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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED
BY SENATE
MINUTES OF THE SENATE OF
SIMON FRASER
UNIVERSITY
HELD IN
THE BOARD AND SENATE
ROOM
ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1966, AT
1:30 PM
PRESENT:
P. D.
McTaggart-Cowan
Chairman
D.
A. Baird
R.
J.
Baker
T. B. Bottomore
A. E. Branca
T. H. Brose
C. L. Bursill-Hall
F. Candelaria
J.
L. Dampier
J.
F. Ellis
W. M. Hamilton
A. F. C. Hean
I. Koerner
E.
S. Lett
S. K. Lower
C. H. McLean
A. R. MacKinnon
J. Mills
K. E. Rieckhoff
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G. M. Shrum
S. Stratton
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A. M. Unrau
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W. Vidaver
D. P.
Robertson
Secretary
R. V. Broderick
Recording Secretary
ABSENT:
M. Bawtree
A. J. Ellis
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C. J. Frederickson
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C. N. Perry
E. M. Shoemaker
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ATTENDANCE:
D.
Roberts, Information Officer
John Mynott, President of Student Council
(for part of item 4 A' only)
The Chairman announced that he wished to consider item 3
A
as the first
item on the agenda, in order to permit the replacement for C. Kirchner
to take his place at the meeting. This was agreed upon.
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Moved by A. R.
MacKinnon, seconded by W. Vidaver
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"that S. Stratton replace G. Kirchner on Senate for
the Fall Semester, 1966"
CARRIED
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S. Stratton was then invited into the meeting and introduced by the
Chairman to the members of Senate.
The Chairman announced that the business of the meeting would be conducted
as set Out in the agenda and requested the Secretary to report on items
under 4 - Other Business.
The Secretary reported that the following items hd been included
in the agenda under 4:
A.
Letter from Student Society rejecting proposal of
Representative of Students on Senate.
B.
I.S.E.P. plan to foster interchange of students
across Canada.
C.
Financial Statements.
D. Brochure.
E. President's
Annual
Report.
It was agreed that the agenda was satisfactory.
1.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
On page 5. under 3 C, in the first line the word "grade" was
inserted between the words "mean" and "point". With this.
correction the minutes as distributed were approved.
2.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
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Senate's Responsibility under section 46 (f) of the Universities Act
T. H. Brose in presenting his paper stated that he had brought
the matter before Senate to open a discussion on whether Senate
was properly discharging its obligations as set out in the Act.
He suggested that Senate might wish to consider the establishment
of a committee to act as a review committee on the question of
promotions and appointments, types of departments, areas of study
and academic implications of problems that arise from economic
considerations made by the Board.
The President stated that it was his hope that at a later meeting
Senate might discuss the questions discussed on university organ-
zation at the recant AUCC meetings and the impact of the Duf f-
Berdahi Report.
It was then agreed that Senate take note of this discussion and
that the paper presented by T. H. Brose be borne in mind for the
time ienen Senate considers the whole question of university
govern2nt and organization.
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REPORT OF ELECTIONS OF FOUR JOINT FACULTY MEMBERS OF SENATE
The Secretary presented his paper and thanked Professor Brose for
having pointed out that candidates had not been asked for their
agreement to stand for election and that biographical data had
not been given. He then asked the members if
m
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future elections
it was their wish to have indicated the names of the nominators.
Moved
by T. B. Bottotnore, seconded by K. E. Rieckhoff
"that in future Senate elections the nam'es of
nominators should be noted in material sent
to the electors."
CARRIED
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DATE OF SPRING CONGREGATION 1967
Moved by G. It. Shrum, seconded by A. R. MacKinnon
"that the Spring Congregation be held on May 20th, 1967"
CARRIED
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DEANS ON SENATE GRADUATE STUDIES COIITTEE
Dean Rieckhoff presented his paper..
Moved by W. Vidaver, seconded by G. L. Bursill-Hall
"that Deans be added to the membership of the
Senate Committee on Graduate Studies"
CARRIED
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EXEMPTING STUDENT SOCIETY OFFICERS FROM GENERAL EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS
It was pointed out that the whole question of
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eneral education
courses was presently under review in the Faculty of Education,
and that other faculties will soon be involved.
Moved by J. F. Ellis, seconded by K. E. Rieckhoff
"that the Registrar be asked to respond to Mr.
Wong's request by stating that the matter of
general education courses is now under con-
siderationand that there would be no change
from the calendar requirements at this time"
CARRIED
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LETTER FROM STUDENT SOCIETY REJaCTING PROFOAL OF REPRESENTATIVE
OF STUDENTS ON SENATE
The Regiscrr reported that beceis he felt that the letter from
the StudeLt SocLcy, which had been dtstrbuted to all members,
required some clarification, he conslte 'th Dean Bottomore,
acting President at the cie, about the a
bilicy of meeting
with the students before the letter was disc. ed in Senate. With
the concurrence of Dean Boctomore a meeting w. held on Friday,
November 4th. Present were the Registrar, Profeors Baker, Brose
Ellis, Rieckhoff and students John M'nocc, Dave 'fork, Mike Campbell
and Greg Stacey. As a result of this meeting Mr. M;nor:t was asked
if he and some. of his collegues wished to present the Student
Society's case in person at a Senate meeting. He agreed this would
be desirable.
At
the meeting the student newspaper editor, Mr.
Mike Campbell, was asked to consider char. he was not present at the
meeting as a reporter and he agreed but has since asked to accom-
pany the student delegation to Senate as a reporter.
Moved by A. E. Branca, seconded by K. E. Rieckhoff
"that the student delegation be admitted"
CARRIED
Moved by A. N. Unrau, seconded by J. L. Dampier
"that the request of the reporter to attend the meeting
for the interview be denied"
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John Mynott, the President of the Student Council, was then
introduced to the trLeecing.
In his presentation, Mr. Mynott stated that the question of open
and public meetings, as stated in item I. of the letter distributed
to Senate, was the most important facet of the whole question. He
was asked to what extent this was a Student Council decision and to
what extent it was a publically discusse
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issue. He stated that the
decision was a decision of the Executive Council in consultation
with a number of students on ca.mpu and some of the executive and
other members of the Canadian Union of Students.
Mr. Mynott left the meeting at 3:10 PM.
Moved by A. E. Branca, seconded by J. Mills
"chat a Senate committee be established to meet with
a.
committee of students to discuss the question of
student participation in Senate"
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n he would take the
to investigate the
Senate and the
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The Chairman stated that from the
discussi
terms of reference for the committee to be
whole question of student participation iu.
openess of Senate meetings.
The Chairman then called for a vote n the moc:cn by A. E. Branca,
seconded by J. Mills.
CARRIED
It was further agreed that the committee be composed of four members,
the membership of the committee to be left to the discretion of
the Presider.c with the reccr
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snendatjon that one member be a non-
faculty member of Senate and that one member be the Registrar.
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CREDIT CHANGE
IN PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPNT
PROGRAM
It was pointed out that the University would honor its undertaking
made to students prior to the change and that the change would
be announced in the new calendar so that oncoming students would
be aware of it. In making this proposal the University was not
changing the time r
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equired for an E A. certificate, but was pro-
posing not to recommend acLy ii-Lore E.B. certificate candidates.
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The E.A. certificate requirements, as far as time is concerned,
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would be very similar to the time required at U.B.C. or University
of Victoria.
R. J. Baker stated that he felt Senate should be concerned about
whether this was a good program and should also be concerned about
the shortage of teachers and the University's obligation to alle-
viate this situation. He further pointed out that the proposal would
have to
c
o to the Joint Board of Teacher Education. He expressed
the opinion that if Senate was convinced that this was a good pro-
grain it should pass it and if the Joint Board of Teacher Education
has any objections the University will be notified.
Moved by K. E. Rieckhoff, seconded by G. L. Bursill-Hall
"that the proposed credit change. in the Professional
Development Program be approved"
CARRIED
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COiENT ON STJ1ER SESTER GRADES BY HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS
Moved by K. E. Rieckhoff, seconded by A. R. MacKinnor.
"that the report of the Registrar, based on the
comments of the Heads of DeparcmerL, on Summer
Semester Grades be accepted"
CARRIED
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APPOINTMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES TO ACADEMIC BOAR.
A paper had been circdat:ed by the President recotnmerLding that
Senate consider the appointment of R.
J.
er and C. D. Nelson
as the two members of the University to th
Ltademic
Board.
Moved by G. L. Bursill-Hall, seconded by
C..
H. McLean
"chat R. J. Baker and C. D. Nelson be th Senate
appointees to the Academic Board"
CARRIED
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REPORT FROM FACULTY OF EDUCATION ON MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING FOR
TEACHERS
A. R. MacKinnon reported that in
accordance
with the decision
made by Senate on October 3rd, theFaculty of Education had
discussed the request from the Canadian Mental Health Association
on the mental health training ir. the professional preparation of
teachers.
The Faculty of Education
recommended
that the President should
advise
the Canadian Mental Health Association as follows:
1.
The Faculty of Education
endorsed
the principle of sensi-
tzirLg teachers to the emotional problems affecting children,
as
expressed in the letter from the C.M.H.A.
2. Faculty
decided
that no special provision was necessary
for initiating specific courses in mental health, since they
felt that student sensitivity to these problems occurred
during the period of time spent in the Professional Develop-
ment Program. Adeçuate screening before entry to the Program
was seen to eliminate the danger of unsuitable students
being admitted into teacher training.
3.
With regard to point 2., Faculty agreed that the C.M.H.A
should be informed of the particular kind of program in
teacher training operating at Simon Fraser University.
4.
Faculty felt that the C.M.H.A. should be informed that
there is continuing examination of this question within
the Faculty, especially in the Department of Behavioral
Science Foundations, where this aspect of teacher pre-
paration is of particular concern.
Moved by A. R. MacKinnori, seconded by T. B. Bottomore
"that a letter along the lines recommended by the Faculty
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of Education, as reported by A. R. MacKinnon, be sent
to the Canadian Mental Health Association"
CARRIED
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I.S.E.P.
A proposal to waive fees of visiting students ut, r the Inter
Regional Scholarship Exchange Program to a maximum
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of five stu-
dents for the 1967-68 academic year was distributed to all members.
T. B. Bottomore reported that the Scholarship Committee felt that
this matter should go before Senate because it was not sure how the
trimester system would fit into this exchange program..
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he Chairman expressed the opinion that until more than Guelph
and this University were on the trimester system the exchanges would
probably cake place in the fall and spring and that each case
would be looked at on an individual basis.
Moved by K. E. Rieckhoff, seconded by G. L. Bursill-Hall
"that the proposal be approved with the understanding
that the choice of the students should be cleared
with the departments in which the students were majoring"
CARRIED
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
The Chairman reported that at U.B.C. and University of Victoria
he believed only one copy of the financial statement was sent to
Senate. He stated that it was his view that there was no reason
why distribution of this document should be restricted. He had
also distributed to the members copies of the Public Bodies Finan-
cial Information Act Return: a public document which anyone can
obtain upon request.
Moved by J. L. Dampier, seconded by K. E. Rieckhoff
"that the Financial Statement be accepted"
CARRIED
The question of the financial reports for the three provincial
universities being on a similar basis was discussed. A. F. C.
Hean reported that the Board of Governors had recognized that the
other universities were not reporting on the same basis as the
Board felt this University should and had decided three years ag
that Simon Fraser would adopt a policy of full disclosure.
The
Chairman reported that the Bursars of the three universities are
working on trying to reach a uniform presentation. He further
stated that he felt that universities across Canada are moving
towards full disclosure of financial information. The President
stated that the document had been brou
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Act states that a copy of the annual. report should be transmitted
to Senate.
Moved by K. E. Rieckhoff, and secorLd. T
"that Senate endorse the principi. f full disclosure
in Financial Szatements and open ribution of the
Financial Statements"
CARRIED
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BROCHURE
Copies of the new University Brochure were distributed to all members.
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PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT
Copies of the President's Annual Report were distributed to all
members. The President stated that he had cut down the information
in the financial part of the Annual Report and asked that those
members who had the opportunity to compare the Financial Statement
with the financial information in the ArLral Report submit to him
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any comments they might have.
Moved by K. E. Rieckb.off, seconded by I. Koerner
"that those responsible for the design of the Brochure
and Annual Report be commended"
CARRIED
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The Chairman announced that the next meeting of Senate would be
held on Monday, December 5, 1966, at 1:30 PM.
The meeting adjourned at 4:45 PM
D. P. Robertson
Secretary
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