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For Information

SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES

ANNUAL REPORT TO SENATE ?

January December 1998

Introduction

The Senate Committee on International Activities is a Standing Committee (Reporting

Category "B") established under terms of the University Policy on International

Activities.

Members

D. Gagan

Vice-President, Academic (Chair)

L. Berggren

Faculty Senator

W. Cheng

Undergraduate Student Senator

K. Hewitt

Graduate Student Senator

Secretary (Non-voting), Director, International

Cooperation

Highlights

There was a significant change in

membership of the Senate Committee on

International Activities (SCIA)

in 1998.

• Ms. Winnie Cheng was elected to the new, Undergraduate Student Senator position.

Her term runs from June 1, 1998 to May 31, 2000. Ms. Cheng resigned from Senate

in December 1998, upon completion of her degree. She will be replaced in early

1999.

• Dr.

J. Jones replaced Dr. W. Cleveland. Dr. Jones' term runs from June 1, 1998 to

May 31, 1999.

• Dr. J. Peters replaced Dr. C. Jones. Dr. Peters' term runs from June 1, 1998 to May

31,2000.

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Amendments to the

University Policy on International Activities

were approved by the

Senate and by the Board of Governors. The most significant change results in a much

broader range of international activities now being subject to SCIA review.

SCJA members agreed, in recognition of the need to provide

timely recommendations

on proposed activities,

and on a trial basis, to complement scheduled meetings by:

• convening extraordinary meetings, at the call the Chair, to consider urgent matters

• circulating proposals and exchanging views by email

• agreeing to delegate approval to the Chair, with the proposals to be presented to SCIA

for information at the next scheduled meeting

On reviewing the 1997

Annual Report by SCIA,

several Senators expressed interest in

receiving more detailed information on proposed activities and on SCIA deliberations.

To respond to this request, while retaining a reasonably concise annual report, SCIA

agreed at its December, 1998, meeting on two approaches to respond to these requests.

First, Senators are encouraged to contact SCJA's Secretary at any time for information

and copies of documents on matters presented to SCIA. Second, SCIA directed its

Secretary to establish a web site where approved minutes of SCIA meetings will be

posted. The web site address is www.sfu.calvpacademicIscia.

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1998 Meetin g

Dates

January 5, 1998

February 2, 1998

March 2, 1998

April 6, 1998

May 11, 1998

September 14, 1998

December 7, 1998

Activit

Report

1. ?

The International Student Exchange Committee (ISEC)

At its February, 1998, meeting, SCIA members recommended approval of

proposed changes to this sub-committee's name and terms of reference.

Specifically this Committee is now mandated to consider graduate as well as

undergraduate student exchanges. This resulted in dropping the word

"Undergraduate" from the Committee's previous name.

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- Current ISEC membership includes:

L. Berggren (Faculty Senator and Chair)

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? A. Heard (Faculty)

R. Davidson (Faculty)

R. Zazkis (Faculty)

T. MacArthur (Student)

R. Heath, Ex Officio (voting)

R. Martin, Ex Officio (voting)

D. Hucal, Secretary (non-voting)

In considering the proposed terms of reference, SCIA approved a motion to

modify the draft terms of reference to make clear that ISEC makes

recommendations to the Vice-President, Academic as well as to the President.

In 1998, ISEC selected 92 students (98 full-time semesters in total) to participate

in the University's international bilateral and multilateral undergraduate

exchanges (see Appendix 1 for Exchange partners).

Proposal for a Non-Credit Certificate in Distance Education

SCIA reviewed, for information, a proposal to provide this non-credit program.

This proposal was presented to SCIA at the request of the Senate Committee on

Continuing Studies, because of the high level of interest it is expected to generate

at institutions outside Canada. SCIA members were very supportive of the

proposal.

MOU signed b

SFU. NORTEL, and Mala

y sia's Multimedia Universit y

Develop a Joint Venture Proposal

The MOU, which was signed by the Faculty of Applied Sciences in November,

1997, on behalf of SFU, committed the signatories to explore the possibility of

establishing a training centre in Malaysia. This MOU was presented to SCIA for

information only. It was noted that any substantive proposal would be subject to

review by SCIA. SCJA members emphasized the importance of identifying the

benefits to SFU of any such initiative.

No detailed proposal was developed during the course of 1998, although

NORTEL reportedly remains interested in the concept.

Proposed Revisions to the Universit

y Polic y

on International Activities

SCIA reviewed proposed revisions to this Policy, on two occasions, prior to its

submission to Senate. SCIA noted that the most significant implication of the

proposed amendments was to expand the scope of activities subject to SCIA

review. SCIA discussed at length the implications of the Committee advising and

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making recommendations to its Chair (the Vice-President, Academic) in light of

his new responsibility for international activities. Although it was not thought to

be an ideal arrangement, it was agreed that this was the most practical approach to

fallow.

SCIA proposed revisions to two sections of the revised Policy to make it clearer

that international activities undertaken by individual faculty members are not

subject to review by SCIA.

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SFU Submissions to CIDA's Develo pment

Information Program

Two proposals were reviewed by SCIA in February, 1998. One, related to

Continuing Studies' CIDA-funded project in Mexico,

Common Journeys,

was

endorsed by SCIA for submission to CIDA, with the proviso that Continuing

Studies not seek funding from the University to defray any unexpected costs.

SCIA could not make a recommendation on the second proposal, related to the

Advanced Interpreter Education Program, in light of incomplete information.

However, this particular proposal was completed later in the year, endorsed by

SCIA members, and submitted to the second C1DA competition in December,

1998.

India: O

pportunit y

to Offer a Program in Technical Writing

SCIA reviewed this information document with interest, and agreed that it would

make a recommendation once a detailed proposal is completed. The proposed

project concerns assistance to Anna University (Chennai, India) in developing a

professional non-credit certificate in Technical Writing based on the certificate

offered by SFU through its Writing and Publishing Program.

Motion Before Senate for an External Review of EIUDP

SCIA discussed the motion in some detail. SCIA members agreed the questions

posed in the motion were sensible, and that the University should have answers to

these questions. However, serious doubt was expressed about referring an

academic matter to the Board of Governors for approval.

Pacific-Canada Collaborative Justice Prolect

SCIA was briefed on the Centre for Distance Education's intention to re-submit

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Its proposal to the 1998 competition for the CIDA-funded

University Partnerships

in Cooperation and Development (UPCD) Program,

taking into account the

•

comments made by the 1997 selection committee. SCIA endorsed re-submission

of this proposal.

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) Project: A pplication of

Distance Education Technologies

SCIA considered this proposed project, developed by IRRI for submission to the

International Development Research Centre for funding. IRRI is looking to SFU

to assist in developing course content for delivery via the Internet. The course

would be piloted in India. SCIA recommended approval of SFU's participation

subject to acceptance of the MOU and the budget, by the Vice-President,

Academic.

10.

Project Pro

osal for Coo p

eration with the South East Asian Ministers of

Education Or

g anization to Stren g

then Distance Education Capabilities

SCIA was informed that the Letter of Intent prepared by the Centre for Distance

Education (and endorsed by SCIA at its October, 1997 meeting) had been

approved by CIDA and that a detailed proposal was being finalized for

submission in October, 1998. A copy of the detailed proposal was provided to

SCIA for information.

11.

Pro

osed Field School in France (French De

p artment, Faculty of Arts)

SCIA members reviewed the proposal for a new French Field School. SCIA

members discussed in detail the length of the program and its proposed budget.

12.

Draft MOU Between SFU and Kasetsart Universit

in Ban

kok, Thailand

SCIA discussed the draft agreement in detail. There was some questioning of the

need for a formal MOU in order to foster ongoing collaborative research in

linguistics. SCIA expressed concern that SFU avoid the proliferation of MOUs,

and that such documents be signed only when necessary to support substantive

institutional cooperation.

Department wishes to receive fully funded PhD candidates from Kasetsart

University, and that Thai regulations require that MOUs be in place with

universities outside Thailand in order for scholarship students to enroll in those

..programs.

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SCIA directed that the draft agreement be revised to limit its duration to five

years, and to require a review of this relationship before deciding whether to

extend the MOU. ?

13.

Proposal

Concernin g

a Polic y

Research Institute at the International

Universit y

of Business Agriculture and Technolo gy

(IUBAT) in Dhaka,

Bangladesh

The proposal, from a Business Administration faculty member, that SFU be

associated with the creation of a new policy institute at IUBAT, including

acceptance by SFU of financial donations from Canadian sources, was not

supported by S CIA, as proposed. S CIA's primary concerns were lack of clarity

of SFU' s role vis-à-vis the policy institute, and uncertainty as to the benefits that

would accrue to SFU. SCIA suggested the proposal be reconsidered and

undertaken as a research project, or be reviewed and formally endorsed by the

Faculty of Business Administration (FBA), with a clear statement of the nature of

FBA's commitment and rationale for being associated with this Institute.

14.

Simon Fraser Universit y Pro

ram Deliver y

in Greece

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SCTA received several updates, during the course of the year, on possible SFU

involvement in the delivery of credit programs in Greece. SCIA's Chair briefed

members on his April, 1998, visit to Greece (accompanied by the Deans of Arts

and Business Administration) to discuss possible activities with the Greek

Ministry of Education, amongst others. SCIA was informed that an earlier

proposal to build a new campus on Cephalonia, with European Union funding, to

be managed by SFU, will not go ahead. However, SFU may participate in the

delivery of credit courses in Greece, in collaboration with Greek and other

universities. The Dean of Arts is preparing a detailed proposal that will be

submitted to SCIA for review.

15.

Future Asian Develo

ment Bank Loan Project in Indonesia

SCIA discussed a request from BC1T that SFU associate with them in bidding on

an upcoming project in Indonesia for development of new polytechnic

institutions. SCIA agreed that SFU indicate its willingness to work with BCIT,

but that it be made clear that SFU's priority is to work at the university level.

SCIA stressed that SFU would only commit to bidding on an Indonesian project

based on an assessment by SFU of the political and human rights situation

prevailing in Indonesia at the time.

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16. Pro

osed

West

African

Drummin g

and Dance Field School: Ghana

SCIA discussed the proposal with Randall Martin (Director of international &

Exchange Student Services) and the results of his visit to Ghana. SCIA members

expressed concern about potential health and other risks to field school

participants, but were reassured that adequate pre-departure briefings and advice

on preventive measures would render this field school no more risky than others

that have been offered successfully by SFU for a number of years. SCIA

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Committee on International Activities

February, 1999

APPENDIX 1

International and Exchan

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ANGE OPPORTUI

Europe

UNIVERSITY

The University of Sussex

The University of East Anglia

Université Stendhal

Foundation Nationale des

Sciences Politiques (ScPo)

Justus Leibeg Universität

Universitat zu KöIrL

Universitat des Saarlandes

Hanzehogeschool Groningen

Universiteit Utrecht

Norwegian School of Management

University of Oslo

The University of Dundee

Heriot-Watt University

Lund University

Universitat Basel

Koç University

FIELD(S) OF STUDY

English

Arts, Science

Arts, Biology

French, Literature

French, Political Science, History

Business, English

Arts, Social Sciences

Business

Arts, Psychology

Business

Majority of disciplines

Arts

Business, Economics

Majority of disciplines

English, Linguistics, Languages

Majority of disciplines

Majority of disciplines

Monash University

Majority of disciplines

Murdoch University

Majority of disciplines

Swinburne University of Technology

Business

East China Normal University

Chinese Language

Culture

University of the South Pacific

Majority of disciplines

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Majority of disciplines

Kansai Gaidai

Asian/Japanese Studies

Meiji Gakuin Daigaku

Asian/Japanese Studies

Yonsei University

Asian Studies, Business

Seoul National University

Majority of disciplines

Korean Advanced Institute for

Engineering Science

Science &Technology (KAIST)

De la Salle University

Asian Studies, Majority of

disciplines

Asia

Australia

National University of Singapore

Arts, Asian Studies, Applied

Science

Taiwan ?

Taipei ?

National Taiwan Normal University Chinese Language & Culture

Thailand ?

- - Bangkok ?

Thammasat University ?

Asian Studies, Economics

North America, Mexico, Cuba

South America

Canada ?

Montreal*

Majority of disciplines

Arts, Sciences

Various disciplines

All disciplines

Spanish, Majority of disciplines

Majority of disciplines

Spanish, Majority of disciplines

Business

Business, Social Sciences

Spanish, Various disciplines

Université de Montreal

University of Ottawa

Université Laval

University of New Mexico

Western Washington University

Northeastern University

University of Hawaii at Manoa

78 public American universities

Umversidad de Belgrano

Pontificia Universidad CatOlica

Universidad de la Habana

Universidad San Francisco de Quito

Universidad de Guadalajara

Instituto Tecnologico Autónomo

(ITAM)

ITESM (6 campuses)

Universidad de las Americas (UDLA)

Majority of disciplines

Mathematics

Majority of disciplines

Business

EXCHANGE

OPPORTUNT11ES gradüae students

England ?

Manchester ?

Manchester Business School

Business

Korea ?

Seoul

Seoul National University

Mexico ?

Guadalajara ?

Universidad de la Guadalajara

Spanish!

Latin American Studies

Puebla

Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

Spanish!

Latin American Studies

Scotland ?

Dundee

The University of Dundee

'EXCHANGE

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

England ?

Sheffield ?

University of Sheffield

Spain

Canary Islands Universidad de Las Palmas

San Sebastian ?

Universidad del Pais Vasco

Criminology

European Canadian Consortiu

Netherlands Amsterdam

Italy

Florence

rn for International Studies

Roskilde University

Middlesex University

Université de Paris 13

University of Amsterdam

University of Florence

Communications

European Union-Canada Consortium for Management of Technology

European Community

Finland

Otakaari

Helsinki University of Technology

Italy

Milano

Politecnico di Milano

Sweden

Goteborg

Chalmers University of Technology

Project North

America

Mexico

Baja California

Centro de Ensenanza Tecnica

y Superior (CETYS)

Guadalajara

Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara

USA

Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

San Diego

San Diego State University

North American Consortium for Education Restructuring

(graduate level)

Mexico

Tampico ?

Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas

USA ?

Denver ?

University of Colorado at Denver

University of Denver

Tucson ?

University of Arizona

Applied Sciences

Business

Education

North American Design Instit

Urdversidad de Guadalajara

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios

Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM)

University of Detroit Mercy

Santa Clara University

Engineering

(* denotes the exchange may require proficiency or some previous training in a foreign language

t denotes students must participate in the exchange for one academic year beginning in the Fall semester)

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NATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE (NSE)

Canadian Partners - Participating Campuses

Alabama A & M University

University of Alabama

Alabama State University

University of Alaska -

Arizona State University

Anchorage

Binghamton State University

A/B

Fairbanks

Boise State University

University of Central Florida

Bridgewater State College

A/B

University of Delaware

California State University -

University of Hawaii at:

University of Maine at:

Cal State Univ. of Pennsylvania

A/B

Farmington

Central Washington University

Fort Kent

A/B

Cleveland State University

A/B

University of Maryland, College Park

College of Charleston

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

East Carolina University

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

A/B

East Central University

University of New Mexico

East Stroundsburg University

University of New Orleans

of Pennsylvania

A/B

University of North Texas

Connecticut State Univ.

University of Northern Colorado

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Eastern

Eastern Oregon University

A/B

University of Puerto Rico,

A/B

Fort Hayes State University

City University of New York

A/B

Rio Peidras

A/B

Idaho State University

University of South Carolina

Illinois State University

A/B

University of Southern Maine

A/B

Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania

University of Tennessee at

Iowa State University

Chattanooga

A/B

Johnson State College

A/B

University of Texas at:

Keene State College

El Paso

A/B

Louisiana State University

A/B

San Antonio

Michigan Technological University

University of Utah

A/B

Mississippi State University

University of West Florida

Moorhead State University

A/B

University of Wisconsin -

Murray State University

Green Bay

Northern Arizona University

Platteville

Northern State College

University of Wyoming

A/B

Oklahoma State University

A/B

Virginia Commonwealth University

Sonoma State University

A/B

Virginia Tech

South Carolina State University

Wesleyan College (all female)

Southwest Missouri State University

A/B

West Chester University of

SUNY College at Buffalo

A/B

Pennsylvania

A/B

SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Western Carolina University

SUNY College at Potsdam

A/B

Western State College of Colorado

A/B

The College of New Jersey

A/B

Western Washington University

A/B

Universidad del Sagrado Corazon

A/B

Wichita State University

A = tuition paid to the host university (in-State, domestic US$ tuition fees)

B = tuition paid to SFTJ

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APPENDIX 2

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DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROJECTS

4.1 Summary of Ongoing and Recently Completed Projects

ICHINA ?

China Council for International Cooperation on Environment

and Development (CCICED)

$4.7 million (Phase I)

$6.9 million (Phase II)

Details: The goal of this project is to assist China in developing integrated, coherent

policies that recognize critical linkages between environmental

sustainability, and economic and social development. The Canadian

contribution to the project is coordinated by the David Lam Centre.

Minority Area Development and Research Training:

• ? Institute of Minorities (Phase I)

Regional Economic Development in Minority Areas &

Training of Minority Professionals (Phase II)

(a.k.a. Three sustainables - Society, Economy, and Environment)

Date: ?

1990-1994 (Phase I)

1996-2000 (Phase II)

Agency: CIDA (CCULP/AUCC) (Phase I)

CIDA - Special University Linkage Consolidation Program (Phase II)

Value: ?

$500,000 (Phase I)

$512,000 (Phase II)

Details: - Administered by SFU's David Lam Centre for International

Communication, Phase I of the project researched economic development

impact on indigenous peoples in minority areas of China, and provided

training in planning and managing economic development projects.

- The purpose of Phase H of this project is to provide, through collaboration

between China's Central University for Nationalities and SFU (David Lam

Centre for International Communication), a coordinated program in

environmental protection and culturally appropriate economic development

for three minority regions in China.

S(coñt'd)

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Cooperative Enterprises Study in Lijiang Prefecture,

-Yunnan

(Phase I)

The Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences/SFU

Project on New Cooperative Enterprise Forms (Phase II)

Date: ?

January 1992 - April 1993 (Phase I)?

1996 - 1998 (Phase II)

Agency: IDRC (Phase I)

IDRC & CCA (Phase II)

Value: ?

Phase I - $165,000 (IDRC)

Phase II- $155,000 (IDRC); $170,000 (CCA)

Details: ?

- Phase I was a research study to determine the feasibility of reviving

cooperative enterprises in Lijiang, a remote and impoverished region.

- The overall goal of Phase II is to establish a centre for international

cooperation in development research that assists local communities to use

participatory research to manage their own development projects.

TGHANA

Ghana Distance Education Development Project

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SFU is working with 3 Ghanaian universities to help them establish the

capacity to develop and deliver distance education programs on an ongoing

basis. The three Ghanaian universities (the University of Ghana, the

University of Cape Coast and the University of Science and Technology)

will work as a consortium to avoid duplication and to develop special areas

of expertise that complement one another. A National Distance Education

Council is also being established with the support of SFU.

IINDONESIA

Eastern Indonesia University Development Project

Phase I: $22.1 million

Phase II: $26.9 million

Details: ?

Institutional and human resource development at four provincial universities

in the remote eastern islands of Indonesia. Its purpose is to strengthen

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teaching and research in the basic sciences which, in turn, contribute to the

applied sciences necessary for regional development.

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MEXICO 

Common Journeys: Women Walking Together

Administered through SFU's Continuing Studies, the purpose of this

project is to better understand how the conditions of self-reliance and self-

sufficiency are developed and sustained, particularly in communities that are

thought to be challenged by gender, poverty, race, and/or income. The

project will initially involve low-income immigrants and refugee women of

Canada and migrant women of Mexico. Project partners are SFU, Los

Ninos (USA and Mexico), and MOSAIC (Vancouver)

PHILIPPINES

Philippines Distance Education Development Project

To support the strengthening of distance education capability within the

• University of the Philippines Open University (which comprises six

autonomous constituent Universities). Administered through SFU's Centre

for Distance Education, the purpose of this distance education strengthening

is the expansion of human resource development opportunities in the

Philippines through increased access to tertiary and continuing education.

PHILIPPINES (cont'd)

Competency-based Continuing Education Programme

Details: To support SEAMEO-1NNOTECH's development of its Competency-based

Continuing Education Program for Teachers Utilizing Distance Education

Technologies and Materials (COMPETE). The Regional Centre's mandate

encompasses all ten SEAMEO countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,

Indonesia, Lao-PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore,

Thailand and Vietnam. Elementary and secondary school teachers in the

Philippines and Vietnam will comprise the project's pilot groups.

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IY1TNAM

Vietnam Consortium Fellowship Program

Details: The program provides sixty student years of graduate training for 20

Vietnamese fellows drawnfrom a consortium of 11 Vietnamese

universities. The training will be delivered through the Faculty of Education

in cooperation with the Faculty of Science and will focus on MSc degrees

emphasizing basic science pedagogy.

Competency-based Continuing Education Program

Details: To support SEAMEO-INNOTECH'S development of its Competency-based

Continuing Education Program for Teachers Utilizing Distance Education

Technologies and Materials (COMPETE). The Regional Centre's mandate

encompasses all ten SEAMEO countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia,

Indonesia, Lao-PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

and Vietnam. Elementary and secondary school teachers in the Philippines

and Vietnam will comprise the project's pilot groups.

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