SFU
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
THINKING OF THE WORLD
To:
Senate
From:
Kate Ross
Registrar & Executive Director, Student Enrolment
Date:
November 17,2011
Subject: Election Report to Senate (For Information)
S.ll-152
The University Act and Rules of Senate require that the Registrarreport the results of
elections to Senate and the Board of Governors for information.
Faculty Election to Senate
A call for nominations went out on September 28, 2011 for the following vacant
positions on Senate:
Faculty member from Environment elected by Environment
Faculty member from Health Sciences elected by Health Sciences
Faculty member from Health Sciences elected by Joint Faculty
Faculty member from any faculty elected by Joint Faculty
A nomination was received by Paul Li from the Faculty of Science for the position of
faculty member from any faculty elected by joint faculty.
Paul Li
was elected by
acclamation with the term of office ending on May 31, 2013. No nominations were
received for the other positions.
Another call for nominations will be issued during the Spring 2012 term to fill the
remaining vacancies.
Student Election to Senate
A call for nominations went out on September 28,2011 for the following vacant student
positions on Senate:
Student (undergrad or grad) from the Faculty of Education
Student (undergrad or grad) from the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology
One nomination was received by a student in the Faculty of Communication, Art and
Technology and so
Heather Palis
(undergraduate) was elected by acclamation with the
term of office ending May 31, 2012.
Three nominations were received from students in the Faculty of Education. Online
voting resulted in
Stacey Robinsmith
(graduate) being elected for the Senator position in
Education with the term of office ending May 31, 2012.