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Leadership & Departments

Dugan O'Neil
Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI)
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
mail vpri@sfu.ca
Rosa Gilfan, Executive Assistant
mail vpriea@sfu.ca
call 778-782-5080

Valorie Crooks
Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR)
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
mail avpr@sfu.ca
Jean Huang, Executive Assistant
mail avprea@sfu.ca
call778-782-4247

Elicia Maine
Associate Vice-President, Knowledge Mobilization and Innovation (AVPKMI)
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
mail avpkmi@sfu.ca
Livleen Diwana, Executive Assistant
mail avpkmiea@sfu.ca
call 778-782-7355
Departments
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
mail sfu-research@sfu.ca
About the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Research Operations
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
Institutional Strategic Awards
call 778-782-3229
mail isa@sfu.ca
Office of Animal Care Services
call 778-782-4737
mail sfu-uacc@sfu.ca
Knowledge mobilization and innovation
Community-Engaged Research initiative
312 Main Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6A 2T2
Canada
mail joanna_habdank@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/ceri.html
Knowledge Mobilization
WAC Bennett Library, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A1S6
Canada
SFU VentureLabs
Suite #1200
555 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4N6
Canada
call 604-729-4747
mail info@venturelabs.ca
public https://venturelabs.ca
Technology Licensing Office
Discovery 2 - Room 265
Burnaby BC V5A 4W9
Canada
call 778-782-4292
mail tlo_admin@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/technology-licensing.html
4D LABS
7000 level, TASC2 building
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
mail info@4dlabs.ca
public https://www.4dlabs.ca
Big Data Hub
Applied Science Building, Room 10905
Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive
Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6
Canada
mail sfu_bigdata@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/big-data.html
ImageTech Lab
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Building A, Level 1 3750 96 Avenue
Surrey, B.C. V3V 1Z2
Canada
mail imagetech_dir@sfu.ca
WearTech Labs
Surrey Centre 2 building 9639 - 137A Street
Unit 206
Surrey, B.C. V3V 0C6
Canada
Public Knowledge Project
8888 University Drive
Burnaby BC V5A 1S6
Canada
mail pkpinfo@sfu.ca
public https://pkp.sfu.ca
Other departments
ACT – Action on Climate Team
mail actinfo@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/act.html
Partnerships Hub
mail partners_hub@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/partnershipshub.html
SFU Sustainability & Climate
mail sustainability@sfu.ca
public https://www.sfu.ca/sustainability.html
Strategic Research Advisory Committee
The Strategic Research Advisory Committee (S-RAC) provides strategic guidance to the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (VPRI) on major research initiatives at Simon Fraser University. The work of the S-RAC is guided by SFU’s core values and is aligned with What’s Next: The SFU Strategy and the Strategic Research Plan. The committee strives to support its researchers in achieving global recognition and advance SFU’s position as a leading research institution.