For more information on any of these amenities and programs, UniverCity residents are encouraged to contact the Trust by phone at 604-291-3000, by email at info@univercity.ca, or drop by the Trust offices in the Cornerstone between 8:30am and 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.

A collaboration between SFU Community Trust and TransLink makes residents eligible for a subsidized Community Transit Pass. The first of its kind in North America, the pass aims to increase transit ridership in the community by providing a cost-effective alternative to the private automobile. The pass allows residents unlimited travel throughout TransLink’s service area for $29.67/month, compared to $130 for a regular pass.

For more information on this program, please contact the SFU Community Trust at 604.291.3000 or by email at info@univercity.ca.

Copies of application and financial forms for this program can be accessed via the links below.

Community Transit Pass Contract
Pre-Authourized Payment Agreement
Pass Cancellation Form

UniverCity residents are eligible for a free Community Card that allows them free or discounted use of nearby SFU facilities and amenities. These include:

Library Collections – With scores of online journals, books, and images, the SFU library system provides a range of services, collections, space, and technology to support research, learning, and recreational interests of UniverCity residents.

Athletic and Recreational Facilities – Residents qualify for discounted access to SFU’s athletic and recreational facilities and programs. Options for residents include a host of aquatic activities, fitness classes and organized sports programs.

Special Events – Residents qualify for discounted access to a host of special events hosted by SFU including SFU Theatre productions, sporting events and ceremonies

Summer Camps – Children of UniverCity residents qualify for admission to SFU Summer Camps programs. SFU camps foster creativity, enhance skills and cultivate lasting memories for its participants through innovative athletic, recreational and educational experiences.

As a further effort to provide a range of transportation options in the community, the SFU Community Trust established a partnership with CAN, the Cooperative Auto Network, to provide residents access to community automobiles located throughout the community on an hourly or daily basis.

UniverCity currently offers waitlist priority for childcare services to residents through a partnership with the SFU Childcare Society (SFUCCS). These services are provided to all age groups at the SFUCS facility on the west side of the SFU Campus. Services for younger children aged one to three are also provided within a purpose-built facility within the community located in the Verdant development.

For more information on registering your child in one of the programs offered by the SFUCCS, please click here.

In the near future, the Trust will be moving forward with a second childcare facility within the community for older children (aged three to five years). This new, centrally located 50-space facility is will be a leading-edge green building that aims to have little or no impact on its surrounding environment.  Conceived as an innovative space for child development, it will be based on the  Reggio Emilio concept of childcare and early childhood education.

September of 2010 will bring UniverCity residents and their children a new elementary school. Developed through collaboration among the SFU Community Trust, the Burnaby Board of Education, SFU, the City of Burnaby and the BC Ministry of Education, the future elementary school at UniverCity will provide quality education for the community’s youngsters while also acting as an important community facility.

More information on the new school at UniverCity is available from the Burnaby Board of Education's website. Click here to access it.

An extensive network of pedestrian pathways and bike trails link residences to shops and services on University High Street, the future elementary school, the neighbourhood park, and two transit stops. These pathways are also designed to connect residents to hiking trails in the adjacent Burnaby Mountain Conservation Area. Walking and biking are strongly associated with good health and a thriving, socially active and connected community.