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SIMON MASER UNIVERSITY
Memorandum
To:
Alison Watt, Director
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From: J
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Cohn Yerbury
Senate Secretariat Services
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Acting Dean,
Continuing Studies
Re: Annual Report of the Senate
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Date: December 12, 1997
Committee on Continuing Studies
Enclosed for Senate's information is the SCCS Report for the 1996-97 year.
This report concerns the Continuing Studies activities sponsored by all
University departments and as such is not a report on the Continuing Studies
administrative unit.
The descriptive information included in the report gives an overview of the
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different kinds of programs offered throughout the University, but is by no
means meant to be a comprehensive description of every activity offered.
The statistics on the credit programs are complete and further details can be
obtained from the Office of Analytical Studies. Statistics on community and
professional (non-credit) programs are based on reports from departments
and may not include all courses, seminars and colloquia organized and
sponsored by departments. However, most of what the University does in
non-credit programs, particularly those directed to the broader community,
is
represented in these statistics.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES
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REPORT 1996-97?
April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997
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Senate Committee on Continuing Studies
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Cohn Yerbury, Chair
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Jessica Baert, Student
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Suzan Beattie, Lay Member ?
Len Berggren, Mathematics and Statistics ?
George Blazenko, Business Administration ?
Peter Coleman, Education ?
Ted Dobb, Library
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Alan Emmott, At-large ?
Maria Janicki, Student At-large ?
Brian Lewis, Communication
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Gary Mauser, At-large
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES
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REPORT 1996-97
April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997
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Actions of the Committee (page 1)
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Extension Credit Program (pages 1 -
5)
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Centre for Distance Education (pages
5 -
7)
4
Community and Professional Programs (pages 7 - 21)
4.1
Applied Sciences Continuing Education Program (page 7)
4.2
Business Programs (page 8)
4.3
City Program (page 9)
4.4
Community Education Partnership Project (page 10)
4.5
Conference Services (page 11)
4.6
Co-operative Education (page 12)
4.7
David Lam Centre for International Communication (page 12)
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4.8
Education (page 13)
4.9
Executive Travel Study Program (page 14)
4.10
Gerontology Research Centre (page 14)
4.11 Interpreter; English Language and Culture; and International Teaching Assistants (page 16)
4.12
Centre for Labour Studies (page 16)
4.13
Non-credit Distance Education (page 17)
4.14 Opera Program; Koerner Lectures (page 17)
4.15 Professional Designation Programs (page 18)
4.16 Public Policy Program (page 18)
4.17 Science (page 20)
4.18 Writing and Publishing Program (page 21)
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Summaries of Statistics (pages 22- 24)
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES
REPORT 1996-97?
April 1, 1996 through March 31, 1997
The report has five sections: actions of the Committee; Extension Credit Program; Centre for Distance
Education; community and professional programs offered by Faculties, departments, schools and centres;
and summaries of community and professional program statistics. The complete and detailed statistical
record of activities and enrolments is provided to Analytical Studies, Statistics Canada, and the BC
Ministry of Education, Skills and Training.
ONE: ACTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
Senate approved the following programs forwarded by the Committee: North American Business
Practices Certificate Program; UniGIS: A Telelearning Certificate Program in Geographic Information
Systems; Certificate in Editing.
TWO: EXTENSION CREDIT PROGRAM
Undergraduate Extension Credit Courses
Listed are course and enrolment data for programs offered by Faculties, departments, schools and centres
through the Extension Credit Program. Included are the Burnaby Campus evening (CE) program (which
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includes the Intersession (IS) and Summer Session (SS) programs), SFU at Harbour Centre (HC), Centre
for Distance Education courses (CDE), Faculty of Education off campus programs (ED/0Q, the SCES/
SFtJ Program (NEP), and the Senior Citizens Program (SR), as well as the various Certificate and
Diploma programs. In the period covered by this report, 998 credit courses were offered through these
programs, with a total of 30,718 course enrollees. Enrolments in these programs accounted for 25.92% of
the total undergraduate annualized FTE for the University in 1996-97.
Table 1
96-2
96-3
97-1
Total
Total
%
of
#Crs
Enrol.
FTE
#Crs Enrol.
FTE
#Crs
Enrol.
FTE
#Crs
Enrol.
Total
CE
61
2298
259.87
106
4294
475.33
115
4201
461.00
282
10793
35.14
SS
26
652
86.00
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
26
652
2.12
IS
22
613
79.27
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
22
613
2.00
HC
30
873
95.47
72
2021
223.83
68
1840
200.90
170
4734
15.41
BGS/JS
2
62
7.23
2
65
7.57
4
98
12.00
8
225
0.73
ED/OC
51
776
9440
40
520
94.60
39
572
99.10
130
1868
6.08
CDE
81
3472
377.53
82
3749
407.23
90
3871
425.93
253
11092
36.11
NEP
21
138
14.60
41
279
31.30
39
236
26.80
101
653
2.13
1
12
1.20
1
42
lu
2
21
2Q
Q22
Total
295
8896
1015.57
346
10977
124539
357
10845
1228.43
998
30718
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Sections OnelTwo
95-2
95-3
96-1
Total
Total
% of
#Crs
EnroL
FTE
#Crs
EnroL
FTE
#Crs
EnroL
FTE
#Crs
EnroL
Total
CE
62
2135
235.80
122
4732
511.00
116
4271
468.60
300
11138
36.06
SS
26
672
91.07
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
26
672
2.18
IS
28
706
87.50
0
0
0.00
0
0
0.00
28
706
2.29
NC
43
1110
123.83
74
1853
209.77
78
1834
200.03
195
4797
15.53
ED/OC
59
784
88.70
60
470
88.00
41
515
95.13
160
1769
5.73
CDE
80
3674
394.17
88
3805
409.30
86
3627
390.00
254
11106
35.96
NEP
17
98
10.57
35
250
30.27
34
247
27.30
86
595
1.93
SR
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Q
am
4
52
12Q
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52
2
IQS
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Total
315
9179
1031.64
383
11163
1253.64
358
10546
1186.93
1056
30888
Compared to
1995-96,
there was a decrease in the total number of courses offered through Extension
Credit (from 1056 in
1995-96
to 998 in 1996-97), a decrease in the total number of enrollees during 1996-
97 (from 30,888 to 30,718 enrollees), and an increase in the FTE's (from 3472.21 to 3489.39). A total of
126 undergraduate courses were available via distance education during 1996-97, an addition of nine
compared to last year. The total number of offerings of these courses was 253, a decrease of one offering
from 1995-96. The total number of enrollees in distance education courses was 11,092, a decrease of 14
students from 1995-96.
Table 2 lists the number of students enrolled in Certificate and Diploma programs during 1996-97:
Table
2:
Certificate and Diploma Statistics (headcounts)*
Certificate Programs ?
96-2
96-3
97.1
Actuarial Mathematics ?
3
10
7
B.C. Studies ?
0
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0
0
Chinese Studies ?
13
15
16
Computing ?
12
13
14
Criminology - Advanced ?
4
3
0
Criminology - General ?
2
3
3
Teaching ESL Linguistics
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87
122
139
Family Studies ?
15
25
28
First Nations Language Proficiency ?
36
11
8
French Canadian Studies ?
0
2
2
French Language Proficiency ?
18
22
22
Health & Fitness Studies ?
44
71
67
Liberal Arts ?
323
389
451
Literacy Instruction ?
32
36
26
Native Studies Research
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1
0
5
Public History ?
7
18
16
Senior Citizens ?
5
16
17
Spanish Language Proficiency ?
13
18
16
Spatial Information Systems ?
15
38
46
Urban Studies
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25
35
44
Women's Studies
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Total ?
657
848
929
Post Baccalaureate Diploma Programs ?
96-2
96-3
97-1
Applied Sciences ?
18
37
35
Arts ?
100
219
195
Education ?
253
312
228
Science
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Total
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374
580
467
'Certificate programs consist mainly of lower division courses and
are generally equivalent to one-half and one full
year of university study (between 18 and 30 credit hours).
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Table 3 lists enrolments in the thirteen 'core' Diploma programs (data included in Post Baccalaureate
Diploma Program statistics):
Table
3:
Core Diploma Programs (headcounts)
96-2
96-3
97-1
Communication
0
0
9
Community Economic Development
7
33
25
Computing Science
10
14
13
Criminology
12
26
27
Teaching English as a Second Language
17
20
22
Environmental Toxicology
0
5
4
Ethnic and Intercultural Relations
0
3
7
Gerontology
18
43
47
Humanities
7
13
12
Kinesiology
1
3
4
Occupational Science
1
0
1
Public History
6
14
13
Social Policy Issues
1
6
4
Urban Studies
Total
83
189
197
The Post Baccalaureate Diploma offers those who hold a Bachelor's or advanced degree the opportunity to develop
and follow a program of individualized study not usually provided by graduate or professional degrees. Students
with faculty advisors identify goals and develop a program of study. It is comprised of 30 credit hours of third and
fourth year courses, and some graduate courses if appropriate. Core post baccalaureate diploma programs offer a
planned course of study in several fields.
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Table 4 lists Certificate and Diploma Program graduands for 1996-97:
Table 4: Certificate and Diploma Graduands by Faculty
June 1996
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June 1997
APSC
Post Baccalaureate Diploma
1
PBD in Communication
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3
PBD in Computing Science
1
1
Certificate in Computing Studies
21
12
Certificate in Health and Fitness Studies
29
43
PBD Kinesiology
1
1
ARTS
Post Baccalaureate Diploma
16
14
PBD in Community Economic Development
13
6
PBD in Criminology
7
9
PBD in Teaching English as a Second Language
3
6
PBD in Ethnic and Intercultural Relations
1
PBD in Gerontology
22
13
PBD in Humanities
2
PBD in Public History
3
2
PBD in Social Policy Issues
4
2
PBD in Urban Studies
2
0
Certificate in Chinese Studies
13
5
Certificate in Criminology (Advanced)
Certificate in Criminology (General)
0
0
2
0
Certificate in Teaching ESL Linguistics
45
60
Certificate in Family Studies
9
7
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Certificate in First Nations Language Proficiency
0
13
Certificate in French Canadian Studies
2
7
Certificate in French Language Proficiency
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12
12
Certificate in Liberal Arts
397
369
Certificate in Native Studies Research
2
2
Certificate in Public History
4
5
Certificate for Senior Citizens
6
1
Certificate in Spanish Language Proficiency
13
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Certificate in Spatial Information Systems
5
12
Certificate in Urban Studies
18
11
Certificate in Women's Studies
0
0
EDUC
Post Baccalaureate Diploma
77
112
Certificate in Literacy Instruction
5
14
SC!
Post Baccalaureate Diploma
2
4
PBD in Aquaculture
0
0
PBD in Environmental Toxicology
4
4
Certificate in Actuarial Mathematics
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Total ?
741
768
The number of people attending classes, day or evening, at the Burnaby or Harbour Centre campus, as
special audit students during 1996-97 was 34.
Integrated Studies Program in Liberal and Business Studies
In December 1996, Senate approved the Integrated Studies Program, a new stream of the Bachelor of
General Studies degree that enables the development of cohort programs of 60- 120 credit hours tailored
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to the needs and objectives of specific groups. In a cohort-model program, the students take all the same
classes and proceed through the program together. Within a week of the Senate decision, the first two
cohorts of the Integrated Studies Program in Liberal and Business Studies were approved by the Faculty
of Arts Curriculum Committee.
The first cohort, previously known as the Canadian Pacific Railway/BC Hydro Degree Completion Pilot,
commenced studies in the nine-semester, part-time program in September 1995. Of the original 34
participants, 33 have remained enrolled through the second year. A second, smaller cohort of 16 students
started the program in January 1997; this group comprises employees from MacMillan Bloedel Limited,
Finning Ltd., Vancouver City Savings Credit Union, Canadian Pacific Railway, Hughes Canada Ltd., and
two independent business people sponsored by the Vancouver Board of Trade.
The program is designed to develop the core competencies or "employability skills" of mid-career adults
by helping them think more critically, communicate clearly and persuasively, understand the context of
Canadian business and develop team-building and other managerial skills. Program admissions as well as
the set curriculum of 18 courses are overseen by an inter-faculty Academic Steering Committee chaired
by an associate dean of Continuing Studies. As an instance of employer-sponsored contract education, the
program self-funds new spaces in the University while generating FTEs.
Satisfaction with the program remains high and the academic performance of both cohorts continues to be
very good, with grades in all classes comparable to or higher than the average for the same or similar
courses given on the Burnaby campus. Several students in the pilot cohort have fallen behind, owing
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primarily to changed work responsibilities, but arrangements are being made for their completion of the
program through classes with the second cohort and/or distance education courses.
Section Two
Additional Integrated Studies Programs are under development, including the Program in Justice and
Public Safety Leadership, to be administered in partnership with the Justice Institute, and the Program in
Community Services, which will also involve partnering with at least one post-secondary institution.
THREE: CENTRE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION
Enrolment
During this period the Centre for Distance Education monitored the progress of the 11,092 SFU enrollees
in distance education courses offered by various Faculties (total enrolment is 12,089, which includes
students enrolled through the Open Learning Agency as part of the B.C. Consortium agreement). Their
numbers are broken down as follows:
Applied Sciences-2523 enrollees (242.93 FTEs):
(Communication, Computing Science, Engineering
Science and Kinesiology). Of these, 170 (7%) were enrolled through the Open Learning Agency (OLA);
2225 (88.19%) completed their courses; 1046 (41%) were male and 1477 (59%) female.
Arts/Criminology-1544 enrollees (154.4 FTEs):
(a separate section is created for Criminology, where a
large number of courses are offered each semester). Of these, 202 (13%) were enrolled through OLA;
1282 (83.03%) completed their courses;
596
(39%) were male and 948 (61%) were female.
Arts (less Criminology)-5252 enrollees (585.03 F7'Es):
(Archaeology, Canadian Studies, English,
Community, Economic Development, Fine and Performing Arts, Philosophy, French, Gerontology,
Geography, History, Japanese, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology/Anthropology,
Women Studies). Of these, 343 (7%) were enrolled through OLA; 4670 (88.92%) completed their
courses; 1563 (30%) were male and 3689 (70%) were female.
Business Administration .
-71 enrollees (8.67 FTEs):
Of these 1 student was enrolled through OLA;
67(96%) completed the course; 37 (52%) were male and 34 (48%) were female.
Education-2143 enrollees (268.43 FTEs):
Of these, 197 (9%) were enrolled through OLA; 2000 (93%)
completed their courses;
515
(24%) were male and 1628 (76%) were female.
Science: 556 enrollees (60.87 F7'Es):
(Biological Sciences, Mathematics, Mathematics/Computing
Science and Statistics). Of these, 84 (15%) were enrolled through OLA; 467(84%) completed their
courses; 246(44%) were male and 310(56%) were female.
Totals-12,089 enrollees (1320.33 FTEs):
Of these, 997 (8%) were enrolled through OLA,
10,711 (88.60%) completed their courses; 4003 (33%) were male and 8086 (67%) were female.
Courses
Courses delivered through the CDE are normally developed by SFU faculty members, each of whom
continues to act as course supervisor throughout the life of his or her course, providing timely revisions
and supervising the tutor-marker assigned to the course during each semester it is offered. Most of these
courses are mainly print-based, with each course package containing a Study Guide, a Course Reader, a
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Casebook where applicable, and audio or videocassettes. To increase interaction, an increasing number of
courses also include teletutorials and an e-mail or a computer-conferencing component. It is anticipated
that a growing number of courses will be using some form of computer-mediated instruction.
During the period covered by this report, 122 courses (Out of a total of 126) were offered, as follows:
Applied Sciences-20 courses:
CMNS (6), CMPT (2), KIN (11), ENSC (1).
Arts-71 courses:
CRIM (21), ARCH (1), CNS (4), CED (2), ENGL (7), FREN (2), GEOG (2), GERO
(2), HIST (2), JAPN (2), LING (2), POL (1), PSYC (13), SA (7), WS (1), FPA (1), PHIL (I).
Business Administration-2 courses.
Education-24 courses.
Science-5 courses: BISC (1),
MATH (2), STAT (1), MACM (1).
Other Facts on CDE Courses
• Nearly 30 distance education course Study Guides have been used as the basis for published
textbooks.
• Nearly 40 distance education courses are supported by Knowledge Network programming. One course
in particular (JAPN 100) was developed at CDE from material originally produced by NHK (the
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national broadcasting agency in Japan) for total delivery on the Knowledge Network; for this course, the
Centre introduced the use of voice mail to allow the instructor to listen to each student's oral Japanese
lesson each week. Work has begun on using web technology to assist the learning process.
• The quality of CDE-produced materials has been recognized through a substantial number of awards:
one award of excellence and four of merit from the Association of Media Technology in Education in
Canada; an award of excellence from the Pacific Instructional Media Association, as well as other
awards from the Canadian Association of University Continuing Education and the Canadian
Association of Distance Education.
• Nearly one-third of distance education course Study Guides are normally under revision or
redevelopment to ensure academic relevance and the currency of content.
The LohnLab
The LohnLab, a unit within the Centre for Distance Education and a member of the Instructional
Development Group, was established in 1997 through a grant from the Earl and Jennie Lohn Foundation.
It is a resource for SF0 faculty members interested in developing new pedagogical approaches through
the use of multimedia and Internet-based resources. LohnLab staff have collective expertise in the
educational applications of technology and assist faculty to implement technological enhancements in
campus-based and distance courses and in the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of
multimedia, online, and web-based courses. LohnLab staff also offer individual and small group
workshops, tutorials, and training sessions for a wide range of activities that focus on supporting online
teaching approaches. The Lab's pedagogical resourcs include
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• existing SF0 courses that can be accessed via CDE Online and CDE Web educational CD-ROM
collection;
• multimedia software programs;
• video library;
• technical staff and instructional designers with expertise in the use and design of hands-on technology;
• hands-on group workshops and one-to-one tutoring in various pedagogical applications.
International Projects
Through its participation in a number of projects sponsored by CIDA and The Commonwealth of
Learning, the CDE continues to enjoy a strong and wide-ranging international reputation. The Centre
remains a key stop for international delegations visiting Canada to examine viable and innovative models
for distance education. As well, Commonwealth of Learning Fellows regularly visit the Centre for an
exchange of views and information. Between April 1996 and March 1997, the Centre received visitors
from Australia, Canada, China, Ghana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand,
Norway, Philippines, Scotland, Singapore and Sweden. The LohnLab in particular continues to attract a
large number of international visitors.
CDE's current international projects include
Completion of the Eco-tourism project in Cuba, in collaboration with the University of Havana. In
1997 a total of
53
students received their certificates for having successfully completed their Eco-
tourism course work.
Continuation of the Ghana Distance Education Project, with the University of Ghana, The University
of Science and Technology, the University of Cape Coast, and the University College of Education of
Winneba. The project aims to facilitate the development of distance education in Ghana through
workshops and other advisory and training assistance from SF0, according to the "Train-the-Trainer"
model.
Continuation of the project with the University of the Philippines Open University. The project aims
to facilitate the development of distance education in Philippines through workshops and other
advisory and training assistance from SFU, according to the "Train-the-Trainer" model.
In addition, a number of other projects or initiatives are taking place, in such countries as Botswana,
in the South Pacific, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Russia. As well, a
Tier 1 CIDA-funded project in South East Asia is about to be planned.
FOUR: COMMUNITY AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
APPLIED SCIENCES CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM
The eleventh year of our Management Skills in Advanced Technology program got underway in October.
In response to continued demand, a second program intake was offered in January. The program
(managerial skills for engineers, software developers, technologists and Scientists) has been modified to
improve continuity and refocussed towards a business case preparation
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presentation model.
The development of an MSAT II series of short courses is currently underway. Four stand-alone modules
will be launched next spring on the following subject areas: Human Resource Management, Intellectual
Section Three
Property, Contracts & Business Law, Business Case Development, and Advanced Technology Sales &
Marketing.We are also developing a module on Forming a Technology Company for delivery in spring
1998.
The demand for ASCE Computing Courses continues to be strong, particularly Java, Perl, and the object
technology courses like C++, and Object Oriented Analysis & Design.
In collaboration with the School of Kinesiology's Geraldine and Tong Louie Human Performance Centre,
ASCE was invited to submit an application for WCB Solutions funding to develop a Rehabilitation
Management Certificate Program. The submission is currently being reviewed by WCB and a
determination will be made by the end of October.
In February 1997, ASCE hosted the
Soft
Tissue Injury Conference : A Search for Best Practices.
The
event was very well received by the rehabilitation community and plans are now underway for a second
event in spring 1998.
BUSINESS PROGRAMS
The executive and applied business programs offered at the Harbour Centre campus cater to several
business sectors. The major programs include: the Executive Management Development Program;
Physicians' Executive Management Program; Advanced Business Management for Dentists; Foundation
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Program in Management for Women; the Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Management Program;
Strategic Management; and the Securities Program. The first four of the programs listed above are cohort
programs, taught to groups of 25 to 30 participants. Program length varies from five to seven modules,
offered over one to three semesters.
Generally programs are offered at the Harbour Centre campus, but over the past several years, the Non-
Profit and Voluntary Sector Management Program has been delivered off site, including delivery to
communities on Vancouver Island and in northern British Columbia.
In 1996-97 the Faculty of Business Administration presented its second annual strategic management
lecture series, featuring internationally known business leaders who excelled in innovative management.
Approximately 150 participants attended the series of two free lectures (note: the third lecture in the series
was cancelled owing to the illness of the speaker).
In March 1997, a one day Strategic Management Program for alumni of Simon Fraser University's
Executive MBA Program was organized. This one day event, entitled
The Pace of
Change,
featured four
senior Faculty of Business Administration faculty members and was attended by 40 SFU EMBA alumni.
Proceeds from the event—over $3,000—were donated to the EMBA Bursary Fund.
In Spring 1997, the Advanced Business Management for Dentists Program was offered for the first time.
The initiative for this cohort program came from a practicing dentist, Dr. Jim Armstrong, who recently
completed an MBA at Simon Fraser University. A curriculum, modeled on the successful Executive
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Management Development Program, was developed in cooperation with Dr. Armstrong. Courses are
offered once per month from February through June in five two-day sessions.
Section Four
The Non-Profit and Voluntary Sector Management Program, for which participants receive a national
certificate upon completion of course work, is offered in conjunction with the Canadian Centre for
Philanthropy. For the past several years, two of the courses have been offered each summer to officers of
the Salvation Army. These five-day courses are delivered off site in St. John's, Newfoundland, and
Winnipeg, Manitoba, to classes of 30 students.
The Securities Program is a practice-oriented program designed for company principals who are not
securities specialists. Corporate fmance lawyer Ken Hanna was instrumental in launching this program
over eight years ago. Prominent members of the legal, accounting and business communities, including
the Vancouver Stock Exchange and BC Securities Commission, are involved in the delivery of this
program.
Council for North
American Business Studies
The CNABS Expert Speaker Series provides an opportunity for business executives, senior government
officials, the media, diplomats, faculty and students to participate in and influence debate on international
trade and related policies with leading experts from around the world. Examples of recent seminars
include: Ambassador Raymond Chrétien,
Future Directions
of
Canada.fUS Relations;
Chargé d'affaires
Thomas Weston,
Future Directions
of
US European Security;
Anthony Goodenough, British High
Commissioner, Future Directions in Transatlantic Relations Security;
Robert Blank, Professor of
International Business and Management at Pace University,
Corporate Strategies for an Emerging North
American Economy.
In 1996-97, there were seven Expert Seminars involving
195
participants.
In addition, from May 22-June 20, 1997, the Council for North American Business Studies and the
Faculty of Business Administration sponsored an event entitled
Go Europe: Make the Transatlantic Link.
This program included a one-day business seminar with over 100 participants, a month-long exhibition,
film and concert. It was organized in cooperation with the European Union Member States in Vancouver
and Delegation of the European Commission in Canada.
CITY PROGRAM
Over the past year, the City Program continued to design and develop new programs in collaboration with
faculty, community organizations and professional associations. During the 1996-97 year, five workshops,
six seminars, two courses and eleven public lectureswere offered. These programs involved 105 speakers
and they attracted approximately 1790 participants, including a wide range of professionals and the
general public. Approximately one half of City Program participants are repeat customers, which has been
an important part of the program's success this past year.
Highlights
• Lohn Foundation gift to the Endowment Fund, which currently stands at $1,106,858
• Sponsorships raised for specific programs: $29,700
• A variety of urban issues in conjunction with the, development of public policy were addressed (for
example, as a result of our workshop on South East False Creek, the City of Vancouver staff and City
Council changed its consultant study to include a greater emphasis on sustainable development).
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• Cents and Sustainability: A Case Study of South East False Creek, a workshop and public lecture in
collaboration with the Vancouver City Planning Commission and the International Centre for
Sustainable Cities
• Real Estate Development Lecture Series I, in association with the Urban Development Institute
• Public Art Lectures, in collaboration with the City of Vancouver Public Art Program
• Population 3 Million, in collaboration with the Urban Futures Institute
• Housing Forecasting for Urban Areas, in collaboration with the Urban Futures Institute
• Ground-Oriented Housing, in collaboration with the Urban Futures Institute
• The Great Wards Debate, in collaboration with the Institute for Governance Studies, Department of
Political Science
• The Dermot Murphy Lectures on Applied Ethics in Land Use, for the Real Estate Foundation of
British Columbia (contract)
• Update on Heritage Legislation in British-Columbia, for the Ministry of Small Business, Tourism and
Culture (contract)
• Immigration to Vancouver: Economic Windfall or Downfall?, for the Centre for Excellence:
Immigration and Integration (contract).
COMMUNITY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT
The Community Education Partnership Program undertook a number of partnerships and initiatives in the
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The
Print to Publish
program at PRIDE Centre in the Downtown Eastside will begin training
its first intake of students in late October. With funding from the Ministry of Education, Skills and
Training and a long-time benefactor of the University,
fifteen
individuals who face significant challenges
in securing employment will undertake a sixteen-week program. They will receive training in computers
and desktop publishing, marketing, and employment skills, and will also develop a publishing project to
be marketed to the local community. Instructors from SFU's Writing and Publishing Program will work
along with PRIDE staff in providing the training, which will take place at PRIDE and the Harbour Centre
campus.
Vancouver Community College and PRIDE Centre are collaborating with SFU to offer the three courses
of the
Provincial Intructor Diploma Program
that comprise the Train-the-Trainer component of the
program. The courses will be taught at the PRIDE Centre beginning in November, and bursaries provided
through SFU's Community Partnership Fund will assist students who require financial aid, and who are
ineligible for other types of government assistance with tuition. Students who complete the Train-the-
Trainer course of study can then go on to complete the remaining three courses and final project that lead
to the Diploma. Completion of the Diploma program can then enable students to enter a number of
college and university degree programs, including the Master's Degree in Education program at SFU
(with appropriate qualifications), or a Bachelor of General Studies degree completion program.
The proposed
Surrey Intercultural Inclusivily Project,
a collaboration between the City of Surrey Parks
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and Recreation department and Simon Fraser University, will involve university faculty and students,
both undergraduate and graduate, Surrey city staff, and members of Surrey's ethno-culturàl communities
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and organizations. It is designed to address issues of barriers inhibiting multicultural inclusivity in the
facilities and programs of the Surrey Parks and Recreation department, to develop models of community-
university collaboration on projects of mutual interest and benefit, and to address broader theoretical
issues around the issues of ethnicity, race and group identity through research that will simultaneously
develop models for the practical application of theory to bridge the gap between community needs and
academic discourse. The results of the project, therefore, will be tangible and practical for Surrey city
staff and residents, well-grounded in theory and method, of significant educational benefit to university
students, and instrumental in the formation of mechanisms within the University to increase its capacity to
respond to community requests for research, training and access to information.
Our Community: Amazingly Alive!
is a series of day-long workshops given by and for residents of the
Downtown Eastside, as well as other residents of Vancouver; the workshops were held at Theatre E,
located near the Main and Hastings area. The workshops involved a number of individuals active in
community development projects in the neighbourhood and addressed such issues as housing, health, and
training and employment needs.
Common Journeys
is being developed in partnership with MOSAIC (Vancouver) and Los Ninos
(Mexico). This is a three-year project funded through CIDA and the Vancouver Foundation. It involves
over sixty Latino women in Mexico and Vancouver who are sharing their experiences in developing self-
reliance and self-sufficiency through a community development model that emphasizes participation,
teamwork and dedication to community-level social change. Four components comprise Common
Journeys: an oral history project, a community development pilot project, on-going documentation and
evaluation and a strategy for the broad-scale dissemination of results.
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Initial discussions have been held with members of faculty and staff of two inner-city community
elementary schools, MacDonald and Strathcona, to promote
university outreach through inner-city
community
schools.
The intention is to establish cooperative projects that would bring SFU faculty and
students into the schools in order to offer classes, workshops and alter-schools programs for the benefit of
children and their parents. As a first step, both Science Alive! and Let's Talk Science have brought their
interactive science programs to MacDonald and Strathcona; both were enthusiastically received by
students and teachers.
CONFERENCE SERVICES
Academic Conferences
During 1996 and 1997 the office of Conference Services in Continuing Studies provided full conference
support services for a number of academic conferences hosted by the University.
May 1996 - Pacific Northwest Labour History Conference at the SFU Burnaby campus. The conference
was jointly chaired by Professor A. Seager from the Department of History, SFU and Ms. J. Hartman, of
the Pacific Northwest Labour Association.
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July 1996 - The 4th International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process at the SF0 Burnaby
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Campus. This conference was sponsored by the Faculty of Business Administration and chaired by Dr. W.
Wedley.
August 1996— the 9th Biennial Conference for the Canadian Society for Biomechanics at the SFU
Burnaby campus. This conference and its three pre-conference workshops were sponsored by the
Canadian Society for Biomechanics and the School of Kinesiology, SF0. Dr. A. Hoffer was the
conference chair.
October 1996 - American Association of Graduate Liberal Programs conference was held at the Delta
Whistler Resort in Whistler. The conference and its post-conference workshop was sponsored by the
Graduate Liberal Studies Program and chaired by Dr. M. Selman, Continuing Studies.
April 1997— Renaissance Society of America conference was held at the Renaissance Vancouver Hotel.
This event was sponsored by the Department of English and chaired by Professor P. Budra.
Facility Rental for External Clients - Burnaby Mountain Campus
Conference Services is responsible for booking university space and handling all logistical arrangements
for non-SFU based organizations or associations that hold events such as annual meetings, ceremonies,
seminars, workshops, video conferences and musical events at the Burnaby mountain campus.
We have seen a steady increase in external business from a wide selection of clients over the last two
years.
CO-OPERATIVE EDUCATION
First offered in January 1993, Stepping Out is a seven-week course offered each Fall and Spring semester
for students who are preparing to apply for admission to the Co-operative Education Program, new
students who have recently been accepted into the program and SRi students who are preparing to apply
for the first major job. The course has also been open to students attending other educational institutions.
DAVID LAM CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION
Lijiang Co-op Enterprise Development Project
The David Lam Centre, in partnership with the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, opened the Lijiang
Development International Research Centre in Lijiang last year. Activities during the year included joint
research by scholars from Lijiang, from other institutions in China and from around the world, a training
class on ecotourism, a training class on participatory research and the production of a video program on
the research centre and the participatory research training.
Special University Linkage Consolidation Program (SULCP)
This project is to provide, through collaboration between the Central University for Nationalities (CUN)
and Simon Fraser University, a coordinated program in environmental protection and culturally
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appropriate economic development for minority regions in China. These three aspects—environmental,
economic and social—are inseparable, synergistically related components of sustainability. The project
consists of public information, training and research, scholarly exchanges and pilot projects aimed at
specific development problems. Three regions with large and diverse ethnic populations have been
selected by CUN for the implementation of this project: Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Ningxia
Hui Autonomous Region; and Hainan Province. CUN has close connections with key institutions and
senior administrators in these regions, and in each case a facilitating role will be played by the leading
university in each region.
Teaching
Throughout the year, the Centre offers intensive and non-intensive courses in Japanese, Bahasa
Indonesian, Mandarin Chinese, Korean and Cantonese languages and cross-cultural communication,
addressing the goal of basic communicative competence in the chosen language/culture.
We have increased our involvement in the testing of Chinese and Japanese language competence through
expansion of the Chinese Proficiency Examination into Ontario (in addition to B.C., Alberta and Quebec
in previous years), and through the successful first offering of the Business Japanese Proficiency
Examination on behalf of JETRO (Japan External Trade Research Organization).
From "Japanese
and
Cross-Cultural Communication for the Bunkazai—Custodians of Cultural Treasures"
to "Utsuroi—A Moment of Movement," from "China's Law Reform and Human Rights" to "An
Appreciation of Peking Opera", the Centre continues to engage in four primary pursuits: teaching,
training, public service and research.
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Field Relations
The Field Relations area in the Faculty of Education is responsible for off-campus activities that provide
in-service education support to professional educators throughout the province. Most non-credit activities
are co-sponsored with other agencies such as the Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Environment,
school districts or regional clusters of districts, professional organizations such as Provincial Specialists'
Associations, or other educational institutions such as the Open Learning Agency, UBC, and UVic.
The Field Relations area sponsors or co-sponsors a broad range of non-credit activities, including: guest
speakers at conferences and professional development events; half-day and full-day workshops; one- to
three-day conferences; three- to five-day intensive summer institutes; and special events such as an after
school speaker series. Other non-credit activities include co-hosting professional meetings and special
events for consortia such as the Critical Thinking Cooperative (FC2) and the Early Literacy Network.
Resource persons for non-credit activities are either drawn from the Faculty of Education, including
faculty members, co-ordinators, faculty associates and graduate students, or are selected from a large pool
of contacts within the education profession. Public school teachers and administrators, Ministry of
Education personnel, faculty from other universities and colleges, private consultants and specialists in
selected areas have all been involved in non-credit programs.
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Non-credit activities occur at various times, depending on the type of program and clientele. Half-day and
one-day workshops usually occur within the work week, while conferences may overlap with weekends.
Summer institutes usually comprise three to five days in sequence during July or August. Correspondence
and distance education technologies are sometimes engaged for follow-up support, but not usually for
primary instructional delivery. Most events occur at off-campus sites and are hosted by other agencies
such as school districts or individual schools.
EXECUTWE TRAVEL STUDY PROGRAM
The Executive Travel Study Program is a new professional development program for senior Canadian
business executives that combines classroom teaching with visits to major US corporations. During three-
day tours to the US, participants meet senior executives informally in their corporate headquarters to
discuss their approaches to key management challenges. Each American host company is selected for its
success in world markets, expertise in meeting management and customer service challenges and
pioneering the new marriage of business and technology. Each program is planned in association with an
American university and the Canadian Consulate General in the host city.
The first tour, focussing on international marketing, was to
Atlanta
where participants met with The Coca
Cola Company, United Parcel Services (UPS) and Turner Broadcasting Services/CNN. The second was to
Minneapolis;
its theme was the culture of innovation. Host companies were 3M, Pillsbury, Medtronic and
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the Mayo Clinic. The next trip will be to
Dallas.
The theme will be how to harness technology in rapidly
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changing markets; host corporations are Nortel, EDS, Texas Instruments and Mary Kay Inc.
Tours in 1998 include one to Boston and another to Chicago.
GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTRE
As in prior years, the research activities of the Gerontology Research Centre were concentrated in five
theme areas: Aging and the Built Environment, Health Promotion and Population Health, Prevention of
Victimization and Exploitation of Older Adults, Changing Demography and Life Styles, and Older Adult
Education. The associated Gerontology Program offered 16 different undergraduate courses in the Post-
Baccalareate Diploma Program, a number in more than one semester and five by distance education. As
well, six graduate courses were offered for the first time as part of a new Master of Arts in Gerontology
Program, which commenced in Fall semester. Other activities included:
Conferences
In April, the Centre organized and sponsored a conference entitled
Moving Forward - Seniors and the
New Guardianship Legislation.
This 1.5-day event constituted the 8th Annual John K. Friesen Lecture
Series and included an evening lecture open to the public. In May, the GRC was a co-sponsor of
Healing
and the Creative Arts,
a workshop organized by the SFU Writing and Publishing Program Advisory
Committee and the Hollyhock Workshop and Conference Centre.
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Public Lectures
A total of six public lectures were presented by the GRC during 1996-97:
In June, Gordon W. Reynolds, B.Comm. Senior Retirement Income Counsellor, Retirement and Tax
Services Department, VanCity Savings spoke on the topic
Are RRSP 's Still the Best Bet for You?
In September, Judith Globerman, BSW, MHSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work,
University of Toronto spoke on the topic Family Reputations and Responsibilities in the Care of Relatives
with Alzheimer's Disease.
The talk was co-sponsored by the BC Consortium for Health Promotion Research.
In
October, Stephen Golant, PhD, Professor, Department of Geography and Adjunct Professor,
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida addressed the topic
Does Aging in
Place Matter?
In
November, Mary McColl, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, St. Mary's College of
California, Moraga, CA spoke about a Portable Clinic: On-site Health for Low Income Urban Seniors.
In March, Adjunct Professor Elaine Gallager, RN, MScN, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, University
of Victoria spoke on the topic Getting in Step: Engaging Community Partners to Reduce the Risk of Falls
Among the Elderly and People with Disabilities.
This talk was co-sponsored by the BC Consortium for
Health Promotion Research.
Also in March, the Centre sponsored a talk entitled
Health Care Reform in Quebec
by Colette Trcyk,
MSc President, Canadian Association on Gerontology Director General, Centre Hospitalier Cote-des-
Neiges, University Institute Geriatrics, Montreal.
Research Skills for Health Care Professionals
Additionally, as in prior years, the GRC sponsored the non-credit series
Research Skills for Health Care
Professionals.
Nine topics are covered in the series. The first of these, "Research Methods in Health Care:
An Introduction", and the "Program Evaluation" course are being developed as self-study packages.
Owing to decreased public demand for the courses, they are only available on a contract basis. No courses
were delivered in 1996-97, although work continues on the distance education version of the courses.
Courses in this program include: Research Methods in Health Care: An Introduction; Participatory
Research; Program Evaluation; Program Evaluation II: Case Studies in Evaluation; Statistical
Methodology I: Principles and Practices; Statistical Methodology II: Data Analysis; Community Health
Needs Assessment; Survey and Questionnaire Development; and Clinical Trials.
Film Launch
Special events included the Western Canadian Premier of
You Won't Need Running Shoes, Darling by
documentary filmmaker Dorothy Todd Henaut, which took place in January. Co-sponsors were the UBC
Department of Family Practice and the BC Consortium for Health Promotion Research.
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INTERPRETER; ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE; AND INTERNATIONAL TEACHING
ASSISTANTS' PROGRAMS
These non-credit, certificate programs are designed with the understanding that in order to communicate
well enough to actually function in a language, a speaker needs not only language skills
per se
but also a
working understanding of the culture in which the language is spoken. The programs, therefore, combine
language training with cultural orientation in order to improve language skills while promoting the
language learners' understanding of the systems, institutions and values that structure Canadian society
and give meaning to our words.
The
Advanced Interpreters' Program
has operated as a cost recovery program since 1993, after six years
as a CIDA project designed to train interpreters from Mainland China. Each year the program enrols from
twelve to fifteen bilingual students including Canadians as well as Asian immigrants and visa students.
The graduates go on to develop opportunities for business as well as to facilitate communication between
Canadian academics and professionals and their counterparts in Taiwan, China, Hong Kong and other
Mandarin Chinese-speaking areas.
The
English Language and Culture Program
is a cost recovery program that has been attracting students
from around the world since 1995. The program appeals to a broad range of students because it offers an
academic focus including TOEFL/TWE preparation with academic orientation for potential and
continuing undergraduate and graduate students as well as a business focus including TOEIC preparation
for professionals. Students enrolled during this reporting period are from more than ten countries
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including Japan, Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Thailand, Korea, France, Switzerland, Argentina, Colombia,
Mexico and Poland.
The
International Teaching Assistants 'Program
was initiated in 1992 to address the unique problems
encountered by international teaching assistants and visiting faculty members. The program serves the
University community by familiarizing its international instructors and graduate students with both
Canadian culture and academic culture while delivering the language training they need in order to
function in the SFU academic community.
CENTRE FOR LABOUR STUDIES
The Centre for Labour Studies promotes the study and understanding of labour, working people and their
organizations from a comprehensive social, cultural, historical, political and economic perspective. The
Centre aims to provide a range of taught courses and programs (both credit and non-credit), offer research
opportunities and assistance to both Simon Fraser University students and provincial labour organizations
and create mutually supportive and beneficial links between the academic and labour communities.
Current courses and activities organized by the Centre include:
Program for Leadership in Labour
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A unique Canadian program developed for BC's senior labour leaders. The five courses that make up the
program aim to increase participants' theoretical understanding and broaden the number of practical tools
available to them for efficient management and leadership of their unions.
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Summer Institute for
Union Women
An intensive week of learning during which approximately 150-200 union women develop their skills as
workers, activists and leaders. 1996-97 courses included Occupational Health and Safety Advocacy for
Women, Popular Economics, First Nations Women in Focus, Community Organizing, On The Job
Harassment, and Nourishing Your Activist Heart. The Institute is co-sponsored by the BC Federation of
Labour and the Canadian Labour Congress.
Labour Issues Forums
A series of seminars and workshops that examine issues of interest to the labour movement and all
working people. The 1996-97 lunchtime series covered such topics as Implementing BC21 Objectives:
The Example of the Island Highway; Labour and Politics; Trade Unions and Employee Representation in
the Czech Republic; Worker Cooperatives in Shanghai; and The Role of Labour in the Global Village.
Research Activities
The Centre has recently been successful at securing grants to conduct research on issues relevant to
working people. A two-year Forest Renewal BC funded project will examine the nature and effectiveness
of training for BC's forest workers. The Centre also acts as the Western Regional Centre for the five-year
SSHRC funded Training Research Network and will play a role in the coordination of local research
initiatives and dissemination of results from projects funded by the Network.
NON-CREDIT DISTANCE EDUCATION
Several programs delivered by non-credit distance education have been initiated. An Eco-tourism
program has been developed by the Centre for Tourism Policy and Research and the University of Havana
in Cuba; 43 students were issued certificates on April 16, 1997 and 10 were to be issued in June 1997.
Two courses in research skills are currently under development for the health care sector. These are based
on face-to-face courses that had previously been delivered. Advanced Study in Writing for Business and
the Professions continues to be delivered by distance education. As well, Basic Algebra, English Pre-199
and Beekeeping credit-free courses are offered through the Centre for Distance Education.
OPERA PROGRAM; KOERNER LECTURES
Opera Program
Simon Fraser University's Opera Program is an important part of the wide range of cultural events for
which Vancouver is known. According to course registrants, the exceptional quality and uniqueness of
this program are factors that have contributed to its popularity. Through his knowledge and enthusiasm as
a historian, Dr. Alan Aberbach, the program leader, expands on the musical component of these courses to
include the history of thought and culture. As well, the Opera Program maintains partnerships with
community organizations including the Vancouver Wagner Society and the Italian Cultural Centre. The
1996-97 opera season featured the following three sold-out courses: Opera and the Human Condition—
Politics, Religion, Society; An Introduction to Opera; and Opera: The Early Years.
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Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation Lecture in the Liberal Arts
T
he Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation Lectures in the Liberal Arts support a number of departmental
initiatives each year and successfully attract a strong general audience.
In 1996, the Koerner Foundation supported lectures by Aiko Miyawaki, on "Sculpture or Not? Utsuroi-
A Moment of Movement," a series of slide-lectures discussing Public Art and Modem Japanese
Creativity.
The Foundation also sponsored "Democracy at Century's End" with Jean Bethke Elshtain. The lecture
examined democratic prospects as the century draws to a close.
"Printers in Venice in the Time of Aldus Manutius, 1494-1515" was presented by Marino Zorzi with the
support of the Koerner Foundation. The history of the first printed books was explored.
Dr. S. Boyd Eaton's lecture on "Health in Ancestral and Current Environments" began the lecture series
"Old minds and bodies in new worlds: A Darwinian perspective on our past, present, and future."
"Exploring New Approaches to Governing a World of Rapid Change" presented by Steven R. Rosel]
looked at the information society that we are creating. His lecture explored the work and findings of
government officials and executives from the private system.
The Foundation also sponsored "The Rise and Fall of Psychosomatic Medicine: The Children Talk Back."
Howard Kushner discussed the effect that psychoanalytical theories played on the organic approach to
mental disorders, and the children who called into question their psychoanalytical diagnosis.
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION PROGRAMS
SFU currently offers programs in conjunction with 16 different professional associations, with several
others under consideration. Specialized programs are offered in five areas—employee benefits, project
management, commercial property management, hiring and recruiting, and sales—leading to national
professional designations. In these cases, the curriculum has been developed by the association, often in
conjunction with a university, and face-to-face instruction is delivered by SFU to the local market.
Programs of the other 11 associations involve a common core of courses with some specialized courses.
Most of these courses have been developed by SFU and approved by the association toward their
professional designation. Although a few University sessional instructors teach in these programs, the
majority of instructors come from the business and professional community and bring the necessary
practical experience to the classes. A Certificate Program in Management, sponsored by the Faculty of
Business Administration, is also available and can be taken either on its own or in conjunction with one of
the professional designations. In 1996-97, these programs included 36 courses taken by 993 students.
Two new programs were launched in 1996-97. The Human Factors in Action program, consisting of short
courses in a variety of management areas, had mixed success in the public offerings, with several courses
also offered on a contract basis with the Workers' Compensation Board and Coles Consulting Group. In
addition, courses to assist organizations become ISO registered were offered for both 9000 and 14000
registration. There is currently no market for the 14000 series and a small market for 9000 series of
courses.
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An annual conference for tourism teachers has been offered for the past six years. Tourism education is a
growing field in BC and this is one of the few opportunities for teachers from the secondary, post-
secondary and private training sectors to get together and discuss issues of common concern.
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In 1996-97, the Public Policy Program continued its long tradition of creating public forums and
symposia on issues of importance to the people of British Columbia and Canada. As well, its director and
coordinator advised other program areas, departments and individual faculty on the development and
implementation of their own programs of a public policy nature. The program also continued its emerging
work in curriculum development for external groups. The year saw a further increase in the number of
effective programming partnerships that allows for the pooling of scarce resources and for a wider and
more comprehensive view across any given issue. All programs were followed by widely disseminated
reports. All programming funds were raised from outside sources, including government, foundation and
the private sector.
David and Cecilia Ting Forum on Advanced Public
Affairs
The Ting Forum program was expanded this year and launched the first two forums in the Future of Work
series: Jeremy RJkin: What is the future of work for BC?
and the
Response from the Public Sector
featuring Premier Glen Clark.
The forums featured key national and international speakers, who
addressed both local and national/international issues around the economy, the future of work, culture,
politics and public policy. Both forums had strong participation from the private, public and voluntary
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Another Ting Forum held this year,
The News from Hong Kong: Getting the Real Story after July 1, 1997,
was an international conference employing sophisticated multimedia approaches that allowed an
interactive hook-up between Asia and Vancouver. The discussion centred around the impact on journalists
and general information flow out of Hong Kong after the Chinese takeover of the British colony. The
multimedia approach enhanced the depth of information exchanged between the participants in the two
countries.
Responding to emerging public issues, a Ting Forum conference was developed following the
government announcement of a new "expanded" gambling policy in B.C. Implications of this policy for
the stakeholders—the charities, the municipalities, First Nations, the private sector gaming business and
for the general public—were explored and debated. Details of the new policy were reviewed publicly for
the first time and stakeholders had an opportunity to address the government and each other about their
concerns.
Other Public Policy Programs
Intensive planning has progressed for a national conference on "Aboriginal
People and HIV in Prison" to
be held in Winnipeg in the fall of 1997. A partnership between the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force,
Simon Fraser University and the Corrections Manitoba Council of Elders came about through Public
Policy Program relationships, with aboriginal justice specialists working in the area of HIV that had been
developed through years of programming on social and justice issues in the north. The conference is
supported by the Correctional Service of Canada as well as the Manitoba Justice Department.
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Curriculum Development
A second project has been completed for the Aboriginal Banking division of CIBC and their clients. The
Investment Management Strategies Seminar is planned for delivery in the near future.
SCIENCE
Public Forums on Fisheries and Community Sustainability Issues
Following on from the 1995-96 series of Coastal Communities public forums, Continuing Studies in
Science participated in a number of follow up forums in 1996-97. In the role of external advisor to the
Alert Bay-based Inner Coast Natural Resource Centre, we assisted with a July 1996 site visit and public
forum in Alert Bay. Two workshops, organized and coordinated by Continuing Studies in Science, were
held in 1997 under the auspices of the Pacific Fisheries Think Tank, a partnership between SFU and UBC.
At the February 1997
BC Salmon, a Fishery in Transition
workshop, scientists, academics, fisheries
managers and fishing industry stakeholders came together to discuss ongoing changes in the BC salmon
fishery. Trends in Salmon Stocks and Stock Assessments, Increasing Environmental Uncertainty,
Declining Salmonid Diversity and Decreasing Institutional Capacity, Uncertainty and the Precautionary
Approach to Fisheries Management, A Vision of the Salmon Fishery of the Future, and Models for
Community-Based Management were among the topics discussed.
A second two-day workshop in April 1997,
Exploring Cooperative Management in Fisheries,
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attended by representatives of coastal and watershed communities where co-management initiatives are
underway. The workshop provided an opportunity for members of these communities, many of them
being First Nations, to come together and share problems and successes with co-management partnerships
and to hear about a successful co-management initiative from an invited guest from Alaska. Small group-
building capacity workshops were conducted on Dealing with Data, Compliance and Enforcement, The
Quality Strategy: Markets, Competition and Quality, How to Write Successful Funding Applications,
Stewardship of Fish and Habitat and other topics. Members of SFU's Faculty of Science were involved in
leading several of the workshops. A highlight of this workshop was an address by the leader of the
Assembly of First Nations, Ovide Mercredi.
Public Forums on Environmental Issues
In
July 1996 scientists, renowned science communicators, academics, policy makers, property managers,
lawyers, accountants, forestry and fisheries industry representatives and others came together in a one-day
public forum,
Beyond Rio,
to focus on the progress made in BC and Canada since the 1992 Earth Summit
in Rio. Special advisor to, and active participant in, the program was the Honourable John Fraser,
Canada's Ambassdor to the Environment. Dr. Mark Winston, Biosciences, was program moderator. Topics
for discussion included Economics vs Ecology: Can We Reconcile Them; The Final Forest; Clayoquot
Sound: Forestry in the Spotlight; How Big Should We Be?; and Where Have All the Fish Gone?
Astronomy
In Fall 1996 and Spring 1997 a new non-credit course offering was launched, Adventures in the Night
Sky. The course continues to receive excellent evaluations, and attendance has been steadily increasing.
We expect this course to continue as a regular offering.
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WRITING AND PUBLISHING PROGRAM
Growth and Productivity
This program enrolled 1509 students in 108 courses. A summer program was added in 1996. It was a joint
venture with UBC and Emily Carr to test the market for summer courses and to examine the scope for a
working relationship with the other two institutions. This venture gave us the confidence to mount a full
summer 1997 program on our own, which was very successful. We further improved the efficiency and
profitability of the program by changing the marketing strategy to a full-year catalogue and we increased
our advertising. A new Certificate in Editing program was developed in 1996, approved by Senate in May
1997 and implemented in the fall of 1997.
International Program
We participated in the first international project in publishing education with the Obor Foundation in
Indonesia. It was designed as a pilot project that demonstrated the University's capacity to deliver
excellent and appropriate professional development. If successful in its first phase, we will have a second
phase in which SFIJ would form a partnership with the Obor Foundation to expand the foundation's
activities into the area of training.
National Program
This program secured funding from the Cultural Human Resources Council and Office of Learning
Technologies ($96,000 total) to explore the teaching models employed by professional writers and editors
who teach and to consider the effectiveness of mentoring programs as a means of professional training. A
Roundtable for Writers who Teach Writing, funded by the Cultural Human Resources Council and OLT,
was held in February 1997 and attended by 40 writers from across Canada.
Collaborative Credit Course
(ENGL 431)
An upper-level undergraduate course was developed with Janet Giltrow in the Centre for Research in
Professional and Academic Writing. This course integrates Writing and Publishing Program professional
courses with a campus seminar and a Virtual University discussion group. In the fall there will be two
courses of this nature and an applied project. While this course does not increase the revenue of the
Writing and Publishling Program, it does increase the opportunities for undergraduates for applied study.
The evaluation of this project should yield valuable information about the potential for career
development courses as regular undergraduate offerings.
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FIVE: SUMMARIES OF STATISTICS
The University's community and professional programs, courses and enrolments are summarized below.
Summary One is a breakdown by program type, Summary Two is by the sponsoring academic unit and
the administrative/service unit. A detailed
record of all the activities listed is available in Analytical
Studies or Continuing Studies.
SUMMARY ONE
Activities by
Activities by
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Administrative/
Program Type
Academic Units ?
Service Units
Total
Lecture/Colloquium
Total activities
103
103
Total enrolment
6,377
6,377
Individual Course/Seminar/Workshop
Total activities
282 ?
346
628
Total enrolment
4,732 ?
3,987
8,719
Program of Courses/Series of Lectures
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Total activities
188
188
Total enrolment
5,440
5,440
Conference/Symposium
Total activities
10
10
Total enrolment
1,136
1,136
Department Colloquium
Total activities
198
198
Total enrolment
3,086
3,086
Total activities:
1,127
Total enrolment:
24,758
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SUMMARY TWO
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Centre for Systems Science (7 events/614 enrolments)
Centre for Tourism Policy and Research (1 event/i 00 enrolments)
Dean of Applied Science (44 events/1
250
enrolment s)
Dean of Applied Science and School of Engineering Science( l. event/17 enrolments)
Dean of Applied Science and School of Kinesiology( I event/176 enrolments)
School of Engineering Science (2 events/55 enrolments)
School of Kinesiology (8 events/240 enrolments)
Total activities - 64 events/2452 enrolments)
Faculty of Arts
Dean of Arts (8 events/265 enrolments)
Centre for Canadian Studies (12 events/264 enrolments)
Department of Archeology (25 events! 204 enrolments)
Department of French (2 events/23 enrolments)
Department of French and Institute for the Humanities (1 event/21 enrolments)
Department of French, President's Office, Dean of Arts (2 events/32 enrolments)
Department of History (14 events/280 enrolments)
Department of Psychology (43 events/947 enrolments)
Department of Psychology and Department of Women's Studies (1 event/20 enrolments)
Department of Women's Studies (7 events/420 enrolments)
Department of Women's Studies and Department of Political Science (1 event/
15 enrolments)
Department of Women's Studies and Department of Sociology and Anthropology
(1 event/30 enrolments)
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies (4 events/247 enrolments)
Gerontology Research Centre (2 events/70 enrolments)
Institute for the Humanities (24 events/1931 enrolments)
Spanish Program (2 events/6 enrolments)
School for the Contemporary Arts (Praxis)
(15
events/5 13 enrolments)
Total activities - 164/Total enrolments - 5288
Faculty of Business Administration
Faculty of Business Administration (119 events/2836 enrolments)
Faculty of Business Administration and Council for North American Business Studies
(11 events/359 enrolments)
David and Cecilia Ting Forum on Advanced Public Affairs (1 event/99 enrolments)
Total activities - 13 1/Total enrolments - 3294
Faculty of Education
Total activities - 25/Total enrolments - 1133
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IFaculty of Science
Department of Mathematics and Statistics (107 events/1376 enrolments)
Faculty of Science (4 events/228 enrolments)
Total activities - 11 lTFotal enrolments - 1604
Cross-Faculty Programs
Co-operative Education (2 events/I 17 enrolments)
Faculty of Education and Department of Psychology (1 events/20 enrolment s)
The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation Lectures in the Liberal Arts
(5
events/
642 enrolment s)
Total activities - 8/Total enrolments - 779
Interdisciplinary Advisory Committees
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City Program Steering Committee (24
eventsl1455
enrolments)
Labour Program, SFU Advisory Committee (26 events/630 enrolments)
Labour Program, SFU Advisory Committee, CUPE 3338, CUPE 2396, TSSU, SF/PIRG
(7 events/190 enrolments)
Writing and Publishing Program, SFU Advisory Committee (108 events/i
509
enrolments)
Total activities - 165/Total enrolments - 3784
President's Office
Total activities - 4/Total enrolments - 467
Vice-President, Academic
Total activities - 3/Total enrolments -42
Vice-President, Harbour Centre and Continuing Studies
Total activities - 1/Total enrolments - 199
Vice-President, Research
David and Cecila Ting Forum on Advanced Public Affairs (1 events/82 enrolments)
David See-Chai Lam Centre for International Communication (104 events/
1647 enrolments)
Total activities - 1 05/Total enrolments - 1729
Administrative/Service Units
Academic Computing Services (124 events/i 232 enrolments)
Department of Recreation (213 events/2354 enrolments)
Library (9 events/401 enrolments)
Total activities - 346/Total enrolments - 3987
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