DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

Monday, February 7, 2005 in Room 3210 WMC at 7:00 pm

Open Session

Present: Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Beynon, Peter

Blackman, Roger

Copeland, Lynn

Dean, Charmaine

Deigrande, James

Dickinson, John

Driver, Jon

Dunsterville, Valerie

Easton, Stephen

Fizzell, Maureen

Fung, Edward

Giacomantonio, Chris

Gordon, Irene

Gordon, Robert

Harder, Derrick

Haunerland, Norbert

Hayes, Michael

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Honda, Barry

Horvath, Adam

Hunsdale, Shawn

Krane, Bill

Lewis, Brian

Love, Ernie

MacKenzie, Christine

MacLean, David

McInnes, Marcia

Percival, Paul

Pierce, John

Pinto, Mario

Plischke, Michael

Sears, Camilla

Schellenberg, Betty

Scott, Jamie

Shaker, Paul

Smit, Bernard

Tombe, Trevor

Waterhouse, John

Wessel, Sylvia

Wong, Josephine

Woodbury, Robert

Zandvliet, David

Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar

Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

Absent:

Apaak, Clement

Breden, Felix

Brennand, Tracy

Budd, James

da Silva, Gisele

Grimmett, Peter

Gupta, Kamal

Higgins, Anne

Johansen, Elinor

Li, Ze-Nian

Mauser, Gary

McArthur, James

McFetridge, Paul

Rozell, Sara

Smith, Don

Weeks, Daniel

Wong, Milton

Yerbury, Cohn

In attendance:

Burley, Dave

Chen, 1mm

Dench, Sarah

Fraser, Don

Grauer, Rob

Hankivsky, Olena

Kaufman, David

Liljedahl, Peter

Munro, Jock

Patton, Cindy

Roitberg, Bernard

Yellowhorn, Eldon

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Referring to the recent announcement of the reappointment by the Board of Governors of

M. Stevenson as President of SFU, P. Percival, on behalf of Senate, extended

congratulations and best wishes for another successful term. In turn, the President

acknowledged the recent re-appointment of J. Waterhouse as Vice-President Academic,

and J. Driver as Dean of Graduate Studies, and indicated his appreciation for the

acknowledgement from Senate.

Approval of the Agenda

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

Approval of the Minutes of the O

en Session of Januar

10, 2005

The Minutes were approved as distributed.

Business Arising from the Minutes

There was no business arising from the Minutes.

Report of the Chair

The Chair reported that he had hoped to be able to present Senate with a progress report

with respect to funding but he was unable to do so at this time. He expected that more

detailed information would be available by mid-February.

Question Period

There were no questions.

Reports of Committees

Senate Nominating Committee

Paper

S.05-19 -

Elections

Senate's attention was directed to the newly distributed paper,

S.05-19

Revised. The

results of elections are as follows, and since there were insufficient nominations to fill all

positions the vacancies will be carried forward.

Committee to Review University Admissions (CRUA)

One Undergraduate Student (Alternate) to replace S. Hunsdale for term of office to May

31, 2005.

Elected by acclamation:

Sarah Caufield

Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals (SCODA)

Two Students (1 Regular, 1 Alternate) to replace S. McKinnon and S. Hunsdale

respectively for terms of office to May 31, 2005.

Candidates: S. Caufield, K. Dhillon, S. Magee, A. Tugume, J. Yoon

Elected as the Regular Member:

Sarah Caufield

Elected as the Alternate Member:

Sean Magee

Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee (SUAAC

One Undergraduate Student to replace S. McKinnon for term of office to May 31, 2005.

Elected by acclamation:

Sean Magee

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Research Ethics Board (REB)

One member from the community outside the University to replace L. Kennedy for term

of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation:

Margit Nance

Senate Committee on Academic Integrity in Student Learning and Evaluation

(SCAISLE)

Faculty Senator (Chair) for term of office to May 31, 2008

No nominations received

Vacant

Two Faculty Members for terms of office to May 31, 2007

Elected by acclamation:

Alton Harestad

Insufficient nominations received

Vacant

Two Undergraduate Students (1 Regular, 1 Alternate) for term of office to May 31, 2007

for the Regular position, and term of office to May 31, 2006 for the Alternate position.

Candidates: C. Bickford, S. Caufield, S. Farrahi, S. Kim, B. Smit, An Tugume, J. Wong

Elected as the Regular member:

Shirin Farrahi

Elected as the Alternate member:

Josephine Wong

One Graduate Student (Regular position) for term of office to May 31, 2007

Elected by acclamation:

Camilla Sears

One Graduate Student (Alternate position) for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation:

Douglas Grant

Senate Committee on University Priorities

Paper S.05-20 - Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by J. Pierce

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

establishment of the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health

(ICSGH)"

0. Hankivsky, Department of Political Science, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

It was noted that the name of the Vice President Research in the list of persons copied on

the covering memo should be changed from B. Clayman to M. Pinto.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Paper S.05-21 - Revisions to the M.Sc. Program in Kinesiology

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by J. Dickinson

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

proposal for revisions to the M.Sc. program, Kinesiology, in the Faculty of

Applied Sciences"

Dickinson, Senator and Chair of the School of Kinesiology, was in attendance in order

to respond to questions.

It was noted that the rationale indicated that the revisions were being made to increase

enrolment, yet the number of required courses was also being increased which it was felt

might result in a further reduction in enrolment. Senate was advised that the revisions

were also being made as a result of comments received from students to provide a core of

courses in the thesis program and, since the School felt that the number of electives could

not be reduced, a net increase to the course requirements resulted. It was pointed out that

both the coursework and the thesis options were within the range of requirements that

exist at SFU and do not depart from university standards.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

- MOTION CARRIED

iii)

Paper S.05-22 - Graduate Curriculum Revisions - Department of Mathematics

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by M. Plischke

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

proposal for program changes to the M.Sc. Program in the Department of

Mathematics"

I. Chen, Department of Mathematics was in attendance in order to respond to questions.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iv) - Paper

S.05-23 -

Minor in Secondar

Mathematics Education

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by A. Horvath

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

proposal for a Minor in Secondary Mathematics Education as set out in

S .05-23"

P. Lilejdahl, Faculty of Education, was in attendance in order to respond to questions

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Paper S.05-24 - MBA in Global Asset and Wealth Management

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by E. Love

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

proposal for an MBA in Global Asset and Wealth Management in the

Faculty of Business Administration"

R. Grauer, Faculty of Business Administration and D. Fraser, Executive Director, Global

Asset and Wealth Management Program were in attendance to respond to questions.

A concern was raised about the relationship between academic freedom and the Business

Council associated with overseeing this program. Although the quality and rigor of the

program was not questioned, opinion was expressed that the program appeared to be a

public subsidization of a private job training program for a specific industry. Senate was

reminded that Senate previously approved guidelines for the development of professional

master programs which set out a series of requirements to ensure that such programs

maintain a linkage to the research mission of the university and that this was a category

of program that was acceptable to SFU. Brief discussion followed with respect to

comments from one of the external reviewers.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

vi)

Paper

S.05-25 -

Joint Major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale

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

proposal for a Joint Major in Archaeology and First Nations Studies in the

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences"

D. Burley and E. Yellowhorn from the Department of Archaeology were in attendance in

order to respond to questions.

A question was posed as to how a joint major can exist without having a major in First

Nations. Senate was advised that since the course requirements for a joint major were

considerably less than having a stand alone major program, the Department had sufficient

resources to offer ajoint major but not a full major program in First Nations Studies.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

vii)

Paper

S.05-26 -

Master in Urban Studies

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Easton

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

proposal for a Master in Urban Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Social

Sciences"

J. Munro, Director, Urban Studies Program, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

In response to a question about employment opportunities for graduates of the program,

Senate was advised that based on experience from the Graduate Diploma Program in

Urban Studies, graduates would likely be employed in local and other levels of

government, in community organizations, and in consultant firms.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

viii)

Paper

S.05-27 -

Dual Degree Program in China

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by B. Lewis

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

proposal for a Dual Degree Program in China, in the Faculty of Applied

Sciences"

J. Munro, representing SFU International, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

Concerns were raised by several Student Senators about the inconsistency in tuition fees

between domestic students and Chinese students. It was noted that Canadian students

would pay domestic fees at both SFU and in China whereas Chinese students would pay

domestic fees in China but international fees at SFU. Suggestion was made that the fee

structure should be equitable and that the Chinese students should pay domestic fees to

their university for the entire program. Senate was advised that because the domestic

fees at Zhejiang University were so low the program would not be viable at that level.

Brief discussion followed about the fee issue and the cost of the program.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

ix)

Paper

S.05-28 -

Graduate Certificate in Development Studies

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by J. Pierce

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

establishment of the Graduate Certificate in Development Studies"

Discussion ensued with respect to the term 'development studies'. Senate was advised

that this issue had been debated extensively on several occasions at SCUP. It was

demonstrated to SCUP that in various universities of the world the term 'development

studies' was used to describe the study of changing communities both internationally and

domestic, and with some editorial changes to insert the word 'societal' in various places

in the calendar description, SCUP approved the title.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Senate Committee on Universit

y Teachin g

and Learning

Paper S.05-29 - Revisions to Terms of Reference

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale

"that Senate approve the revised terms of reference for the Senate

Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL), as set out in

S .05-29"

B. Roitberg, Chair of the Committee, was in attendance in order to respond to questions.

It was noted that one group of teaching professionals was omitted from point 4, and a

suggestion to insert the words 'laboratory and" before the word 'sessional' was accepted

as a friendly amendment. As a result, point 4 would read

To review periodically, and to provide advice on, the instructional

development needs of faculty,

laboratory and

sessional instructors and

teaching assistants including teaching enhancement initiatives and

professional development.

Reference was made to the proposal to add the term following point 8, and a concern was

expressed that the wording was so vague that it would be difficult to determine what

issues should go to the committee.

Amendment moved by S. Hunsdale, seconded by I. Gordon

"that the text 'Add the following term' and all of the italicized text be

deleted"

Discussion followed in which several alternative wordings were suggested. An opinion

was expressed that the proposed addition, in its current wording or in any of the

suggested alternative wordings, rendered many of the other points in the terms of

reference redundant and therefore was not necessary. Senate was advised that various

issues have been brought before the Committee for consultation and the proposal to add

the term was an attempt to formalize this past practice.

Question was called on the amendment,

and a vote taken.

AMENDMENT CARRIED

Question was called on the motion, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

Paper S.05-30 - Revisions to Criteria for Admission of College or University

Transfer Students (Fall 2006)

Moved by S. Easton, seconded by D. Zandvleit

"that Senate approve the proposed revisions to the criteria for admission of

college or university transfer students as set forth in

S.05-30,

effective as

of Fall 2006"

S. Dench, Director of University Curriculum, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

Reference was made to the proposed change under admission by college or university

transfer, and opinion was expressed that the change had inadvertently made the process

more confusing and complex. Suggestion was made that the following part of the

sentence be deleted "and articulates to a W course at SFU" and replaced with "by SFU"

so that point (b) would read "Obtain a grade of C- or better in a college course that is

certified W by SFU". R. Blackman, as a member of the UCITF and as Chair of SCUS

supported the suggested change and advised Senate that the change simplified the process

and was fully consistent with the thrust of the Task Force's intention. Brief discussion

followed with respect to clarification of the change. S. Dench provided clarification with

regard to the articulation and certification process and confirmed that the simplification

suggested would work fine. The suggested change was adopted as a friendly amendment.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

ii)

Paper S.05-31 - Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Business Administration

Moved by R. Blackman, seconded by I. Gordon

"that Senate approve a change in criteria for admission to undergraduate

programs in the Faculty of Business Administration under category 4 with

a minimum SFU GPA of 2.25 required, as set forth in

S.05-31"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting

under delegated authority, approved changes to existing courses in the Faculty of

Business Administration.

iii)

Paper

S.05-32 -

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting

under delegated authority, approved one new course, changes to existing courses in the

Department of Gerontology, and a list of Certified Quantitative (Q) and Breadth (B)

courses in the Department of Geography.

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iv)

Paper S.05-33 - Curriculum Revisions - Facult y

of Education

Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting

under delegated authority, approved two new courses and a change to an existing

Education course.

Paper

S.05-34 -

Curriculum Revisions - Facult y

of Science

Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting

under delegated authority, approved one new course, and changes to existing courses and

programs in the following departments: Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Molecular Biology

and Biochemistry, Physics, and Statistics & Actuarial Science. A List of Certified

Quantitative (Q) and Breadth (B) courses for the Faculty of Science was also approved by

SCUS under delegated authority.

Other Business

There was no other business.

Information

The next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled to take place on Monday, March 7, 2005.

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Open Session adjourned at 8:00 pm and Senate moved into Closed Session following a brief

recess.

Alison Watt•

Director, University Secretariat