SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement (SFU VOCE) supports creative engagement, knowledge democracy and access to arts and culture since December 2010. We recognize the arts as a catalyst in social change and transformative community engagement. Our programs are designed in collaboration with and for our community, creating dynamic content in the areas of:
• Arts, Culture, and Community
• Social and Environmental Justice
• Urban Issues
SFU VOCE
Twitter: twitter.com/sfu_voce
Instagram: instagram.com/sfu_voce
Facebook Page: facebook.com/sfuvoce
Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/sfuvoce
Below the Radar Podcast: soundcloud.com/sfu_voce
The Recording of Willie Thrasher: youtube.com/watch?v=XqZP5v6VPgw&t=54s
Our work is guided by the Carnegie Foundation’s definition of Community Engagement as “the collaboration between institutions of higher education and their larger communities (local, regional… global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of partnership and reciprocity.”
SFU VOCE makes participation in vital conversations accessible to the wider community through public programming, community partnerships and community-engaged research. We work with community and academic partners to carve out physical and digital spaces to amplify community voices in the exchange of ideas.
Working with our community partners, we have spent over a decade fostering reciprocal relationships between SFU students, staff, faculty and the wider community. Through these collaborations, we aim to centre community perspectives and lived experience in research and policy change. We are grateful to partner with organizations who are working towards these common goals.
