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Minutes of a Meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
Monday, June 4, 2001 at 5:30 pm in Room 3210 WMC
Open Session
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Stevenson, Michael, Chair and President ?
Absent: Budra, Paul
Al-Natour, Sameh
Chan, Albert
Aloi, Santa
Clayman, Bruce
Atkins, Stella
D'Auria, John
Barrow, Robin
Deigrande, James
Bawa, Parveen
Gerson, Carole
Blackman, Roger (representing J. Pierce)
Giffen, Ken
Chang, Jack
Hill, Ross
Collins-Dodd, Colleen
Jones, John
Copeland, Lynn
Klymson, Sarah
Dempster, Peter
LaRocque, Linda
Driver, Jon
McArthur, James
Dunsterville, Valerie
McInnes, Dina
Gerwel, Wojtek
Muirhead, Leah
Gill, Alison
Naef, Barbara
Grimmett, Peter
Osborne, Judith
Gupte, Jaideep
Paterson, David
Haunerland, Norbert
Sekhon, Devinder
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Heaney, John
Wessel, Sylvia
Jackson, Margaret
Wong, Milton
Jensen, Britta
Love, Ernie
Marteniuk, Ron
Mathewes, Rolf (representing W. Davidson)
Mauser, Gary
McFetridge, Paul
Percival, Paul
Peters, Joseph
Russell, Robert
Sirri, Odai
Smith, Michael
Tansey, Caralynn
Thandi, Ranbir
Van Aalst, Jan
Warren, Joel
Waterhouse, John
Weldon, Larry
Words, Michael
Yerbury, Cohn
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 of the Agenda
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
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Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of May 17. 2001
The Minutes were approved as distributed.
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3. ?
Business Arising from the Minutes
In response to an inquiry for further information about why the Senate Appeals
Board had sustained an appeal for retroactive withdrawal from 1988, Senate was
advised that the student had taken one correspondence course that semester but
had not completed it. As a result, the student was required to withdraw. The
student provided evidence that physical and emotional abuse had resulted in
marital breakdown and subsequent divorce during that semester and SAB
sustained the appeal.
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Report of the Chair
i)
On behalf of Senate, the Chair welcomed the following Senators to their
new terms of office: S. Aloi, J. Van Aalst, C. Collins-Dodd, J
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D'Auria, A.
Gill, N. Haunerland, J.
Heaney,
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Peters, B. Russell; and S. Al-Natour, J.
Chang, P. Dempster, W. Gerwel, K. Giffen, J
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Gupte, B. Jensen, S.
Klymson, L. Muirhead, 0. Sirri, C. Tansey, J. Warren.
ii)
The Chair referred to the public communications concerning the
appointment process for the J.S. Woodsworth Chair. The Chair felt it was
absolutely necessary that the actions of the University be Independently
and impartially assessed, and Lyman Robinson, Q.C. had been appointed
to conduct an independent review of the matter. Mr. Robinson is a
person of distinction in BC who is highly qualified in the law and familiar
with matters affecting universities. The terms of reference of the review
were open and comprehensive and can be found on the President's Office
web site. Mr. Robinson will report to the President and any
recommendations made with respect to action the University ought to
take in respect of the case will be made public and reported to Senate.
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5. ?
Ouestion Period
There were no questions.
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6. ?
Reports of Committees
A) ?
Senate Committee on University Priorities
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Paper S.01-42 - New Graduate Program - MBA in Management of
Technology
Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by E. Love
"that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors
that the Full Program Proposal be forwarded to the DPRC
Secretariat and the Ministry for new program approval"
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A reference was made to the listing for the MOT Business Council on page 5 of
the documentation. It was noted that Andersen Consulting had become
Accenture. Senate was advised that this was a very recent change and that since
the documentation before Senate had been prepared prior to the name change,
Andersen Consulting appeared throughout the document and should be
changed accordingly.
One questioner expressed surprise that interaction between the MOT program
and faculty in Engineering Science and/or Computing Science was not greater.
It was noted that R. Smith from the School of Communication was involved in
the program. Furthermore, the Faculties of Applied Sciences and Business
Administration are actively engaged in collaboration to extend the relationship at
the undergraduate level so that students could take Business, Engineering and
Computing at the same time and have advanced status in the new program.
Additional concerns were expressed about the high cost of tuition and the
possibility that this program would be accessible only to those with financial
resources. It was noted that the tuition fees are intended to cover all the
operating costs of the program and since the program had been running as a
Master's Cohort Program by Special Arrangements, the actual cost was readily
available. It was pointed out that this program was very similar to the EMBA
program and that the current tuition for that program was approximately
$15,000. Despite the cost of tuition, both programs are in high demand. In
. response to a question about the change in fees from $18,900
(p.
28) to the
amount recommended of $20,000, Senate was advised that the Assessment
Committee had suggested the higher amount as costs were likely to increase.
A final question returned to the issue of access, and the provision of financial
assistance to students who qualify for admission but cannot afford the fees.
Senate was advised that the MOT Business Council had committed to providing
funds for scholarships in the amount of $10,000 and more scholarship money
could be raised through fund raising.
Question was called, and a vote taken. ? MOTION CARRIED
ii)
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Paper S.01-43 - Establishment of the Centre for Coastal Studies and
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dissolution of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis
Motion #1
Moved by J
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Waterhouse, seconded by R. Blackman
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, the dissolution of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis as
outlined in document S.01-43"
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was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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Motion
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J. Waterhouse, seconded by R. Blackman
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"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors, the establishment of a Centre for Coastal Studies as
outlined in document S.01-43"
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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Paper S.01-44 - Terms of Reference - Research Chairs
Motion #1
Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by R. Marteniuk
"that Senate approve the Terms of Reference for the Sierra Wireless
Chair in Wireless Communication as outlined in S.01-44"
It was noted that the terms of reference refer to the hiring of a tenure track
appointment and inquiry was made whether that referred to an existing
appointment or a new faculty appointment. Senate was advised that the
appointments would be new faculty positions but since funding may not be
permanent, the Dean's office must flag a position into which the person would
be placed if funding was not continued.
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was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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Motion #2
Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by R. Marteniuk
"that Senate approve the Terms of Reference for the PMC-Sierra
Senior Chair in Wireless Communication as outlined in S.01-44"
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was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
Motion #3
Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by R. Marteniuk
"that Senate approve the Terms of Reference for the Nortel
Networks NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Semiconductor
Devices as outlined in S.01-44"
A question was raised about the appointment process. Senate was advised that
an internal candidate had been identified who already had a joint appointment
in the School of Engineering Science and the Department of Physics.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
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iv) Paper S.01-45 - Dissolution of the Institute for Quaternary Research
Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by R. Blackman
"that Senate approve and recommend approval to the Board of
Governors the dissolution of the Institute for Quaternary Research
as outlined in S.01-45"
Senate was advised that SCAR had raised a question as to whether there had
been full consultation concerning the dissolution with members associated with
the Institute. Senate was assured that consultation had taken place and there
were no objections to the dissolution of the Institute.
Question was called, and a vote taken.
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MOTION CARRIED
v)
Paper S.01-46 - SCUP Annual Report (For Information
Senate received the Annual Report of the Senate Committee on University
Priorities for information.
vi)
Paper S.01-47 - Ad Hoc Committee to Review and Develop Lifelong
Learning Opportunities at SFU (For Information)
. Senate was advised of the following errors in the document: 'Tom Brown'
should be 'Tom Nesbit', and L. Weldon's department should be the Department
of Statistics and Actuarial Science. The changes were noted and the paper was
received by Senate for information.
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Paper S.01-48 - External Reviews Scheduled for the 2001/02 Academic
Year (For Information)
Senate received information that external reviews for each of the following units
are scheduled for the 2001/02 academic year: Criminology, History, Philosophy,
and Women's Studies. It was pointed out that a review of the MPM Program in
Biological Sciences had been initiated after the memo to Senate had been
prepared and should be added to the list of reviews for 2001/02. Brief discussion
ensued with respect to the postponement of the external review for the Canadian
Studies Program. Senate was advised that the review had been delayed due to
changes that were currently underway in the program.
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Senate Nominating Committee
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Paper S.01-49 - Elections
The following are the results of elections to Senate committees. There were insufficient
nominations to fill all
positions; vacancies will be carried over and brought forward to
the next meeting of Senate.
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINARY APPEALS (SCODA)
Four Faculty Members (at-large) (2 Regular,.2 Alternate).
Two Regular members to
replace Joseph Peters and Jenifer Thewalt from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003; and 2
Alternate members to replace Peter Kennedy and Ross Hill from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation. Ballot required to determine Regular and Alternate
order.
Elected as Regular Members:
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Karen Kavanagh
Joseph Peters
Elected as Alternate Member:
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Colleen Collins-Dodd
Elected as Alternate Member by acclamation: Peter Kennedy
Five Students (at-large) (3 Regular,
2
Alternate)
to fill an existing vacancy and
replace Chris Steinbach, Angela Hold, David Yau and David Saraceno from June 1,
2001 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: P. Dempster, D. Dorogi, C. Fernandez, W. Gerwel, J
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Gupte, N. Khare,
G. Percival, 0. Sirri, C. Steinbach, B. Stephenson
Elected as Regular Members:
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Peter Dempster
Jaideep Gupte
Chris Steinbach
Elected as Alternate Members:
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Gina Fernandez
Wojtek Gerwel
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES (SCUP)
Two Student Senators
to replace Jaideep Gupte and Angela Hold from June 1, 2001
to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: J
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Chang, W. Gerwel, J
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Gupte, B. Jensen, 0. Sirri, J
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Warren
Elected: ?
Britta Jensen
Balloting resulted in a tied vote between the two next highest candidates - Jack
Chang and Joel Warren. Rules of Senate state that if there is a tied vote between two
candidates for one position, the winner shall be determined by a toss of the coin
conducted by the Registrar. The result of the tie was:
Elected: ?
Jack Chang
SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGENDA AND RULES (SCAR)
One Senator (at-large)
to replace Paul Budra from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Santa Aloi
One Student Senator
to replace Chris Steinbach from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: K. Giffen, L. Muirhead
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Elected: ?
Leah Muirhead ?
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)
Two Senators (at-large)
to replace James Deigrande and Gary Mauser from June 1,
2001 to May 31, 2003.
Candidates: S. Atkins, C. Mauser, J. Van Aalst
Elected:
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Stella Atkins
Jan Van Aalst
One
Lay
Senator
to replace James McArthur from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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James McArthur
One Student Senator
to fill an existing vacancy from date of election to May 31,
2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Sarah Klyinson
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY HONOURS (SCUH)
One Senator (Faculty of Arts)
to replace Alison Gill from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2004.
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Elected by acclamation:
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Alison Gill
One Senator (Faculty of Business Administration)
to replace Gary Mauser from
June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2004.
Elected by acclamation:
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Gary Mauser
One Student Senator
to replace Christopher Steinbach from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2004.
No nominations received
One Senator (at-large)
to replace Albert Chan from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2004.
Candidates: J
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Van Aalst, A. Chan
Elected:
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Jan Van Aalst
SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE (SLC) and LIBRARY PENALTIES APPEAL
COMMITTEE (LPAC) - DUAL POSITION
Two Senators (at-large)
to replace Carole Gerson and Paul Budra from June 1, 2001
to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Carole Gerson
Norbert Haunerland
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One Undergraduate Student (Regular position)
to replace Lawrence Ho from June
Candidates:
1, 2001 to May
G.
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Fernandez,
2003.
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L. Ho, C. Steinbach
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Elected: ?
Gina Fernandez
One Graduate Student (Regular position)
to replace Jeff Powell from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Laila Singh
SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (SNC)
Three Senators (at-large)
to replace Rina Zazkis, Sarah Klymson and Gary Mauser
from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Ross Hill
Gary Mauser
Jan Van Aalst
Two Students (1 Regular Student Senator position, 1 Alternate Student at-large
position)
to replace Chris Steinbach (Regular position) and Angela Hold (Alternate
position) from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation. Ballot required to determine Regular and Alternate order.
Elected as Regular Member:
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Caralyn Tansey
Elected as Alternate Member: ?
Sarah Klymson
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS & BURSARIES
(SPCSAB)
Two Faculty Members (at large)
to replace Evelyn Palmer and Stella Atkins from
June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Candidates: S. Atkins, P. Grimmett, H. Pabel, J. Sugarman
Elected: ?
Stella Atkins
Peter Grimmett
One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace Ken Giffen from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002. Note: The student elected to this committee coincidentally becomes a
member of the Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Leah Muirhead
One Graduate Student (at-large)
to replace Claire Vanston from June 1, 2001 to May
31, 2002. Note: The student elected to this committee coincidentally becomes a
member of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee.
Elected by acclamation:
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Amit Goel
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One Lay Senator
to replace Valerie Dunsterville from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Candidates: A. Chan, V. Dunsterville
Elected:
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Valerie Dunsterville
SENATE UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SUAAC)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace Margaret Jackson from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2003.
Candidates: P. Neufeld, H. Pabel
Elected:
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Hilmar Pabel
One Undergraduate Student (at-large)
to replace David Yau from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Jaideep Gupte
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SENATE GRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SGAAC)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace Carolyn Kenny from June 1, 2001 to May
31, 2003.
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Elected by acclamation: ?
Carolyn Kenny
One Graduate Student (at-large)
to replace Narendra Pachkhede from June 1, 2001
to May 31, 2002.
No nominations received
SENATE APPEALS BOARD (SAB)
Two Faculty Members (at-large) (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)
to replace Hilmar Pabel
(Regular) and Lee Hanlan (Alternate) from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation. Ballot required to determine Regular and Alternate order.
Elected as Regular Member:
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Lee Hanlan
Elected as Alternate Member:
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Hilmar Pabel
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large) (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)
to replace Sameh
Al-Natour (Regular) and Graham Percival (Alternate) from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2003.
Candidates: S. Al-Natour, G. Fernandez, K. Giffen, J
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Gupte, N. Khare, C. Steinbach,
J. Warren
Elected as Regular Member:
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Chris Steinbach
Elected as Alternate Member:
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Sameh Al-Natour
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Elected as Regular Member:
Elected as Alternate Member:
John Craig
Geoff
Madoc-Jones
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COMMITTEE TO REVIEW UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS (CRUA
Two Faculty Members (at-large) (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)
to replace John Craig
(Regular) and Daniel Weeks (Alternate) from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation. Ballot required to determine Regular and Alternate order.
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large) (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)
to replace Chris
Steinbach (Regular) and Sameh Al-Natour (Alternate) from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2003.
Candidates: J. Chang, G. Fernandez, W. Gerwel, N. Khare, 0. Sirri
Elected as Regular Member:
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Odai Sirri
Elected as Alternate Member:
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Wojtek Gerwel
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (SCUS)
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large)
to replace Geordie Dent and Graham
Percival from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: J. Chang, P. Dempster, W. Gerwel, J. Gupte, G. Percival, J. Warren
Elected:
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Peter Dempster
Graham Percival
SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING
(SCEMP)
One Undergraduate Student Senator
to replace Bill England from date of election
to May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Jack Chang
One Graduate Student
(at-large) to replace James McArthur from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
James McArthur
SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (SCIA)
One Faculty Senator
to replace Paul McFetridge from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Paul McFetridge
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Elected:
Dorian Prior
Sean Tucker
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INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE COMMflThE (ISEC)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace June Francis from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Neil Abramson
One Student (at-large)
to replace Veronika Miralles-Sanchez from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Candidates: J
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Chang, G. Fernandez, W. Gerwel, Amit Goel
Elected:
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Wojtek Gerwel
SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND LEARNING (SCUTL)
One Faculty Member (at-large from the Faculty of Applied Sciences)
to replace
John Jones from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2004.
Elected by acclamation:
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Martin Laba
One Faculty Member (at-large from the Faculty of Business Administration) jo
replace David Finley from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2004.
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Elected by acclamation: ?
Geoff Poitras
One Undergraduate Student
(at-large) to replace Ryan Stewart from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Jack Chang
One Graduate Student (at-large)
to replace Jonathan Hughes from June 1, 2001 to
May 31, 2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Jonathan Hughes
DIVERSE QUALIFICATIONS ADTUDICATION COMMITTEE (DOAC)
One Faculty Member (at-large)
to replace Sheila Delaney from June 1, 2001 to May
31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Santa Aloi
Two Undergraduate Students (at-large)
to replace Sean Tucker and Dorian Prior
from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2002.
Candidates: M. Lunn, D. Prior, S. Tucker
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CALENDAR COMMITTEE
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One Faculty Senator
to replace John D'Auria from June 1, 2001 to May 31, 2003.
Elected by acclamation:
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Gary Mauser
One Student (at-large)
to replace Graham Percival from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2002.
Elected by acclamation: ?
Graham Percival
VICE-CHAIR OF SENATE
One Senator (at-large)
to replace James Ogloff whose term as Vice-Chair of Senate
expires on May 31, 2001. Term of office is for one year, from June 1, 2001 to May 31,
2002.
Elected by acclamation:
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Alison Gill
7.
Other Business
There was no other business.
8.
Information
Date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, July 9, 2001.
Open Session ended at 6:10 pm and, following a brief recess, Senate moved into Closed
Session.
Alison Watt
Director, University Secretariat
