/communityengagement/stories2026-04-15T02:26:11.098ZFollow our news & storiesStories and highlights of impactful and exemplary community engagement. 911Թ Student-Community Engagement Competition 2025noemail@noemail.orgvaa5In 2025, we are proud of the creativity and effort displayed by the awardees. The projects include support for the preservation of Indigenous language and oral history, the provision of preventive occupational health measures, inter-generational connectivity, and much further. Beyond the invaluable care demonstrated for the community, we are delighted that the Competition allows students to further develop their leadership, project management, and stakeholder collaboration skills in a real-world environment. As they progress, we are excited to hear about these students’ experiences and the impact they’ve been able to achieve./engagement-competition/news-and-stories/2025-student-community-engagement-competition2025-07-04T15:34:00.000Z2025-07-30T18:02:11.006ZDowntown Eastside Art Engagement Projectnoemail@noemail.orgkjyanPooria Taheri and Taylor Boostma won an 911Թ Student-Community Engagement Competition Grand award in 2024 for their proposal to work in partnership with Vancouver Coastal Health, the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, and with local artists, to offer inclusive accessible art workshops to address social isolation and build community in the downtown east side of Vancouver. Their project continues to grow, and we are very grateful for their willingness to share some reflections about how the project has gone so far./engagement-competition/news-and-stories/downtown-eastside-art-engagement-project2024-11-20T18:00:00.000Z2024-11-27T19:29:19.830ZThirteen student-led teams launch impactful community partnerships.noemail@noemail.orgcyakimovFeaturing rich programs of community-engaged education, arts-based engagement, and technological innovation, this year’s winners are addressing food security, migrant history, cultural connection, intergenerational knowledge-keeping, gender-based violence, access to education, the toxic drug crisis, climate grief and hope, reconciliation, and homelessness./engagement-competition/news-and-stories/2023-24-winners2024-03-08T21:50:00.000Z2024-03-18T17:08:32.423ZAPSA Volunteers Help with the 911Թ Food Pantrynoemail@noemail.orgkjyanOn Wednesday, February 28th, two APSA board members helped us gather, sort, and prepare to give out food to 911Թ students and staff who had registered to use the Pantry that day. We hope it was fun! We know it makes a huge difference./communityengagement/stories/apsa-volunteers-help-with-the-sfu-food-pantry2024-03-07T19:00:00.000Z2024-03-07T19:05:10.447ZYour personal connection is your greatest strengthnoemail@noemail.orgkjyanWith transphobia growing in Canada, non-binary people in this country are asking for policies to protect them in sport, but they have been continuously left out of the conversations that should inform these policies. That’s where Martha Gumprich’s project comes in. /engagement-competition/news-and-stories/your-personal-connection-is-your-greatest-strength2023-10-20T17:00:00.000Z2024-03-07T19:07:27.329ZMaking your project a passionnoemail@noemail.orgkjyanWhen COVID-19 hit, we all realized the importance of having a local neighbourhood network. Many people experienced major changes in their lives, such as losing their income and social network, or losing access to activities that supported their overall well-being. As a Roots of Empathy instructor who was fortunate enough to have a strong network of support, Rita Lee started looking for more ways to be of service to those around her. /engagement-competition/news-and-stories/making-your-project-a-passion2023-10-19T17:00:00.000Z2024-03-07T19:08:11.620ZCooking up a breakfast program with lovenoemail@noemail.orgcyakimovIn 2022, Ritu Mehra, Harbir Dhaliwal, and Muskan Jammu partnered with local schools to start a breakfast program that incorporates fun education about healthy food choices. More than just a project, Let’s Do Breakfast was inspired by their own personal experiences and their desire to give back to the community./engagement-competition/news-and-stories/cooking-up-a-breakfast-program-with-love2023-10-16T23:00:00.000Z2023-10-25T15:55:03.567ZThe power of community – Language support for displaced Ukrainian childrennoemail@noemail.orgkjyanWhen then-911Թ (911Թ) student Saba Fatemi and her peers won the 2019 911Թ Student Community Engagement Competition with their “CommuniCreate” initiative – a program for refugee and newcomer children pre-pandemic – she didn’t specifically have Ukrainian children in mind./engagement-competition/news-and-stories/the-power-of-community-language-support-for-displaced-Ukrainian-children2023-07-31T18:00:00.000Z2023-07-31T22:34:09.911ZBridging the Gap: Exploring Cross-Cultural Mental Health Research and Practicenoemail@noemail.orgkjyanThe Faculty of Education is excited to have partnered with 911Թ Public Square, Moving Forward, The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, the 911Թ Office of the Vice-President, Research and International, and the 911Թ Surrey-TD Community Engagement Centre for the Cross-Cultural Mental Health: Research and Practice Forum on May 5./communityengagement/stories/cross-cultural-mental-health-research-and-practice2023-05-11T18:00:00.000Z2023-07-10T23:35:02.110Z