Projects 2021

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2021 FINALISTS

$3,000 GRAND AWARDS

(ITMP) INDIGENOUS TUTORING & MENTORING PROGRAM

The goal of this program is to create meaningful relationships between Indigenous students and their tutors and mentors.

NALOXHOME SFU

NaloxHome SFU aims to ameliorate the detrimental effects of the overdose crisis in communities across Greater Vancouver.

SINGING OUR TRUTHS: TELLING OUR STORIES

A workshop series to celebrate identity and visibility for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members, culminating in an artistic soundscape offered publicly for far-reaching engagement.

$3,000 BURNABY FESTIVAL OF LEARNING AWARD

BURNABY MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL

Putting the words of Indigenous land acknowledgement into meaningful action. The process is the project.

$2,000 CITY OF SURREY ENGAGEMENT AWARD

YOUNG MINDS EXPLORING SCIENCE

Our goal when creating Young Minds Exploring Science (YMES) was, and still is, to eliminate barriers that youth face when accessing extracurricular STEM programs.

$2,000 Engagement Award

ACSSPA Sewing Mask Project

African seniors working together to learn how to sew and properly wear masks.

Generation BXY

Organizing marginalized communities by empowering members to speak publicly and confidently about issues of displacement of people, food and cultural assets.

Hastings Folk Garden Sound Map

Sound Map is a proposed resistance project centered on the Hastings Folk Garden that weaves together three iterative, low-barrier projects that the Hives for Humanity Community Engagement Committee collaboratively co-created over the past year.

ONETIME

OneTime aims to create a platform where diverse, intersectional backgrounds, experiences, and stories can be shared with authenticity and pride, bringing stigmatized topics out into the open.

Voices 4 (re)Conciliation

Voices 4 (re)Conciliation is a project that aims to bring inter-generational Canadians from faith-based communities together to reflect on the history of Residential Schools (RS) through learning and music.

Art for Comfort: Art for Connection

A workshop series to explore comfort as a means to connect with your own inner resources and coping skills, as well as an opportunity to connect with others other in community.

Glow Within Foundation

Glow Within’s mission is to empower and cultivate a community of confident feminine-identifying individuals by giving them the essential resources to navigate their physical, mental and emotional health.

Math Walks

How can we promote connections between math and our lives? Math walks!

Public Health Speaks

Public Health Speaks’ vision is to empower and engage the community in making informed choices about their health through effective health promotion, information dissemination, and community partnerships.

BC Newcomer Camp

A project to teach Raspberry Pi fundamentals to newcomer and refugee children and youth.

Haida Nerds

Bringing together Haida grad students to give one another support, share Haida language and traditions, discuss our schooling and research and connect it to the Haida community.

OMG I have ADHD

If we create a peer-led event and collective for people diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood, then they will have access to meaningful social connections along with current knowledge and research from leading experts.

ReRooting Relationships

ReRooting Relationships will create and run a summer program for a cohort of 15 youth (priority QTBIPOC) to engage in a series of relationship-building workshops based on community engagement and social justice.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR CHANGE?

Up to $30,000* is available to fund SFU students who want to work with community partners to drive meaningful, lasting impact.

Maybe you’re working on an existing idea for a class you’re taking, through a student club or another organization, or maybe you just have an amazing idea that keeps you up at night.... Whatever it is, we want to hear from you!

Start the process now by registering today and then submitting your idea before November 22 – all you need is your passion and an idea.

* Award amounts subject to change.