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    SFU
    MEMO
    Office of the Registrar
    MAILING ADDRESS
    To:
    Senate
    From:
    Kate
    Ross, Secretary
    3200 Maggie Benston
    Centre
    Senate Appeals Board
    8888 University Drive
    Burnaby, BC VsA 1S6
    Subject:
    Senate Appeals Board
    Date:
    March 17, 2012
    Canada
    Annual Report for
    Tel: 778-782-3108
    2011
    FAX: 778-782-5733
    The Board considers student cases wherein a student or former student feels aggrieved by the
    decision
    of a faculty, department or other administrative unit relating to:
    • registration in courses
    • withdrawal from the University
    eligibility for graduation
    • approval of entry/re-entry to a program or
    a
    matter relating to academic standing when special circumstances are present
    SAB meets monthly or when there is sufficient business to warrant a meeting. The Senate Appeals
    Board met 10 times in 201 1 reviewing a total of 59 appeal cases.
    Anne Fliggms;. £hair. SAB
    Kate Ross, Secretary, SAB
    Dates of meetings in 2011:
    January 19, February 24, March 29, May 6,June 6,July
    August 30, September 12. November 4, December 6..
    Current SAB Membership:
    Anne Higgms, ("hair
    Mary Catherine Karpinski, Faculty Member
    Geoffrey Poitras, Alternate Faculty Member
    Jeremy Snyder, Alternate Faculty Member
    Benjamin Lee, Undergraduate Student Member
    Chanel Stevens. Alternate Undergraduate Student Member
    Sara Moghaddamjoo, Graduate Student Member
    Pasha Tashakor , Alternate Graduate Student Member
    Kate Ross, Registrar and Secretary to SAB
    Tina Edmundson, Recording Secretary
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    Procedure:
    Each appeal is first screened to determine whether special circumstances are present. All appeals are first heard in-camera
    (written form only) and some are resolved at that stage. If the SAB is unable to give a positivejudgment at Stage 1, and if
    the student has requested an in-person hearing, the caseis decided at a hearing at which the student or a representative is
    able to present further evidence and answer questions (Stage 2). Most hearings last about 20 - 30 minutes.
    Summary of Appeal Decisions 2011:
    Retroactive Withdrawal
    Approved
    9
    Denied
    1
    Other
    1 tabled
    Total
    11
    Selective Retroactive Withdrawal
    30
    14
    2 cancelled
    1 tabled
    47
    Dissatisfied with university policy
    1
    1
    Total Appeals
    39
    16
    4
    59
    Summary of Appeals from past years
    2007 Summary
    2008 Summary
    2009 Summary
    2010 Summary
    Appeals Approved
    17
    25 at Stage 1
    21 at Stage 1
    28 at Stage 1
    Appeals Approved
    2 at Stage 2
    1 at Stage 2
    2 at Stage 2
    Appeals Denied
    7 at Stage 1
    4 at Stage 1
    14 at Stage 1
    18 at Stage 1
    Appeals Denied
    2 at Stage 2
    1 at Stage 2
    1 at Stage 2
    Appeals not heard
    0
    4
    3
    1
    Appeals incomplete
    7
    6 (tabled to 2009)
    0
    1
    Appeals Cancelled
    2
    Total appeals
    33
    41
    40
    53
    The Senate Appeals Board Annual Report 2011 is attached
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