S.03-71
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Simon Fraser University
Office of the Registrar
Memorandum
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
Alison Watt, Secretary, Senate Nominating Committee
Date: ?
July 7, 2003
Subject: ?
Elections at Senate Meeting - Monday, July 8, 2003
The following vacancies on the undernoted Senate committees are outstanding and are
brought forward to the July meeting of Senate. Elections, if required, will be conducted by
ballot at the Senate meeting of July 7, 2003.
Under Senate regulations, any Senator who wishes to submit nominations
may do so by notifying the Secretary of Senate in writing (email watt@sfu.ca
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of such nominations. Nominations must be received by the Secretary
later than Friday, July 4, 2003.
Nominations received after that time cannot be accepted. Senators making nominations
must ensure in advance that the nominee is willing to stand for election.
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)
One Senator (at-large) to replace Stella Atkins
from date of election to May 31, 2005.
One Lay Senator
to replace James McArthur from date of election to May 31, 2005.
James McArthur
One Faculty Senator
to replace Margaret Jackson from date of election to May 31, 2004.
Barry Honda*
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (SCIA
One Faculty Senator
to replace Larry Weldon from date of election to May 31, 2004.
Andy Hira
Adam Horvath
Dan Weeks*
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY HONOURS (SCUH)
One Senator (at-large)
for term of office to May 31, 2004.
Lynn Copeland
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Committee position would take effect on 1 September 2003 co-incidental with the
start of their Senate terms.
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Candidate Information
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Andy
Hira
Why I am interested in SFU's SCIA
My impression is that SFU would like to expand its international contacts and increase
student exchanges to and from foreign countries. My research, teaching, and long-term
interests are all international in nature. I have lived overseas throughout South
America, and taught in Egypt for a year, so I have a very good sense of education
abroad. I also have a number of international contacts that could be useful to SFU. I am
particularly interested in helping to promote a relationship with Brazil, which is the lO"
largest economy, but has scarce contacts in Canada. SFU could be at the forefront of
developing ties with this potential regional partner. A number of my recent
correspondence with Brazilians and with people that I know at DFAIT indicate to me a
keen interest for developing further ties with that country. Indeed, I have indicated to
SFU's LAS programme my willingness to begin developing a student exchange with
Brazil. Not only has my work been international in scope, but I have recently published
an article on the international education market. The article considers the various ways
that an international market in education is taking shape, looks at emerging sub-
markets, such as distance learning, and discusses national and institutional strategies
for attracting international students. The article will be published in World Economy in
June 2003.
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Adam
Position:
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SCIA Committee
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Professor
I joined SFU, Counselling Psychology program in the Faculty of Education in
1985. My professional interests are related to the process of counselling and
therapy with particular research focus on family and couples therapy. At SFU I
have served on the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, Senate Policy
Committee on Scholarships Awards and Bursaries, Ethics Committee (chair), and
Committee on Excellence in Teaching (chair). I am past president of the North
American Society for Psychotherapy Research.
My interests to serve on this committee stems from two sources: My own
education, both geographically and in terms of intellectual traditions, spans two
continents. More recently, I have had the opportunity and privilege to teach in
Europe, Mexico and South America. These experiences re-kindled my interest in
international education at the undergraduate, applied and graduate levels.
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Daniel J. Weeks
Daniel J. Weeks is the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Simon Fraser
University. A member of the Psychonomic Society, Dr. Weeks operates the Psycho-
Motor Behaviour Laboratory at SFU. He received a B.A. in psychology from the
University of Windsor, an M.Sc. specializing in human biodynamics from McMaster and
a Ph.D. in psychology specializing in cognition and motor performance from Auburn
University. Following the doctorate he completed postdoctoral work as a visiting
Assistant Professor in the Human Factors Unit at Purdue University. There are two
primary themes to Dr. Weeks' research efforts. First, the work for which he received a
Ph.D., involves questions of spatial cognition and the role of cognitive coding and
translation mechanisms in processing spatial information. Supported by the Natural
Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, current research examines the
influences of skill acquisition, motor control, attention, modality, and response bias on
spatial cognition and decision-making processes. Second, Dr. Weeks and colleagues
have an ongoing program of research examining the impact of cerebral specialization and
information processing on the health and behaviour of both individuals with Down
syndrome and those with other intellectual challenges. He is the author of more than 60
peer-reviewed articles as well as numerous chapters and 2 books. In 1996 Dr. Weeks
received the
Distinquished Scholar Award
from the North American Society for the
Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity, and in 2003 he received the
Distinguished
Research Service Award
from the Canadian Down Sydrome Research Foundation and the
U.S. National Down Syndrome Society.
Statement of Interest
Educational competitiveness demands that the University continue to enhance
international opportunities and activities. As the University develops new international
initiatives it is important that we maintain a clear perspective of the University's mission.
Indeed, the internationalization of SFU should serve to enrich the educational and
professional experience of the broad University community. However,
internationalization must occur within a context of academic soundness and financial
viability. With the above in mind, I am interested in working to enhance SFU's profile
both nationally and internationally as a stiategy for facilitating research and developing
curricula that have global implications.
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