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MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE SENATE OF SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY HELD ?

ON MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1990 KLAUS RIECKHOFF HALL, 7:00 P.M.

OPEN SESSION

Present: ?

Saywell, W.G., Chair

Blackman, R.

Blaney, J.

Bowman, M.

Brown, R.

Bukovac, S.

Carlson, R.

Cercone, N.

Clayman, B.

D'Auria, J.

Di Fonzo, A.

Dill, L.

Dobb, T.

Duguid, S.

Faith, K.

George, D.

Giffen,

Gray, P.

Heinrich, K.

Hendrickson, T.

Hoechsmann, M.

Hoegg, J.L.

Jones, C.

Luk, W. S.

Maaske, R.

Mauser, G.

Munro, D.

Myers, T.

Nielsen, V.

Palmer, E.

Palmer, L.

Percival, P.

Reich, K.

Rieckhoff, K.

Salter, L.

Stewart, M.L.

Swartz, N.

Verdun-Jones, S.

Wade, S.

Heath, W.R., Secretary

Grant, B., Recording Secretary

Absent:

Barrow, R.

Covell, M.

Djwa, S.

Evenden, L.

Gibbons, N.

Green, C.

Leiss, W.

Pinfleid, L.

Radii, M.

Rae, B.

Reilly, N.

Saunders, R.

Shannon, D.

Shapiro, S.

Tjosvold, D.

Tuinman, J.

Walker, R.

Warsh, M.

Winne, P.

In attendance:

Alderson, E.

Cuperman, V.

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APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE

OPEN SESSION OF APRIL 2. 1990

The Minutes were approved as distributed.

BUSINESS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES

L. Salter drew Senate's attention to a technical revision to the motion passed at the last

meeting in conjunction with the guidelines for the reviews of academic units (Paper

S.90-33). The documentation made reference to the policy contained in Paper S.81-81

when in fact a later version of the policy was approved under Paper S.81-157. Although

there were no substantive differences effecting reviews in S.81457, since it was a

different policy than the one referred to in S.90-33, Senate was being informed.

REPORT OF THE CHAIR

On behalf of Senate, the Chair offered congratulations to re-elected and newly

elected Senators and welcomed them to Senate. A summary of election results is

appended to the Minutes.

ii)

Referring to the recent press conference held by the Provincial Government, the

Chair reported that the Fraser Valley Report prepared by Douglas College,

Kwantlen College, Fraser Valley College, and Simon Fraser University had been

made public. Announcement was made that a Task Force was being established to

solicit community views on the Report and its recommendations. It was expected

that a new facility would be needed within five year's time to accommodate

growth. in this area and, in the meantime, the Government had reiterated its

commitment that the four existing institutions involved in the Fraser Valley

initiative would be given the capacity to grow and accommodate the growth in the

intervening years.

iii)

The Chair offered congratulations to the Office of the Registrar, particularly the

high school liaison area, for the success of the Access 90 Conference recently

held at Simon Fraser University. He noted it was a new initiative and had attracted

some 200 participants from across the country.

iv)

Senators were reminded of the Convocation ceremonies scheduled for June 7th

and 18th and were encouraged to participate in the academic procession.

i) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

a) ?

Paper S.90-36 - Elections

The following are the results of elections to the undernoted Senate Committees:

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ACADEMIC PLANNING (SCAP)LSENATE

COMMITTEE

ON UNIVERSITY

BUDGET (SCUB

One Senator (at-large)

to replace W. Cleveland for balance term of office, from date

of election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by ?

acclamation:

M. COVELL

One ?

Lay ?

Senator

to replace A. Wotherspoon

for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30, 1990.

Elected

acclamation:

V. NIELSEN

One ?

Student ?

Senator

to replace D. Munro

for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30,

1991.

Elected by ?

acclamation:

RADIL

One ?

Student ?

Senator

to replace B. Bedford

for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by ?

acclamation:

0 ?

K. GIFFEN

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SENATE COMMi'rii ON AGENDA AND RULES (SCAR)

One Senator (at-large)

to replace A.C. Kazepides for balance term of office, from date

of election to September 30, 1991.

Elected by acclamation: ?

N. REILLY

SENATE COMMi'rn ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS

Two Faculty Senators

to replace A. Rudrum and J. Dickinson for balance terms of

office, from date of election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by acclamation: ?

N. CERCONE

Insufficient nominations received to fill all vacancies

One Student Senator Alternate

to replace J. Gill for balance term of office, from date

of election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by acclamation: ?

P. GRAY

SENATE

COMMr1Tu

ON HONORARY

DEGREES (SCHTh

One Faculty Senator (Faculty of

Education) to replace A.C. Kazepides from date of

election for no specified term of office.

Elected by acclamation: ?

R. WALKER

One

Lay Senator to replace A. Wotherspoon from date of election for no specified term

of office.

Elected by acclamation: ?

S. DUGUID

SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE (SLO

One Senator (at-large)

to replace A. Freedman for balance term of office, from date

of election to September 30, 1991.

Elected by acclamation: ?

L. DILL

SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (SNC)

One Senator (at-large)

to replace A. Rudrum for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by acclamation: ?

M.L.

STEWART

One Student Senator

to replace G. Addison for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by acclamation: ?

A. DI FONZO

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS BOARD (SUAB

One Student Senator

to replace T. Hendrickson for balance term of office, from date of

election to September 30, 1990.

Elected by acclamation: ?

T. MYERS

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (SCUS

One Undergraduate Student Senator

to replace T. Hendrickson for balance term of

office, from date of election for no specified term of office.

Elected by acclamation: ?

S. BIJKOVAC

1Ib'

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Moved by L. Salter, seconded by B. Clayman

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors as set forth in S.90-37 the proposed Ph.D. Program in

Engineering Science"

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V. Cuperman, Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, School of Engineering Science, was in

attendance as a resource person.

Reference was made to the comments of the external reviewers on the role of

Mathematics in this program and concern was expressed that there was no response

about this from the School of Engineering Science. The recommendations included a,

course on coding theory and Senate was informed that several years ago the Department

of Mathematics and Statistics, in conjunction with Engineering Science, had developed a

course on coding theory - MATH 447, yet this course was not included in the proposal.

Opinion was expressed that there were at least seven other Math courses that could be

recommended to students in this program and concern was raised that the content of

many of the newly proposed Engineering Sciences courses was already covered in

existing Math courses. It was suggested that there had been a lack of consultation

between the Department of Mathematics and the School of Engineering Science and

opinion was expressed that the proposal should be sent back to allow this consultation to

take place.

B. Clayman pointed, out that representatives from the Faculty of Science, including the

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, were present during consideration of this

program at meetings of the Assessment Committee for New Graduate Programs as well as

at the Senate Graduate Studies Committee.

V. Cuperman responded that the question of overlap with Mathematics courses is

arguable, and although some topics may sound the same on paper, they are taught with a

completely different approach for Engineering Science. He acknowledged that the

coding course in Mathematics would be used in the program even though it was not

specifically listed in the proposal.

Disappointment

was ?

expressed ?

that ?

efforts ?

had ?

not

been ?

made

the ?

proposal ?

encourage more

women into the discipline and suggestion

was made

that every effort

made to encourage the involvement of women in this

discipline. ?

George pointed out

that qualified women

are very much in demand both

in ?

industry

and in the academic

community, ?

and thus ?

recruitment ?

is ?

very ?

competitive.

Although

the ?

School has been

actively ?

trying

to ?

recruit ?

women ?

faculty ?

members,

its ?

last ?

two

attempts ?

have ?

been

unsuccessful.

A philosophical concern was raised with respect to the strong emphasis placed on the

focus of the program towards joint profit oriented research ventures with industry

which, in the opinion expressed, detracted from the traditional role of the university as

an educational institution. D. George confirmed that from its earliest inception the

School of Engineering Science has placed considerable emphasis on industrial

interaction but was in no way involved in any form of industrial consulting.

In reply to an inquiry regarding the implementation date of the program, B. Clayman

advised that, if approved, intent was to offer the program in the Fall 1990 semester.

Reference was made to past practice of not offering new courses and new programs

until they appeared in the

Calendar.

It was pointed out that this practice normally

applied to the undergraduate curriculum and that while a Calendar entry was desirable,

it was' not essential and Senate had authority to approve a waiver so that the offering

could take place as soon as possible following approval. There was no objection to the

suggestion from the Chair that such a waiver would be implicit in the motion should the

motion carry.

Since there did not appear to be any substantial objections or reservations to the

introduction of a PhD program in Engineering Science, and since the only opposition

appeared to be related to the issue of consultation with respect to a number of the

proposed new graduate courses which V. Cuperman indicated would not be offered in

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September 1990 in any event, a suggestion to direct the Department of Mathematics and

Statistics and the School of Engineering Science to meet, discuss, and attempt to resolve

the concerns expressed, and report back to Senate in September was accepted as a

friendly amendment to the motion

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION

AS AMENDED CARRIED

b) ?

Paper S.90-38 - Proposal for a Master of Arts (Liberal Studies) program

Moved by L. Salter, seconded by B. Clayman

"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of

Governors, as set forth in S.90-38, the proposed Master of Arts

(Liberal Studies)

E. Alderson was in attendance as a resource person.

In reply to an inquiry concerning vector information, E. Alderson informed Senate that

the courses would normally meet five hours per week but the specific scheduling had

not yet been planned.

Considerable discussion took place with regard to Library resources in which concerns

were expressed about the difficulty of access to library resources, the narrow collection

available at Harbour Centre, and the difficulties associated with transporting materials

between the two campuses. It was noted that the University had received an endowment

• towards this program from which a specific amount has been allocated to annually

increase library facilities to an adequate level both on campus and at Harbour Centre.

In the initial stages of the program, however, it was anticipated that students may have

to depend on resources from other Libraries. T. Dobb referred to previous Senate

approvals of new courses and programs that did not have assurance of adequate Library

resources but, in this particular case,, he wished to point out that the nature and scope of

the program presented specific difficulties for the Library and he wanted Senate to be

fully aware of the Library's concerns.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

r..

Moved by D. Munro, seconded by K. Rieckhoff

"that Senate strongly support and recommend to the appropriate

administrative unit that existing student common room space be

frozen at its current level"

D. Munro explained that it was his understanding that plans were underway to remove

some of the student common rooms. He felt such removal strongly impacted the

academic performance of students and went on to comment about the lack of study and

spcial space for students at Simon Fraser University.

Brown informed Senate that the Faculty of Arts was presently considering converting

. some student common room space into teaching space. He advised that it was with regret

that this present action was under consideration but he stressed the space crisis that the

Faculty of Arts was facing in the Fall semester and said it was a question of priority for

using the space to service the greatest number of students. Should the decision be made

in the Faculty of Arts to take student common room space away, R. Brown informed

Senate of a commitment to give first priority in returning the space for that purpose

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when allocation of new space made it possible.

Reference was made to a recent survey carried out by the Student Society which

indicated that the primary concern of students was to have more space to study, and

suggestion was made that since students have been paying an increase on their fees to

support a student building, the Student Society should take some responsibility in this

matter and come forward with a proposal to help alleviate the problem. Opinion: was

expressed that it was not the responsibility of the Student Society to provide adequate

study space at a university and that any building that the Student Society puts up should

not be considered by the University as a campus resource.

Senate was reminded that funding was in place for the construction of several new

buildings which, when complete, will significantly reduce the space pressures of the

University, but this relief will not be achieved by the Fall semester and everyone,

including instructional staff, will be required to cooperate as best they can to

accommodate the numbers.

The Chair accepted a request to have the Chair of the University Space Committee

present a report to Senate on the current and future plans of the University with regard

to the issue of space.

The Chair reiterated that Senate had no jurisdiction with regard to the motion before it

but, if approved, the motion would be forwarded to the appropriate University

authorities as an expression of the concern of Senate about this issue.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

NOTICES OF MOTION

There were no notices of motion.

INFORMATION

The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, July 9, 1990.

The Assembly moved directly into Closed Session at 9:10 p.m.

W. R. Heath

Secretary of Senate