. DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD
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ON MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1989 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 7:00 P.M.
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OPEN SESSION
Present:
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Ivany, J.W.G., Acting Chair
Absent:
Barrow, R.
Bedford, B.
Blaney, J.
Brown, R.
Carlson, R.
Cercone, N.
Clayman, B.
Cove!!, M.
DAuria, J.
Dickinson, J.
Di Fonzo, R.
Djwa, S.
Dobb, T.
Fitzsimmons, C.
Freedman, A.
George, D.
Giffen, K.
Goodman, D.
Kazepides, T.
Kennedy, P.
Khosla, S.
Mauser, G.
Mathewes, R.
Nicol, I.
Nielsen, V.
Nyvik, S.
Palmer, L.
Pinfield, L.
Rashed, S.
Rieckhoff, K.
Rudrum, A.
Salter, L.
Saunders, R.
Shannon, D.
Shapiro, S.
Strate, G.
Swartz, N.
Tuinman, J.
Verdun-Jones,
Weldon, L.
Winne, P.
Wotherspoon, A.
Beedie, R.
Berggren, L.
Calvert, T.
Cleveland, W.
Gil!, P.
Hoegg, J.L.
Jones, C.
Maaske, R.
McGivern, R.
Rae, B.
Reilly, N.
Saywel!, W.
Shickele, J.
Tjosvold, D.
Warsh, M.
Weinberg, H.
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W.R. Heath, Secretary
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Grant, B., Recording Secretary
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1. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OPEN SESSION OF FEBRUARY 13. 1989
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
3.
BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
There was no business arising from the Minutes.
4.
REPORT OF THE CHAIR
There was no report from the Chair.
5.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
a)
SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
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S.89-9 - Elections
The following are the results of elections to fill vacancies on the undernoted
Senate Committees:
Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules (SCAR)
One Student Senator to replace H. Bains for balance term of office, from date
of election to September 30, 1989.
Names of candidates: ?
K. Giffen
S. Nyvik
Individual receiving the highest number of votes and declared elected:
S. NYVIK
Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees (SCHD)
One Student Senator to replace H. Bains from date of election for no specified
term of office.
Elected by acclamation: ?
S. NYVIK
Senate Undergraduate Admissions Board (SUAB)
One Student Senator to replace H. Bains for balance term of office, from date
of election to September 30, 1989.
Elected by acclamation: ?
K. GIFFEN
b)
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING
i) ?
S.89-10 - Senate Committee on Enrolment Management and Planning:
Terms of Reference and Membership - FOR INFORMATION
Senate received for information a report establishing a new
subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Academic
Planning, the Senate
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Committee on Enrolment Management, including its membership and terms of
reference.
ii)
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S.89-11 - Deletion of
courses not offered
Moved by R. Saunders, seconded by T. Kazepides
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, as set forth in S.89-11, that the following courses be
deleted:
AME 110 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic I
AME 112 An Introduction to Modern Standard Arabic II
ARCH 201 Fact and Fantasy in Archaeology
CHIN 341 The I Ching
CRIM 401 Psychiatric and Biogenetic Explanations of Criminal
and Deviant Behavior
OS 402
LIT 440
LIT 441
SA 290
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EDUC 330
EDUC
435
BISC 403
Myths, Fictions, Histories: Telling the Truth about
Experience
Monographic Studies I
Monographic Studies II
Social Organization
A Critical History of Educational Thought
Educational Theory
and Theory Criticism
Microbial Ecology"
In response to an inquiry about
the number of new courses introduced
compared with the number deleted within the past year, the Chair indicated
that the net new courses for the year was nineteen.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
iii) S.89-12 - Department of Communication - External Review - FOR
INFORMATION
R. Saunders introduced the paper by providing brief background information
explaining that with the placement of the Department of Communication in
the Faculty of Applied Sciences, Senate had requested a mandatory review to
ascertain whether the Department had been successful in reorienting its
activities within that Faculty. He went on to say that the Senate Committee
on Academic Planning had accepted the report of the external review
committee and had unanimously approved the continued placement of
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Communication with the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
K. Rieckhoff felt that the Department deserved recognition and credit for
being so
well-reviewed, particularly in view of the strain of high enrolments
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and limited resources.
Reference was made to the fact that the two Schools of Communications
referred to in the report were in the Faculty of Arts, and inquiry was made as
to the existence of other Schools in other Faculties at other Canadian
universities. L. Salter pointed out that Simon Fraser University is not
anomalous with respect to the placement of a School of Communication within
the Faculty of Applied Sciences but because of the diversity of the discipline
there are no neat comparisons from one university to another.
iv) Paper S.89-13 - Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre: Proposals
for new programs - For Information
R. ?
Saunders ?
introduced
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the
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paper
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by
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informing
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Senate
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that ?
the ?
Senate
Committee on Academic Planning
had approved the programs
put forward in
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paper for
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further
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specific planning,
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development ?
and
exploration ?
of
funding.
It
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was
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noted ?
that ?
the ?
sample
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course
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outlines
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were ?
only ?
being
presented to
Senate as examples
and that the vetting of any
new proposals
will follow
the normal committee
approval procedures.
L. Pinfield inquired about the implications with regard to the amount of space
available, the amount of dollars available, and exactly how all of these
programs or possible ventures will be integrated together. Referring to
funding, J. Blaney indicated that each program has a different kind of funding
potential and that not all of them will realize their funding objective. With
regard to space, J. Blaney informed Senate that if all the programs proposed
could be funded there would not be enough space. It was therefore the intent
of the SCAP Harbour Centre Committee to prioritize programs as funding is
obtained and approval sought. J. Blaney went on to indicate that the SCAP
Harbour Centre Committee also intends to bring forward recommendations
with regard to what it feels ought to be offered at
Harbour
Centre in order to
bring greater balance and coherence to the programs there as well as
suggestions as to what is missing from Harbour Centre programming. He
noted that Senate is being included in the planning process at an early stage
and being asked to indicate what it feels would be appropriate with regard to
the focus and strength of Harbour Centre and whether or not it feels the
current proposals are appropriate for development at
Harbour Centre. He
stressed
the fact that Harbour Centre is not a distinct entity and that
everything offered is an extension or an approved program of an existing
department, school or faculty.
P. Winne inquired as to whether or not Senate will receive all program
proposals or just proposals deemed by the Committee as appropriate for
offering at Harbour Centre. He inquired if Senate would receive information
not only on proposals that have been selected to go forward for Senate
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approval but also on additional programs that may not be recommended by
the Committee for approval because of inadequate space or funding
constraints. He felt such information would be useful to Senate when it comes
to debate and adjudicate proposals before it. J. Blaney indicated that it would
be possible to include the titles and perhaps an abbreviated version of such
proposals for Senate's information. Senators could then ask for further
information if they wished. G. Strate suggested that it would be more helpful
to Senate if the criteria and rationale applied by the Committee in each
instance accompanied the recommendations for program proposals. The Chair
reminded Senate that it had adopted a statement of general principles as well
as three schools of focus for programming activity at Harbour Centre and that
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the Committee is currently using this document as a guide in the planning
process.
Senate received the report for information allowing the Committee to
continue in its current direction with the assurance from the Chair that the
comments made by Senate were to be noted.
c)
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Senate Graduate Studies Committee
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Paper S.89-14 - Annual Report - For Information
Referring to the figures with regard to the length of time for completion of
degrees, inquiry was made as to what kind of action was being taken to
improve the situation. B. Clayman drew Senate's attention to the fact that
there has been slight improvement over the past few years, and pointed out
that measures such as the length of scholarship funding for students in
graduate programs now only applying over certain semesters in the program,
together with the increase in tuition fees so that students taking longer to
finish degrees face significantly more in tuition fees, encourage students to
complete degrees much sooner. In reply to a suggestion that in some
instances academic factors contribute to the excessive degree completion
time, B. Clayman indicated that in such cases he meets with the individual
supervisor in an attempt to reach a resolution. He also informed Senate that
he has met with some of the departmental graduate program committees to
discuss this problem and he hoped to have a report on this issue for Senate
within the next couple of months.
Current regulations require ?
a ?
student's ?
supervisory
committee to
generate a
progress ?
report
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once
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a ?
year,
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the
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enforcement
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of
which ?
is
left
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at ?
the
departmental level.
B. Clayman informed Senate of
his intent to enforce this
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requirement at the
SGSC level both as a condition
for continued
registration
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so ?
that
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students ?
are
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fully
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aware
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of
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their
supervisory
committee's
expectations
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and
can ?
determine ?
whether ?
or ?
not
such
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expectations
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are
realistic.
7.
Notices of Motion
There was no notices of motion.
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reply to an inquiry as to how the length of degree completion at Simon
Fraser University compares to other universities across Canada, B. Clayman
indicated that it has been impossible to obtain comparable information.
Following discussion, the Annual Report of the Senate Graduate Studies
Committee was received by Senate for information.
Other Business
Referring to recent changes made by the Senate Policy Committee on
Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries to the Undergraduate Open Scholarships,
B. Bedford wondered if Senate could receive a report from the Committee on
the impact these changes will have, the number of awards that are expected
next year, and whether the Committee has considered grandfathering
students who currently qualify under the
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ceiling. Speaking as Chair of the
SPCSAB, P. Kennedy felt that the Committee would be quite willing to provide
such a report if Senate wished. He indicated that the SPCSAB was obliged to
report to report to Senate annually but could make an effort if Senate wished
to submit an interim report.
8.
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Information
The date of next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, April 3,
1989.
The Assembly moved directly into Closed Session at
7:50
p.m.
W.R. Heath
Registrar and Secretary of Senate
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