DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SiMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY
5,
1990 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 4:30 P.M.
OPEN SESSION
Present: ?
Saywell, W.G., Chair
Absent: ?
Addison, G.
Bedford, B.
Barrow, R.
Blackman, R.
Bowman, M.
Blaney,
?
J.
Cercone, N.
Calvert, T.
Covell, M.
Carlson, R.
D'Auria,
?
J.
Clayman, B.
Falcon, K.
Cleveland, W.
Freedman, ?
A.
Dahl, H.
George, D.
Deigrande, ?
J.
Gill, J.
Dickinson, ?
J.
Gray, P.
Dill, L.
Kazepides, A.C.
Djwa, S.
Partridge, ?
J.
Dobb, T.
Rudrum, A.
Ekstedt, J.
Saunders, ?
R.
Faith, K.
Vining, ?
A.
Giffen, K.
Warsh, M.
Green, C.
Winne, P.
Hendrickson, ?
T.
Hoechsmann,
?
M.
Hoegg, J.L.
Jones, C.
Luk,
W. S.
In ?
attendance:
Munro, D.
Garland, ?
I.
Nielsen, ?
V.
Komorous, R.
Palmer, E.
Palmer,
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L.
Pinfield,
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L.
Rae, B.
Reilly, ?
N.
Rieckhoff,
?
K.
Salter, ?
L.
Shannon, ?
D.
Shapiro,
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S.
Sicking, ?
C.
Stewart, ?
M.L.
Swartz, N.
Tjosvold, D.
Tuinman,
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J.
Verdun-Jones, ?
S.
Wade, S.
Wotherspoon, ?
A.
Nagel, H., Acting Secretary
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Grant, B., Recording Secretary
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1.
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APPROVAL
VAL OF THE AGENDA
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
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2.
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APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE OPEN SESSION OF JANUARY 8. 1990
K. Rieckhoff requested that the Minutes be amended to reflect R. Peterman's reply to his
inquiry that resources are currently available for the offering of the proposed new
courses in MRM (Reference: Page 8, Paper S.90-10).
C. Green requested that his absence from the meeting of January 8, 1990 be noted on the
record.
Following these amendments, the Minutes were approved.
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3.
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BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES
There was no business arising from the Minutes.
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4.
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REPORT OF THE CHAIR
i)
The Chair was pleased to report his attendance, on behalf of Simon Fraser
University, at the installation ceremony of G. Ivany as the 7th President of the
University of Saskatchewan on February 3rd in Saskatoon.
ii)
In reply to budgetary inquiries, the Chair reported that he was not aware of any
change in the funding formula for the university nor any changes with respect to the
continuation of the second year of the Access policy for enrolment growth. Since the
budget is usually clarified in late March, he had nothing definitive to report at this time.
iii)
The Chair reported that the Search Committee for the Vice-President, Academic is
rapidly coming to closure.
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5.
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REPORT OF COMMITn±S
There were no reports from Committees.
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6.
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REPORT OF FACULTIES
i) ?
Paper S.90-21 - Change of name from Centre for the Arts to School for the
Contemoorarv Arts
Moved by R. Blackman, seconded by B. Bedford
"that Senate approve that the name for the Centre for the Arts be
changed to School for the Contemporary Arts"
R. Komorous and I. Garland, from the Centre for the Arts were in attendance as resource
persons.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
Secretary's Note: Recommendation for approval to the Board of Governors which was
inadvertently omitted should be included in the above motion.
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7.
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OTHER BUSINESS
1. Referring to a recent advertisement by B.C. Hydro which appeared in the Globe
and Mail in which the Chair's picture appeared, M. Hoechsmann inquired firstly,
if the President or the University had received payment for lending the
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University's name for corporate advertisement and, secondly, if the University
had any policy on endorsement.
The Chair briefly explained background details leading up to this publication and
pointed out that since BC Hydro was interested in highlighting institutions that
have successfully been conserving energy, he felt it was a good opportunity for
to advertise to the public that the University is meeting its fiscal responsibility in
this regard. However, he was unsure if the University had an actual policy with
regard to endorsement and requested the Secretary to make inquiries and report
back to Senate.
2.
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Referring to ?
a
recent theft from his car, K.
Giffen informed Senate that
Security
had ?
indicated
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to him
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that nothing could be
done even though they had
20 such
recent thefts
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on ?
their records.
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Senate had
no ?
objection to
?
a suggestion
that
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B.
deVries and/or
his Security Chief be invited
to attend Senate and present
a report
with regard
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to
the extent of theft and vandalism
on campus and what
measures
are being taken
in this regard.
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The Secretary
was asked to follow-up this
matter.
3.
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Referring ?
to
?
the ?
current ?
exchange ?
between ?
the ?
Government
?
and ?
the ?
universities
with
?
regard ?
to
?
the ?
Year ?
2000 ?
curriculum
?
revisions, ?
K.
?
Giffen ?
wondered ?
if
an
opportunity existed to include the question of tuition fees.
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It was pointed out
that
the ?
scope ?
of ?
these ?
discussions ?
is ?
very ?
narrowly ?
defined ?
and
?
in ?
general
the
proposed ?
revisions ?
are ?
not ?
directly ?
related ?
to ?
post-secondary ?
education.
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It
was
also ?
pointed
?
out ?
that
?
the ?
document
?
in ?
question ?
is ?
directed ?
to
?
the ?
Minister
of
Education ?
who ?
has ?
no jurisdiction ?
in ?
the
?
question
?
of university
?
tuition ?
fees
and
has ?
no ?
ability
?
to affect post-secondary
?
funding.
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4.
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Referring to the question of the 3%
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surtax which he brought
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forward
at the
last
meeting, C. ?
Sicking inquired if the Chair had any further information.
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The Chair
indicated ?
that
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it
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was ?
his
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understanding ?
that
?
the
?
introduction ?
of
?
the
?
surtax
was
related to the issue of bad debts on student loans and he read the
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following letter
which he had written to the Secretary of State:
"I am writing as re-enforcement to the letter of Claude Lajeunesse,
President of the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada,
with regard to the changes in the Canada Student Loans Program. I
agree with the central thrust of Claude's comments and would like to
underline, in particular, the issue of taking no action that would
undermine the basic purpose of the C.S.L.P. which is to ensure that
Canadians will be given every opportunity of undertaking and
completing post-secondary education regardless of their financial
resources.
In that regard I am concerned that this surtax could be a deterrent and
that, while I can understand your concern with loan defaults, I would
ask you to re-consider the 3% levy as being the best way to cope with
that issue. In that regard I would hope that the levy would be re-
considered now and, in the event that it is upheld at the present time,
that it be removed at the earliest possible moment."
A suggestion that such letters be circulated with the Senate meeting materials was
.
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accepted and the Secretary was requested to take note of this for future
distributions.
5.
Referring to his inquiry at the last meeting with regard to the GST and its effect
on student fees, S. Wade inquired if the Chair had anything further to report. The
following memo from R. Ward, Acting Vice-President of Financial Services was
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read by the Chair:
"In response to your memorandum of January 18, 1990 requesting
clarification of the effects of the proposed GST on student fees, I can
offer the following: At this time it is our understanding that credit
course tuition fees will be exempt from the tax while non-credit
course fees will be taxable. With respect to the student activity and
student society fees, the situation is not so clear. Currently the
feeling is that these types of fees will be exempt. However, until the
legislation is passed by the House of Commons and all the details are
fully known this is the best information we have. As soon as we
receive more definitive information, I will let you know."
As a follow-up to the letter just read, B. Bedford informed Senate that the Canadian
Federation of Students has been advised that the student activity fees will be
taxable.
8.
NOTICES OF MOTION
There were no notices of motion.
9.
INFORMATION
The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, March 5, 1990.
The Assembly moved directly into Closed Session at 4:55 p.m.
H. Nagel
Acting Secretary of Senate
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