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S.06-26

Revised

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

Memorandum

TO: ?

Senate

FROM: ?

Alison Watt, Secretary, Senate Nominating Committee

DATE:

February 3, 2006

SUBJECT: ?

Elections at Senate Meeting - Monday, February 6, 2006

The following vacancies are outstanding and are brought forward to the February meeting of Senate.

Elections, if required, will be conducted by ballot at the Senate meeting of February 6, 2006.

Under Senate regulations, any Senator who wishes to submit nominations may do so by

notifying the Secretary of Senate in writing (email

watt@sfu.ca )

of such nominations.

Nominations must be received by the Secretary no later than Frida

, February 3, 2006.

Nominations received after that time cannot be accepted. Senators making nominations must ensure in

advance that the nominee is willing to stand for election.

Senate Committee on Academic Integrity in Student Learning and Evaluation (SCAISLE)

One Undergraduate Student (Alternate)

to fill an existing vacancy for term of office to May 31,

2006.

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Senate Polic

Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries (SPCSAB) and Senate Undergraduate

Awards Adjudication Committee (SUAAC) - DUAL POSITION

One Undergraduate Student

to replace E. Johansen for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation:

Karen Tse

Senate Committee on University Honours (SCUH)

One Faculty Senator (Health Sciences)

to replace C. MacKenzie for term of office to May 31, 2008.

One Student Senator

to replace E. Johansen for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation:

Shawn Hunsdale

Research Ethics Board (REB)

One Member from the University Community

to replace A. Drobnies for term of office to May 31,

2007.

Elected

acclamation:

Sandra Wong

One Student Member

to replace E. Halpern for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Ballot required:

Anthony Kupferschmidt

Cohn McInnes

Sasha Uhlmann

Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL)

One Faculty Member (Education)

to replace C. Amundsen for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Paul Neufeld

Candidate Statements for elections at Senate

Monday, February 6, 2006

Anthony Laurence Kupferschmidt

I am a first-year Gerontology Master of Arts student here at Simon Fraser University. My research interests focus

on caregivers of persons with dementia and the psychological effects, both positive and negative, of providing care.

I received my Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in Psychology from Queen's University in Kingston, ON in 2003.

While in Kingston, I sat on the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer Society of Kingston for one year. I also served

for two years as Vice Coordinator Administration of an approximately fifty-member volunteer-based community

organization. In this capacity, I was responsible for the agency's policies, Constitution and by-laws and for ensuring

compliance with the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA).

I also completed my Bachelor of Arts degree in Gerontology at McMaster University in Hamilton, ON last April.

For the duration of my studies, I was selected to serve as the Undergraduate Member of the Gerontology/ Geography

Student Research Ethics Committee. In this capacity, I reviewed ethics protocols for research involving human

participants. As a component of this position, I participated in a half-day professional development session on the

ethics of research in humans. I am also familiar with the Tr-council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct for

Research Involving Humans.

Through my work on numerous research initiatives over the last five years in different institutions, I have

considerable familiarity with and experience preparing and evaluating research ethics board applications. Though

new to SFU, I am active within the Gerontology Graduate Caucus and serve as the departmental representative to

the university-wide Graduate Issues Committee. I have also familiarized myself with past minutes of the

university's Research Ethics Board, as well as all of the Board's forms and the current and proposed versions of the

University Research Ethics Review Policy R20.01.

I hope to bring my prior experience to the capacity of Student Member on the Simon Fraser University Research

Ethics Board. Thank you very much in advance for your consideration.

Cohn McInnes

Dear Members of Senate

I am writing to express interest in becoming a student member of the SFU Research Ethics Committee. Currently, I

am a 4th year Biology Honours Program student with aspirations to enter the medical field. I have a keen interest in

ethical issues, such as health care privatization and research procedures, and realize the fundamental importance of

having proper ethics standards. Furthermore, although this is a preliminary goal, I hope to eventually get involved

with an ethics committee on the C.M.A. (Canadian Medical Association) and therefore feel that being on the SFU

Ethics Committee would be an excellent and interesting way to get more exposure to the procedures involved.

I am currently involved in my second undergraduate research class (BISC 499) with the B.C. Cancer Agency where

I have observed the importance of ethics standards. With the BCCA I am helping with a study aimed to give dentists

the tools to identify pre-malignant lesions within the mouth. While gathering data from patients one of my

responsibilities is to cover liability procedures and explain all aspects of the confidentiality agreement: how their

data will be used, who will have access to their records, and I will also answer their questions/concerns. This process

has shown me the importance of establishing clear, and ethically sound, research procedures before commencing a

study. This upcoming fall I will be doing a more in-depth research (ISS) which will contribute to the BCCA study,

and therefore feel that the work I will put into this committee will be very applicable to my future.

Finally, I will still be at SFU next spring and therefore, if elected, I will be able to commit to the entire duration of

I am currently a masters student in the Faculty of Health Sciences (Population and Public Health) and the student

senate representative for the Faculty. As a student in Public Health I have learned much in the way of research ethics

and requirements for research proposals. I will be conducting research of my own and am therefore very interested

in the process. I would offer the committee current knowledge on research ethics as well as the desire and ability to

learn more.

Thank you for considering my application.