For Information
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S.96-26
NAME: W.R.
Heath, Registrar
& Secretary of Senate
SUBJECT: SCIA Annual Report
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FROM: Gregg Macdonald
Executive Director,
External Relations
DATE: February
13, 1996
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Please find attached the Annual Report of the Senate Committee on International
Activities (SCIA) for the period January to December, 1995.
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D. Gagari
Chair, SCIA
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ANNUAL REPORT
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January --
December 1995
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)
C. Jones
Senator (At-large)
A. Rawicz
Faculty Member
C. Reed
Faculty Member
D. Ross
Faculty Member
T. Morrison
Student Senator
G. Macdonald
Secretary (non-voting)
The memberships of A. Ciria (Faculty Member) and J
.
Driver (Faculty Member) expired
on May 31, 1995. The membership of J
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Munro (Vice-President, Academic & Chair)
ended on his leaving office in August, 1995.
1995 Meeting Dates
January 9
March 6
April 11
September 21
Activity Report
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International Undergraduate Student Exchange Committee (JUSEC)
The International Undergraduate Student Exchange Committee selected 46
students for participation in exchange programs outside Canada during 1995.
The current ItJSEC membership includes C. Reed (Chair, replacing J
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Driver),
J. Zaslove, P. McFetridge, H. Pabel, R. Martin (Secretary, non-voting) and R.
Heath (ex-officio).
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IUSEC recommended amendments to the
International Field School Guidelines
and
the
Field School Participant Code
which were approved by SCIA. A
Faculty
Member Field School Participant Code
was set aside for future discussion.
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Temasek Polytechnic: Experience Asia Fellowship Program
SCIA recommended the "Experience Asia" fellowship program with Temasek
Polytechnic (Singapore) to the President.
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CIDA University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development Proposals
SCIA reviewed and recommended submission to CIDA of the following two
University Partnerships in Cooperation and Development (UPCD) proposals,
each accompanied by a budget request of $750,000:
(a)
Philippines Distance Education Project,
submitted by C. Yerbury, Director,
Distance Education.
(b)
University/Industry Technology Transfer Project,
Universidad de
Concepcion, Chile, submitted by the Dean of Science's Office.
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CJDA Institutional Cooperation and Development Services Division (ICDS)
SCIA reviewed and recommended acceptance by the President of a successful
$75,000 project application in Cuba -
University
of
Havana: Human Resource
Development in Small Business and Ecotourism,
submitted by the SFU Centre for
Distance Education.
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Briefing for New SCIA Members
Detailed briefing materials and follow-up discussions were held with all new
SCIA members.
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South Pacific Field School: Archaeology
A proposal from the Department of Archaeology to conduct a South Pacific Field
School was unanimously approved.
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