S.93-62
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
To: ?
Senate
Subject: ?
Proposal to Change Name
of Department of Communication to
School of Communication
From:
J.M. Munro, Chair
Senate Committee on
Academic Planning
Date:
November 18, 1993
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning (SCAP 93-36) gives
rise to the following motion:
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Motion:
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"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of Governors
the change of the name of the Department of Communication to the School
of Communication."
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MEMORANDUM
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCES
DATE:
October 6. 1993
To: ?
Jock Munro, Vice-President Academic
FROM: Ron Marteniuk, Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences
RE:
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Proposal to Change Name of Department of Communication to a School of Communication
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regarding the above. I fully
support this proposal as do all other academic Units in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
Could you please send this proposal to the appropriate University committees for their approval. Thank
you for considering this request.
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Ron Marteniuk, Dean
Faculty of Applied Sciences
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Enclosure
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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICA110N
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BURNABY, BRITISI I COLUMBI A
CANADA V5A 1S6
Telephone: (604) 291-3687
Fax: (604)291-4024
28 September 1993
Ron Martenjuk
Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences
Simon Fraser University
re change of Department to School
This Department is twenty years old this year. It has grown to have one of the largest student bodies
in the University, and plays a key role in the development of the field of communication in Canada. It
is, therefore, with pride that I convey to you our Department's unanimous request that we become
known as The School of Communication. We look forward to announcing this transition in
November 1993 when we celebrate our20th Anniversary.
The reasons for requesting the change from a Department to a School are:
1)
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the other four units in Faculty of Applied Sciences are Schools. We will thus resemble them more
2)
we have numerous professional relations with the public and private sectors, and this change will
enhance our standing in those relationships. We provide advice to these professional bodies, act
as their consultants, and do a considerable amount of contract research. We will be able to begin
to conduct more professional continuing education as a School. Three-quarters of our faculty
have on-going relationships with such bodies, so a change to School will assist them in the
extension of their activities. The term "School" conveys to these public and private sector bodies
a.certain independence which the term "Department" does not. This will, over time, have
important economic benefits to us. (A selection of names of these bodies is attached, see Annex.)
3)
we play
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a key role in the communication studies community. We are editing the Canadian Journal
of Communication here, and we publish the newsletter of the Canadian Communication
Association. We will be among those schools which are expected to give direction to the study of
communication in Canada, and internationally.
4)
we prepare students for graduation in the Doctoral and Masters degrees, and seven Major/Minor
degrees. These nine types of students require our course offerings to be broad-ranging, and to
cover applied sciences, social sciences, humanities. This broad-range of offerings and degrees
leads to a very broad range of occupations and employment. The term "School" will assist
students and employers to understand our heterogeneity.
When our request to change our name is approved, we propose to establish an Advisory Council
composed of distinguished persons who would assist us in the development of the School. We seek
the University's best advice on how to pursue this course of action effectively.
Thank you.
Bob Anderson,
Chair
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ANNEX
Canadian Radio and Telecommunication Commission
Departments of Communication, Canada
Health and Welfare, Canada
Environment Canada
International Development Research Centre
Canadian International Development Agency
Asia-Pacific Foundation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Stentor Canada
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
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Amnesty International
International Centre for Research on Communication and Information Technologies
Ford Foundation
U.S. National Science Foundation
Kettering Foundation
Matsunaga Foundation
United Nations Children's Emergency Fund
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
British Columbia Ministry of Social Services
Multiculturalism B.C., Ministry of Environment
B.C. Telephone
Ministry of Economic Development
B.C. Hydro
B.C. Transit.
