Our Vision

Welcome to the Resilient Community Futures Research Network (RCFRN)

We are a diverse group of practitioners, academics, students, researchers and community knowledge keepers and leaders committed to transdisciplinary research and partnerships leading to building Resilient Community Futures.

We promote and practice inclusive, diverse, equitable, respectful and community science centered research

Our research partnerships focus on community dynamics, resource management and inform risk reduction and resilience building policies, and decision-making for individuals, communities, organizations, and governments

Land Acknowledgement

“Thompson Rivers University campuses are on the ancestral lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc (Kamloops campus) and the T’exelc (Williams Lake campus) within Secwepemcúl̓ecw, the traditional and unceded territory of the Secwépemc. The region TRU serves also extends into the territories of the St’át’imc, Nlaka’pamux, Nuxalk, Tŝilhqot’in, Dakelh, and Syilx peoples.”

Our Team

Faculty Fellows

Bala Nikku, PhD

Associate Professor,
Faculty of Education and Social Work,
Thompson Rivers University

Nisha Puthiyedth, PhD

Assistant Professor,
Faculty of Science [computing science]
Thompson Rivers University

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Fazeeha Azmi, PhD

 Professor, Faculty of Arts,
Department of Geography
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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Associate Fellows

Sanjeev Dahal, PhD

Navya Vikraman Nair(PhD)

Sustainability Management, University of Waterloo

Collaborators

Srinivasu Kodi, PhD.

Maritime Anthropologist,
Adjunct faculty at Andhra University. research consultant and leads the Coastal Resilient Futures India Network.

S. Sankararao Mallavarapu, PhD.

Executive Director,
Coastal Sustainability Resilience Foundation, India

Rajabhushanam Singavarapu, PhD.

Associate Director,
Coastal Sustainability Resilience Foundation, India

Research Associates

Fazil Padaniya

Web DESigner,
Resilient Futures, Tru

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Yunisha Katuwal

Co-founder,
Project Manjari, Nepal

Global Skills Opportunity Scholar, Canada, 2024

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Namuna Subedi

Professional social worker, Nepal

Global Skills Opportunity Scholar, Canada, 2024

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Rupa K.C

Youth Social Worker,
kadambari college, Nepal

Global Skills Opportunity Scholar, Canada, 2024

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Marissa Howe

Akita International University, JAPAN

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Rahul Singh

Policy ANalyst, India

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Yaneth Sands

Economist, Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, colombia

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Courtny Slonski

SOcial WOrk, Tru

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Stories

Civil society organizations and participatory local governance in Pakistan: An exploratory study

Social Work Education in Nepal

Indigenous or Blended Model for South Asian Social Work?

Engage Nepal: Story 1


Partnerships


We Acknowledge The Funding Support