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DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

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

Open Session

Present: Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Blackman, Roger

Breden, Felix

Brennand, Tracy

Budd, James

da Silva, Gisele

Dean, Charmaine

Delgrande, James

Dickinson, John

Driver, Jon

Dunsterville, Valerie

Easton, Stephen

Fizzell, Maureen

Giacomantonio, Chris

Gordon, Irene

Gordon, Robert

Gupta, Kamal

Harder, Derrick

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Haunerland, Norbert

Hayes, Michael

Honda, Barry

Hunsdale, Shawn

Johansen, Elinor

Krane, Bill

Lewis, Brian

Love, Ernie

MacKenzie, Christine

MacLean, David

McInnes, Marcia

Percival, Paul

Plischke, Michael

Rozell, Sara

Schellenberg, Betty

Shaker, Paul

Smit, Bernard

Smith, Don

Waterhouse, John

Weeks, Daniel

Wong, Josephine

Yerbury, Cohn

Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar

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Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

Absent:

Apaak, Clement

Beynon, Peter

Copeland, Lynne

Fung, Edward

Grimmett, Peter

Higgins, Anne

Horvath, Adam

Li, Ze-Nian

Mauser, Gary

McArthur, James

McFetridge, Paul

Pierce, John

Pinto, Mario

Sears, Camilla

Scott, Jamie

Tombe, Trevor

Wessel, Sylvia

Wong, Milton

Woodbury, Robert

Zandvhiet, David

In attendance:

Brandhorst, Bruce

Wrenn, Phyllis

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Approval of the Agenda

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of Februar

7. 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 advised that he was still not in a position to provide a report on the

budget but indicated that the Vice-Presidents, Finance of each University were meeting in

Victoria on March

8th

with Ministry officials to discuss financial issues.

ii)

As announced recently in the press, the Chair reported that the University has

partnered with the Bill Reid Foundation which not only manages the artistic holdings of

the Bill Reid personal collection but also has a mandate to work towards the acquisition

of significant works in the West Coast First Nations arts traditions. The agreement

between SFU and the Foundation involves a partnership in the appointment of a new

President of the Foundation, who will also hold an Adjunct appointment in the Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences, working with the Department of Archaeology and the First

Nations programs to develop and create a Bill Reid Centre of North West Coast Art

Study.

iii)

Referring to another recent press announcement about the redevelopment of the

Woodward's site, the Chair reported on the participation of SFU, with the relocation of

the School for Contemporary Arts within that development. Senate was informed that

although SFU has received a gift in land valued at over six million dollars, which

establishes SFU' s independent presence on that site, significant fundraising requirements

still need to be met in order to fully occupy the location. Senate was assured that there

are contingencies in the agreement should the fundraising efforts fail, but there appears to

be a significant amount of excitement and interest within the University and among

private developers in having SFU part of the redevelopment.

iv)

With respect to operating grants and capital funding, as reported earlier, the Chair

indicated that discussions with the Ministry have been productive, and a proposal will be

submitted to the Treasury Board in the near future with respect to funding requirements

related to the enrolment growth expectations. Senate was reminded that the TASC I

building, which was funded under the Double the Opportunity program is currently under

construction, as is the Science module next to it, which includes a significant CFI

component. Construction will soon begin on a new Arts and Social Sciences building,

and finally, a new Health Sciences building is planned and awaiting approval.

Senate was advised that the Canadian Mint will unveil a new coin

commemorative of Terry Fox. The public unveiling ceremony is scheduled to be held at

Simon Fraser University on March 14, 2005.

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In response to a question as to when SCUP might expect to discuss budget matters, J.

Waterhouse indicated that the SCUP budget consultations would be postponed until more

information was available from the Province, so it would likely be at the second meeting

of SCUP in March.

In response to an inquiry as to whether SFU would seek a matching gift from the

Government in relation to the donation received for the School for the Contemporary

Arts, the Chair assured Senate that the intention was to do so.

Question Period

Question was posed as to whether or not a Faculty Senator had been found to chair the

new SCAISLE committee, and suggestion was made that consideration be given by

SCAR to change the terms of reference so someone else can chair the committee if no

Senator could be found. A number of policy matters remain unresolved and the Student

Society would like to see the committee operational as soon as possible.

Reports of Committees

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Senate Committee on University Priorities

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i) ?

Paper S.05-3 5 - External Review - School of Kinesiology

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale

"that Senate concur with the recommendations from the Senate Committee

on University Priorities concerning advice to the School of Kinesiology on

priority items resulting from the external review"

J. Dickinson, Senator and Director of the School, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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Paper S.05-36 - External Review - Department of Molecular Biology and

Biochemistry

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by I. Gordon

"that Senate concur with the recommendations from the Senate Committee

on University Priorities concerning advice to the Department of Molecular

Biology and Biochemistry on priority items resulting from the external

review"

B. Brandhorst, Chair of the Department, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

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Brief discussion followed with respect to the report. It was pointed out that much of what

was recommended has already been implemented.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

iii)

Paper

S.05-37 -

Joint Honors Program in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

and Business Administration

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by M. Fizzell

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

proposal for a new Joint Honors Program in Molecular Biology and

Biochemistry and Business Administration"

B. Brandhorst, Chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and M.

Fizzell, Senator and Undergraduate Curriculum Chair, Business Administration were in

attendance in order to respond to questions.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

iv)

Paper S.05-38 - Minor in International and Global Education

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by D. Weeks

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

proposal for a Minor in International and Global Education in the Faculty

of Education"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Paper

S.05-39 -

Post Baccalaureate Di

p loma in S

ecial Education for Educators?

and Healthcare Professionals

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale

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

proposal for a Post Baccalaureate Diploma in Special Education for

Educators and Healthcare Professionals"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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vi) ?

er S.05-40 - Certificate Program in Italian Studies

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale

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

proposal for a Certificate program in Italian Studies, as outlined in S.05-

40"

P. Wrenn, Chair of the Department of French, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

A brief discussion took place with respect to the possible future of Italian studies within

the framework of the Department. It was pointed out that the reference to the Faculty of

Arts in the Calendar entry should be changed to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

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Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules

Paper S.05-41 - Election of Facult

Members to the Board of Governors

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by S. Hunsdale (the motion was editorially amended

to read as follows):

"that Senate approve that, in the election of faculty members to the Board

of Governors in 2005 only, the candidate receiving the highest number of

votes be declared elected for a three year term of office and the candidate

receiving the second highest number of votes be declared elected for a two

year term of office. Thereafter, the usual procedures shall apply"

Brief discussion occurred with respect to the election process for faculty members.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

ii)

Paper

S.05-42 -

Revision to the S

p eciall y

-Funded Appointments Policy. A 10.06

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by M. Plischke

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

Academic Policy A10.06 be amended as indicated, effective 1 April 2005"

In response to a question as to why the policy revisions did not go to SCUP, it was

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pointed out that SCUP dealt with the terms for each individual chair, not the

appointments policy itself.

A concern was expressed that the change giving the Dean the discretion to waive letters

of reference would result in people being treated differently and could be perceived as an

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opportunity for favouritism or bias. Rationale was requested for the increase in the

number of reference letters for junior chairs, and it was noted that the policy did not

reference non-departmentalized faculties. Senate was advised that there was an omnibus

inclusion in the policies covering non-departmentalized faculties; and that because

referee time was scarce and shouldn't be imposed upon excessively, the process for

obtaining letters of reference for junior and senior chairs was revised. It was also pointed

out that the Dean would not be acting unilaterally since all appointments and

reappointments must involve the appropriate departmental or faculty level committees.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iii) ?

Paper

S.05-43 -

Revision to the Committee to Review the Research Ethics Policy

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by M. Hayes

"that Senate approve the revised membership for the Committee which

will review Policy R20.01 Ethics Review of Research involving Human

Subjects"

Reference was made to the proposal to circulate the first draft of the report to the VPs,

Deans and President. It was suggested that this was an unnecessary step since the policy

arises mainly from the Tr-Council policies on ethics and there were already a number of

experts in ethics and law on the committee. Unless there was an administrative or

financial issue that needed specific senior administrative input, perhaps it would be

satisfactory for the first draft to be circulated to the university community for input. The

Chair indicated that the suggestion would be passed on to the Vice President Research.

A question was posed about the reason why two members of the Research Ethics Board

were changed from committee members to resource people. The response indicated that

there was a perception of conflict of interest.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

C) ?

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

Paper

S.05-44 -

Faculty of Education (For Information)

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

delegated authority, approved minor revisions to an existing course in the Faculty of

Education.

ii)

Paper S.05-45 - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (For Information)

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

delegated authority, approved three new courses in the Masters of Public Policy program.

iii)

Pa p er

S.05-46 -

Annual Re

ort (For Information)

The Dean of Graduate Studies pointed out an error in the first paragraph, which

incorrectly stated that the Faculty of Health Sciences did not have a graduate program.

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The Faculty does have a graduate program and it will be represented

on the Senate

Graduate Studies Committee as soon as possible.

Following this correction, the Report was received by Senate for information.

D) ?

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

Paper

S.05-47 -

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Applied Sciences (For

Information)

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

under delegated authority, approved ten new courses and minor revisions to existing

programs, requirements and courses in Computing Science, Kinesiology,

Communication, and Engineering Science, including the introduction of a Biomedical

Engineering Option to replace the existing Biomedical Engineering Stream.

ii)

Paper

S.05-48 -

New Courses

- Faculty

of Health Sciences (For Information)

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

under delegated authority, approved seven new courses in Health Sciences. In response

to inquiries, Senate was advised that there were faculty members available to offer the

courses, some of which would be offered in the Fall semester and some in the Spring

semester, and that the courses would be available to students in other Faculties. The

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courses were presently being evaluated to offer as breadth courses.

iii)

Paper

S.05-49 -

Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Science (For Information)

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

under delegated authority, approved two new courses and minor revisions to existing

programs and courses in Physics and Statistics and Actuarial Science.

Senate Nominating Committee

i) ?

Paper

S.05-50

Elections

Senate was advised that S. Zwagerman was nominated for a Faculty position on the

Senate Committee on Academic Integrity in Student Learning and Evaluation and was

elected by acclamation for term of office to May 31, 2007; and that F. Breden was elected

to the Research Ethics Policy Review Committee for the term of the review. All other

vacancies will be carried forward to the next meeting.

Secretary's Note: As Senator Breden is a member of the Research Ethics Board, he is

ineligible to stand for this position and further nominations will be sought.

Other Business

There was no other business.

Information

The next regular meeting of Senate is scheduled to take place on Monday, April 4, 2005.

Open Session adjourned at

7:45

pm and moved into Closed Session following a brief recess.

Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat