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SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (SCIA)

ANNUAL REPORT TO SENATE

January - December 2009

Introduction

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The Senate Committee on International Activities (SCrA) is

Standing Committee (Reporting Category

"E") established under the terms of the University Policy on International Activities (GP 23). The terms

of reference and Committee composition are attached as

Anllex

..4, and can be found at:

http://www.sfll.ca/ScnatdSellateComms/SC

/\/index.lmnl.

In 2009, SCIA met seven times. This Annual Report highlights the issues dealt with by the Committee

over the course

of the year. Senators wishing more detailed infomlation concerning SCIA's deliberations

and/ or the approved minutes of the meetings may find them at:

http://www.sfu.c;l/Senate/ScnateComms/SCIAlindex.html.

Senators

are welcome to contact the Committee's secretary by email: <sfuiadm@sfu.ca> or by telephone:

778 782 5460 for further information.

1.1

SCIA Members

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TMaria Del Guerciol

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Allen Yee

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~CIA

Meetings Dates __

banuary 14. 2009

Itv~ay

13,

?009

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17,

2009

/July 8, 2009 Cancelled

ISeptt!mbcr 9, 2009

December 9, 2009 Cancelled

Current SCTA membership and meeting dates are available at:

Imr:!!\\WW,stu.ca/Senate/SenateCol111m/SCIA/index.htrnl.

Received for Approval

2.01

Approval cfthe CooFeranon Agn!<!ment w:th C:!i';ersu;-:: of Tur:r: .. \ppro\"a! :; condincnal on ,he

reqt:~st

change the .lgret!men: as follows: srr.:city grJduJte and PhD

st~,::llts:

include the President';

si;::,ttur~.

2.02

.'\pprovaI (by email) of the

Coopt!~a,i()n

Agr~<!:nt!m

with Univermv of Bologna. Approval is cor:di,:otl .•

.:n

the

request to change

th~

agreement JS tallows: specif; graduate alld PhD sttlde:m; include the President's

signarure.

2.03

Approval (by email) of the Fidd Schools' Template ..

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documents mbwjtted to SCI.'\. rdating to Fidd

Schools must be submitted using the approved templates.

2.04

Approval (by email) of the Austria Field School Changes. Should the Faculty of Business elect to run the

Austria Field School again. a new Field School Proposal should be submitted \vhich takes into account the

changes reconmlellded by the International Coordinator and tht! Mobility, Fidd School Coordinator.

2.05

Approval ofHdlt!nic Studies Administration Fee. The Hellenic Studies Administration Fees of5220

collected from 23 students for the 2008 Field School should be transferred from SFU lntt!mational to

Hellenic

Smdies. Approval is on the condition that all program administration items outlined in the essential

task contract must

continue to be vetted, and approved. by SFU International. This includes all promotions

and advertising.

2.06

Approval of a New Field School in Mexico led by Adam Holbrook with Universidad de Guadalajara.

Mexico Institute

for the Support of Innovation in Snull and Medium sized Enterprises (IDITpme) and the

School of Economic and Business Administration (Centro Unviersitario de Ciencras Administrativos -

CUCEA).

2.07

Approval of PDP International Teacher Education Module in Dharamsala, India.

2.08

Approval of the International Opportunity for Faculty of Education Graduate Students within Continuing

Studies' CIDA-Funded

"Adult Education for Economic Development" Project.

2.09

Approval (by email) of the Mid-Career Training of the Indian Forest Services Offices.

2.10

Approval of the 2009 SlAT Italy Field School led by Russell Taylor. Approval is subject to conditions

outlined

in a memo to Russell Taylor.

2.11

Approval (by email) of a non-credit option for the India Contemporary Arts Field School.

2.12

Approval (by email) of the removal of reference to the "China Field Schoor' within the Asia Canada

Program section of the

2008/9

calendar.

2.13

Approval of the recommendation for SCIA membership to include a representative of the RegiStrar. a

representative

of Continuing Studies and one member of each t:.culty.

2.14

Approval for the reconunendation to the President for the responsibility of the establishment of any new

international

or domestic undergraduate. or graduate student exchange agreements. to be moved from ISEC

to SCIA.

2.15

Approval of the reconmlendations for the following responsibilities to be moved from ISEC to SFU

International:

2.15.1 Formulate selection criteria for undergraduate and graduate student participation in international and

domestic exchange programs, in consultation with partner institutions and appropriate

SFU

authorities.

2.15.2 Monitor and. where necessary. reconunend and implement changes to application materials,

procedures and deadlines, in consultation with appropriate SFU

authorities.

2.15.3 Sdece mccessful candidates for excbnge programs. based on rigorous applicaticn

?roceJur~s

ar!d

guidelines.

2.16

Approval of :h:! n:commendation

t~Jr

ehe ciissdmlon of the Imernational Student Exchal!gc

Commit:e~

(ISEC).

2.17

Approval orthe MaC between Kyushu Cmversity and SFU Faculty of Science.

2.18

Approval of the MOV bet\veen Griffith University and SFU. This agreement will need

be signed by the

Presidents

of both institutions.

2.19

Approval ofehe Michigan State University Student Exchange Agreement.

2.20

Approval of the Michigan State University Researcher Exchange Agreement.

2.21

Approval of the reconunendations for changes

the Continuation of Process for .lgreement renewals and

terminations.

All renewals are automatic except those requiring substantive changes. Terminations are to be

seen by SCIA.

2.22

Approval of the SCIA Checklist is conditional upon the changing of the document's wording.

2.23

Approval of the MOU with the University of Aberdeen.

2.24

Approval of the MOU between University of Birmingham and SFU.

2.25

Approval of the MOU between University of Nottingham and SFU.

Received for Information

3.1

Centralized Administration of Field Schools. seIA members were reminded SFU had a formal Field School

review

in 2007. The results of this review included SCIA's approval of new administrative templates to be

used

by all Fidd Schools, as well as the centralization of the non-academic administration of Field Schools

within

SFU International. A summary document was presented to members for their reference.

3.2

New! Amended Exchange Agreements approved by ISEC on Feb 26, 2009 for signature by Dr.

Stevenson:

-Ewha Womans University (new) - University Wide (with usual closed restricted programs excluded)

-Universite Catholique de Louvain (full agreement following

200H/09

pilot)*

-Institut

d'Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux (new)*

-Institut d'Etudes

Politiques Aix-En-Provence (new)'"

*Priority

for students in SFU's French Cohort Program, Public Administration and Community Services.

3.3

All international activities involving the Faculty of Education must show the Dean, Faculty ofEducatlon has

reviewed and approved the proposal, as per Suzanne de Castell, Dean pro-tem, Faculty of Education.

3.4

Tsinghua University, Centre for Overseas Academic, Cultural Exchanges agreement renewal. Submitted by:

Amanda Woodhall, Manager, International Recruitment Partnerships.

3.5

All international activities involving the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences must show the Dean, Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences has reviewed and approved the proposal, as per Lesley Cormack, Dean, Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences

Field Schools

SFU International repo:-ted the following Field Schools were

;;omple~ed

in :UtJ9:

4.1

Summer 2009

(""fay-JlIly)

.:. Czech Republic - Humanir:es (Char!es L"nive:'ir::). 15 par:ic:par,ts led by Dr. San:!!"

Gar:dcsha

.:. France - Literatt:.re

Civilization (L"niversitc de Tours), 9 p.micipams

by Dr.

Jac(~ueline

Vis\vanarhan

.:. Greece - Hellenic Swdies (Island of Lesvos), 22 participants led by Dimitri Krallis

.:.

Italy - Italia Design (Rome, Florence and Milan), 12 participants led by Russell Taylor

.:.

Ghana - Contemporary Arts (University of Ghana). 14 participams led. by Albert Smith

4.2

Fall 2009

(September-December)

.:. Greece - Archaeology, Semester Abroad - FASS (Island ofKephalonia). 19 participants led by

Dr. Geoffrey Schmalz

.:. India - Contemporary Arts (Varanasi, Delhi and Mumbai), 16 participants led by Patricia

Gruben

2008/09,

336 applied to participate in the University's international bilateral and multilateral exchange

programs (slightly

down from 355 applicants in 2007/08). Of the 336 applicants, 59 were incomplete

applications.

22 were not approved and 46 applicants cancelled after the ISEC Committee selections were

made. ISEC selected 255

out of the 336 students to participate and 209 went on exchanges (up from 185

2007/08).

A detailed report is located in Annex B.

International Co-op Program

SFU students completed 108 co-op work practicums in 33 countries through the Co-op Program.

Signature

/~.

James Busumt\vi-Sam, Chair

Senate Committee on International Activities

Date:

Annex A

Senate Committee on International Activities (SCIA)

Standing Committee (Reporting Category "B")

Membership

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(or designate)

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Academic (or designate) .

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Business Administration

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Art/Tech

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R.egist::ar (or

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Student

Senator

(Undergraduate)

Conditions

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Internationalization, SFU International

Ex-officio

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Scaff Ivlember, SFU International

Secretary, Ex-officio (non-

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The Committee shall meet at least once each semester and at the call of the Chair.

Quorum shall be a simple majority of the voting members.

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The Committee may strike sub-committees as required, such as the International Student Exchange

Committee.

6.3

Terms of Reference

6.3.1 To ensure that proposals for international aCtiVItIes meet the conditions and criteria

established by the University

Policy on International Activities, and the University Policy on

Service Contracts.

6.3.2

To ensure broad consultation prior to the final approval of any proposal covered by this

policy for which human rights considerations are likely to be a concern.

6.3.3

To advise the President with respect to the desirability of entering into international

activities that are proposed to be undertaken by the University

on the basis of a contract,

contribution agreement, letter

of understanding, or similar document.

6.3.4 To maintain an overview and fimUliarity with imern.lcional agreements chat are entered into

by aCilacm!c or aciminisrf"Jcive units.

6.3.5 To repor:: annually to Senaee.

6.4 Procedures

6.4.1 The Committee shall be provided with copies of international acnvliY p:oposals anc

whatever other intormation is needed to administer this Policy, based on procedures to be

determined

the Committee.

6.4.2 Every proposal shall indicate that it has the approval of the appropriate Chair or Director.

and Faculty Dean and shall contain

a statement of goals and objectives, a clear disclosure of the

proposed activities and a budget.

6.4.3 Proposals shall be submitted to the Secretary of SCIA for distribution to the Committee.

6.4.4

The Committee shall review each proposal to ensure compliance with the University Policy

on International Activities and shall recommend acceptance, modification or rejection to the

President. Where approval of the Sen;ltc or the Board of Governors is required, the President shall

inform the appropriate body(ies) of the Committee's recommendation.

6.4.5 Where there

is concern on the part of SCIA that any international activity which uses the

Universityts name or resources may be in non-compliance with this Policy, the Committee shall

be entitled to receive further information and shall report to the President regarding any violations

that may be discovered.

6.4.6 Copies of international activity

contr~\cts

or other agreements shall be provided to SFU

rnternational where they shall be kept on me and be open for inspection by members of the

University community.

Interpretation

Questions of Policy interpretation or application shall be referred to the President whose decision shall be

final.

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