S.12-168

SFU

OFFICE OF

THE

VICE-PRESIDENT, ACADEMIC AND PROVOST

University Drive, Burnaby, BC

Canada V5A 1S6

TEL: 778.782.3925

FAX: 778.782.5876

vpacad@sfu.ca

www.sfu.ca/vpacademic

MEMORANDUM

attention

Senate

date

November 15,2012

from

Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and

pages

1/1

Provost, and Chair, SCUP

RE:

Centre and Institute

Report 2011/2012 (SCUP 12-38)

At its October 24, 2012 meeting SCUP reviewed the

Centre

and Institute Report 2011/2012. It is

attached for the information of Senate

End.

c: N. Haunerland

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

ENGAGING the world

SFU

MEMORANDUM

()FFICE OF II IE VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARC1 I

Strand Hall 3195

8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC

Canada V5A1S6

TEL 778.782.4152

FAX 778.782.4860

SCUP 12-38

sfuavpr@sfu.ca

www.sfu.ca/vpresearch

ATTENTION

Senate Committee for University Priorities

FROM

Norbert

H. Haunerland, Associate Vice-

DATE

October

12,

2012

PAGES

1/1

RE:

President Research

Centre and Institute Report 2011/2012

As specified under SFU Policy R 40.01 "Research Centres and Institutes," I am pleased to submit to the

Senate Committee for University Priorities (SCUP) the annual report on the activities

of the Research

Centres/Institutes. A copy of the Policy is also attached for your reference.

The report covers primarily the fiscal year 2011/2012.

It consists of two parts: a description of each

Centre covered under the Policy, and a

table showing the status of each Centre in several important

areas. In addition, information on Research Centres/Institutes that were either established or dissolved

since the end offiscal year 2011/2012 are included.

Centres are divided into two categories, according to the Policy:

•

Research Centres

are under the direct authority of the Faculty Deans. The Deans report to the

Vice President Research on the Centres under their authority.

The enclosed status report

indicates the degree to which the reports of the Centres are found by the Dean to be adequate.

•

Research Institutes

either

have a university-wide mandate or comprise multi-university

consortia in which SFU participates.

The Vice-President, Research is responsible for these

Institutes. These are also included in the status report.

As requested by the Senate Committee on University Priorities on November 23, 2011, included in the

Status Report is the renewal date of each Research Centre/Institute.

The annual reports were prepared online for the fifth time, the full reports can be viewed in the office

of the Vice-President, Research.

Motion:

That SCUP approves the Research Centres and Institutes Report and forwards the rjeptJfTto

the Board of Governors for information.

Attachments:

Status Report on Centres and Institutes

Descriptions

of Centres and Institutes

Policy R 40.01

"Centres and Institutes"

SIMON

FRASER UNIVERSITY

ENGAGING THE WORLD

< J)-^-

Norbert Haunerland, Associate Vice-PresidenTKesearch

Research Centres

Date

Established

Senate

Approval

Adequate

Report

Untvereltv resources provided to Centre:

Space

Personnel

Equipment

Budqet

Renewal

Date

Faculty of Applied Science

Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research

10/20/92

1/26/93

Yes

;

Yes

2016-04-01

;

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

;

Centre (fetudes francophones Quebeo-Pacrfique

5/24/01

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

CentreforComparative Studyof Muslim Societiesand Cultures

9/21/06

Yes

2013-04-01

Centre for Forensic Research

7/19/07

Yes

2013-04-01

CentreforGlobal Political Economy

6/26/02

4/17/03

RenewalApplication Required

2012-04-01

Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour in Economics (CRABE)

9/02

2/20/03

Yes

2013-04-01

Centre for Research on Sexual Violence

9/17/09

Yes

[

2014-04-01

Centre for Restorative Justice

3/22/01

^ 3/22/01

Director died in 2012, new director was given a moratorium of one year

2012-04-01

Centre for Scottish Studies

5/99

5/27/99

Yes

]

Yes

]

2015-04-01

Centreforthe Study of PublicOpinion and Political Representation I 4/22/10

4/22/10

Yes

2015-04-01

Criminology Research Centre

1979

2/27/79

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

David Lam Centre

4/1/89

4/27/94

RenewalApplication Required

2012-04-01

Feminist Institute forStudies on Lawand Society

4/3/90

5/22/90

Yes

2015-04-01

First Nations Language Centre

[

40444

9/23/10

Yes

;

2015-04-01

Gerontology Research Centre

5/10/82

6/29/82

Yes

2015-04-01

Institute forStudies inCriminal Justice Policy

7/21/80

9/23/80

Yes

2015-04-01

Institute for the Humanities

h 6/8/83

9/27/83

Yes

2016-04-01

Institute of Governance Studies

12/5/94

6/22/95

Yes

2016-04-01

Mental Health, Lawand Policy Institute

5/2/91

6/25/91

Yes

2016-04-01

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies

5/24/11

Established in reporting period, no report required.

2016-04-01

Beedie School of Business

CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management

2/16/06

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

CMA CentreforStrategic Changeand Performance Measurement

9/22/05

Centre for Global Workforce Strategy

5/22/09

Yes

2014-04-01

Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth Management

2007

1/25/07

Yes

2013-04-01

Centre for Workplace Health andSafety

6/24/10

Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Studies

12/17/09 i

12/17/09

Yes

2014-04-01

Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Centre for Policy Research onScience and Technology (CPROST)

12/16/88

1/19/89

Centre forPolicy Studieson Culture and Communities

Interaction Desian Research Centre

6/11/12

Established in rerjortina period, no reoort reauired.

2017-04-01

Faculty of Education

Centre for Research onEarly Child Health and Education (CRECHE)!

5/19/05

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

Centre for Research on International Education

3/18/10

[ 3/18/10

Yes

2014-04-01

Centreforthe Study of Educational Leadership and Policy

11/15/07

I 11/15/07

Yes

}

Yes

2013-04-01

David Wheeler Institute for Research inMathematics Education

4/19/07

7/19/07

Yes

2013-04-01

Faculty of Environment

Centre forCoastalScience and Management

6/14/01

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

Centre forSustainable Community Development

11/4/88

1/19/89

Yes

2015-04-01

Co-operative Resource Management Institute

12/16/97 I 11/26/98

Yes

2016-04-01

Faculty of Health Sciences

Children's Health Policy Centre

3/22/07

Yes

2013-04-01

Faculty of Science

CentreforExperimental and Constructive Mathematics

6/25/90

5/26/92

Yes

2016-04-01

Centre for Natural Hazards Research

5/19/05

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

CentreforWildlife Ecology

11/21/02

I 11/21/02

RenewalApplication Required

2012-04-01

Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecokwv Research Group

1/9/89

I 2/28/89

Yes

2015-04-01

Research Institutes

Date

Established

Senate

Approval

Adequate

Report

University resources provided to Centre:

Space

Personnel

Equipment

Budget

Renewal

Date

Associate Vice President, Research

4DLabs

05/19/05

Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosdence Institute

08/22/05

09/22/05

Renewal Application Required

Canadian Centre for Studiesin Publishing

1987

7/14/94

Yes

CentreforDisability IndependenceResearchand Education

Centre for Education Research and Policy

1/17/08

Yes

2013-04-01

Centre forImaginative Education

2007

4/19/07

Centre for Operations Research andDecision Sciences (CORDS)

2006

9/21/06

Centre for Scientific Computing

3/22/01

Yes

2016-04-01

Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures

2006

7/20/06

RenewalApplication

Required

Centre for the Studyof Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health

Community Health Solutions

11/7/11

Established in reporting period, no report required.

2016-04-01

Indigenous Research Institute

9/12/11

2016-04-01

Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies

5/14/92

5/26/92

Yes

Institute for Environmental Learning

12/8/10

12/6/10

Yes

2015-04-01

Institute forIntersectionality Research and Policy

2/17/05

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

Institute forvalues in Policyand Science

12/6/10

Yes

2015-04-01

Sciences (IRMACS)

1/20/05

Renewal Application Required

2012-04-01

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice

Policy

5/1/91

1/28/92

Yes

2015-04-01

International Centre of Art for Social Change

11/15/07

Yes

2013-04-01

International Cybercrime ResearchCentre(ICRC)

4/17/08

RenewalApplication Required

2012-04-01

Nanomed Canada Research Network

4/19/07

to report submitted. Itis the intention to disotve Nanomed and have ifs

functions incorporated into 4D Labs. A memo is forthcoming.

2013-04-01

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)

1996

4/22/99

Yes

2016-04-01

TRIUMF - Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear

physics

1968

9/22/81

Yes

2016-04-01

Vancouver Institute forVisualAnalytics (VIVA)

11/1/10

Yes

2015-04-01

Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfteld)

6/18/69

j 7/23/70

Yes

2016-04-01

University

Resources

Research Centres

Tiype

Description

Faculty of Applied Science

Institute of Microrrachfne and MicnrfabricatiOT

'Space

There

is rib separate space

provided

for the

institute.

All research activity that

require

rricrofabrication or micromachining is done utilizing the

dean-room

at the School of

Engineering Science. Individual

members utilize their own research area for their

respective research and development.

;EquJpment

Engineering 'Sti'ence MicrbfabHcatibh" and Micramachinfng Facility

Faculty of Arte arid Social Sciences

Bill ReidCentre forNorthwest CoastArtStudies

jSpace

Space "for

trie Bill

Reid

Centre

at 639 Hornby Street (one room) is currently covered

under an agreement reached between the Bill Reid Foundation and Simon Fraser

University.

iPersonnel

Administrative and "financial support "is provided by "the

Office

trie

Dean of Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences at Simon Fraser University.

jFunds

$125,000 per year funding from the VPA to cover the Director's and staff salaries and

operating

expenses.

Outside funds were raised by the

Director,

which included over $70,000 in gifts and over

$40,000 in research agreements with the Songhees First Nation.

;Funds

Course "release for Director.

Centre for Forensic Research

jSpace

'515 sq. Mof laboratory and officespacein

Saywetl HaN,

No'raV'wfng, 9000 level.

iPersonnel

20% time of a lab manager

jFunds

Operation budget: $"1200.66"

Fundcreated for operation of the Autopsy

laboratory

and generated from cost recovery

from

casework.

Cer^forPWtcPc¥cyResea7ch

iPersonnel

'Director's,

Public Policy Faculty, 'arid Public Policy" Program

Manager's

timein organizing

workshops and seminars. Director'stime in assisting ACT and interaction with UBC, U

Vic, UNBConPICS.

Centre for Scottish Studies'

jSpace

the Centrefor Scottish Studies' shares "an

office

spaceused for

teaching

assistants.

iPersonnel

Secretarial help for budget from Dept. of English (approx. 20 hours)

Centre for the Reductfon of vTbien'ce

Among

Children arid

Youth

jSpace

Approximately 2,000sf of space has been allocated for the Centre in RCB7220. 1have

spent considerable time and effort this past year engaged in the design process with

personnel from Facilities, Major Projects, and

the Faculty.

The

budget has

been

approved, and 1am In the process of preparing a CFKLOF (Leadership Opportunity

Fund) grant application for funds to provide equipment, infrastructure, and renovations of

this space. Renovations are expected to occur this summer, and be completed In

September 2012.

•Personnel

Centre funds

we're

used to support the

efforts

ofa pa'rt4'me research assistant andto

provide partial funding forthe visit to SFU of Dr.Paul Frickfrom the Universityof New

Orleans, who is an international authority on children and youth with severe conduct

problems. In 2012-13, funds willbe

used to support a new postdoctoral fellow, as well

as a new Ph.D. student in

the clinical psychology program in the Department of

Psychology, both of

whom will

working under my supervision.

jFunds

FASShas provided '$3767581.52 "funding for the renovation ofthe Centre.

;

Centre for the Studyof Public Opinion and Political Representation

jSpace

Shared

faculty

offioe'wit'hinstitute" for Governance Studiesinthe Department of Poilticai

Science

at Bumaby Campus.

jFunds

^funding provided bythe

Department

of PbTtticai Science ($35"66j and FASS

Dean's

Office ($1000) for Representation Conference, June 2012.

Feffdnist institute for Studies

Law and Society

tSpace

Shared office space

has'

been allocated to us bythe

Department

Sociology

and

Anthropology.

Gerontology Research Centre

jSpace

Six offices and a common area forthe GRC librarycollection at HarbourCentre

iPersonnel

One admirtfstrative

teaching

release/serneste'r'fbrAndrew SixsrStii

institute for Studies

in" Criminal

justice Policy

iSpace

Office spaceis 'held within trie School of

Criminology: Sayweii

Hall" 10226.

Instituteforthe Humanities

-Space

Room 2444 Harbour Centre Office space

j Personnel

Salary for brie full time cbrttinuirtg" Program Assistant through trie Dean of Arts arid Social

Sciences office(approx.$48,000 per year) until April 2009. Current: salaryforone half-

lime Manager for

trie

Institute for the Humanities, through the Dean of

Arts

and

Social

Sciences.

institute of Governance Studies

jSpace

AQ6026

jEquipment

Computer/printer/telephone

Mental Health', Law and Policy Institute

jSpace

Office

spaceis

provided

in RCB"

7206.

This'space is being

renovated

during summer,

2012 as

are downsizina to about half

the orioinal space.

University Resources

iPersonnel

David Hill, postdoctoral intern

Caroline Greaves, postdoctoral intern

jEquTpmerit

Five personal computers for use by"graduate sUfde'rits. MHLPi members', andvi'srtfng

scholars and students.

jFunds

Administrative stipend to the Director ($16,608 annually).

No additional funds (except the contracts and grants detailed in the report).

Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Centre for PolicyResearch on Science and Technology(CPROST) jSpace

Offices at HarbourCentre, third floor.Three offices, space in a storage room, access to

conference room, and use of some common space/cubicles.

jFunds

Funding received through numbers'contribution's:

• from School of Communication for FY 2011/12 July $1,500.00

- from RAnderson for FY 2011/12 July $500.00

- from A.Kira for FY 2011/12 July $500.00

- from A.Hotbrook for FY 2011/12 April $2,000.00

- from D.Jin for FY 2011/12 February $2,000.00

- from B.Lewis for FY 2011/12 April $2,000.00

-from R.Smith for FY 2011/12 July $2,000.00

- from R.SmHh (First Mile Project) for FY 2011/12 November $1,500.00

Total income was $12,000

Faculty of Education

Centre forEducation, LawandSociety

Tspace

CELS hasan office onthe 5thFloor Gaile'ria level of SFU Surrey (Office 5288.) this" is

where we house our CELS Coordinator,our part-timeAdministrator and our Research

Assistants, as well as our files and resources. This location also allows close access to

Faculty of Educationcolleagues down the halland to the Surrey School District and

other school districts south ofthe Fraser.

We purchasedour own computer and printerwith CELS funds, and also provideour own

supplies.

No funds are provided to CELS from the Faculty of Education.

iPersonnel

the'Universitydoesnotprovide staffto'CELS.the CELS" Coordinator andpart-time

Administrator,as well as the Research Assistants, are funded through the CELS

Endowment and project-specific grants. We do, however,

access the expertise of the

technology personnel in Education Centralin the FOE,the FOE Budget office, Financial

Services and other personnel in the FOE and University.

jEquipment

We purchased ourown computer and

printer with CELS funds. The office furniture is

provided by the University, and we have access to the fax and photocopier machinein

the Faculty of Education area.

jFunds

The work of CELS primarily is funded through the CELS endowment, plus project-

specificgrants.The majorcontributors to the endowment are the Law Foundation of BC,

The Real Estate Foundation, the Notary Foundation, the Simons Foundation, as well as

several law firms and private donors.

This past fiscal year,

the CELS Endowment principalof over $1,459,583 minion

contributed $58,383 of working funds to CELS. Of this amount, $34,383 went towards

supportinga part-timeCoordinator, a one-day perweek Administrator, several Research

Assistants, and program development work. The Directoris also provided with a two-

course release ($24,000) to allow her to manage the work and staff of CELS and to

develop new initiatives.

CELS also received a large grant ($337,718) In 2008 from the Law Foundation of BC,

which

extends to September 2012. This was a mutti-faceted project aimed to improve

the legalliteracyof youth in grades 6 through 10, and involvedresearch, curriculum

development, professional development forteachers, and web-based classroom

resources.

Centre for Research onInternational Education

jSpace

EDB 8561 provided by the Faculty.

•Personnel

WorkStudy Studerrt's"in Summer2010(BethRen)

Fall2010 (Beth Ren) and Spring 2011 (Tapuwa Ruzvidzo)

Staff attached to the International Programs office provide assistance for our events.

(Jane Pan, Amanda Shaw)

None in 2012

?Equ1pfhent

Computer &Phonefor buroffice.

jFunds

The Faculty of Education provided $15,000 in start up funds, in keeping with support

provided other new Centres.

Centre for the Studyof Educational Leadership and" Policy

Ts'pace

Office spacefor tledTrecto'f(facuHy'bffi'cespace)

jEqulprnent

two 'computers'(sharedfaculty equipment), one"i'Pad

Faculty of Environment

Centre for' Sustainable Community Development

jSpace

WestMall Complex: 8 offices (2603,26i"l. 261*3,2615,2617,2619. '2621,2623), 2

meeting rooms (2605,2609), and 4 very small rooms (2607,2608,2620,2622) for

equipment, storage, and supplies.

Harbour Centre: one shared office, room 3355.

iPersonnel

One 1/2 time director;one 1/2 time associate director (vacant in 2011-12); administrative

supportfromthe Dean'sOffice,Faculty of Environment (FENV); one course release for

Director; one course release forAssociate Director, five (normally)sessional teaching

stipends fromDeanof FENV; five supervisorand tutor-marker stipends fordistance

education courses from CODE, Continuing Studies.

The Centre also has 3 Adjunct Faculty(Geller, Miewald, and Stem), 25 Centre

Associates, more than 16 academic instructors and tutor-markers, more than 20

professional program instructors, andseveral PhD and MA studentresearchers.

jEquipment

9 computers (6leased arid 3owned), i laser" printer, i fax machine and1 leased

photocopier

iFunds

$33,000 operatingbase budget from FENV(does not include a staff position)

University

Resources

Centre for Tourism Policy and Research

jSpace

The

University

provides the Centrewithlaband

meeting

space for approximately 12

graduate students enrolled in the School of Resource and Environmental Management.

jFunds

the

Centre's operating budget bfapprrodrriateiy $5,666

embedded within operating

budget ofthe School of Resource and Environmental Management.

Co-operative Resource Management Institute

1'Space

77.5 m21 in TASC i arid two offices(6.7 m2) in TA'S'C 2.

Faculty of Health Sciences

HarbourCentre Offices

Children's Health 'Policy

Centre

-Space

SFU andthe Faculty of Health Sa'ences provide office spaceat Hussbn

Hall

atthe

Bumabycampus and Harbour Centreat the

Vancouver

campus.

jPersonnel"

SFU and the Faculty of Health Sciences provide the

Director's

salary.

We are grateful to the Djavad

Mowafeghian

Foundation for theirgenerous endowment,

which provides annual income dedicated to the

Children's

Health Policy Centre.

Facuity of Science

Centre for Experi'merrtai

aTid

Constructive Mathematics

jSpace

trie centre is ideated in room P "8495 in trie Shrum "Science bu'iidfng.

jPersonnel

The computing facilities in the centrewere adminstered by Mike Soilanych of the NSG

until

April

2012. John Hebron of the NSG is

currently

looking afterus.

jEquipment

trie computing

equipment

in "the center was purchased through"

faculty

NSERC

research

grants, CECMoperating funds, and donations from Maplesoftto SFU. The research

equipment consists of 7 compute servers located in the two CECM lab machine rooms

and 16 desktops inthe CECMlab. There is also an air-conditioning unitin one of the

machine rooms.

jFunds

the centre's accounts"

show that

it received rib berating

funding

ofany kind from the

university in the financial year. However, it did receive $8,600 in contract overhead

money (the Dean's portion of the overheadof previous

MITACS/Maptesoft

contracts).

Research

institutes

Associate Vice President, Research

Centre for

Usability Independence

Research arid Education

jSpace

Shared office spice in TASC2 7440.

jPersonnel

Andrew Der, part3"rrie coordinator (May

2009

toJan 2016).

[Equipment

Shared iise'of desk"

cb'nipirter

arid printer in" office.

Centre for Education' Research

and

Policy

jSpace

Our Centre uses one staff adirtnistrator office and three secure offices to house'

researchers working with confidential data in

the

West

MallComplex, adjacent to a

common meeting space that we

use

for research meetings, staff and Steering

Committee meetings, and community consultations. We also occupy one office in

Harbour Centre, used by

multiple

staff.

jFunds

Community trust Endowment Fund: $191* ,959.54

Centre for Imaginative Education

jSpace

have a largish room in the Facuity of Education area: EDB 8548.

•Personnel

jEquipment

Various R JVs.

6 workstationswithcomputers

jFunds

CURA grant. SSHRC RDI grant.

Centre for Scientific Computing

jSpace

Since

"2664

the'CSC'sopenmuiti^isaplinary research" facility • the Scientific Computing

and Imaging Research Facility(SCIRF) has

been

in operation. This fadlity, funded

through the successful CFI application on fuel cell applications, is run by

CSC Board of

Advisors members, Drs. T. Moeller and J. Stockie.

The CSC Lab located in PIMS space utilizes computer equipment purchased through

NSERC funding obtained by CSC

members

(the numerical analysts in Mathematics and

computer graphics and visualization experts in CS).

Itis an active lab, frequented primarilyby graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, is

the major space used by students and PDFs working in the computational and applied

mathematics group.

The apex of the CSC seminars, the CSC/PIMS Distinguished

Speaker Series, is held in the main IRMACS auditorium.

•Personnel

Some secretarial support provided by the PIMS Administrative Assistant and some

temporary

web

has been provided by the Computer Science Graphics and Visualization

Lab technical support staff.

Centre for trie 'Study of Gender,

Social inequities and

Mental Health

jSpace

HC 3120-

includes

twoworkspaces.

jPersonnel

Simon Fraser University supplies the CGSM with administrative assistance as is in

keeping with

other

grants.

jEquipment

Simon Fraser University supplies the

CGSM

with office furniture (desks) for each of our

workspaces.

Institute for Canadian

Urban

Research Studies

jSpace

CURS research laboratory- approx space 600 sq" ft

ICURS visiting professors, research associates, research assistants,

associates

and

volunteers-14

seats

(multiple users of seats)

Institute forValuesIn

Policy

and Science

jPersonnel

Occasional secretarial and administrative support from the Philosophy Department

jFunds

Startup fundsof 40K

"for

"a 4-5' periodfrom FASS. No "funds'we're addedinthe

2011-

2012 fiscal year.

University Resources

International Centreof Art for SocialChange

jSpace

ICASC has no office space at SFU.

Marcuse'sSFU Centre forDialogueFellowship, which provided ICASC's officespace,

ended March 30,2012.

Office In Harbour Centre, as partof Marcuseappointment as a Fellowof the Centre for

Dialogue

•Funds

Wi 20i'l/2"6'i2fu^

Faculty of Education will paidinstructor of record forEDU 496-3,Dr. LynnFelsin fail

2011

Pacific Institute for the Math'emaYcai Sciences(PiMS'j

jSpace

PiM'S hasanadrrartstratiwcffi^

computer lablocated in"trie TAS&2building

(8000level)housingapprox. 30 graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and visiting

researchers fromthe Math, Statistics, and Computing Science departments.

PIMS administers a seminar room located in the TASC-2 building (Rm 8500) for

graduate seminars andworkshops.

iFunds

Funds aresentto PIMS central (UBC) "for the payment of SFU'siramberehi'p feeas

follows:

- $20,000 VPR Office

- $20,000 President's Office

- $20,000 Dean of Science

- $20,000 Dean of Applied Science

Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)

jSpace

VIVAmakes arrangements at SFU withthe School of ComputingScience, the

Interdisciplinary Research inthe Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS)

Centre, and the School of InteractiveArts and Technology (SIAT) for space when

needed. At UBC, VIVA works with the Media and Graphics InterdisciplinaryCentre

(MAGIC) and the Institute forComputing, Information, and CognitiveSystems (ICICS)

for space when needed.

jPersonnel

VIVAmakes arrangementsat SFUwiththe School of ComputingScience, IRMACS, and

SIAT for staff when needed. At UBC, VIVA works with MAGIC and ICICS for staff when

needed.

• Jean-Sebastien Cote, Managing Director.

- Dr.David Darvill (SFU), Directorof Research.

- Dr.Dan Fass, Research Associate.

• Other Research Associates.

• Kyle Melnick, Manager, Challenge Program.

- Vera Robinson (SFU), VP Research Special Projects support.

• Dr.Kimberly Voll (UBC), Course Development.

jEquipment

Arrangements with IRMACS (SFU), Computing Science and SIAT for space/equipment

when needed. At UBC, working with MAGICand ICICS for space/equipment when

needed.

No software has been purchased. (Milan Tofiloski has been providedwithi2Analystby

IBM.) Other VA tool partners, who have contributed software in-kind, are Tableau ($2000

in-kindlicenses and), Oculus (who make GeoTime VA software, $8,000 in kind),

Leximancer (server license, $1,500).

jFunds

The two 2012 Training Session Workshops generated revenue of $7,440.

In June 2012, SAP became an official member of VIVA with a financial contribution of

$12,500.

In June 2012, Tableau has agreed to contribute $1,500 for sponsorship of the Canadian

VA School 2012 - Summer Edition as a Gold Sponsor.

Western Canadian Universities Marine SciencesSociety'(Ba'mfieid) iPersbrinel

Three instructors from the Dept. of Biological Sciences (Dr.John Reynolds, Dr. Isabelle

C6te, Dr.Mike Hart)occasionally teach at BMSC as part of their SFU teaching

obligations.

jFunds

SFU isoneofthe fivememberuniversities, eachofwhichcontributed approx. $246,666

in 2011-12 to BMSC operations. I believe these funds are provided through the VP

Finance office.

Descriptions of Centres and Institutes

Faculty of Applied Science

Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research

Director: A. M. Parameswaran BE (Madr), MSc, PhD (Alta), 778.782.4971 Tel,

778.782.4951 Fax; param@sfu.ca http://vvww.sfu.ca/immr

This institute will stimulate, encourage and enhance interdisciplinary research that

integrates engineering, health sciences, molecular biology and chemistry to formulate

technology and procedure to develop novel medical diagnostic instrumentation.

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies

Director: Dr.George F. MacDonald BA (Tor), PhD (Yale), LLD (Calg), CM., F.R.S.C.,

604.682.4179 Tel, 604.682.3310 Fax; macdonald.george4@gmail.com,

http://www.sfu.ca/brc/

The objective of the Centre is to promote an 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 will provide a meeting

place for students and scholars of diverse backgrounds, and serve as a virtual access

portal for Northwest Coast Native Community Centres, museums, and academic

departments around the world. The Centre wishes to reach the widest possible audience

and aims to assemble one of the largest databases in the world of digital images of

native monumental, portable and household art that can be disseminated to wherever it

is needed. We hope these images provide new inspiration to both artists and historians.

Centre d'etudes francophones Quebec-Pacifique

Director: Christian Guibault B.A., M.A. (Laval) Ph.D. (UofA), 778.782.6783,

778.782.5932 Fax; guibaul@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/centrequebec-pacifique

The Centre d'etudes francophones Quebec-Pacifique is a research and documentation

centre for gathering and disseminating information relating to French literature, cultures

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, its

activities and programs focus on the distinct culture of British Columbia and Pacific Rim

French speakers. It also acts as a liaison between researchers in Quebec and the

Pacific Region.

Centre for Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures

Director: D. MacLean BA(NY State), MA, PhD (McG), 778.782.4437 Tel, 778.782.5837

Fax; ccsmsc@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/ccsmsc

The centre facilitates the academic discussion and public understanding of the cultures

and societies of Muslim peoples of the past and present. By focusing attention on the

diversity of Muslims, the centre encourages the shift in analysis from that of 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 and supports conferences, workshops,

public lectures, visiting scholars, international exchange, library augmentation, and

language acquisition in the area of Muslim studies.

Centre for Forensic Research

Co-Director: G.S. Anderson BSc.(Hon), M.P.M., PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.3589 Tel,

778.782.4140 Fax; Co-Director: Dongya Yang B.Sc. Lanzhou, China, M.Sc. Chin. Acad.

Sci, Beijing, China, Ph.D. McMaster, 778.782.4651 Tel, 778.782.5666 Fax;

ganderso@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres+institutes/forensic.html

The Centre for Forensic Research is designed to create new knowledge in the forensic

sciences for the purposes of solving crimes, identifying human remains, determining

elapsed time since death and circumstances of death on local and global scales. Our

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 for Forensic Research are available to all parties who

seek an independent forensic scientific opinion.

Centre for Global Political Economy

Director: Dr. G. Mann B.A. (Hons.) (McGill); M.Sc. (Guelph); Ph.D. (Berkeley),

778.782.4426 Tel, 778.782.5841; cgpe@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/cgpe

The Centre for Global Political Economy is housed in the Dept. of Political Science, but

involves faculty from other

academic units at SFU to provide a focus for existing

strengths in the field of global political economy and to win a position as an international

centre for such research. The Centre supports related research and community

collaboration, in addition to providing a venue for visiting scholars and a means of cross-

disciplinary engagement for faculty and graduate students.

Centre for Public Policy Research

Director: N. Olewiler BA (Col), MA (S Fraser), PhD (Br Col), 778.782.5289 Tel,

778.782.5288 Fax; mpp@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/mpp

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 School of Public

Policy at Simon Fraser University, complementing the master in public policy graduate

degree program.

Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour in Economics (CRABE)

Director: J. Arifovic BA(Sarajevo), MA, PhD (Chic), 778.782.5603 Tel, 778.782.5944

Fax; arifovic@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/crabe

The centre'sactivities and program are intended to initiateand 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 Research on Sexual Violence

Director: Eric Beauregard BSc, MSc, and PhD, (University of Montreal), 778.782.8134

Tel; ebeaureg@sfu.ca, http://sites.google.com/site/crsvsfu/

The Centre for Research on Sexual Violence (CrSV) is a project originally initiated in

2007 by Dr. Eric Beauregard and Dr. Patrick Lussier. The CrSV officially started its

activities in

2010. The Centre is affiliated with the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser

University, in British Columbia, Canada. The initiative stems from a need to challenge

current myths and misconceptions about sex offenders and sexual violence. The work

undertaken at the Centre builds on past research conducted in Canada by several

influential scholars, researchers, and practitioners. In doing so, the Centre also aims to

tackle the issue of sexual violence from a criminological perspective. The Centre's key

objectives are: Initiating, promoting and conducting research on both the understanding

and the prevention of sexual violence; Providing criminal justice intervention program

development and evaluation services in the area of sexual violence; Developing and

providing educational and training services such as seminars and workshops on sexual

violence topics; Coordinating and organizing special lectures, seminars and workshops

on sexual violence topics delivered by key speakers, scholars, researchers and

practitioners; Developing partnerships with other community and government agencies,

institutes or research centres whose aims are similar to those of the Centre for Research

on Sexual Violence; Facilitating the exchange of information between scholars,

researchers and practitioners in order to promote research on sexual violence.

Centre for Resorative Justice

Director: BA, PhD (ANU), 778.782.7627 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax; cfrj@sfu.ca,

http://www.sfu.ca/cfrj

The centre, in partnership with individuals, the community, justice agencies and Simon

Fraser University exists to support and promoe 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 Scottish Studies

Director: L. Davis BA (Sask), MA, PhD (Calif), 778.783.4833 Tel, 778.783.5737 Fax;

leith@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/scottish

The centre is active in promoting 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 Simon Fraser University in the area of

Scottish studies.

Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth

Director: Robert J. McMahon, Ph.D. BA, MS, PhD, 778.782.9031 Tel, 778.782.3427 Fax;

rjmcmaho@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres/centre-for-the-reduction-of-

violence-among-children-and-youth.html

The Centre was approved by the Board of Governors on September 20, 2007. Dr.

Robert McMahon, the Director for the Centre, began his appointment at SFU effective

June 16, 2010. The objectives of the Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among

Children and Youth are to establish, maintain, and support interdisciplinary research that

is focused on (a) elucidating the origins, developmental pathways, and outcomes of

children and youth with violence and other conduct problems; and (b) the development,

evaluation, and dissemination of state-of-the-art preventive and treatment interventions

for alleviating youth violence and other conduct problems throughout childhood and

adolescence. Another primary objective of the Centre is the dissemination of knowledge

about youth violence to multiple stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, policy

makers, and the community at large.

Centre for the Study of Public Opinion and Political Representation

Director: Steven Weldon Asst. Professor, 778.782.4995 Tel; sweldon@sfu.ca,

http://www.cpopr.com/

The Centre for the Study of Public Opinion and Political Representation (CPOPR) is an

interdisciplinary research unit housed in the Department of Political Science. It fosters

academic research and promotes education on the systematic study of public opinion,

political representation, and the links between civilsociety and democratic governance.

Criminology Research Centre

Director: Robert Gordon BA (La Trobe), MA (S Fraser), PhD (Br Col), 778.782.4305 Tel,

778.782.4140 Fax; crc@sfu.ca

The Criminology Research 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 for Canada for the first 15 years of operation.

Since that time, grants and contracts obtained by School of Criminology faculty from

federal, provincial

and private sources have maintained the centre at a minimal level.

Currently, the Centre has evolved into an administrative unit for the financial

management of faculty grants and contracts. Funding to pay the salary of a Grants

Administrator is derived from these sources. The Centre also maintains a modest library

for

use by faculty and students.

David Lam Centre

Director: P. Crowe BA (Calg), MA (Calg), MA (Br Col), PhD (Br Col), 778.782.5111 Tel,

778.782.5112 Fax; dlam-info@sfu.ca, http://www.cic.sfu.ca/

This interdisciplinary centre, which began operation in 1989, integrates university,

government, professional and business resources for research, education, training and

development and community outreach activities. Its focus is on fostering intercultural

understanding though

the organizing and hosting of public for a, academic conferences,

and workshops on religion, history, Asian literary and visual arts, philosophy and

language, and through publication of relevant books and articles. This work entails

contributions to Asia-Canada relations and to greater mutual understanding between

diverse Asian cultural constituencies within Canada. Activities have also included

international and intercultural communication research and development projects. The

Centre also organizes and hosts cross-cultural management and communication

seminars through the Pacific Region Forum on Business and Management

Communication.

Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society

Co-Director: D. Chunn BA (Br Col), MA, PhD (Tor), 778.782.4761 Tel, 778.782.5799

Fax; Co-Director: W. Chan BA (Car), MA (Sheff), PhD (Camb), 778.782.4469 Tel,

778.782.5799 Fax; fisls@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/-fisls/index.html

The institute was established in 1990 to facilitate and continue the development of

feminist analyses on law and society at Simon Fraser University. It is designed to

provide an environment for creative interaction among scholars and community

representatives who are involved in its work locally, nationally and internationally, and to

bridge gaps between legal and social science research.

First Nations Language Centre

Director: Marianne Ignace Associate Professor, Anthropology and First Nations Studies,

SFU PhD Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, 1985 M.A. Georg-August-Universitaet,

Goettingen, Germany, 1978, 250.574.3869 Tel, 778.782.4989 Fax; ignace@sfu.ca

http://www.sfu.ca/fns/community/first__nationsJanguage_centre/

The First Nations Language Centre will:

• Maintain and develop ongoing partnerships with First Nations communities

engaged in language revitalization efforts. • Provide academic support for

community-based efforts to revitalize seriously endangered languages in First

Nations communities throughout British Columbia and neighbouring areas.

•

Offer research expertise with a focus on First Nations language revitalization

theory and practice in communities; support language curriculum development,

and facilitate research in the applied and descriptive linguistics of critically

endangered languages.

•

Facilitate communication between First Nations communities and the university.

Objectives Using an integrated approach to research in language revitalization,

the objectives of the First Nations Language Centre will be to collaborate with

specific First Nations language communities and their organizations to

• Support local First Nations language learning in a safe environment while

maintaining high academic standards, in collaboration with First Nations

community organizations.

•

Work in concert with academic programming in First Nations languages offered

by SFU to improve effectiveness and impact of this programming.

•

Deliver support for local First Nations language learners and instructors by

facilitating language curriculum design, language course and lesson planning,

student assessment, and evaluation formats as part of the centre's focus on

research in language revitalization. Conduct collaborative research on best

practices and locally practicable solutions in First Nations language revitalization

and maintenance;

• Enable, attract and conduct collaborative research with First Nations

communities in applied linguistics of First Nations languages, including, e.g.

pedagogical grammars of First Nations language proficiency, and multimedia

design and online delivery of First Nations language learning.

• Attract graduate students doing research in various fields relevant to First

Nations languages and linguistics, community language revitalization, language

planning and documentation;

•

Facilitate networking and collaboration among First Nations language learners of

diverse languages to share successes, challenges, learning and teaching

methodologies, research projects and results.

Gerontology Research Centre

Director: A. Sixsmith BA, MA (Keele), PhD (Lond), 778.782.5375 Tel, 778.782.5066 Fax;

andrew_sixsmith@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/grc

Established in 1982, the Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) and the associated

Department of Gerontology promote and conduct innovative interdisciplinary research on

topics relating to individual and population aging, serve as a clearinghouse for

information and provide consultation and technical assistance to the academic

community, government, public and private organizations. The GRC houses a

specialized collection of research materials that is maintained by a full-time information

specialist,

Raymond G. Adams. The GRC has an active publications program, including

"GRC News" and "Seniors' Housing Update" and hosts workshops and conferences.

Centre research activities focus on applied gerontology in a number of areas, including:

Aging and the Built Environment - Research on planning, design, development and

evaluation of housing, care facilities, community environments and enabling technology;

Changing Demography and Lifestyles - Examination of the impact of changes in the

timing of life events and in retirement, pension and income support policy and programs;

Health Promotion/Population Health

and Aging - Examination of determinants and

consequences of population health, development and evaluation of programs that assist

seniors to improve their mental and physical health, cope with chronic illness, and

prevent disability; Prevention of Victimization and Exploitation of Older Persons -

Research and development of programs to prevent financial, psychological, physical and

sexual abuse of older people, and facilitate access to rights and services; Technology

and Aging Research - Development and evaluation of technologies to support

independent living and enhance quality of life. The associated Department of

Gerontology offers a Minor, Diploma, Masters, and Ph.D. with concentrations in either

'Environment and Aging' or 'Health and Aging.'

Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy

Director: D. MacAlister BA, MA (S Fraser), JD (Br Col), LLM (Qu), 778.782.3019 Tel,

778.782.4140 Fax; dmacalis@sfu.ca,

http://www.sfu.ca/criminology/research/index.html#CJP

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.

The office for the Institute is currently located on Burnaby campus at SWH 10226

Institute for the Humanities

Director: Dr. Samir Gandesha BA (UBC), MA (York), Ph.D (York), 604.726.6704 Tel,

778.782.4504 Fax; sgz@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/humanities-institute/

Now entering its 30th year, the Institute for the Humanities at SFU seeks to accomplish

three basic objectives: stimulate student interest and faculty research in demonstrating

the irreducibility of humanistic perspectives in understanding some of the most pressing

social, economic, political and environmental problems we face and, above all, to

engage the many publics beyond the academy in city, the province, the country and,

indeed, the wider world. The Institute is perfectly placed, therefore, to play a key role in

the idea of SFU as "student-centred, research-driven and community-engaged."

Institute of Governance Studies

Director: P. J. Smith BA(Hons), MA (McM), PhD (LSE/Lond), 778.782.3088 Tel,

778.782.4293 Fax; igs@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/igs

The Institute of Governance Studies is intended to further research on governance

issues. Specifically its objectives include:

1. To provide a focus for research on issues and problems of governance - in

Canada, at the municipal, regional/metropolitan, provincial and federal levels, in

comparative domestic and Aboriginal systems and in the newly emerging global

order.

2. To promote collaboration and research on issues of governance among scholars

in a variety of disciplines located at Simon Fraser University.

3. To

promote an institutional focus for international scholarship concerning issues

of governance.

4. To provide a forum within the Vancouver metropolis, British Columbia and

Canada for the presentation and dissemination of research and ideas on issues

of governance.

5. To provide a facility in which data for the study of contemporary governance and

related public policy can be collected, catalogued and made readily accessible

through data management and exchange.

6. To provide a facility in which research and techniques can be made available for

exchange with those having responsibility for contemporary governance.

7. To ensure that in keeping with SFU's commitment to local community outreach

and engagement, research on governance also informs community discourse

and decision-making.

Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute

Director: Ronald Roesch BS (Arizona State), PhD (III), 778.782.3370 Tel, 778.782.3427

Fax; roesch@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/~mhlpi/

This Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute (MHLPI) was established in 1991 to

promote interdisciplinary collaboration in

research and training in areas related to mental

health, law and policy. Its membership is drawn from the Department of Psychology and

the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University as well as government and

community agencies in Canada and internationally. The MHLPI 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. The MHLPI also publishes forensic

psychology books, including manuals for assessing risk for violence and recidivism and

assessing mental health problems in pretrial jails.

Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies

Director: A. Gerolymatos BA (C'dia), MA, PhD (McG),, 778.782.5886 Tel, 778.782.4929

Fax; hellenic@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/snfchs.html

The Centre is committed to the study and teaching of Greek history language and

culture. Fundamental to this endeavor is the application of innovative technology to

enhance the learning experience for the student and scholar. The aim of the Centre is to

make Hellenic Studies accessible to university and non-university students with teaching

and research as the cornerstone of the Centre's activities. These tasks are

accomplished by training future scholars in Greek history, language and culture. The

Centre is dedicated to the survival of Greek studies both in the West and in Asia.

Faculty of Business Administration

CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management

Director: M.

Parent MBA,

PhD (Qu), 778.782.5214 Tel, 778.782.5153 Fax;

mparent@sfu.ca http://www.sfubusiness.ca/cibc-centre

The Centre is a research institute focused on issues of corporate governance and risk

management.

The Centre continues to focus on interdisciplinary research around corporate

governance and risk management issues, engaging faculty and other experts on

innovative projects including research, education and outreach. The Centre also pursues

its mandate for community engagement by holding public dialogues on topics of interest

to local, national and international communities and networks.

The Centre also has involvement in contributing to the educational needs of the

business faculty through its teaching responsibilities and executive education.

CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement

Director: T. Lawrence BComm, PhD (Alta), 778.782.5154 Tel, 778.782.5153 Fax;

tomJawrence@sfu.ca http://www.sfubusiness.ca/cma-centre

The CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement is committed to

promoting research and knowledge on how organizations plan and execute strategic

change and how best to measure the performance of organizations undergoing such

change.

In partnership with Certified Management Accountants (CMA) of Canada, the Centre

seeks to become an essential resource for business leaders and academics engaged in

the area of strategic change and performance management.

In its initial phase of development, the Centre pursued and sponsor research in 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;

• and the evolution of organizations undergoing rapid change.

More recently the Centre has focused on the topic of innovation and is interested in

pursuing three broad themes: technological innovation; organizational innovation; and

social innovation.

The Centre disseminates the knowledge gained in this research through events and

publications.

Centre for Global Workforce Strategy

Director: Mila B Lazarova M.S., Ph.D. (Rutgers) International Business Masters (Univ.

Nat'l&World Econ., Bulgaria), 778.782.7720 Tel; jkimq@sfu.ca,

http://business.sfu.ca/cgws/

The Centre for Global Workforce Strategy will carry out multidisciplinary research on

issues surrounding effective work force management strategies. It will initially

consolidate the activities of three ongoing multinational research projects. The first

project, The Cultural Intelligence Project, involves participants from 12 countries in

defining, developing, and validating an instrumentto measure Cultural Intelligence - the

measure of an individual'sability to interact effectively with the cultural aspects of an

environment. It is a key competency requirement for the management of cultural

diversity. The second project is Canadian participation in Cranet (the Cranfield Network

on Comparative Human Resource Management). Established in 1989, Cranet is an

expanding group of top business schools and academic institutions collaborating to

provide unique and rigorous data on human resource management practices across the

world. Researchers carry out a regular international survey of organizational policies and

practices and provide benchmarks for a systematic comparative analysis of trends in

HRM policies and practices. Cranet is a unique resource for researchers, management

practitioners, and policy makers, seeking an up-to-date overview of HR management's

ever-changing global face. The third project involves the study of bicultural individuals in

organizations. Given the changing patterns in the world's workforce it is increasingly

possible that more employees and managers will be bicultural. Bicultural individuals

have a dual pattern of identification with different cultures. The ability of biculturals to

operate within more than one culture as a native raises a number of interesting and

important questions for global workforce management. As the Centre develops

additional themes within the overall mandate of the Centre will be added.

Other Centre activities will include:

• Practitioner forums, media outreach, and academic conferences

• Publication in traditional scholarly venues

• Preparation and distribution of educational material for use by universities and

professional associations

• Outreach and networking activities, such as the hosting conferences or public

forums on topical subjects,

and workshops to promote the activities and findings

of the Centre to both academic and business audiences

• Regular offerings of professional development programs

Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth Management

Director: P. Klein BSc, LLB, MBA (WOnt), PhD (Tor), 778.782.7722 Tel, 778.782.5122

Fax; gawm@sfu.ca, http://www.sfubusiness.ca/gawm

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. Second, the centre

will develop research expertise with respect to the development of investment policies to

better guide advice that is given to investors.

Centre for Workplace Health and Safety

Director: To be announced, http://beedie.sfu.ca/cwhs/

The Centre for Workplace Health and Safety (approved by Senate on May 5th 2010)

seeks to contribute to the sustainability of organizations and communities. Its aim is to

increase the safety, health and welfare of employees and, by extension, the safety,

health and welfare of those who are impacted by safety issues in the workplace: family

members, employers, customers, suppliers, and nearby communities. Focusing on West

Coast industries (fisheries, forestry,

mining, wood product manufacturing, construction,

and transportation), the Centre

will address the human resource management aspects of

health and safety in order to provide a missing complement to other approaches to

occupational health and safety such as epidemiology, kinesiology, and ergonomics. The

Centre will employ a collaborative, interdisciplinary and solution-oriented approach to:

generate knowledge that has an applied impact on workplace safety; conduct

collaborative and

multidisciplinary research to capture diversity in approaches and

intervention methods; provide training and education to the academic and practitioner

communities; and disseminate evidence-based knowledge to the academic community,

practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders.

Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Studies

Director: Sudheer Gupta B. Eng., MBA, Ph.D., 778.782.9321 Tel, 778.782.4937 Fax;

sudheerg@sfu.ca, http://business.sfu.ca/jack-austin-centre/

The Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies carries out research, outreach

and training activities on business issues that are relevant to Canada's interests in the

Asia Pacific region. The current focus of the Centre is on corporate governance,

Canada-Asia two way investments, innovation and entrepreneurship, and, sustainability

and social responsibility in emerging markets.

Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology

Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST)

Director: R. Smith BA (Car), MA, PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.5116 Tel, 778.782.5239 Fax;

smith@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/cprost

CPROST was established in 1988. Its primary research is the relationship between

public policy and social impact 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

Director: K. McAllister BA, MA, PhD (Carlton), 778.782.6917 Tel, 778.782.4024 Fax;

kmcallis@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres/centre-for-policy-studies-on-

culture-and-communities.html

The CPCC promotes teaching, research, publication and community engagement with

cultural politics, arts organizations, social justice organizations, policy and planning from

the local to the global.

How do the cultural practices and ways of life contribute to sustainable communities and

to a more inclusive society? We examine the interactions among urban, arts, labour,

social, economic, education sectors with cultural policy and practices today.

Cultural policy and practice involves multiple layers of governance, from the local to the

global. It involves many new actors from citizens, migrants, artists and creators,

municipal planners, policy makers, advocates, patrons and venture capitalists in

complex networks. The cultural sphere and the cultural economy involves

the seamless

interpenetration of voluntary, not-for-profit and small and large scale commercial and

non-commerical ventures in place-based and virtual initiatives.

Interaction Design Research Centre

Director: R. Wakkary BFA (Nova Scotia Art &Des), MFA (NY State), Ph.D. (Plymouth),

778.782.2232 Tel, 778.782.9422 Fax, rwakkary@sfu.ca, http://everydaydesign.iat.sfu.ca/

The Interaction Design Research Centre focuses on knowledge and processes in the

design of computational technologies for people. Interactiondesign plays a role

wherever technologies and people interact, which is now an everyday occurrence, and is

especially impactful in industry, government, health services, education, cultural

industries and community groups.

Our prototyping space at the School of InteractiveArts + Technology (SIAT), at Simon

Fraser University, Surrey, BC. Itis lead by Ron Wakkary, his research involves projects

that prototype systems for play, social experiences, and learning.

Faculty of Education

Centre for Education, Law and Society

Director: Wanda Cassidy BA, MEd (S Fraser), PhD (Chic), 778.782.4484 Tel,

778.782.4203 Fax; cassidy@sfu.ca, http://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 fulfill its mandate.

Projects include: research into cyber-bullying/cyber-kindness; support for a school for

high risk youth; investigating the ethics of care and justice in school settings;

investigating youths' legal literacy; assessing students' and teachers' 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 law-related courses, one

Graduate course, and a new Master's program in Justice, Law and Ethics have been

developed and are offered through the Faculty of Education. The Undergraduate

courses also are available through 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 Research on Early Child Health and Education (CRECHE)

Director: M. Hoskyn BHE, MA (Br Col), PhD (Calif), 778.782.5808 Tel, 778.782.3203

Fax; creche@sfu.ca, http://www.creche.sfli.ca

The Centre for Research on Early Child Health and Education (CRECHE) is a

multidisciplinary research group at Simon Fraser University. Current research projects

focus on health, learning and the social lives of children from infancy to adolescence.

CRECHE unites researchers throughout the world on issues related to the health, care

and education of children and their families.

Centre for Research on International Education

Co-Director: K. Beck BA (SLanka), MA, PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.8599 Tel,

778.782.4203 Fax, kvbeck@sfu.ca; Co-Director: R. Ilieva BA (Constantine), MA, PhD (S

Fraser), 778.782.4570 Tel, 778.782.4203 Fax, rilieva@sfu.ca, crie@sfu.ca,

http.7/www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres+institutes/internationaleducation.html

The primary goals of the Centre are to foster research on international education,

promote collaborative and interdisciplinary research, and secure grants for scholarly

work in international education. The Centre seeks to become a leading source for

research in international education in B.C., Canada, and internationally.

The Centre will bring together researchers, primarily from within the Faculty of Education

and others

from across the university with an interest in investigating international

education and related issues. The Centre will promote regional, national and

international partnerships with other centres, institutes, groups and researchers

dedicated to researching the internationalization of education.

The Centre's activities that would promote its objectives would include and are not

limited to:

• conferences and workshops, seminars and institutes;

• public lecture series; - visiting scholars;

• undergraduate and graduate scholarships;

• international exchange programs for academics;

•

mobility programs for students and faculty; and

• publication of newsletters, conference proceedings, research reports and other

material.

Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy

Director: D. Laitsch BA (VPI&SU), MEd (Virginia), PhD (American DC), 778.782.7589

Tel, 778.782.8119 Fax; danieljaitsch@sfu.ca, http://www.cselp.ca/

CSELP focuses on research that supports the advancement and improvement of K-12

and Post-Secondary education in the province of British Columbia. The specific mission

the Centre is to use a variety of academic and distributive resources to expand the

public policy knowledge base and its role in developing leadership capacity in British

Columbia. The Centre works to strengthen 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 British Columbia and Canada.

David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education

Co-Director: P. Liljedahl BSc, PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.5643 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax; Co-

Director: S.R. Campbell BA (Calg), PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.3630 Tel, 778.782.3203

Fax; Co-Director: R. Zazkis BA, MA, DSc (Haifa Technion), 778.782.3662 Tel,

778.782.3203 Fax; Co-Director: N. Sinclair BA (McG), MSc (S Fraser), PhD (Qu),

778.782.4303 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax; sencael@sfu.ca,

http://www.educ.sfu.ca/research/wheeler/

David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education is a research group at

Simon Fraser University, combining and integrating a variety of humanisticand 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 promotes learning and teaching.

We also have a special interest

in advancing knowledge about the learning of

mathematics in general, and

situating this knowledge within the lived experiences of

learners. We aim to do this by reaching out and drawing on international expertise in a

variety of research initiatives. Through community outreach in real world settings, we

strive to promote effective change that meets the needs of students, teachers, parents,

and the community at large. We believe in integration of research and practice; as such

our outreach programs provide a platform for conducting classroom research and for

implementing research results in practice. An important part of this process is ongoing

collaboration among researchers and teachers and school districts, as well as the

creation of partnerships with the families, administrators, and policy makers who will

potentially benefit from our research.

Institute for Studies in Teacher Education

Director: Ann Chinnery B.Ed. (University of Alberta); M.Ed. (University of Alberta); Ph.D.

(SFU), 778.782.8123 Tel; achinner@sfu.ca, http://www.educ.sfu.ca/iste/index.html

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.

Faculty of Environment

Centre for Coastal Science and Management

Director: P. Gallaugher BSc, BEd (Br Col), PhD (S Fraser), 778.782.4653 Tel,

778.782.3851 Fax; pgallaug@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science/coastal.htm

The Centre for Coastal Science and Management focuses on coastal and marine

ecosystems, and resource conservation and sustainability through collaborative

research projects and community engagement at local, national and international levels.

The members of the Centre are an interdisciplinary mix of scientists and graduate

students representing natural and social sciences. Together with a diverse group of

community partners, including First Nations and all levels of government, NGOs,

industry and other academic institutions, the Centre addresses the science and local

knowledge underlying policy and management decisions for important and critical issues

and challenges confronting coastal British Columbia and Canada.

In addition to collaborative research, the Centre emphasizes community engagement,

and public awareness. The Centre uses a variety of formats to share research outcomes

and information and facilitates knowledge exchange between academics and

communities. The Centre does this through workshops in various coastal locations with

associated proceedings and video. The Centre also hosts think tanks, lecture series and

public forums.

Centre for Sustainable Community Development

Director: M. Roseland BAMA (Wesleyan, Conn), PhD (Br Col), 778.782.4161 Tel,

778.782.5473 Fax; scdadmin@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/cscd

Sustainable community development aims to integrate economic, social and

environmental

objectives

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. The SFU 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 non-credit

professional programs.

Centre for Tourism Policy and Research

Director: P. Williams BA (Ott), MA (Wat), PhD (Utah State), 778.782.3103 Tel,

778.782.4968 Fax; peter_williams@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/~dossa

The Centre for Tourism Policy and Research (CTPR) is a graduate research centre

established by Simon Fraser University in cooperation with the Province of British

Columbia. It operates as a research pod within the University's School of Resource and

Environmental Management. The Centre's membership is comprised of faculty members

and graduate students conducting research related to tourism and recreation sustainable

development issues. Its overall mission is to develop and disseminate knowledge that

encourages more sustainable forms of tourism development. To achieve its mission, the

Centre: - Provides a focal point for interdisciplinary graduate level studies and

professional development related to tourism and recreation planning; -Encourages and

conducts policy, planning and management research that enhances the effective and

sustained use of tourism and recreation resources; and - Facilitates the distribution of

leading edge tourism and recreation research findings through participation in the

development and delivery of tourism seminars, workshops, conferences and

publications.

Co-operative Resource Management Institute

Director: Sean Cox BSc (Massachusetts, Lowell), MSc, PhD (Br Col), 778.782.5778 Tel,

778.782.4968 Fax; spcox@sfu.ca, http://www.rem.sfu.ca/crmi

The Cooperative Resource Management Institute (CRMI) is a unit on the Burnaby

campus that houses personnel from natural resource management agencies. The

Institute can facilitate 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 workside-by-side along with Simon

Fraser University faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research

associates on a daily basis. The university benefits from greater concentration of

expertise in environmental management on campus and from new opportunities and

funding for multidisciplinary, collaborative research programs. Graduate students and

other young scientists also gain valuable experience

working with agency scientists. The

agencies

involved with the Institute benefit from cooperative workwith SFU researchers,

often on topics that

would otherwise not have been investigated due to staff shortages in

the agencies. The Institute has thereby proven to be an excellentexample of the classic

"win-win" situation.

Faculty of Health Sciences

Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction

Director: BenediktFischer, PhD (Interim Director as of 01Oct2009) PhD Professor,

CIHR/PHAC Chair in Applied Public Health and MSFHR Senior Scholar (until 30 June

2011),778.782.5148Tel,778.782.7768

Fax; info@carmha.ca http://www.carmha.ca/

CARMHA is an interdisciplinary research centre based inthe Faculty of Health Sciences,

SFU, focusing on research, knowledge translation and capacity building activities within

the important health areas of mental health and addiction within a public health

framework. Its overarching goal is to generate relevant knowledge to promote good

mental and substance use related health and reduce the disease burden and social

problems related to mental health and substance use problems. Most of CARMHA's

projects operate with a strong orientation towards providing evidence to inform policy

and practice and are local, provincial, national or international in orientation. On this

basis, CARMHA investigators work closely with governments and non-governmental

organizations at all levels, service providers (e.g., local health authorities), consumer

groups, businesses, and other key stakeholders for the purpose of targeted knowledge

translation. As part of its commitment to capacity building, student training is a key

priority at CARMHA, and students from undergraduate to post-doctoral levels - mainly

from SFU degree programs - form part of the CARMHA staff contingent.

Children's Health Policy Centre

Director: Charlotte Waddell BSc (UBC), MSc (UBC), MD (McMaster), CCFP, FRCPC,

Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Children'sHealth Policy ,

778.782.7775 Tel, 778.782.7777 Fax; chpc@sfu.ca http://www.childhealthpolicy.sfu.ca/

Located in

the Faculty of Health Sciences, we are an interdisciplinary research group

that aims to improve children'ssocial and emotional health and reduce health disparities

starting in childhood by:

1. creating better connections between research and policy;

2. addressing the determinants of health;

preventing disorders in children at risk;

4. promoting effective programs and services for children; and

5. monitoring our collective progress towards improving the lives of all children.

Faculty of Science

Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics

Director: M.B. Monagan BSc (Massey), MMath, PhD (Wat), 778.782.4279 Tel,

778.782.5614 Fax; mmonagan@cecm.sfu.ca, http://www.cecm.sfu.ca/

The centre furthers research and education in computation in the mathematical

sciences. The centre's activities include: participation in the training of graduate students

and undergraduate students in experimental and computational mathematics; support

for post doctoral fellows 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, Magma and Sage); development

and contribution of mathematical software to the scientific community; provision of

tutorials and consulting assistance for faculty and graduate students at Simon Fraser

University 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 and commercial companies developing mathematical software. 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, the centre's membership will be open to Simon Fraser University

faculty, and post-doctoral and graduate students who are actively involved in

mathematical computing. Associate membership will be available to faculty at other

universities.

Centre for Natural Hazards Research

Director: J. Clague BA (Occidental), MSc (Calif), PhD (Br Col), PGeo, Canada Research

Chair in Natural Hazards, 778.782.4924 Tel, 778.782.4198 Fax; jclague@sfu.ca

http://www.sfu.ca/cnhr

The Centre for Natural Hazard Research (CNHR) is the first scientifically based, natural

hazard research facility in western Canada. The mandate of the CNHR is to conduct

innovative research on geophysical processes that are a threat to the population and

economic infrastructure of Canada. The Centre has a western Canada focus but the

research findings and developed methodologies are applicable to the whole of Canada

and to the international community. A key element of CNHR is the inclusion of public

policy research on how to effectively transfer the results of scientific research to the

people who need and can use it. By integrating physical science with social policy

research, CNHR aims to lead the way in making Canada more resilient to natural

disasters.

Centre for Wildlife Ecology

Director: R. Ydenberg BSc (S Fraser), DPhil (Oxf)„ 778.782.4282 Tel, 778.782.3496

Fax; constans@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/biology/wildberg

The Centre for Wildlife Ecology 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 the challenges of

conservation in the 21st century. The central concept is to foster synergy between

mission-oriented research and management policies of Environment Canada and the

Canadian WildlifeService and the basic research agenda of Simon Fraser University.

Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research Group

Director: B. Roitberg BSc (S Fraser), MSc (Br Col), PhD (Mass), 778.782.3585 Tel,

778.782.3496 Fax; roitberg@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/biology/berg/

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.

Institutes Reporting to the Associate Vice President, Research

4D Labs

Director: Neil Branda BSc (Tor), PhD (MIT), Canada Research Chair, 778.782.8061 Tel,

778.782.3765 Fax; branda@4dlabs.ca, http://www.4dlabs.ca/

4D LABS was formed to foster university research in the areas of advanced materials

and nano-scale devices. A multidisciplinary team of leading researchers is working to

design, develop, demonstrate and deliver prototype devices that can lead to major

advances in information, energy and health technologies.

4D LABS integrates an interdisciplinary research team of chemists, physicists and

engineers with expertise in engineering nanomaterials 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 solid-state

materials, surface chemistry and modification, electrochemistry, fabrication methods,

lithography, polymers, biomaterials, materials characterization,

and theoretical chemistry

and physics.

Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute

Director: Dr. Urs Ribary MSc, PhD (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH), BC

LEEF Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience Childhood Health and Development,

778.782.3250 Tel; urs__ribary@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres/behavioural-

and-cognrtive-neuroscience-institute~bcni-.html

The BCNI institute fosters interdisciplinary engagement across disciplines and

institutions in awareness, infrastructure, technology development, research, translational

applications

and training in brain imaging concerning the relationship between mind and

brain. Building on the strengths of worid-renowned researchers who investigate a variety

of behavioral, sensory-motor, cognitive, and neurophysiologies! phenomena, the BCNI

focuses on a broad range of topics related to the neurobiologies! mechanisms underlying

attention, perception, sensory integration, language, memory and action in health and

disease. Our major emphases is on using structural and functional brain imaging for

better understanding the underlying brain network connectivity relating to cognitive

human brain functions, cognitive disabilities, neurological and psychiatric symptoms. The

ultimate goal is to improve/develop objective diagnostic procedures translating into

better pedagogical applications and more specific cognitive, pharmacological and

surgical interventional therapies.

Some of the main objectives of the institute are to:

•

raise awareness in the significance and necessity of human brain imaging,

facilitate the expansion of necessary multimodal imaging infrastructure and

software development, and facilitate training, design, use and advanced analysis

of brain imaging technologies.

•

understand

the

relationships

between

behavior,

cognition

and

their

neurobiological substrates.

•

understand the brain development and life-long plasticity of brain and behavior.

•

understand the nature of the deficits and spared capacities that are specific to

particular syndromes and developmental disorders.

•

develop diagnostic markers that can be related and translated into specific

cognitive, pharmacological and surgical interventions.

• co-ordinate initiatives to further secure world-class collaborative neuroscience

research tools and facilities among universities and hospitals in BC.

The institute engages to further provide a matrix to facilitate scientists working

synergistically toward

these and related goals across disciplines and institutions.

Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing

Director: R. Lorimer BA, MA (Manitoba), PhD (Tor), 778.782.5240 Tel, 778.782.5239

Fax; ccsp-info@sfu.ca, http://www.ccsp.sfu.ca/

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 Disability Independence Research and Education

Director: A. Hoffer BS (Mudd), PhD (Johns H), 778.782.3141 Tel, 778.782.3040 Fax;

cdire@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/cdire

The SFU Centre for Disability Independence Research and Education 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.

Centre for Education Research and Policy

Director: J. Friesen BA (Br Col), MA, PhD (Tor), 778.782.3403 Tel, 778.782.5944 Fax;

friesen@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/cerp

The Centre for Education Research and Policy (CERP) coordinates the activities of an

interdisciplinary group of researchers who are interested in issues related to education

policy in British Columbia. Our objective is to examine the 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, we are interested in measuring the effects of these policies on geographic

segregation, social interactions and inter-group attitudes among distinct ethnic and

linguistic groups, including off-reserve aboriginal students. Our research group includes

social scientists from Economics, Education, Psychology and Public Policy who have

expertise in a range of quantitative, qualitative and experimental methods. CERP is

committed to working in partnership with students, parents, educators, administrators

and community organizations from across the province to generate high-quality research

evidence that can inform and enrich public debates about education policy, locally,

nationally and internationally.

Centre for Imaginative Education

Director: K. Egan BA (Lond), PhD (Cornell), Canada Research Chair, 778.782.4671 Tel,

778.782.3203 Fax; egan@sfu.ca, http://www.ierg.net/

The Centre for Imaginative Education 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

coordinates both the Imaginative Education Research Group at Simon Fraser University

(SFU),

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. The Centre is managed by a

steering committee drawn from the academic community at Simon Fraser University,

with guidance from an Advisory Board whose members come from a wide range of

professional and social backgrounds. The Centre also has developed some specific new

programs with their own webpages and publications, such as "learning in Depth," "Whole

School Projects," and "Dividing the School in Two."

Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences

Director: T. Stephen BMath (Wat), PhD (Mich), 778.782.7429 Tel, 778.782.7488 Fax;

tamon@sfu.ca, http://www.surrey.stu.ca/science/math/cords

The Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences (CORDS) is located at

Simon Fraser University Surrey. With more than 20 members, across the departments of

mathematics, computing science, statistics, engineering and business, the centre

focuses on research activities in the area of operations research: the science of optimal

decision-making. Members undertake various applied research projects.

Centre for Scientific Computing

Director: Robert D. Russell BS, BA, MA, PhD (New Mexico), 778.782.4819 Tel,

778.782.4947 Fax; rdr@cs.sfu.ca, http://csc.sfu.ca/

Motivated by the expanding role of scientific computation and mathematical modeling in

science and engineering, the centre was formed to bring together interdisciplinary

research

teams from various Simon Fraser University faculties. The major purpose of

the Centre is to provide Simon Fraser University 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.

Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures

Director: Jan Marontate BA (York) MSc, PhD (Montr), 778.782.5499 Tel, 778.782.4024

Fax; jmaronta@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~meverton/cspmc.htm

The Centre for Studies in Print and Media Culture 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. The Centre has

now been in existence for 5 years. During this time, we have built an active core

membership base from across 9 academic units at SFU: Communication, Contemporary

Arts, English, French, History, Interactive Arts and Technology, Linguistics, the Library,

and Political Science. In addition, faculty members and graduate students from other

academic units have participated in Centre activities, particularly symposia and reading

groups, (among them, members of the School of Business, the School of Education and

the Department of Archaeology).

Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health

Director: Marina Morrow BA, Psychology University of British Columbia MA, Community

Psychology OISE/University of Toronto PhD, Community Psychology OISE/University of

Toronto Postdoctoral studies Centre for Research in Women'sStudies and Gender

Relations, UBC and BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, BC Women's Hospital

and Health Centre, 778.782.6906 Tel; info@socialinequities.ca,

http://www.socialinequities.ca/

The Centre for the Study of Gender, Social Inequities and Mental Health at Simon

Fraser University is at the forefront of developing research and sharing knowledge on

intersections between gender, social inequities and mental health. We are a hub for

scholars from Canada, the US, the UK and Australia, community-based researchers,

policy makers, health agencies, practitioners and people with lived experience of mental

health and substance use issues who are committed to better understanding and

addressing social inequities in mental health. The Centre is funded by the Canadian

Institutes of Health

Research (CIHR)'s Institute for Gender and Health through the

Centres for Research Development program. The Centre for the Study of Gender, Social

Inequities and Mental Health (CGSM) has three organizational priorities:

1. Research Development;

2. Knowledge Exchange; and

3. Training, Mentoring, and Capacity-Building.

Our researchers and community partners are working together on initiatives to develop

programs, policies, and responses to gender, mental health and social inequities under

the following five theme areas: (1) Mental Health Policy and Reform, (2) Reproductive

Mental Health, (3)Recovery, Housing and Mental Health, (4) Violence, Mental Health

and Substance Use and, 5)Criminal Justice System, Mental Health and Substance Use.

Community Health Solutions

Director: S. Lear BSc (S Fraser), PhD (BrCol), 778.782.7916 Tel; 778-782-7766 Fax;

salear@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/vpresearch/centres/community-health-solutions.html

Community Health Solutions (CHS) will bring a systems approach to the challenge of

chronic disease prevention and management. By situating CHS at SFU's Surrey

Campus with satellite centres in other regions of the province, this unique Institute for

research and knowledge translation will be well positioned to support community,

government, non-governmental organizations and the health care system in planning,

implementation and continuous learning from community-based solutions to improve

health and prevent chronic disease. Powered by SFU students engaged in a program of

experiential learning, CHS will build student, community and health care system capacity

for "real world" learning, and will integrate these efforts so that others can learn from

theirexperience. CHS will be driven bythe best available evidenceand the need for new

evidence about what works, for whom and under what conditions.

Indigenous Research Institute

Acting Director: Eldon Yellowhorn BA, BSc (University of Calgary); MA (Simon Fraser

University); PhD (McGill University), 778.782.6669 Tel, 778.782.5666 Fax, ecy@sfu.ca,

http://www.sfu.ca/aboriginalpeoples/research.html

The purpose of the Indigenous Research Institute is (1) to promote research in areas

related to Indigenous peoples — in particular, the Aboriginal peoples of Canada — and

in a larger context, those of the global community, and (2) to facilitate community-based

projects with Indigenous partners.

The Institute will promote research by bringing

together the expertise of Indigenous individuals, groups, and organizations with that of

the academic community, to engage in work that meets goals and objectives that is

specified by and meaningful to both Indigenous and academic individuals and groups. A

meaningful aspect of this process will be the facilitation of communication between

Indigenous individuals/communities and the university. The Institute will also promote

collaborative research projects within the university and will seek and support internal

and external funding for the promotion and pursuit of such research.

Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies

Director: P. L. Brantingham AB (Barnard College,Columbia University), MA (Fordham),

MSP, PhD (Florida State), 778.782.3515 Tel, 778.782.4140 Fax; pbranting@sfu.ca

http://www.sfu.ca/icurs

The institute is intended to further multidisciplinary research on urban issues. More

specifically its objectives are to 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

between Simon Fraser University and several government ministries. The primary

university/government MOU is with the Ministry of Justice 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 Environmental Learning

Director: David Zandvliet BSc (Guelph), MA (Vic, BC), PhD (Curtin), 778.782.5680 Tel;

dbz@sfu.ca http://www.eco-learning.org/

The Institute for Environmental Learning coordinates the research, teaching and

communication functions of the B.C. Working Group on Education for Sustainable

Development (Walking the Talk), and its newly developed research arm, the UN

chartered BC North Cascades Regional Centre for Expertise (RCE) in Education for

Sustainable Development (ESD) with its associated research and development

activities. The institute develops and supports research on environmental learning in

communities, schools and post-secondary institutions throughout the Province of British

Columbia. Our view is that education is fundamentally about values, with respect at the

centre: respect for others, including those of present and future generations, respect for

difference and diversity, respect for the environment, and respect for the resources of

the planet we inhabit.

Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy

Director: Olena Hankivsky BA (Tor), MA, PhD (WOnt), 778.782.5182 Tel, 778.782.5288

Fax, iirp@sfu.ca, http://www.sfu.ca/iirp/index.html

The Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy (IIRP) anchors a vibrant

interdisciplinary community of scholars, researchers and students who have moved to

the forefront of intersectional scholarship in Canada. The Institute provides opportunities

collaborate with other organizations, Centres, and institutes at SFU and beyond who

are developing intersectionality as a framework for research and policy.

When the Institute was first launched in 2005 as the Institute for Critical Studies in

Gender and Health at SFU, our overall goal was to integrate and support health and

natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities research utilizing intersectionality to

better understand how gender relates with other axes of discrimination and

disadvantage in multiple contexts. Throughout the subsequent years of doing this work,

there has developed an increased awareness of the role played by multiple relational

factors when trying to understand and respond to the complexities of health inequities.

Intersectionality is a

research and policy paradigm that is increasingly applied to study

and respond to the complexity of people's lives and how different social locations affect

our health and access to care.

As we have grown, the Institute has moved to the forefront of intersectional scholarship

Canada, and is now able to provide opportunities to collaborate with other

organizations, Centres, and Institutes at SFU and beyond who are developing

intersectionality

as a framework for health research and policy. In order to better reflect

the current debates, methods, and perspectives within the field of health research and

policy, and to support these emerging opportunities for collaboration across Canada and

internationally, in January 2011, we changed our name to the Institute for

Intersectionality Research and Policy.

Institute for Values in Policy and Science

Co-Director: Lisa Shapiro BA (Wesleyan), PhD (Univ of Pittsburgh), 778.782.6647 Tel,

778.782.4443 Fax; Co-Director: Sam Black BA Concordia, PhD Cambridge (UK),

778.782.5537 Tel; vips@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~vips/index.html

The Institute for Values in Policy and the Sciences (ViPS) provides a university-wide

forum for discussion and research on values within the sciences and public policy.

Experts at the cutting edge of scientific research engage with ethicists, philosophers,

policy-makers, economists and others to address today's most salient moral issues,

such as: sustainability; climate change; technology and privacy; research integrity;

population growth and aging; and the diagnosis of disease. ViPS serves the Lower

Mainland by hosting a public lecture series, public forums, and discussion groups, as

well as facilitating networking and cross-Faculty courses on campus.

Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences

(IRMACS)

Director: P. Borwein BSc (WOnt), MSc, PhD (Br Col), 778.782.4376 Tel, 778.782.7065

Fax; irmacs@irmacs.sfu.ca http://www.irmacs.sfu.ca/

The Centre is a unique SFU facility dedicated to supporting interdisciplinary,

collaborative research that applies advanced computation, complex system modeling,

and visualization to real-world problems.

IRMACS removes traditional boundaries

between scientific disciplines and sectors, and creates a stimulating research

environment that bridges academia, industry, and government policy makers. Designed

and built to spark, foster, and drive interdisciplinary collaboration, the physical IRMACS

Centre consists of 25,000 sq. ft. of dry laboratory space and state-of-the-art collaborative

research rooms. The Centre's extensive lab space brings together approximately 250

faculty members, graduate, undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows (PDFs),

research associates, and visiting scientists across 20 disciplines/departments and all

eight SFU Faculties.

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform and Criminal Justice Policy

President: D.C. Prefontaine, Q.C.; Executive Director: K. Macdonald, 604.822.9875 Tel,

604.822.9317 Fax; icclr@law.ubc.ca http://www.icclr.law.ubc.ca/

The International Centre is an independent, international institute based in Vancouver,

B.C., and officially affiliated with the United Nations. The Centre was founded in 1991 as

a result of an initiative by the Government of Canada, the University of British Columbia,

Simon Fraser University, the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, and

the Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia. The mandate of the Centre is to

promote human rights, the rule of law, democracy and good governance in criminal law

and the administration of criminal justice, domestically, regionally and globally. Through

its activities, the Centre contributes to the priorities of Canada and the United Nations in

the field of criminal law and criminal justice.

International Centre of Art for Social Change

Co-Director: C. Snowber BA (SWMass), MA (Gordon-Cornwell), PhD (S Fraser),

778.782.4453 Tel, 778.782.3203 Fax; Co-Director:

L. Fels BA (Qu), MA (Car), PhD (Br

Col), 778.782.8559 Tel, 778.782.5098 Fax; Co-Director: Judith Marcuse LL.D(Hon.)

(Simon Fraser), 778.782.8850 Tel, 778.782.5098 Fax; info@icasc.ca

http://www.ICASC.ca/

Judith Marcuse Projects and Simon Fraser University (with Continuing Studies and the

Faculty of Education) have partnered to establish the International Centre of Art for

Social Change (ICASC). The Centre is a global hub designed to support the growing

field of art for social change. Its programs include courses, workshops, public

engagement and networking events and research.

International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)

Director: Rob Gordon BA (La Trobe), MA (S Fraser), PhD (Br Col); 778.782.4305 Tel,

778.782.4140 Fax; rgordon@sfu.ca http://www.sfu.ca/~icrc/

The International Centre for Cybercrime Research is a joint venture of Simon Fraser

University and the Province of BC. The ICRC is a focal point for collaboration among

cybercrime researchers from universities, government agencies, NGOs, and private

sector organizations. The Centre brings together SFU faculty researchers, researchers

from other Canadian and international universities, relevant government agencies, and

private sector organizations to address issues related to countering criminal activity

within cyberspace; projects are concernedwith child pornography, child exploitation, and

terrorism, among other issues. The Centre also conducts research into Internet

economic crimes such as Warez groups, social networking-related crimes and analysis

of ongoing trends. One of the initial projects planned by the Centre is to develop virus

scanner-like tools to detect child exploitation images. Cybercrime is a huge and mostly

unreported problem, with child pornographyand identity theft as the most serious issues.

Even when reported, there are significant law enforcement and prosecutorial problems

principally because of the global nature of the phenomenon. For example, a fraud

aimed at Canadian seniors can be triggered by individuals in another country on behalf

ofindividuals in a third country and be passed through a server in a fourth country.

Nanomed Canada Research Network

Director: N. Branda BSc (Tor), PhD (MIT), Canada Research Chair, 778.782.8061 Tel,

778.782.3765 Fax; nbranda@sfu.ca http:/AA/ww.nanocomm.ca/

The NanoCommunity Canada Research Network is a growing community of

nanotechnology

researchers (chemists, physicists, mathematicians and engineers),

government organizations, and industry professionals committed to sharing knowledge

and working collaboratively to advance research in a breadth of topics in

nanotechnology. NanoCommunity

Canada is using the momentum behind social

networking platforms to create a virtual community, where information can be exchanged

and accessed anywhere and anytime. Members will be able to post their

nanotechnology related

questions to a wide audience of experts and peers in the field.

The discussion from the community will give the answers context and offer a fuller

understanding of the issues at hand. The content of the site will be amassed through the

dialogue and exchange of ideas between members. The membership and expertise will

reach out to the fringes of the nanotech community, thus allowing members to tap into a

source of information outside of their established network. Features of this network will

include a rating system, where members can build credibility in the network through the

feedback of their peers. The network will benefit from active users, but also consist of a

standing panel of experts. The referral system is built into the network and allows for

existing members to refer questions and topics outside of the community to their own

network of experts. Thus, this community has potential for growth and will naturally

become a leading source for nanotechnology researchers. Once this virtual community

is in place and is noted for providing value to the community, it is anticipated that the

network will grow and stimulate more and more collaboration among academic,

government and industry members. NanoCommunity

Canada will become known as a

warehouse of information on Canada's nanotech industry. This will enable it to play a

matchmaking role between companies and researchers, which will facilitate technology

transfer. It is anticipated that companies would contact NanoCommunity

Canada for

recommendations on obtaining certain types of expertise from universities, and

university researchers would contact NanoCommunity Canada to get a list of companies

that would be interested in a particular technology that they have patented.

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)

Director: Nils Bruin PhD (Leiden), 778.782.6655 Tel, 778.782.4947 Fax;

sfu@pims.math.ca, http://www.pims.math.ca/

The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is dedicated to promoting all

aspects of the mathematical sciences by stimulating, coordinating 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 strengtheningties 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 in

the mathematical sciences.

Through the strength and vitality of its programs, PIMS is 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 faculties

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-SFU is the

Simon Fraser University representative of PIMS and shares the goals and ideals of

PIMS generally while also meeting the specific needs of the mathematical sciences

community at this University.

TRIUMF - Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics

Director: N. S. Lockyer BS (York), PhD (Ohio), 604.222.7353 Tel, 604.222.3791 Fax;

jimh@triumf.ca, http://www.triumf.ca/

TRIUMF is a joint venture of the University of Alberta, the University of British Columbia,

Carleton University,

the University of Guelph, PUniversite de Montreal, Simon Fraser

University, the University of Manitoba, Queen's University, the University of Toronto,

York University and the University of Victoria. TRIUMF is funded under a contribution

agreement through the National Research Council of Canada. Building funds are

provided by the province of British Columbia. TRIUMF also has six associate-member

universities. The University of Northern British Columbia, the university of Calgary, the

University of Winnipeg, the University of Regina, McMaster University and Saint Mary's

University. 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, Nuclear Medicine 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.

Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)

Director: Fred Popowich BSc, MSc (S. Fraser), PhD (Edin), 778.782.4193 Tel,

778.782.3045 Fax; info@viva-viva.ca, http://www.viva-viva.ca/

The Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA) was launched on 1 July 2010 as a

joint

SFU/UBC research institute to leverage these institutions' significant expertise in

the field of Visual Analytics (VA). VIVA seeks to develop VA expertise in industry,

government, and university organizations, as well as to promote collaborative VA

research. VIVA has established five domains (focus areas), up from the three reported

last year:

• Safety and Security

• Aerospace

• Health and Medical

• Finance

• Software Development and Use

Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)

Director: B.R. Anholt PhD (UBC), 250.728.3301 Tel, 250.728.3452 Fax;

info@bms.bc.ca, http://www.bms.bc.ca/

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.

Simon Fraslr University

policies and procedures

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Policies and Procedures

Date

April 3, 2002

Revision Date

January 28, 2010

Number

R 40.01

Revision No.

Subject: Research Centres and Institutes

1.0 Purpose:

The purpose of this policy is to define Research Centres and Research Institutes, the intended scope of their

activities, and their required governance and reporting structures.

2.0 Definitions

Research Centres

are non-departmental academic or administrative units established for the purposes of

facilitating collaborative research mainly within a Faculty.

Research Institutes

are created to facilitate collaborative multi-disciplinary research between different

Faculties and/or multi-university initiatives and to provide research-related services to the community.

SCUP

is the Senate Committee on University Priorities, the academic body responsible for overseeing

Research Centres and Institutes on behalf of Senate.

3.0 Policy:

3.1 The purposes of Research Centres and Research Institutes encompass, but are not limited to facilitating

collaborative research, especially multi-disciplinary research, and facilitating multi-university initiatives.

3.2 Each Research Centre and Research Institute is subject to all applicable University policies.

3.3 A Research Centre or a Research Institute is entitled to identify itself as a part of Simon Fraser

University and to use the University's name and address in the conduct of its activities.

3.4 These rights are granted at the discretion of Senate for fixed, renewable terms.

3.5 Governance and Reporting

3.5.1 The Director of a Research Centre reports to a Faculty Dean, who is responsible for overseeing its

governance and budgetary accounts. A list of all Research Centres under the authority of a Dean

appears in Appendix I.

3.5.2 The responsible Dean, acting in consultation as appropriate with other university administrators,

shall review each Research Centre's activities annually including its financial management and

compliance with university policies, and shall report the results of that review to the Research

Centre's Director and to the Vice President, Research by August 31 of each year.

3.5.3 The Director of an SFU-based Research Institute reports to the Vice President, Research. The Vice

President, Research shall be responsible for overseeing all Research Institutes in which Simon

Fraser University participates as a part of a multi-university consortium. The activities of Research

Institutes shall be reviewed directly by the Vice President, Research. A list of all Research

Institutes with a University-wide mandate appears in Appendix II.

3.5.4 The Vice President, Research shall deliver to the Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

by October 31 of each year a summary report dealing with the activities of all Research Centres

and Research Institutes during the preceding year. SCUP shall forward this report for information

to the Senate and to the Board of Governors.

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3.6 Establishing, Reviewing and Discontinuing Research Centres and Research Institutes

3.6.1 With the application for the establishment of a Research Centre or Institute, a Constitution must

be submitted that specifies the following:

a statement of its special purpose;

a provision for the appointment of a Director;

statement recognizing the obligation to conduct its activities in accordance with University

policies; and

a statement of its internal governing procedure.

For Research Centres, the application must be approved by the appropriate Faculty Dean.

3.6.2 Applications shall be submitted to the Vice President, Research, who will forward supported

applications to Senate (through SCUP) for approval.

3.6.3 Research Centres and Research Institutes will normally be established for a term of 5 years.

3.6.4 Renewal will be upon application

via

the Dean and the Vice President, Research, to SCUP, and will

be contingent on past performance, financial sustainability, and its continuing purpose.

3.6.5 In considering applications for renewal, the accomplishments of Research Centres and Research

Institutes will be measured against their stated initial goals and plans. Specifically, the impact

must be demonstrated of a Research Centre or Institute in enhancing research over and above

what would have been accomplished by individual faculty members.

3.6.6 The Dean(s) of the Faculties involved and the Vice President, Research will comment on the report

and recommend renewal or termination. The proposal will then be forwarded to SCUP, which will

vote on the renewal application and report its decision to Senate.

3.6 7 The Vice President, Research may recommend to the President termination prior to the end of the

term of a Research Centre or Institute. In such cases, the Director shall have an opportunity to

appeal the recommendation before the President makes a final decision.

3.7 Rights and Obligations of Research Centres and Research Institutes

3.7.1 Acting under the authority of its Director, and subject to section 3.4.1c, Research Centres and

Research Institutes have the right to:

a. use the University's name, address, and symbols in connection with its activities;

b. solicit external grants and contracts in the University's name;

c. request the maintenance of university budgetary accounts and reports;

use the assistance of Human Resources in hiring employees;

e. direct the duties of its employees; and

f. apply for university support.

3.7.2 The Director of a Research Centre and Research Institute has the obligation to:

a. approve all contracts to be undertaken by or on behalf of the Research Centre and Research

Institute, and further obtain the approval of the responsible Dean and the Vice President,

Research for any contract;

b. submit a written report to the responsible Dean or Vice President, Research on the units'

activities, including all contractual obligations entered into by or on behalf of the unit, once

annually for the twelve months ending March 31 of each year, by no later than June 30 of each

year;

c. submit an annual financial statement showing revenues and expenditures for the twelve

months ending March 31 of each year, by no later than June 30 of each year.

d. Normally,

the Director is not entitled to teaching relief or financial compensation.

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3.8 Membership

3.8.1 The Director of a Research Centre or an SFU-based Research Institute normally must be a

continuing faculty member of the University.

3.8.2 Faculty, graduate students, and research associates are eligible for membership in Research

Centres and Research Institutes.

4.0 Scope:

4.1 This policy encompasses all Research Centres, Research Institutes, and similar organizations at Simon

Fraser University that are not parts of established administrative units.

5.0 Authority:

This Policy is administered under the authority of the Vice President, Research.

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Appendix I: Research Centres (updated April 22, 2010)

The purposes of Research Centres encompass, but are not limited to, collaborative research focused on

topics that are central to a single Faculty.

Faculty of Applied Sciences

•

Institute of Micromachine and Microfabrication Research

•

Logic and Functional Programming Group

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies

Centre d'etudes francophones Quebec-Pacifique

Centre for Comparative Study of Muslim Societies and Cultures

Centre for Forensic Research

Centre for Global Political Economy

Centre for Labour Studies

Centre for Public Policy Research

Centre for Research on Adaptive Behaviour In Economics (CRABE)

Centre for Research on Sexual Violence

Centre for Restorative Justice

Centre for Scottish Studies

Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth

Centre for the Study of Public Opinion and Political Representation

Criminology Research Centre

David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication

Feminist Institute for Studies on Law and Society

Gerontology Research Centre

Institute for Studies in Criminal Justice Policy

Institute for the Humanities

Institute of Governance Studies

Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute

Faculty of Business Administration

CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management

CMA Centre for Strategic Change and Performance Measurement

Centre for Global Workforce Strategy

Centre for Studies in Global Asset and Wealth Management

Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Studies

W.J. VanDusen B.C. Business Studies Institute

Faculty of Communication. Art and Technology

•

Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology

•

Centre for Policy Studies on Culture and Communities

Faculty of Education

Centre for Education, Law and Society

Centre for Research on International Education

Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy

David Wheeler Institute for Research in Mathematics Education

Institute for Research on Early Education and Child Health

Institute for Studies in Teacher Education

Faculty of Environment

•

Centre for Coastal Studies

•

Centre for Sustainable Community Development

•

Centre for Tourism Policy and Research

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•

Cooperative Resource Management Institute

Faculty of Health Sciences

•

Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health and Addiction

•

Children's Health Policy Centre

Faculty of Science

Centre for Experimental and Constructive Mathematics

Centre for Natural Hazards Research

Centre for Wildlife Ecology

Chemical Ecology Research Group

Evolutionary and Behavioural Ecology Research Group

Appendix II: Research Institutes

The purposes of Research Institutes encompass, but are not limited to the following: collaborative multi-

disciplinary research; multi-university initiatives; and research-related types of services to the community.

4DLABS

Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience Institute

Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing

Centre for Disability Independence Research and Education

Centre for Education Research and Policy (CERP)

Centre for Imaginative Education

Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences (CORDS)

Centre for Scientific Computing

Centre for the Study in Print and Media Cultures

Institute for Canadian Urban Research Studies

Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health

Interdisciplinary Research in the Mathematical and Computational Sciences (IRMACS)

International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy

International Centre of Art for Social Change

International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)

Nanomed Canada Research Network

Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS)

TRIUMF

Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)

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