Simon Fraser University
Memorandum
To: ?
Senate
From: ?
Alison Watt, Secretary, Senate Nominating Committee
Date: ?
November 4, 2002
S.02-76
(Revised)
Subject: ?
Elections at Senate Meeting - Monday, November 4, 2002
The following vacancies on the undernoted Senate committees are outstanding and are
brought forward to the November meeting of Senate. Elections, if required, will be
conducted by ballot at the Senate meeting of November 4, 2002.
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
)
of such nominations. Nominations must be received by the Secretary
later than Frida
y, November 1, 2002.
Nominations received after that time cannot be accepted. Senators making nominations
must ensure in advance that the nominee is willing to stand for election.
Committee to Review University Admissions (CRUA)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace John Craig for term of office to May 31, 2004.
One Undergraduate Student (at-large) to
replace Odai Sirri for term of office to May 31,
2003.
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Reza Pourvali
Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals (SCODA)
One Student (Alternate)
to replace Chris Steinbach for term of office to May 31, 2003.
Wojtek Gerwel
Senate Committee on International Activities (SCIA)
One Undergraduate Student Senator
for term of office to May 31, 2004.
Senate Appeals Board (SAB)
One Undergraduate student
to replace Chris Steinbach for term of office to May 31, 2003.
Nicola Kretz
Senate Library Committee (SLC) and Library Penalties Appeal Committee (LPAC) Dual
position
One Undergraduate Student (Alternate) (at-large)
to replace Jennifer Siegfried for term of
office to May 31, 2004.
Reza Pourvali
Research Ethics Board
One Faculty or
Staff
member (at-large)
Kathleen Akins for term of office to May 31, 2005.
One Student (at-large)
to replace Wendy Gibbons for term of office to May 31, 2003
Krista Muis
Reza Pourvali
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Candidate Information - Elections at Senate
S.M. 4 November
2002
Muis, Krista
I, Krista Muis, am interested in the position of student representative for the Research
Ethics Board Committee (REB). Since I have been a PhD student here at SFU, I have
participated in a variety of committees in order to gain valuable knowledge and insight
with regards to various aspects of a university. Serving on this committee will only
enrich my experience here as a PhD student, and further prepare me for my future
career. After I have completed my PhD, I plan to obtain a position at a university as an
assistant professor. I believe that participating on a number of committees will only
benefit me by preparing me to serve effectively and efficiently on committees in the
future.
I am particularly interested in being student representative for the Research Ethics
Board Committee. I have always had a keen interest in conducting research, the various
research methodologies, and the ethical considerations one needs to be aware of when
conducting research. I have taken a variety of research methods courses and courses
specifically focusing on ethical considerations when conducting research (readings
included "Beyond regulations: Ethics in human subjects research" King, N., Henderson,
C, & Stein, J, [Eds],
1999;
"Ethical principles in the conduct of research with human
participants" APA,
1982). I
have also had the opportunity to teach an undergraduate
research methods course (Educ
222)
and a graduate research methods course (Educ
864),
both of which had one section devoted to ethical considerations. I believe that my
interest and knowledge in research and ethics in conducting research will be an asset to
the REB. I also believe that I will benefit from being a student member as I will gain
valuable information as to the underlying processes that occur for ethics review. For
me, this is a perfect opportunity to experience "theory into practice".
Please consider me for the position of student representative on the REB. I look forward
to hearing from you.
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Pourvali, Reza
Dear SFU Senate members,
I am a third year Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (Honours) student, with
an A+ GPA. Throughout the years of my university education, I have strived
for academic excellence as well as dedicated service to my university and
community. I am the Vice-President of our departmental (MBB) Student Union.
I helped with establishing the MBB Student Union, and helped organize many
events: seminars/forums on bioethics and GMF, Christmas Food Drive to help
the homeless, and more. I also helped establish the MBB Student Union
Bursary to help students with financial need. In the past, I have been the
Student Representative in our Departmental Curriculum Committee (DUCC). In
addition I am currently a member of 3 SFU Senate committees: Senate
Nominating Committee, Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee
(SUAAC), and Senate Policy Committee on Scholarship, Awards, and Bursaries
(SPCSAB). Being a member of SFU Senate committees was a wonderful
experience: I could further improve my volunteer and leadership skills, and
meanwhile give back to the university in a new and effective way. I am very
much willing to extend my service to the university by participating in yet
more Senate committees. In addition to service to university, I volunteer at
Burnaby Hospital and Feliburn Care Centre. Recently, I won the 2002 SFU
Alumni Association Outstanding Student Leadership Award (one of SFU's major
leadership awards).
My interest to serve the Research Ethics Board stems from the fact that I am
a scientist. Obviously, ethics is of tremendous importance in scientific
research. As I mentioned before, I have helped organize a series of
seminars and forums on bioethics, Genetically Modified Foods and more. I
have learned much from those seminars, and would like to help with
regulation of research through the Research Ethics Board. In addition, I
have worked in many SFU research labs as a Research Assistant; I have worked
at a biotechnology company as well. Like many other students, I spend a lot
of time in the SFU library and use the library resources (textbooks,
journals, etc.) regularly. Library is indeed of great importance to every
student. I am willing to get involved in SLC/LPAC, and help make our
library and its services even better. Finally, since undergraduate
admissions and awards policy & adjudication are similar in many aspects, I
would like to get involved in CRUA. I believe this is very helpful since I
am currently a member of SUAAC/SPCSAB.
Thank you for giving this Election Statement your consideration.
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