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    ATTENTION
    Senate
    DATE
    November 15,2012
    from
    Jon Driver, Vice-President, Academic and
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    Provost, and Chair, SCUP
    RE:
    Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Renaming and Reclassification of the "Centre for the
    Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth" (SCUP 12-37)
    At its October 24, 2012 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the proposal for the request of name
    change from
    Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth to the Institute for the
    Reduction of Youth Violence and that it become an institute.
    Motion:
    That Senate approve the name of the Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth
    be changed to the Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence and that it become an institute.
    end.
    c: R. McMahon
    SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
    engaging the world

    SFU
    OFFICE OF Tl IKVICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARC
    MEMORANDUM
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    ATTENTION
    Sarah Dench, Secretary
    Senate Committee on University Planning
    (SCUP)
    FROM
    Norbert H. Haunerland
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    RE:
    Renaming and Reclassification ofthe "Centre for the Reduction ofViolence Among Children and Youth"
    TEL 778.782.4152
    FAX 778.782.4860
    DATE
    September 24, 2012
    SCUP 12-37
    sfuavpr@sfu.ca
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    Attached is a letter from Dr. Robert McMahon, requesting that the "Centre" become an "Institute" due
    to it's changing focus and activities to be multi-university and multi-disciplinary. Dr. McMahon has also
    requested a name change for the Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children
    and Youth be changed to the
    Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence.
    I recommend approval. Once approved by SCUP the request should be sent to Senate and the Board of
    Governors for information.
    Motion:
    That SCUP approve the name of the Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and
    Youth be changed to the
    Institute for the Reaction of Youth Violence
    and that it become an
    Institute.
    Dr. Norbert Haunerland
    Associate Vice-President, Research
    Attachment
    C:
    Dr. Robert McMahon, Department of Psychology
    SIMON FRASEB UNIVERSITY
    ENGAGING THE WORLD

    September 17,2012
    To:
    Senate Committee on University Priorities
    From: Robert J. McMahon, Ph.D.
    Professor and LEEF BC Leadership Chair
    Department of Psychology
    RE: Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth
    I am writing to formally requesta change in the function and name of the "Centrefor the
    Reduction of Violence Among Children and Youth" to the "Institute for the Reduction of
    YouthViolence." (This request was approved by the Steering Committee of the Centre
    and by Neil Watson, Chair of the Department of Psychology on September 10, 2012; and
    by Paul McFetridge,Associate Dean, FASS, on September 17, 2012.)
    The rationale for this request is that the stated goals, purpose, and function of the
    "Centre" are those of an Institute rather than a Centre as defined by SFU Policy R40.01:
    "Research Centres
    are non-departmental academic or administrative units established
    for the purposes
    offacilitating collaborative research mainly within a Faculty.
    Research
    Institutes
    are created to facilitate collaborative multi-disciplinary research between
    different Faculties and/or multi-university initiatives and to provide research-related
    services to the community."
    As noted in my application for the BC Leadership Chair and in my Annual Report to
    LEEF, the immediate and longer-term objectives
    of the Chair and the "Centre" are to
    establish, maintain, and support interdisciplinary research that is focused on (a)
    elucidating the origins, developmental pathways, and outcomes of children and youth
    with violence and other conduct problems; and (b) the development, evaluation, and
    dissemination
    of state-of-the-art preventive and treatment interventions for alleviating
    youth violence and other conduct problems throughout childhood and adolescence. My
    goal is for the
    "Centre" to become the intellectual home for interdisciplinary research and
    knowledge exchange/transfer concerning youth violence and other conduct problems by
    taking a leadership role in forging research collaborations with other research centres and
    networks in Canada, the U.S., and abroad.
    The focus and activities of the "Centre" have been clearly multi-university and
    multidisciplinary (as opposed to within Faculty). As noted in my Annual Reports (June
    2011,2012), in the past two years I have established new research collaborations with
    SFU colleagues in multiple Departments/Faculties at SFU (e.g., Psychology,
    Criminology, Health Sciences) and at other universities (e.g., UBC, Harvard, University
    of California-Irvine; University of South Carolina) and agencies (e.g., Ministry of
    Children and Family Development, RTI International). These complement ongoing
    research collaborations with researchers at the University of Washington, University of
    New Mexico, Duke University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Alabama,

    and Tufts University. Disciplines represented inthese collaborations include clinical,
    forensic, and developmental psychology; neuroscience; genetics; environmental
    toxicology; law; criminology; psychiatry; and pediatric medicine.
    Another primary objective of the "Centre" noted inmy application for the LEEF Chair is
    thedissemination of knowledge about youth violence to multiple stakeholders, including
    researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and thecommunity atlarge. To that end, I have
    been active in making connections in the community. For example, meetings have been
    held with individuals from the Ministry of Children and Family Development, Vancouver
    School Board, Vancouver Police Department, the Dalai Lama Center, HELP (Human
    Early Learning Partnership), and the RSVP Program of Family Services of Greater
    Vancouver. I have also met with individuals from the Canadian Red Cross to discuss
    potential collaborative research activities. In addition, I have made presentations
    concerning the "Centre" andmy research to the UBC Divisionof Child andAdolescent
    Psychiatry, the Department of Psychology at SFU, various groups atthe Child & Family
    Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children's Hospital, the Tri-Cities Joint Family Court
    and Youth Justice Committee, local and national representatives ofthe National Crime
    Prevention Centre (NCPC), HumanKind (sponsored by the Art of Living Institute), and
    the UpStart Council of Champions ofthe United Way of Calgary. I have given invited
    keynote/plenary addresses concerning youth violenceto forensic conferences in
    Vancouver, Toronto, and Rotterdam in the past year.
    I believe that it is clear that the "Centre" is intended to function, and is functioning, as an
    Institute, and respectfully request approval to change the function and name to the
    "Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence."
    Thank you.

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