The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) is a student funded and directed resource centre at SFU. We support environmental and social justice through research, education and action.
SFPIRG was established through student organizing in 1981 as an autonomous organization specifically mandated to advocate for social and environmental justice. This means we work to empower student leadership in affecting change towards the full respect of human rights, dignity and environmental sustainability.
SFPIRG offers a wide range of resources which include a Social Justice Lending Library; a bike tool co-op; and workshop trainings on anti-oppression, consensus decision-making, facilitation and creative media. In addition SFPIRG has the popular Action Research eXchange (ARX) program, which allows students to apply and develop their research skills in the real world through partnerships with community organizations. SFPIRG is home to a number of student-organized action groups on campus including Climate Change, Ancient Forests, Voice for Animals, Letters for the Inside (a research initiative that helps prisoners access information to facilitate their rehabilitation process) as well as to other on-campus groups including Oxfam, WUSC and the Red Cross. SFPIRG further supports local and on-campus initiatives through donations, including in the areas of housing and homelessness, indigenous rights, welfare of women and children, community health, and others.
For more information on SFPIRG and our work, check out our website, www.sfpirg.ca.