S.02-84
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY.
Senate Committee on University Priorities
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Memorandum
TO:
Senate
FROM:
John Waterh
Chair, SCUP
Vice Preside
RE:
SFU-UBC Centre for the Study
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November
of Government and Business
Schedule B
Academic
2002
Attached is a proposal for the dissolution of the Schedule B SFU-UBC Centre for the
Study of Government and Business submitted for consideration by Dr. Aidan Vining,
Co-Director (SFU) and Dr. Thomas Ross, Co-Director (UBC).
The Senate Committee on University Priorities reviewed the proposal at its November
6, 2002 meeting. The proposal for dissolution was unanimously approved. Once
approved by Senate, the proposal will be submitted to the Board of Governors.
Motion:
• That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the dissolution of the
Schedule B SFU-UBC Centre for the Study of Government and Business as outlined in
document S.02-84
end.
c: B. Clayman, VP Research
E. Love, Dean, Faculty of Business Administration
A. Vining, Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Government and Business
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SIMON FRASER UNIV SCUP 02 - 111
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MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT, RESEARCH
FROM: Bruce P. Clayman
Vice-President, Research
TO: Laurie Summers, Secretary
Senate Committee on University
Planning (SCUP)
RE:
SFU-UBC Centre for the Study
of Government and Business
Schedule B
DATE: October 16, 2002
Attached is a letter dated September 24, 2002 from Dr. Aidan Vining, Co-Director (SF0)
and Dr. Thomas Ross, Co-Director (UBC), recommending that the SF0 Centre for the
Study of Government and Business be dissolved.
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Accordingly, the Governing Committee for Centres and Institutes recommends that the
Centre be granted approval to dissolve. If approved by SCUP, the recommendation
would be forwarded to Senate, followed by submission to the Board of Governors.
Dr. Bruce P. Clayman
Vice-President, Research
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Dr. John H. Waterhouse
Vice-President, Academic and Provost
Attachment
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A. Vining, Co-director (SF0)
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T. Ross, Co-director (UBC)
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Received by
Simon Fraser University - University
of
British Columbia OCT 1-2002
Vice President Reseajth
Centre for the Study of Government and Business ,
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Faculty of Business Administration?
Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6B 5K3
September 24, 2002
Dr. Bruce P. Clayman
Vice-President, Research
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia
V5A 1S6
Dear Dr. Clayman:
As the founding and current Directors of the SFU-UBC Centre for the Study of
Government and Business, we wish to inform you of certain important developments related to
the CSGB.
Since 1996, the CSGB has been supporting research and teaching initiatives in the area of
government and business through a variety of means, including seminars and conferences, a
working paper series, the UBC Election Stock Market, public policy luncheons and by hosting
distinguished visitors. The Centre has also been an important mechanism in contributing to
contact between scholars at both universities interested in business and government. Michael
Phelps, the former CEO of Westcoast Energy, has now made a large financial gift to UBC to
fund research and teaching in the area of government and business. His generosity will go a long.
way toward making Vancouver a centre of excellence in the field.
To take advantage of this gift, we believe it makes sense to fold the current CSGB into a
new centre, which is yet to be named. While the new entity will reside at UBC, it is our
intention to continue to work together on the kinds of projects we have shared over these past six
years. And we expect to do even more with the additional financial resources that have become
available. We also expect that academics at SFU who have been associated with the SFU-UBC
CSGB will continue to be members of the new centre.
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Sincerely
Aidan Vining
Thomas W. Ross
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of us. If you have any questions about our plans, please do not hesitate to contact either or both
CNABS Professor of Business
and Government Relations
Faculty of Business Administration
Simon Fraser University
Tel: (604) 291-5249
UPS Foundation Professor of Regulation
and Competition Policy
Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration
University of British Columbia
Tel: (604) 822-8478
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