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Research Institutes
Research Institutes are formally designated non-departmental units that facilitate extensive multi-faculty collaborative research. This research is often enhanced by research relationships with other universities, stakeholders (e.g., government, community or private sector affiliates) or shared resources and infrastructure. The activities of Research Institutes support the strategic research mission of the university.
The following Institutes which have university-wide mandate or a multi-university consortium were established under SFU Policy R40.01 and are under the direct authority of the Associate Vice-President, Research.
SFU's Research Institutes
Aquatic Research Cooperative (ARC) Institute
Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing
Centre for Forensic Research
Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences
Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
Chronic Pain Research Institute
Digital Democracies Institute
Global Institute for Agritech
Indigenous Research Institute
Institute for Black and African Diaspora Research and Engagement
Institute for Environmental Learning
Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN)
Institute for Performance Studies (IPS)
Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence
Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research (ITCR)
Institute on Violence, Terrorism, and Security
International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)
Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute (STAR)
Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
Visual & INteractive Computing Institute (VINCI)
Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)
Research Initiatives associated with SFU
BC SUPPORT Unit Fraser Centre
Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
Educational Neuroscience Laboratory (Engrammetron)
FREDA Centre for Research on Violence Against Women and Children
Imaginative Education Research Group
Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines
Kids Brain Health Network
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS)
Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)
Quantum Algorithms Institute
Social Attention Research Group (SARG)
TRIUMF
Staff Contacts
Jean Huang
Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR), Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Email: avprea@sfu.ca