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Paper S-52

SIMON

FRASE1 STUDENT SOCTETY

MEMORANDUM

To:

Mr. D.P. Robertson

Pate:

September 25/67

Secretary, Academic Senate

From:

Mrs. Sharon Yandle, Student Representative

SY:kp

Academic Senate

SUBJECT:

Enclosed please find,

item of teaching assistance and space

usage for the agenda on October 2, 1967 Senate

Meeting.

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SIMON FRA SER

UNIVERSITY

IIINARY 2, I1RTH COLUMBIA

Telephone 291311/ 4,a ,oJe 601

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tobor

1967

To; Sharon Yancilo,

Senator

The Graduate Student Association rociuosts that the 3enato

r.-,cot as

zoon.as possible to ciscuss "ac 3-Pace snortae in

o

ve:;ty,

particularly w.tu resjoct to

oaci1111g

W,ztny of the

T.A. 's roturicd. to 3

4

r:.n 'rasor at the be

:in of tho sester to

find that thoir offices had boon

ropriated. for othor jrjocs,

i.O.

tutorias

ul

icos.

These ofioc

hau. occn usca

X%

couflSOIllflL

tuonts, for teaching prparat1on.,

and.

for re-

search; presently no T.A. 's nave no place to continue those ac-

tivities whoa are obviously a necessary and intcrai

Ul

part of their

teaching

duties and scholarly pursuits, and thereby of the function-

ing of

the university.

o arQ presently carrying out these duties

in

cafeterias, Ioungc areas, faculty offices

(which

are being shared

with up to five other persons) or in crowded, often unavailable,

cubicles in the library. The hardships

;iUCi1

trio situation imposes

on the Teaching Assistants is only equalled by that imposed on the

students and faculty.

Since the Teaching Assistants are responsible for over 30% of

tho tutorials and most of the labs, grading and.

counselling,

present

spatial shorta

::

Oz

can only adversely afoot the academaic standards

of the entire university.

3nclosed is a 1ttcr dated September 13: which was sent to President

.icTaggart-Cowan, along with his reply to that lottor. iot

only

did

we receive merely token satisfaction from the latter, but also the

rumoured acquisition of four trailors,which

;aifn

t

have ameliorated

tho situation,

has proved abortive, a's have other attempts and. cug-

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Zr

OStOC1

altontiVC3.

Con f o rcrcOs wLth r. :Vrics idio.to

there are no

solutioiis in jht.

7

.70 arc CO11C1'nOd

-jith

tho apparent

COLI1aCCnCY

of the Boará of Covernors and tho ovin-

ciLcivoxnLflCflt in the face of what wo consLdcr to be a

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'cu

problem.

We foe]. that the iniaua rouiroLOts vhioh would onablo us to car-

ry out our work offioicntli arc: i) a desk and chair, 2) a fiiin

cabinet and

bookeaclVos,

anu

3)

an oncloseo area o:

so-.o sort where

a rnoaioU.ii of privacy could be maintainoa

for

counsOlJ.in 5tuc.cnt.

As an intorirn solution wo

sueot

-that SFU accLuiro a sufficient

numbor of trailers to accomic'ociato the TeachinG A ssistants. In

the Ion.-term view, we ztronly uro that

1

iase III of the bui:.d.-

in :jroro

Ia

commonoO jimocliatcly. Jo shoill also point out that

the shortaGe of office

co for TcchinG Asiotaflts is acrsiy one

of the first

1

,anifostatiofls of .a much larer paco

problem

which

concerns all mombrz of the acaaomiC cormunity.

Overcrwdifl in

the

library

and lack of rooarc) space for members of the Science

Faculty already present serious obstacles to scholarship.

o urGe th

o Soa

n

to to moot as soon as possiblo, to treat the sit-

uation with

the concern it calls for, and to take whutovor im.o&-

jate

steps are

necessary to alleviate the prozent very unsatizfoc-

tory

conditions.

Respectfully

yours,

c-

Ian Sjonccr, President, Graduate Student A sco

Doll Tc::io, Secretary

Trevor Chandler

dmond

John

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Elia Zurick

B ernard Clark

Jinx Cronwoll

Johan Schuyff

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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

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BURNABY 2,

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Tc/epl:o::c 2fl-3111 Arta oIe 604

13 SoptQflboi 1967

Doer ir. P'oiclor.t,

A mooting of tho Groducito Student Azociat

rocutivo

hold today to diccu 'Cho priiom of tho lack of cpaco in ho

univcrrLty. The departontft1. i'cprcocntativcs pcd that ovoi

250

toachinr aictor.t3 arc \r.thou", acic

r

ivatc offlco aco to

c3''y

on tho:i.r tcchirt ond councollin

dut:LOo.

T;io Oi

,

tUOtlC''.

d'

b

OO

not

only affect toaching aoiotant but tho eiitiro fac'lty and student

population and thorforo roy edvorsoly afcct the quolity:f in..

ctruction in the university.

The cccutvo realizes

that

the space problon 10 closely

bound u rith the fctilty lo- tor planning of the ulversity.

1:oro jonoraJ..Ly, the nuoti;n is reltcd to the prcvincial ovan-

• riont 's rost.'ictivo attitude to:ard ldgher oducation in Dritici

Columbia. This

ociation roali:oc that doopito these long-torn

considerations the university faces a serious shr-tor problon

which has to

be colvod inioclictoly.

Tho rumourcd plan to increase

t

he rnbor of trailers by four

• 'ailD. obviously not provide on acquato olut.....n. A t i.ioot, thoso

trailers con accomr.oc1ato tonty-ei.ht small

icos or if the tut-

orial row on the fifth £l:or e the Academic Quocircinlo aro rc-

based as toachin assistant officoc than mDproxim'toly tzonty

T.A.o

ril1 have to share

one

small area. The T.A,s bel

i

eve that

a private area is

oQcontial for propor counollin. and toachin

proprration.

Uo dopioro the fact that neither the Graduato

Student Assoc-

iation nor toachin' assistants have boon consulted by

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traticn on this problem and wo uro

1.

in the intorost.s of the acacior'.-.

ic corinunity as a tholo that in future otops bo taken to involve tho

Graduate Student Association in

.uniVorQit7 problems. We would ap-

predate the co-operation of the

university

administration

in the

so1utin of the problem. Fatling this, the GraduateStudent A oc-

iatioa intends to

take direct action.

.

Respectfully yours,

Ian Spencer, Proidont

Trevor Chandler

Jo1u )dcnd

Krat The

Elia Zurich

1?ornard Ciarh

Jim Cror.roll

Johen Schuyff

Doll Toco

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OFFICE

or

THE RLSIDtiNT.

BURNABY

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BR? IsH OLUMA

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Mr. Ian Spencer, et al,

President, Graduate Student Association,

Simon Fraser University.

Burnaby 2, B. C.

Dear Mr. Spencer:

September 14, 1967

Thank you for your letter of September 13. I can

assure you that the Deans, Department Heads and the University

administration are very conscious of the space problems in

the University and are doing everything, they can to find the

best possible solution.

Mr. De Vries either has been or will be in contact

with you and he will welcome your cooperation. In addition

I think your members can make a valuable contribution by working

directly with their Department Heads so that we may be sure that

every good idea is available to us as quickly as possible.

Yours sincerely,

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P. D. McTaggart-Cowan,

President.

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