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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of
the Registrar
MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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N. Heath, Acting Registrar
Subject: ?
Spring Mid-Semester Break
Date: ?
September 23, 1998
In the Spring semester, the Simon Fraser Student Society initiated discussions with the Dean's office about
a reading break. SFSS held a referendum March 17-19, 1998, with the following questions:
Ouestions
"Do you support the Simon Fraser Student Society
proposal to the University for:
• reading break in the middle of the Spring semester
• reading break immediately before final exams in
the Spring semester
No reading break in the Spring semester
Choose one
Reading breaks exist at many Canadian universities in the winter session.
Results
654
votes
247 votes
196 votes
1,097 total votes
At the request of SCAR, I have provided examples from other Canadian universities of the manner in
which a Spring reading break is incorporated into their schedules. While only Guelph has a trimester
system that is directly comparable to ours, most other Canadian universities offer large numbers of "half"
courses which are similar to semestered courses. Universities with mixed full and half year course
schedules (eg. Calgary) differ from a true trimester system (eg. SFU) in respect to the end of semester
turnaround times for grades and academic standing, and in the status of the Summer semester/sessions.
Virtually all major Canadian universities include a reading break during the Spring term/semester, usually
in mid-February.
The following motion was approved by SCAR for consideration by Senate:
"That Simon Fraser University schedule a mid-semester break in the Spring semester 1999 on
February 15 and 16, 1999."
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Office of
the Registrar
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MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
N. Heath, Acting Registrar
Subject: ?
Spring Mid-Semester Break
Date: ?
September 23, 1998
At the request of SCAR, I have provided examples from other Canadian
universities of the manner in which a Spring reading break is incorporated into
their schedules. While only Guelph has a trimester system that is directly
comparable to ours, most other Canadian universities offer large numbers of
"half' courses which are similar to semestered courses. Universities with mixed
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full and half year course schedules (eg. Calgary) differ from a true trimester
system (eg. SFU) in respect to the end of semester turnaround times for grades
and academic standing, and in the status of the Summer semester/ sessions.
Virtually all major Canadian universities include a reading break during the
Spring term/semester, usually in mid-February.
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