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S.98-71
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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MEMORANDUM
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Senate
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From: J.P. Blaney
Chair, Senate Committee on
Agenda and Rules
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Subject: ?
Voting Eligibility - Part-time employees
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Date: August 27, 1998
At the Senate meeting on 1 June, Senate paper 98-56 was withdrawn as a motion for action, and
treated as a notice of motion for the following Senate meeting. At the SCAR meeting on June 23,
1998, SCAR elected to present the matter to Senate regarding part-time faculty in two motions -
differentiating between continuing and limited term faculty.
The following motions are presented on the recommendation of the Senate Committee on Agenda
and Rules:
Motion 1 - Continuing Faculty
"that Part-time tenure-track and tenured faculty (Instructors, Assistant
Professors, Associate Professors and Professors including faculty on post-
retirement contracts) and continuing Lecturers, Senior Lecturers, and Lab.
Instructors and Librarians with appointments of 50% or greater be granted the
same rights as full-time colleagues holding the same rank, to nominate, stand
for election and vote in the following:
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elections to Senate committees;
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elections for search committees for chairs/directors, deans, vice-
presidents and president;
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elections of chairs/directors
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ratification of chairs/directors and deans (internal candidates);
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recall votes for chairs/directors and deans."
Motion 2 - Limit/
eFaaculty r
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"that Part-tim
Term faculty (Instructors, Assistant Professors,
Associate Pro
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Professors) and Limited Term Lecturers, Senior
Lecturers and
uctors and Librarians with appointments that are 50%
or greater an
an one year, be granted the same rights as full-time
colleagues hol
me rank, to nominate, stand for election and vote in
the following
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rections to Senate committees;
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/elections for search committees
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/ presidents and president;
• / elections of chairs/directors
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ratification of chairs/directors
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recall votes for chairs/directors
for chairs/directors, deans, vice-
id deans (internal candidates);
and deans."
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Individuals holding full-time or part-time appointments of one year or less, that collectively total
longer than one year are not covered by this motion.
Note:
At the June 1, 1998 Senate meeting, Senate voted to add support staff to the search committees for
Faculty Deans and the Dean of Continuing Studies. It is recommended that part-time support staff
also be enfranchised if part-time continuing faculty are
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enfranchised by the approval of Motion 1. ?
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Motion 3 - Support Staff
"that Part-time continuing support staff with appointments of 50% or
greater with terms of longer than one year, be granted the same rights as
full-time colleagues holding the same type of appointment, to nominate,
stand for election and vote in the following:
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elections for search committees
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for deans, vice-presidents and
president
Rationale
The intention is to extend voting privileges to part-time faculty to allow them the same voting
privileges as their full-time colleagues holding the same rank.
"Faculty" does not include sessional instructors, sessional lecturers, teaching assistants, research
associates, research assistants, Faculty Associates or Program Coordinators in the Faculty of
Education.
How many part-time faculty are affected by this recommended change?
The table below contains a snap shot of the data as of 1 May 1998. The part-time faculty, who
would be enfranchised by the proposed change, are shown in the right hand column.
Faculty Rank
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Total Number
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Part-time
Instructor ?
2 ?
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Assistant Prof. ?
93 ?
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Associate Prof.
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214 ?
1 ?
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Professor ?
271 ?
2 I> Motion 1
Lecturer and Senior Lecturer
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37 ?
3 I
Lab. Instructor I and II
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43 ?
9 I
Limited Term (all categories)
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15 ?
a i> Motion 2
Total
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675
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