DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

Minutes of a Meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on

Monday, July 10, 2000 in Room 3210 West Mall Centre

Open Session

Present: ?

Blaney, Jack, President and Chair

Bawa, Parveen

Budra, Paul

Cooper, Kait

Copeland, Lynn

D'Auria, John

Davidson, Willie

England, William

Gerson, Carole

Giffen, Ken

Grimmett, Peter

Gupte, Jaideep

Hill, Ross

Hold, Angela

Klymson, Sarah

LaRocque, Linda

Mauser, Gary

McInnes, Dina

Meredith, Lindsay (representing J.Waterhouse)

Miralles-Sanchez, Veronika

Naef, Barbara

Ogloff, James

Osborne, Judith

Paterson, David

Percival, Paul

Peters, Joseph

Petersen, Nancy (representing C. Yerbury)

Pierce, John

Russell, Robert

Sanghera, Balwant

Smith, Michael

Steinbach, Christopher

Stewart, Ryan

Thompson, Janny (representing R. Barrow)

Warsh, Michael

Weldon, Larry

Wessel, Silvia

Yau, David

Zaichkowsky, Judith

Zazkis, Rina

Absent: ?

Atkins, Stella

Chan, Albert

Clayman, Bruce

Delgrande, James

Driver, Jon

Dunsterville, Valerie

Finley, David

Harris, Richard

Jackson, Margaret

Jones, John

Livadiotakis, Georgia

Marteniuk, Ron

McArthur, James

McFetridge, Paul

Munro, Jock

Peterson, Louis

Runyowa, Mac

To, Shek Yan

Wong, Milton

Words, Michael

In attendance:

Jones, Cohn

MacKinnon, Allan

Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar

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Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

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1. ?

Approval

Senate was

advised

the Agendathat

Item 6.b.i - Schedule of Dates - should read 2001-3 to 2003-2.

Following this change, the Agenda was approved.

2. ?

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of June

2000

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

Eastern Indonesia

C. Jones, Executive Director of International Relations, was in attendance at the request

of the Chair to provide Senate with a report on recent developments in Eastern Indonesia.

Senate was advised that the University of Pattimura in Ambon, Eastern Indonesia was

destroyed in an attack on July 4, 2000. The University of Pattimura was one of several

universities involved in SFU's Eastern Indonesia Universities Development Project

(EIUDP) which has been ongoing since 1987-88 and will finish in 2001. Seven EIUDP

Fellows from the Ambon region set to graduate from Canadian universities in August

(four at SFU, two at UBC, and one at the University of Manitoba) will remain in Canada

with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). SFU,

through the support of the faculty members who have participated in the EIUDP project,

hopes to raise funds to assist the displaced students and faculty members from the

University of Pattimura. The President, on behalf of the University, will send a letter

expressing deep regrets and offering whatever support possible.

ii)

Ad Hoc Committee to Review the Eastern Indonesia University Development

Project

Senate was advised that three people have been appointed by SCAR as the committee to

carry out the review. The committee will be chaired by Robert Anderson, School of

Communication, and the other two members are Lorena Jara, graduate student, and John

Chant, Department of Economics.

iii)

September 8" meeting of Senate

Senate was advised that the September 18, 2000 meeting of Senate would be held in the

new Centre for Dialogue located across the Street from the Harbour Centre campus.

Secretar y

's Note: Subsequent to the July meeting, it was determined that the September

meeting would not be held in the new Centre for Dialogue but would take place on the

Burnaby campus as originally scheduled.

5. ?

Question Period

Senate was reminded of the new procedure whereby Senators could submit questions five

days prior to Senate for response at the appropriate Senate meeting. No questions had

been received, and no oral questions were posed.

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Reports of Committees

a) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

i) ?

Paper S.00-62 - Elections to Senate Committees

The following are the results of elections to Senate committees. There were insufficient

nominations received to fill all positions; vacancies will be carried over and brought

forward to the next meeting of Senate.

Senate Committee on Disciplinar

Appeals (SCODA)

One Faculty Member (at-large) (Alternate) for the period until May 31, 2001.?

Elected by acclamation: ?

Ross Hill

Senate Committee on Continuing Studies (SCCS)

One Faculty Senator for term of office to May 31, 2002.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Margaret Jackson

One Student Senator for term of office to May 31, 2002.

No nominations received

One Alternate Student (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2002.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Lawrence Ho

. ?

Senate Committee on University Honours (SCUH)

One Faculty Senator (Faculty of Arts) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

No nominations received

One Senator (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

Candidates: R. Stewart, S.Y. To, D. Yau

Elected:

Ryan Stewart

Senate Librar

y Committee (SLCLand Librar y

Penalties Anoeal Committee (LPAC

Two Undergraduate Students (1 regular/1 alternate) for terms of office to May 31, 2001

(Regular member) and May 31, 2002 (Alternate member)

Elected by acclamation as Regular member:

Lawrence Ho

(Alternate position remains vacant)

One Graduate Student (Alternate) for term of office to May 31, 2002.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Laila Singh

Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships. Awards and Bursaries (SPCSAB)

One Graduate Student (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001. Note: The student

elected to this committee coincidentally becomes a member of the Senate Graduate

Awards Adjudication Committee.

Candidates: T. Lacourse, C. Vanston

sElected: ?

Claire Vanston

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Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee (SGAAC)

One Graduate Student (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

No nominations received

Senate Appeals Board (SAB'

One Graduate Student (at-large) Alternate for term of office to May 31, 2002.

No nominations received

Committee to Review University Admissions (CRUA)

One Undergraduate Student (at-large) Alternate for term of office to August 31, 2000.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Lawrence Ho

Senate Committee on Enrolment Management and Planning (SCEMP)

One Graduate Student (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

No nominations received

Senate Committee on Universit

y Teaching and Learning (SCUTL)

One Undergraduate Student (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

Candidates: L. Ho, R. Stewart, S.Y. To, D. Yau

Elected:

Ryan Stewart

Diverse Qualifications Adjudication Committee (DOAC)

One Faculty member (at-large) for term of office to May 31, 2001.

No nominations received ?

b) ?

Calendar Committee

i) ?

Paper S.00-63 - Schedule of Dates 2001-3 to 2003-2

Moved by J. Osborne, seconded by W. Davidson

"that Senate approve the proposed Academic Calendar of Events for 2001-

3 to 2003-2, as set forth in S.00-63"

In response to an inquiry as to whether or not there would be a re-evaluation of the

reading break, Senate was advised that the original proposal suggested that an evaluation

take place at the end of the third reading break.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

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C) ?

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

i) ?

Paper S.00-64 - Faculty of Arts - Graduate Curriculum Revisions (For

Information)

Senate received information that the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, acting under

delegated authority, approved curriculum revisions in the following departments:

Department of English: Change to MA Field Examination - Option B; Change to

MA Examinations - Thesis Option; New course - ENGL 808

Department of Histor

y : Change of Title - HIST 810 and 812

Department of Gerontology:

Addition of GERO 803 to the project-stream option;

Addition of course descriptions for GERO 898 and 899; New course - GERO

840; Revision to Calendar entry regarding clarification of deadlines and support

documentation for applicants for admission; Revision to list of elective courses to

reflect the addition of GERO 840

d) Department of Archaeology: Title change - ARCH 871, 894,

895;

Title and

description change - ARCH 876, 896; New courses - ARCH 892, 893; Course

deletions - ARCH 840, 875, 881, 882, 883 and 897

ii) ?

Paper

S.00-65 -

Faculty of Science - Graduate Curriculum Revisions (For

Information)

. Senate received information that the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, acting under

delegated authority, approved curriculum revisions in the Department of Mathematics

and Statistics as follows: New courses - MATH 981, 982; Revisions to the M.Sc.

Statistics Program Requirements; Revisions to the Ph.D. Program requirements;

Revisions to STAT 811 and 812, including changes to course descriptions and a change

in grading from S/U to regular grading.

d) ?

Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules

i) ?

Paper S.00-66 - Senate Committee on University Honours - Revised membership

and terms of reference

Moved by C. Steinbach, seconded by J. Osborne

"that Senate approve the revisions to the Senate Committee on University

Honours as outlined in S.00-66"

Senate was reminded that the revisions to membership and terms of reference had

previously been approved by Senate but the SCUH was recommending other changes

with regard to the designation of a Vice-Chair, quorum, and other additions including an

appendix of the awards to be determined by the Committee.

is ?

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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ii)

Paper S.00-67 - Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies - Revised

membership and terms of reference

Moved by J. Osborne, seconded by B. Sanghera

"that Senate approve the revisions to membership and terms of reference

of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies as outlined in S.00-

67"

A. MacKinnon, Chair of SCUS was in attendance in order to respond to questions

particularly with regard to the proposal to reconsider the restructuring of the composition

of the committee.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

without opposition

iii)

Paper S.00-68 - Miscellaneous revisions to Committees - Calendar Committee,

Electoral Standing Committee, Senate Librar

y Committee, Librar

y Penalties

Appeal Committee, Diverse Qualifications Adjudication Committee

Senate was informed that the motion should be amended so that the proposed quorum for

the Library Penalties Appeals Committee should read '3 voting members' instead of

'already in place'. The committee is smaller than it was and the quorum should be

reduced accordingly.

Moved by J. Osborne, seconded by L. Copeland

"that Senate approve the revisions to these Senate Committees

recommended by these various committees:

Committee ?

Vice-Chair ?

Quorum

Calendar Committee ?

elect annually ?

3 voting members

Electoral Standing Committee

elect 2 year term

2 voting members

Library Penalties Appeals Com.

elect annually

voting members

Diverse Qual. Adjudication Corn. elect annually

voting members

and the revision of the Electoral Standing Committee to change "the Director,

Secretariat Services" to "the Senate Assistant and Electoral Officer" resulting

from recent organizational changes".

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

7. ?

Other Business

i) ?

Paper S.00-69 - Revision to Policy A.32.01 - Award for Excellence in Teaching

Moved by J. Osborne, seconded by C. Gerson

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"that Senate approve, and recommend approval to the Board of Governors,

the revisions to Policy A. 32.01 - Award for Excellence in Teaching, as

outlined in S.00-69"

Brief discussion ensued with regard to eligibility of lecturers and sessional lecturers.

Senate was advised that lecturers would be eligible for this award but sessional lecturers

would not.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

8. ?

Information

Date of next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate - Monday, September 18, 2000.

Although he was not present, the Chair wished to acknowledge the retirement of L. Peterson and

on behalf of the University, extend thanks and appreciation to Dr. Peterson for his contributions

and many years of diligent service on behalf of the University as a member of Senate.

The Open Session adjourned at

5:45

pm and, following a brief recess, the Assembly moved into

Closed Session.

Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat