DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD
MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1975, 3172 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, 7:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
Present: Jewett, P. ?
Chairman ?
Absent: Barlow, J. S.
Catalano, J. A.
Allen, D. I.
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Diamond, J.
Aronoff, S.
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Hindle, L.
Baird, D. A.
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Hutchinson, J. F.
Birch, D. R.
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Overholt, M. J.
Blaney, J. P.
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Sterling, T. D.
Brown, R. C.
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Versfelt, J. A.
Calvert, T. W.
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Wheatley, J.
Carlson, R. L.
Cunningham, F. ?
In attendance: Chase, J.
Curzon, A. E.
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Krebs, D. L.
Davison, A. J.
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Ryeburn, D.
Debo, R. K.
Doherty, P. M.
Dorsel, M. M.
Emery, B. E.
Erickson, D. A.
Finlayson, T.
Harrison, S.
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Ironside, R. A.
Jones, C.H.W.
Kazepides, A.
Knight, D. E.
Latham, L.
Mackauer, J.P.M.
Martel, A. G.
McCoy, S. G.
McWhinney, E.
Morin, S.
Mugridge, I.
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Representing B. C. Wilson
Pate, B. D.
Rieckhoff, K. E.
Schiffer, R.
Shillow, M.
Smith, W.A.S.
Thomas, S.
Walkley, J.
Wailbaum, D. C.
Williams, W. E.
Evans, H. M.
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Secretary
Nagel, H. D.
Norsworthy, R. Recording Secretary
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The members of the newly constituted Senate introduced themselves
and were welcomed by the Chairman.
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
D. Birch gave Notice of Motion relating to suspension of election
rules to permit early procedures for establishing a Search Committee for
a Dean for the Faculty of Education and, as there was no objection, it
was agreed to place the item on the agenda under Section 8. i). The
agenda was then approved as appended.
2.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The minutes of the Open Session of May 5, 1975 were approved as
circulated.
3.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
There was no business arising from the minutes.
4.
REPORT OF CHAIRMAN
1) Paper S.75-88 - Membership on Senate - Associate Vice-President, Academic
Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That, pursuant to the provisions of Section 35(1)
of the Universities Act, the Associate Vice-President,
Academic hold membership on Senate, with such member-
ship adding two to the Faculty members to be elected
under Section 35(g), and one to the student members
to be elected under Section 35(h)."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
5.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
i) Senate Nominating Committee
Paper S.75-89 - Elections
At the request of the Chairman, the Secretary announced the
names of individuals who had been added to the slate of candidates
submitted by the Senate Nominating Committee, as follows:
Ad Hoc Committee on Committees
M. Shillow declined nomination as the student Senator and nominated
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D. C. Wallbaum to that position.
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Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules
R. Schiffer nominated N. Shillow.
Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees
B. E. Emery nominated J. A. Versfelt.
Senate Library Committee
B. E. Emery declined nomination; R. Schiffer nominated S. C.
McCoy and R. A. Ironside.
Senate Nominatin
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Committee
W.A.S. Smith nominated J. F. Hutchinson; B. C. Wilson nominated
W.A.S. Smith and P. M. Doherty; R. C. Brown nominated F. Cunningham;
R. Schiffer nominated T. D. Sterling; and J. A. Versfelt nominated
R. Shiffer.
Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
N. Shillow declined nomination; M. N. Dorsel nominated S. Harrison.
Senate Committee on Continuing Studies
R. A. Ironside nominated B. E. Emery and S. G. McCoy nominated
N. N. Dorsel.
Moved by K. Rieckhoff, seconded by S. Smith,
"That the individuals named to the Ad Hoc
Committee on Committees be declared elected;
that E. Mchinney and D. I. Allen be declared
elected to the Senate Committee on Honorary
Degrees representing the Faculty of Arts and
Faculty of Education; that R. K. Debo be
declared elected to the Senate Undergraduate
Admissions Board; that the three student
Senators named as alternates on the Senate
Committee on Undergraduate Studies be
declared elected."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
Moved by S. Smith, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That ballot elections now be held for the
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remaining positions on the Senate Committees."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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Following balloting, the undernoted election results were
announced by the Secretary:
AD HOC SENATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES
One member elected from the ex-officio
members of Senate (by acclamation) ?
R. C. BROWN
Two members from those who were elected
by and from the Faculty to Senate (by
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T. W. CALVERT
acclamation) ?
K. E. RIECKHOFF
One member who was elected by and from
the students to Senate (by acclamation) ?
D. C. WALLBAUM
One member who was elected by Convocation
or appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council to Senate (by acclamation)
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S. THOMAS
SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGENDA AND RULES
One Senator at large to replace A.
MacPherson. No specified term of office.
Individual receiving the higher number of
votes and thereby declared elected: ?
J.P.M. MACKAUER
SENATE COMMITTEE ON HONORARY DEGREES
One Faculty of Arts Senator to replace
P. Copes; one Faculty of Education
Senator to replace J. F. Ellis; two
Senators at large to replace E. M.
Swangard and A. H. Emmott. No specified
terms of office.
Individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and thereby declared elected:
SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Two Senators at large to replace E.
Burkle and E. R. Ingram Ellis from date
of election to September 30, 1975 and
one Senator at large to replace M. E. Eliot
Hurst from date of election to September 30,
1976.
Individual receiving the highest number of
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votes and thereby declared elected from
date of election to September 30, 1976:
L. HINDLE
N. J. OVERHOLT
R. A. IRONSIDE
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Individuals receiving the next two highest
numbers of votes and thereby declared
elected from date of election to September
30, 1975: ?
A. E. CURZON
D. A. ERICKSON
SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
Five Senators at large to replace E. W.
Banister, P. Copes, B. L. Funt, D. Janssen,
and M. F. Wideen from date of election to
September 30, 1975.
Individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and thereby declared elected:
SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOAR])
Two student Senators to replace E. Burkie
and D. Janssen, and one student Senator
alternate to replace J. P. Daem for terms
of office from date of election to
September 30, 1975.
F. CUNNINGHAM
P. H. DOHERTY
J. F. HUTCHINSON
W.A.S. SMITH
T. D. STERLING
Two candidates with the highest numbers of
votes and thereby declared elected to hold
full membership: ?
R. SCHIFFER
D. C. WALLBAUM
Individual receiving the third highest
number of votes and thereby declared the
student senator alternate:
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R. A. IRONSIDE
One Senator at large to replace C. L. Cook
from date of election to September 30,
1976 (by acclamation) ?
R. K. DEBO
SENATE APPEALS BOARD
One faculty Senator to replace A. J. Dawson,
and one faculty Senator alternate to replace
I. R. Andrews, for no specified terms of
office.
Individual receiving the highest number of
votes and thereby declared elected with full
membership:
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T. D. STERLING
Individual receiving the second highest
number of votes and thereby declared
alternate: ?
J. F. HUTCHINSON
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
Three student Senators as alternates to
replace E. Burkie, D. Janssen and J. P.
Daem, for no specified terms of office
(by acclamation):
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES
Three Senators at large to be elected for
two year terms of office from date of
election to September 30, 1977, and three
Senators at large to be elected for one
year terms of office from date of election
to September 30, 1976.
Individuals receiving the highest numbers
of votes and thereby declared elected to
September 30, 1977:
Individuals receiving the next highest
numbers of votes and thereby declared
elected to September 30, 1976:
S. HARRISON
S.
G. McCOY
J. A. VERSPELT
F. CUNNINGHAM
A. J. DAVISON
T. FINLAYSON
D. I. ALLEN
R. L. CARLSON
J. WALKLEY
ii) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies
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Faculty of Arts - B.A. Program in Mathematics
Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.75-90, the proposed Bachelor of Arts program
in Mathematics, including
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The requirements for a major in Mathematics
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The requirements for honors in Mathematics."
The Chairman invited D. Ryeburn, from the Department of Mathematics,
to join the assembly and respond to any queries.
J. Walkley and W. Williams enquired about the rationale for the
proposal, and it was explained that a number of students prefer to do
more work in the arts than sciences and that mathematics is not
historically bound to a particular faculty.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
b) Paper S.75-91 - New Course Proposals - PSYC 306-3, PSYC 371-3,
PSYC 372-3, PSYC 406-3, PSYC 407-3
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Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by S. Smith,
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"That Senate approve, and recommend approval to
the Board of Governors, as set forth
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S.75-91,
the new course proposals in Psychology, including
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PSYC 306-3 - Survey of Psychological
Assessment Procedures
ii)
PSYC 371-3 - A Survey of Methods of
Therapeutic Interaction I
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PSYC 372-3 - A Survey of Methods of
Therapeutic Interaction II
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PSYC 406-3 - Validation Techniques
v)
PSYC 407-3 - Evaluation Techniques
A. Krebs was invited to respond to questions.
T.
Calvert asked what constituted a survey course, and A. Krebs said
that the course proposals for the 300 level courses were an introduction
to emphasizing the evaluation of particular areas and a critical look at
the procedures. He agreed to removing the reference to survey in the
titles of PSYC 306-3, 371-3 and 372-3, which would then be identified as
PSYC 306-3 - Psychological Assessment Procedures
PSYC 371-3 - Methods of Therapeutic Interaction I
PSYC 372-3 - Methods of Therapeutic Interaction II
R.
Schiffer questioned offering courses bordering on professional
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practice in psychology without exposure to therapy, and A. Krebs responded
that the practices involved do not require expertise; that the focus was
evaluation of techniques.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by S. Smith,
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"That Senate waive the normal two semester
time lag requirement in order that PSYC
306-3, 371-3 and 406-3 may be first offered
in.the Fall semester 75-3 and PSYC 372-3
and 407-3 in the Spring semester 76-1."
S.
Smith explained that instructional staff would be on campus for
the purpose of offering the courses and it was important that approval
be given for early scheduling.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
c) Paper S.75-92 - Proposed New Courses - ARC. 410-5 and ARC. 411-5
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Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by S. Smith,
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"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
the Board, as set forth in S.75-92, that the
proposed new courses in Archaeology be approved:
1) ARC. 410-5 - Advanced Archaeometry?
ii) ARC. 411-5 - Archaeological Dating."
In response to questions raised, R. Carlson advised that upper
division courses in Archaeology are preponderantly five credit courses;
that Archaeometry is the application of physical science techniques;
that PHYS 281 is a prerequisite to the proposed courses which would be
built onto the Physics offering, but there was no immediate plan to
design archaeology with more science.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by E. Mcwhinney,
"That the normal two semester time lag
requirement be waived in order that ARC.
410-5 and ARC. 411-5 may be first offered
in the Spring semester 76-1."
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
iii) Senate Committee on Continuing Studies
Paper S.75-93 - Correspondence Courses
Moved by J. Blaney, seconded by L. Latham,
"That Senate approve, and recommend approval
to the Board of Governors, as set forth in
S.75-93, the recommendations of the Senate
Committee on Continuing Studies concerning
the-development of correspondence courses."
J. Blaney commented that the Senate Committee on Continuing
Studies felt correspondence courses play an important role in making
degree completion more accessible particularly for people disadvantaged
by distance. Questions were raised concerning the effectiveness and
quality of a degree program by correspondence; the number of courses an
individual would expect to complete off campus; the costs involved.
Moved by I. Mugridge, seconded by B. Pate,
"That the proposal be referred back to the
Senate Committee on Continuing Studies for
further documentation."
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I. Mugridge stated that Senate had not been provided with sufficient
information on which to act, and A. Kazepides added that questions could
have been answered by a comprehensive proposal. B. Pate suggested the
main concern was focussed on the stipulation that current university
regulations and policies concerning credit courses should apply equally
to correspondence courses, and that the Committee might wish to either
produce the evidence of the instruction or specify how an experimental
program will be controlled.
Question was called on the motion to refer, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO REFER CARRIED
iv) Senate Committee on Alternative Academic Philosophies and Academic
Objectives for Simon Fraser University
Moved by R. Brown, seconded by J. Walkley,
i) "That this item be dealt with through
'informal consideration of the que5tjQnI
ii)
"That the period for informal consideration
be one-half hour which, by majority vote,
may be extended for a further period of up
to one-half hour."
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R. Brown asked that J. Chase be seated to respond to any aspects
of the Committee's deliberations, and Dr. Chase joined the assembly.
J. Walkley gave a summary of the Committee's activities over the
past sixteen months, primarily for background information for new
Senators.
P. Doherty supported retaining the HOnors program but suggested the
Committee should be more concerned with the ratio between undergraduate
and graduate students rather than specific numbers. He also supported
the notion of establishing a further committee to examine and report on
the recommendations of the ad hoc committee. K. Rieckhoff expanded on
arguments for encouraging development of knowledge beyond a narrow base.
J. Walkley stated his preference would be that the first 60 hours entail
much broader education through a coherently aligned liberal arts program.
E. McWhinney favored emphasis in the area of interdisciplinary studies
and consideration of the role of the university in the community.
Moved by S. Smith, seconded by K. Rieckhoff,
"That the Report be tabled."
S. Smith noted that the intention was to give the various aspects of
the report further consideration as developments occur, and it was noted
that one month's notice would be required to remove the item from the
table. The Chairman suggested that the Dean of Arts might look into the
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possibility of a proposal for an experimental program in the liberal arts.
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Question was called on the motion to table, and a vote taken.
MOTION TO TABLE CARRIED
6. REPORTS OF FACULTIES
There were no reports from faculties.
7. OTHER BUSINESS
There was no other business.
8. NOTICES OF MOTION
i)
Election for Search Committee for a Dean of the Faculty of Education
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by A. Kazepides,
"That Senate suspend its election rules to
permit the shortening of procedures for the
nomination and election of a Search Committee
for a Dean for the Faculty of Education to
one week for nominations and one week for
election."
D. Birch confirmed that the majority of the electorate were on
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campus and the balance were reachable within the reduced time limit.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
ii)
Paper S.75-74 - Rules of Senate Committees (D. R. Birch
Moved by D. Birch, seconded by I. Mugridge,
"That Senate establish the rules, as set forth
in S.75-74, relating to the operation of
Senate Committees."
D. Birch stated that the motion was the result of a recent issue
relating to the desirability of opening meetings of Senate Committees
on the basic principle that the business of an institution is open to
the community. He felt an approximation of Senate rules would establish
the necessary regulations. E. McWhinney commented that within the general
principle the rule of reason would govern.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
9. INFORMATION
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It was noted that the next meeting of Senate is scheduled for Monday,
July 7, 1975, at 7:30 p.m. The assembly recessed briefly at 10:00 p.m.
prior to moving into Closed Session.
H. M. Evans
Secretary
