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Senate Committee on University Priorities

Memorandum

TO:

Senate

FROM:

John Waterh

Chair, SCUP

Vice Presid,

RE:

Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in

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Decembfy

Salmon Conservation and Management

Terms of Reference

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Academic

2004

At its December 15, 2004 meeting SCUP reviewed and approved the terms of

reference for the Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation and

Management, which is now forwarded to Senate for approval.

Motion

That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the terms of reference

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for the Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation and Management.

end.

cc: M. Plischke

W. Parkhouse

G. Nicholls

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Tom Buell BC Leadership Chair

In Salmon Conservation and Management

Terms of Reference?

December

7,

2004

The Tom Buell Leadership Chair in Salmon Conservation and Management is endowed

by a memorial gift from the Tom Buell Foundation and by the Province of British

Columbia through the Leading Edge Endowment Fund. The Chair will be responsible for

engaging in world-class research in wild pacific salmon and complementing the existing

salmon research activities at Simon Fraser and other institutions.

The Chair will be situated in either the Faculty of Applied Sciences or the Faculty of

Science in the School of Resource and Environmental Management or the Department of

Biological Sciences, depending on the research interests of the Chair candidate. The

chair holder will be an established scholar with a record of achievement consistent with

appointment to a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair.

The term of this appointment is from

5

to 10 years and is renewable. Appointment and

renewal shall require the approval of the relevant TPC. The applicable policy is A10.06.

Income from the endowment will be used for the Chair's salary (negotiable) and benefits

with the remainder available to the Chair for research.

The teaching load of the Chair will normally be

50%

of the standard teaching load in the

department or school in which he or she is appointed.

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