA, MA (Wat), PhD (Qu), 778.782.5322 Tel, 778.782.5239 Fax, murraye@sfu.ca
This centre promotes teaching, research and public outreach on cultural politics, policy and planning in communities from the local to the global, and how these support cultural practices in communities that contribute to sustainability and an inclusive society.
The centre promotes studies of policy not restricted to governments or public administration, but addressing the interaction of networks of voluntary, not-for-profit, neighbourhood and virtual community citizen-based initiatives as well as all levels of government, private foundations, and knowledge creators and disseminators.
Centre for Public Policy Research
Director: N.D. Olewiler BA (Col), MA (S Fraser), PhD (Br Col),
The purpose of the centre is to promote interdisciplinary research, education, and dialogue on a broad range of public policy issues in Canada. The Centre supports and initiates research, publications, colloquia, conferences, visiting researchers and speakers, and international relationships. It is the research arm of the Public Policy Program at 91ÅÝܽ, complementing the master in public policy graduate degree program.
Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth
Director: (to be announced)
The centre was approved by the Board of Governors on September 20, 2007. Some main objectives are to:
• inform public policy regarding pathways to violent behaviour and provide public policy recommendations or the effective allocation of limited resources
• establish training in effective and evidence-based interventions for youth and families in collaboration with stakeholders including schools, law enforcement, community, provincial and federal government ministries and other organizations
• integrate basic scientific research on risk and protective factors for violence from across Canada and abroad
• attract other researchers and funding to this important issue
• develop greater research capacity at Simon Fraser University, and increase its dissemination through publications of scientific research papers and monographs
• demonstrate the social and economic benefits of these strategies
• strengthen the knowledge economy by hosting international conferences on youth violence
Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour in Economics (CRABE)
The centre’s activities and program are intended to initiate and promote research related to experimental and behavioural economics, and computational methods of the study of learning, adaptation and evolution in economic environments. The centre will facilitate the conduct of faculty and student research projects by providing infrastructure for computer simulations, economic experiments with human subjects and survey studies. The centre will also organize conferences, colloquia, visiting speakers' seminar series, and visiting scholar programs.
Centre for Restorative Justice
Co-directors: E. Elliott, BPE (Ott), MSW (Car), PhD (S Fraser), 778.291.4730 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax, B. Morrison, BA, PhD (ANU), 778.782.7627 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax, cfrj@sfu.ca
The centre, in partnership with individuals, the community, justice agencies and 91ÅÝܽ exists to support and promote the principles and practices of restorative justice. The centre provides education, innovative program models, training, evaluation and research through a resource centre and meeting place that facilitates outreach, promotion, dialogue and advocacy.
Centre for Scientific Computing
Director: R.D. Russell BS, BA, MA, PhD (New Mexico),
Motivated by the expanding role of scientific computation and mathematical modeling in science and engineering, the centre brings together interdisciplinary research teams from various 91ÅÝܽ faculties. It provides 91ÅÝܽ with a visible focus for computational research both on campus and in the wider Pacific Rim research community. Specifically, the centre's goals are to facilitate discussion between scientific computing research groups (through seminars, workshops, conferences) to provide advanced instruction in computational techniques and applications (through graduate and post-doctoral programs), and to actively pursue joint research ventures with industry, government and laboratories.
Director: L. Davis BA (Sask), MA, PhD (Calif), 778.783.4833 Tel, 778.783.5737 Fax, leith@sfu.ca
The centre’s activities and programs promote teaching, research and community programming in Scottish studies. It supports and initiates research, publications, non-credit and credit instruction, colloquia, conferences, visiting speakers and international relationships. In the pursuit of these objectives, the centre provides support to existing individual, departmental and cross-departmental activities at 91ÅÝܽ in the area of Scottish studies.
Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth Management
Director:
The centre, which was approved by the Board of Governors on January 25, 2007, will focus on two fundamental issues with respect to financial investing. First is to address the growing need to research and assess global financial markets. Affiliated with the school’s global asset and wealth management MBA program, this centre's mandate is to develop a better understanding of the ever-increasing array of global investment instruments and their suitability as client investment opportunities. The centre will complement the school’s markets research and trading room, where faculty and students can use the latest technologies to access global stock exchanges and on-line financial databases to explore and evaluate the details of particular investment strategies. Increasingly we see the creation of new asset classes, such as hedge funds and boutique investments. Evaluating these new instruments, posing new instruments, and maximizing investment alternatives will be central activities of this new centre. Secondly, the centre will develop research expertise with respect to the development of investment policies to better guide advice that is given to investors. More and more investors have invested in a broad array of investment opportunities, many of which are truly global. Such investors often must deal with highly specialized issues such as complex taxation consideration, large accrued capital gains and multi-generational concerns, situations in which simple investment structures are clearly not sufficient. What is needed are investment policies that more appropriately reflect such individualistic situations, rather than polices reflected in current investment planning, focusing on an average, stereotypic investor wherein decisions come down to selecting a debt/equity mix and little else.
The centre will marshal the academic resources for undertaking such advanced research and analytical capabilities. These academic resources would include researchers affiliated with the centre, visiting research fellows, and an affiliated PhD stream, as well as inter-institutional research linkages.
Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
Director: E.A. Schellenberg, BEd, BA (Winn), MA, PhD (Ott), 778.782.3095 Tel, 778.782.5737 Fax, schellen@sfu.ca, www.sfu.ca/~meverton/cspmc.htm
This centre was established to encourage cross-disciplinary research and exchange in the fields of print culture, media cultures in general communications technologies, the arts, and the public sphere. Current faculty members of the centre are from the departments and schools of communication, contemporary arts, English, history, interactive arts and technology, linguistics, the library, and political science. We welcome anyone in related areas of research to join us.
Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy
CSELP focuses on research that supports the advancement and improvement of K-12 and post-secondary education in British Columbia. The centre’s mission is to use a variety of academic and distributive resources to expand the public policy knowledge base and its role in developing leadership capacity. The centre strengthens communicative networks between researchers, policy makers, practitioners and the public to increase the power of research to inform the work of each constituent group. CSELP seeks to become the premier source for ideas, resources, and practices in educational leadership and policy in BC and Canada.
Centre for Sustainable Community Development
Sustainable community development integrates economic, social and environmental objectives in community development. Sustainable community development is based on a consideration of the relationship between economic factors and other community elements such as housing, education, the natural environment, health, accessibility and the arts. SCD has emerged as a compelling alternative to conventional approaches to development, a participatory, holistic and inclusive process that leads to positive, concrete changes in communities by creating employment reducing poverty, restoring the health of the natural environment, stabilizing local economies, and increasing community control.
91ÅÝܽ’s Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD), formerly the Community Economic Development Centre, was founded in 1989. The centre’s mission is to support the sustainable development of communities through education, research and community mobilization. It provides research, training and advisory services throughout BC and Canada as well as internationally. The CSCD offers an undergraduate certificate and post-baccalaureate diploma (also available through distance education), graduate support, and a non-credit professional program.
Centre for Tourism Policy and Research
Director: P.W. Williams BA (Ott), MA (Wat), PhD (Utah State), 778.782.3103 Tel, 778.782.4968 Fax, peter_williams@sfu.ca, www.sfu.ca/~dossa
This centre is housed within the School of Resource and Environmental Management. The school plays a leading role in managing the operation of the centre. The centre provides academic counsel to graduate students, supports the delivery of professional development seminars and workshops, and conducts tourism policy and planning research projects for public and private sector tourism organizations.
Director: R.C. Ydenberg BSc (S Fraser), DPhil (Oxf), 778.782.4282 Tel, 778.782.3496 Fax, constans@sfu.ca
The centre fosters high quality, graduate training and research, conducts basic and applied research in wildlife ecology, and provides knowledge and personnel that will help Environment Canada and other agencies meet conservation challenges in the 21st century. The central concept is to foster synergy between mission-oriented research and management policies of the Canadian Wildlife Service and the basic research agenda of 91ÅÝܽ.
Chemical Ecology Research Group (CERG)
This association of research groups, established in 1981 as a regional graduate and post graduate chemical ecology training centre, offers a service to government and industry; to isolate, identify and synthesize semiochemicals; to clone, express and study enzymes involved in the perception and biosynthesis of semiochemicals; to study interactions between organisms mediated by semiochemicals; and to develop practical semiochemicals applications.
Children’s Health Policy Centre
Located in the Faculty of Health Sciences at 91ÅÝܽ, we are an interdisciplinary research group dedicated to integrating research and policy to improve children's health. We primarily focus on children's social and emotional development, or children's mental health, as one of the most important investments that any society can make.
We conduct research on the policy process and research relevant to inform policy-making: addressing determinants of health; preventing problems in children at risk; promoting effective programs and services; and monitoring our collective progress towards improving the lives of all children. Reciprocal relationships with government and community groups in turn inform our research.
We provide education in health policy, children's mental health and population health. As well, we provide service: to the research community in the form of consultation on the policy process; and to the wider community in the form of consultation to government and public advocacy groups concerned with children's health. Our work supports and complements the vision of the Faculty of Health Sciences to integrate research and policy for public and population health locally, nationally and globally.
CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management
The centre provides innovative, interdisciplinary and collaborative research on current topics and issues in corporate governance and risk management. The centre's mandate focuses on the nature and effects of good corporate governance and the relationship between corporate governance and strategic, financial, technical, ethical and social risk. The centre facilitates and disseminates research through its own research program including the research of its director, executive director, fellows and research associates. The centre also has a mandate to engage relevant stakeholders through seminars, public dialogues, conferences, visiting scholars and the centre's website. The centre has an international rather than only national focus. In executing on this mandate, the centre fosters national and international collaboration among various scholars and practitioners in the area of corporate governance stakeholders including other academic centres dealing with corporate governance and risk management issues.
CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement
The purpose of the centre is to promote research and knowledge dissemination about how organizations plan and execute strategic change, and how best to measure the performance of organizations undergoing such change. Funded by the Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Canada, the centre will conduct research into three broad yet highly interrelated themes: strategic change and the execution of strategic change, appropriate measurements for the evaluation of the performance of such changes, the evolution of organizations undergoing rapid change.
Co-operative Resource Management Institute
This institute on the Burnaby campus, houses personnel from natural resource management agencies. It facilitates solutions to difficult multidisciplinary issues in resource management by providing an environment where personnel from different management agencies such as forestry, fisheries, and wildlife can work side-by-side along with 91ÅÝܽ faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates on a daily basis. The university benefits from greater concentration of expertise in resource management on campus and from new opportunities for multidisciplinary, collaborative research programs.
This centre was established in 1978 to facilitate criminological research by faculty and graduate students. Funds to establish and maintain the centre were provided by the Solicitor General of Canada for the first 15 years of operation. Since then, grants and contracts obtained by School of Criminology faculty from provincial, federal and private sources have maintained the centre at a minimal level. Currently, the centre operates largely as an administrative unit for external funding received by faculty of the school. Funding for the administrator’s salary is derived from these sources. As well, a modest library is maintained for the 91ÅÝܽ community.
David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication
This interdisciplinary centre, which began in 1989, integrates university, government, professional and business resources for research, education, development and community outreach. It focuses on international, intercultural, and interlingual communication in Canada and overseas, with emphasis on the people and institutions of the Pacific Rim. Activities include international and intercultural communication research and development projects, Chinese, Japanese and other East Asian culture, language and communication courses, cross-cultural management and communication seminars, and the Pacific Region Forum on Business and Management Communication.
David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education
Co-directors: S.R. Campbell, P. Liljedahl, N. Sinclair, R. Zazkis, 778.782.3662/4370 Tel, zazkis@sfu.ca
This 91ÅÝܽ research group integrates humanistic and scientific approaches in different areas related to mathematics education.The institute's mission is to generate and share knowledge about acquiring mathematical literacy and understanding at all ages and to advance humanity by enriching the lives and options of learners. Current research projects focus on mathematics teacher education in both cognitive and affective domains, on mathematical anxiety, on aesthetics of mathematical experience, and on uses of computer technology that promote learning and teaching.
The centre also advances knowledge about the learning of mathematics, and situating this knowledge within the lived experiences of learners by drawing on international expertise in a variety of research initiatives. Through community outreach in real world settings, we promote effective change that meets the needs of students, teachers, parents, and the community. Our outreach programs provide a platform for conducting classroom research and for implementing research results in practice through ongoing collaboration among researchers and teachers and school districts, as well as the creation of partnerships with families, administrators, and policy makers who will benefit from our research.
Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society
Co-directors: D.E. Chunn BA (Br Col), MA, PhD (Tor), 778.782.4761 Tel, chunn@sfu.ca, W. Chan BA (Car), MA (Sheff), PhD (Camb), 778.782.4761/4469 Tel, 778.782.5799 Fax, fisls@sfu.ca
Established in 1990, this 91ÅÝܽ institute facilitates and continues the development of feminist analyses on law and society; facilitates creative interaction among scholars and community representatives who are involved in its work locally, nationally and internationally; and bridges gaps between legal and social science research.
4D LABS was formed to foster fundamental university research in the areas of advanced materials and nano-scale devices. A multidisciplinary team of leading researchers will work to design, develop and demonstrate prototype devices that can lead to major advances in information and health technologies.
4D LABS integrates an international research team of chemists, physicists and engineers with expertise in nanomaterials engineering and devices. This team leads the transformation from traditional electronic information processing systems to new technology platforms. Each team member is internationally recognized and has a proven track record. Team specializations include functional molecules, functional sold state materials, surface chemistry and modification, electrochemistry, fabrication methods, lithography, polymers, biomaterials, materials characterization, theoretical chemistry and physics.
Established in 1982, the centre promotes and conducts innovative interdisciplinary research on topics relating to individual and population aging, serves as an information clearing house, and provides consultation and technical assistance to the academic community, government, public and private organizations. The centre houses a specialized collection of research materials, maintains an active publications program, organizes workshops and conferences, and is a contributing member of two inter-university research consortia. Research activities focus on applied gerontology with concentrations in: aging and the built environment; health promotion/population health and aging; prevention of victimization and exploitation of older persons; changing demography and lifestyles; and culture and aging. The associated Department of Gerontology offers a post baccalaureate diploma in gerontology, a minor, and a master of arts degree and a PhD degree.
Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies
Director: P.L. Brantingham AB (Col), MA (Fordham), MSP, PhD (Florida State), 778.782.3515 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax, pbranting@sfu.ca
The institute is intended to further multidisciplinary research on urban issues. Its objectives are: to provide a focus for research about urban problems and issues in Canada; to promote interdisciplinary collaboration and research; to provide an institutional focus for international scholarship concerning urban problems; to provide a facility in which data for the study of urban problems can be collected, catalogued, and made readily accessible through modern data management; to provide a facility in which research and techniques can be made available to those having a responsibility for policy.
The focus has evolved into an emphasis on public urban safety and security as well as vulnerability and risk. This focus is supported with memoranda of understanding (MOU) between Simon Fraser University and several government ministries. The primary university/government MOU is with the Ministry of Public Safety and the Solicitor General including a formal research protocol with “E” Division of the RCMP. Under this MOU, ICURS engages in developing innovative and evidence-based approaches to advancing public safety research in general and crime reduction in particular.
Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health (ICSGH)
This institute anchors a vibrant interdisciplinary community of over 30 scholars, researchers and students. Its objectives and foci support the University’s strategic research plan in the areas of i) health, genomics and physiological sciences and ii) history, culture, social relations and behavior. The ICSGH complements the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Institute for Health Research and Education, which seek to integrate social and natural science research with population outcomes, societal application, and policy analysis. The ICSGH will also play a key role in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences which has identified health and public policy as a priority research area.
Each year, the institute will identify a key research area that will be supported through seminars devoted to directed readings, public lectures, and an annual conference. Annual conferences will bring together local, national and international scholars, activists, and practitioners from a number of disciplines and areas of research to consider conceptual and practical issues related to the institute's research mandate. Conferences will provide opportunities for discussion and debate, the development of intellectual networks and collaborative partnerships, and the chance to produce new and original research.
Institute of Governance Studies
Director: P.J. Smith BA, MA (McM), PhD (Lond), 778.782.3088 Tel, 778.782.4293
This institute furthers research on governance issues. Specifically, its objectives will include the following.
• to provide research focus on Canadian governance at the municipal, regional/metropolitan, provincial and federal levels, in comparative domestic and aboriginal systems and in the emerging global order
• to promote collaboration and research on issues of governance among scholars in a variety of disciplines located at 91ÅÝܽ
• to promote an institutional focus for international scholarship concerning issues of governance.
• to provide a forum within the Vancouver metropolis, BC and Canada to present and disseminate research and ideas about governance issues
• to provide a facility in which data for the study of contemporary governance and related public policy can be collected, catalogued and made accessible through data management and exchange
• to provide a facility in which research and techniques are available for exchange with those having responsibility for contemporary governance
Director: A.M. Feenberg-Dibon Licence d'Anglais, Diplome d'Etudes Superieures (Sorbonne), PhD (Calif), 778.782.3763 Tel, 778.782.5788 Fax, grahama
This institute provides support to develop humanities programs and humanities concepts which already exist throughout the University. The institute explores and disseminates knowledge about traditional and modern approaches to the humanities, and explores critical perspectives that relate social concerns to the cultural and historical humanities legacy. The institute, which is affiliated with the Department of Humanities, initiates conferences, seminars, projects and publications in interrelated humanities fields and social sciences for the University and the community.
Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research
Director: M. Parameswaran BE (Madr), MSc, PhD (Alta), 778.782.4971 Tel, 778.782.4951 Fax, param@sfu.ca,
This institute will stimulate, encourage and enhance micromachining and microfabrication research by providing a focus and resource base for collaborative and multidisciplinary research leading to new processes and new devices of benefit across a wide array of disciplines.
Institute for Research on Early Education and Child Health
Director: M.J. Hoskyn BHE, MA (Br Col), PhD (Calif), 778.782.5808 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax, reach@sfu.caeduc.sfu.ca/reach
REACH is a multidisciplinary 91ÅÝܽ research group whose mission is to generate and share knowledge about child health and education to advance humanity by enriching the lives of young children and their families. Current research projects focus on young children from infancy to eight years of age and the communities in which they live. We advance knowledge about the interplay between biology and environmental experiences that influence child health, psychosocial development and learning. Through community outreach in real world settings, we promote change that favors children in early education and public policy at local, national and international levels. We believe that effective research focuses on the child and the child's rights, advances theory, and defines the learning environments that promote child health and family well-being. An important part of this process is ongoing collaboration among researchers and the creation of partnerships with families, health-care professionals, educators, administrators, advocacy groups, and policy makers who will potentially benefit from our research.
We believe that effective research focuses on the child and the child's rights, advances theory, and defines the learning environments that promote child health and family well-being. An important part is ongoing collaboration among researchers and partnerships with families, health-care professionals, educators, administrators, advocacy groups, and policymakers who will benefit from our research.
Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy
The institute was established with the initial support of the Donner Canadian Foundation in 1980. The purpose of the institute is to contribute to the examination of criminal justice policy by providing a setting in which academics, justice system personnel and members of the community can assemble to apply scholarly research to policy development and analysis. The institute undertakes projects on its own initiative as well as under contract.
Institute for Studies in Teacher Education
Director: P.P. Grimmett BA (Newcastle, UK), BEd (Keele), MA, MEd (Alta), EdD (Br Col), 778.782.4937 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax, grimmett@sfu.ca,
The general aim of the institute is to promote and carry out research in the area of teacher education. It also seeks to develop collaborative links with groups within and outside the university community.
Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines
Director: C.L. Amundsen BA (Wash), MEd (Alaska), PhD (Montr), 778.782.4853 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax, camundsa@sfu.ca
The institute’s primary purpose is to inspire, support and enhance faculty-led inquiry into all aspects of teaching and learning at the University. Faculty-led inquiry is discipline-focused, initiated by individual faculty members or groups of faculty, and related to questions about teaching and learning specifically of interest to faculty. Two aspects of the Institute will be primary in supporting faculty-led inquiry:
• faculty-led inquiry projects: funds will be made available through the institute for faculty-led inquiry that adheres to specific criteria. The findings will be made public, through both informal University presentations and publications and more formal external presentations and publications.
• faculty teaching scholars: these faculty members serve as the institute’s core membership. Committed to further developing knowledge of teaching and learning processes in their respective disciplines, they work with other faculty who are interested in development through institute-sponsored projects.
Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS)
Project Leader and Executive Director: P.B. Borwein BSc (WOnt), MSc, PhD (Br Col), 778.782.4376 Tel, Managing Director
The IRMACS Centre is a unique, interdisciplinary research facility that enables collaborative interaction — intellectually, physically and virtually. IRMACS removes traditional boundaries between scientific disciplines and creates a stimulating environment for researchers. It provides a versatile, computationally sophisticated infrastructure for nearly 300 scientists whose primary laboratory tool is the computer.
The centre encourages creative communication and idea exchange. The configurable, open research facility incorporates a diverse community of scientists, research associates, visitors and students, in a flexible manner. Whether on-site or around the world, IRMACS researchers enjoy expert technical support and state-of-the-art computation, visualization and communication resources. The centerpiece of the centre is its presentation studio, seating up to 100 people. It is a state-of-the-art audio-visual environment including a high-resolution 3D projection system. It forms part of a global network of AccessGrid video-conferencing rooms. The flexible meeting rooms and presentation studio are configured to facilitate distance collaboration in seminars, lecture series, workshops, medium-size research conferences and related activities.
International Centre of Art for Social Change
Judith Marcuse Projects and 91ÅÝܽ (with Continuing Studies and the Faculty of Education) have established this centre, which will be a nexus for skills training, professional development, local and international networking, research and community engagement — all aimed at advancing best practices in the field of art for social change.
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy
This international centre was established in 1991 in Vancouver, BC, by its founding charter members 91ÅÝܽ, the University of British Columbia and the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law. The centre is formally affiliated with the United Nations and functions as one of two inter-regional UN affiliates of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Program. The centre’s mandate promotes human rights, the rule of law, democracy and good governance. To fulfil its mandate, the centre co-operates closely with other members of the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Network of Institutes, as well as federal and provincial governments.
International Cybercrime Research Centre
Director: W.G. Glackman BA (Calif), MA, PhD (S Fraser), RPsych, 778.782.4041 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax, crc@sfu.ca
The International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC) is a focal point for collaboration among cybercrime researchers from universities, government agencies, NGOs, and private sector organizations. Current projects are concerned with economic crime, pornography, child exploitation and terrorism, among other issues.
Logic and Functional Programming Group
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This group was established in 1990 under Simon Fraser University's policy AC-35 to facilitate research on the theory and applications of declarative programming (in particular logic programming, and function programming, constraint logic programming and logic grammars). It is strongly interdisciplinary comprising several 91ÅÝܽ members from several SFU units (computing science, linguistics, mathematics, engineering science), and two University of BC units (linguistics, computing sciences), University of Victoria, Université de Provence, Roskilde University, Trinity Western University, ILOG in France, and University of Dallas.
The group furthers state-of-the-art theoretical and practical aspects of developing declarative programming tools, at investigating the uses of these tools for concrete intelligent systems, and facilitating result transfers and collaborations with other academic units and industry. Members' interests include logic, functional and constraint-based programming theory and tools, natural language processing, linguistic theory automation, deductive data bases, knowledge representation, hardware design, expert systems, robotics, distributed processing, mobile code and virtual worlds, tools for molecular biology, and software for the handicapped.
Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
This institute, established in 1991, promotes interdisciplinary collaboration in mental health, law and policy research and training. Its membership is drawn from the Department of Psychology and the School of Criminology at 91ÅÝܽ as well as government and community agencies in Canada and internationally. The institute has received federal and provincial grants for a variety of research projects in the area of mental health and law, and also sponsors lectures and workshops. It also publishes forensic psychology books including manuals for assessing risk for violence and recidivism and assessing mental health problems in pretrial jails.
Nanomed Canada Research Network
Executive Director: N.R. Branda, BSc, PhD (MIT), 778.782.8061 Tel, info@nanomedcanada.org, www.nanomedcanada.org/home
Nanomed Canada is a community of nanotechnology researchers (chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers), medical researchers (clinicians, biotechnologists, pharmacologists and geneticists), medical institutes, pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies and government organizations who share knowledge and work collaboratively to advance medical diagnostics and therapeutics. It initially focuses on cancer, cardiovascular disease and central nervous system disorders.
Canada has demonstrated research leadership in both the nano and applied side; however the two groups rarely cross paths and share knowledge. Nanomed Canada is using the Internet to create a virtual information exchange community which features on-going discussions through forum posts, weekly archived on-line presentations, membership directory, catalogue of relevant research facilities and appropriate Canadian contacts, private collaborative workrooms and social networking technologies for information exchange. It will host quarterly topically-focused meetings to develop collaborative nanomedicine research projects. Network members can access presentations and summary papers through the virtual network. Nanomed Canada presents events and presentations for non-members to attract new members. It will become an information warehouse about Canada’s nanomedicine industry to match companies and researchers to facilitate technology transfer. Companies contact Nanomed Canada for recommendations about obtaining expertise from universities, and university researchers contact Nanomed Canada for a list of companies that are interested in a particular technology they have patented.
Nanomed Canada members appreciate that implementing new technologies can have a profound effect on public health. A secondary benefit of the network is its relevant expertise to help policy makers and regulatory agencies evaluate the scientific and ethical impact of new nanomedicine technologies.
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Director: R. Choksi BSc (Tor), MS, PhD (Brown), 778.782.6655 Tel, 778.782.6657 Fax, sfu@pims.math.ca
The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is dedicated to promoting all aspects of the mathematical sciences by stimulating, co-ordinating and facilitating the activities of mathematical and computational scientists. This is achieved by
• promoting research in mathematical sciences areas
• initiating and promoting mathematics education at all levels: K-12 and university
• initiating collaborations and strengthening ties between mathematical scientists in the academic community and those in the industrial, business and government sectors
• training of highly qualified personnel for academic and industrial employment
• developing new technologies to support research, communication and training.
Associated with PIMS are projects of the Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems NCE (MITACS). Through the strength and vitality of its programs, PIMS and MITACS are able to serve the mathematical sciences community as a catalyst in many areas of significance: communication and dissemination of mathematical ideas through public outreach, mathematical education and training at all school levels; and creation of strong mathematical partnerships and links. PIMS involves scientists in several faculties at Simon Fraser University including the Faculties of Science, Applied Sciences, and Education. The PIMS community includes specialists in mathematics, statistics, computer science, mathematical physics, biology, chemistry, economics, operations research, management, engineering, and other fields involving mathematical methods. In addition, PIMS involves teachers in the mathematical sciences at all levels. PIMS-91ÅÝܽ the 91ÅÝܽ representative of PIMS and shares the goals and ideals of PIMS generally while also meeting the specific needs of the PIMS/MITACS and mathematical sciences community at this University.
Tri-University Meson Facility (TRIUMF)
TRIUMF is a joint venture of the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia, Carleton University, l’Université de Montréal, 91ÅÝܽ, the University of Toronto and the University of Victoria.
The TRIUMF facility is based on a 520MeV cyclotron capable of producing multiple proton beams simultaneously, each at a different energy level. TRIUMF has developed a world-class facility called ISAC, which produces beams of unstable rare isotopes. Scientific research at TRIUMF includes medium energy nuclear and particle physics, astrophysics, condensed matter studies and radiochemistry for the production of radiopharmaceuticals. Applied research includes the design of small cyclotrons, microchips, controls software, and medical applications such as the use of proton beams and radioisotopes for cancer therapy.
Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)
This society was founded in 1969 with the objective of operating a major research and teaching facility in coastal and marine sciences. The Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre offers year round research facilities that enable resident and visiting scientists and students (MSc and PhD) to develop a range of research programs. Courses that lead to academic credit for undergraduate and graduate degree programs at member universities are given at the station. The centre also runs a public education program from September through April.
W.J. VanDusen BC Business Studies Institute
Established to focus research efforts on issues of particular relevance to corporations and government agencies in BC. The institute brings the expertise and research acumen of the Faculty of Business Administration to the Segal Graduate School of Business where faculty and business executives have greater and more direct opportunities to work together. The institute sponsors lectures and has an executive-in-residence program to bring business leaders into the University’s classroom.
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