Sena4. 7IJu/b'-

AS aMeFTtde4

Sena4.

7IJu/b'-

DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

Monday, June 13, 2005 in Room 3210 WMC at

5:30

Open Session

Present: Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Absent:

Breden, Felix

Apaak, Clement

Dean, Charmaine

Black, Sam

Deigrande, James

Brennand, Tracy

Grimmett, Peter

Budd, James

Honda, Barry

Caufield, Sarah

Horvath, Adam

Copeland, Lynn

Louie, Brandt

Delgrande, James

Love, Ernie

Dickinson, John

McArthur, James

Dickinson, Peter

Pinto, Mario

Driver, Jon

Plischke, Michael

Easton, Stephen

Waterhouse, John

Ester, Martin

Weeks, Daniel

Fizzell, Maureen

Woodbury, Robert

Fleming-Saraceno, David

Yerbury, Cohn

Francis, June

Gordon, Irene

Gordon, Robert

In attendance:

Halpern,

F,atric.o

Heath, Nick

Harder, Derrick

Frisken, Barbara

Haunerland, Norbert

Monagan, Michael

Hayes, Michael

Rahilly, Tim

Hunsdale, Shawn

Javed, Waseem

Johansen, Elinor

Jones, John (representing B. Lewis)

Krane, Bill

MacKenzie, Christine

MacLean, David

Magee, Sean

Percival, Cohn

Percival, Paul

Perry, T. (representing J. Pierce)

Schellenberg, Betty

Scott, Jamie

Shaker, Paul

Smith, Don

Tilley, Kevin

van Baarsen, Amanda

Warner, D'Arcy

Williams, Peter

Wong, Josephine

Zandvliet, David

Heath, Ron, Dean of Student Services and Registrar

Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

S.M. 13 June 2005

Approval of the Agenda

Page 2

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

2. ?

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of Ma

16, 2005

The Minutes were approved as distributed.

Business Arising from the Minutes

There was no business arising from the Minutes

4. ?

Report of the Chair

Senate Membership

On behalf of Senate, the Chair welcomed the following elected/re-elected Senators to the

meeting - Faculty Senators: Peter Williams (Applied Sciences), Peter Dickinson (Arts

and Social Sciences), June Francis (Business Administration), Adam Horvath

(Education), Norbert Haunerland (Science); Faculty Senators (Joint Faculty): Sam Black,

Tracy Brennand, Martin Ester, Robert Gordon; Student Senators: Clement Apaak, Sarah

Caufield, David Fleming-Saraceno, Erica Halpern, Derrick Harder, Shawn Hunsdale,

Wassem Javed, Elinor Johansen, Sean Magee, Kevin Tilley, Amanda van Baarsen,

Josephine Wong; Convocation Senators: Cohn Percival, James McArthur, Don Smith,

and D'Arcy Warner. On behalf of the University, the Chair expressed thanks and

appreciation to faculty, students and alumni for undertaking this service to the University.

Convocation

The Chair reported on the very successful series of Convocation ceremonies just

concluded and informed Senate that there were a number of new people responsible for

the organization of the event this year. He wished to thank them for the well managed

event which he felt was very well done and, as always, a great credit to the University.

5. ?

Question Period

A question was posed about the Kamloops program and the list of priorities that were

approved by Senate at the beginning of the year. D. Harder asked about the status of

those priorities. T. Perry advised that most of the priorities have been implemented. The

program is now operating, with an appropriate operating budget, as a full University

installation and the staff are now SFU employees. SFU and the Kamloops Indian Band

have a good working relationship and a partnership agreement is about to be signed that

designates the Kamloops Indian Band as the host partner for a program to be located on

the Band's land.

Reports of Committees

A) ?

Senate Committee on University Priorities

i) ?

Paper S.05-78 - Joint Major Mathematics and Computing Science

Moved byby

B. Krane, seconded by M. Hayes

S.M. 13 June 2005

•

Page 3

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

proposal for a Joint Major Program in Mathematics and Computing

Science (MACM), and the consequential changes to the Joint Honors

Program in Mathematics and Computing Science"

M. Monagan, Department of Mathematics, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

Discussion ensued with respect to the upper division requirements relevant to MACM

requirements. In response to a concern that the upper division MACM requirements

would be computed on just the one required course, Senate was advised that students

could take additional MACM courses and if they did, the intent was that the GPA

required for the MACM courses would be the same as for the Math and/or Computing

courses.

A concern was expressed about the deletion of Computing 250 from the requirements and

the possible impact this would have on the integrity of the program. Reference was made

to the rationale that stated that the course was removed in order to satisfy the WQB

requirements and a question was asked about why these requirements were not waived

instead. Senate was advised that the WQB requirement was not the only reason CMPT

250

was removed. The department was trying to seek a reasonable balance between the

. requirements for the honors program versus the major program and chose to remove

CMPT

250

as a required course. Senate was advised that this was not an issue for the

Department and they did not feel that it threatened the validity or the quality of the

program.

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

ii)

Paper

S.05-79 -

Dissolution of the Research Institute for Southeastern

Europe and creation of the Centre for International Studies

Moved by B. Krane, seconded by S. Easton

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

dissolution of the Research Institute for Southeastern Europe, effective

immediately" and

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

approval of the Centre for International Studies, effective immediately"

It was noted that practical training was not a normal function for a Centre. Senate was

advised that this likely referred to the practical experience rather than practical training of

graduate students associated with the Centre.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iii)

Paper

S.05-80 -

External Reviews - 2005/2006 (For Information)

The External Review schedule for the 2005/2006 academic year was received by Senate

for information.

S.M. 13 June 2005

Page 4

B) ?

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

i) ?

Paper S.05-81 - High School Admission Requirements related to New

Curriculum Requirements

Moved by B. Krane, seconded by M. Fizzell

"that Senate approve the revisions to High School Admissions

requirements, effective Fall 2006"

B. Frisken, Chair, Undergraduate Curriculum Implementation Task Force and N. Heath,

Director of Admissions, were in attendance to respond to questions.

D. Harder spoke strongly against the use of a private exam such as the Language

Proficiency Index at SFU. He felt that the use of private exams represented the

privatization of education and since students were charged a ee.for writing the

exam, it added another barrier to access. He stated he would vote' fiWt motion and

requested that his

o$o31ti%?

noted in the Minutes.

Questions were raised with respect to the difference between 'required to withdraw' and

being 'blocked from registration'. An inquiry was also made as to how students who are

"blocked from registration" would satisfy the requirement that they have the necessary

proficiency in written English to get back into the University. Senate was advised that

'required to withdraw' was a very formal situation for students in bad academic standing

and had precise requirements for re-admission. A 'block from registration' was less

formal and could be lifted without going through the re-admission process as soon as a

student satisfied the requirement. To satisfy the requirement, expectations were that

students would either take a proficiency test from outside the University, or satisfactorily

complete a course that transfered to SFU as a writing credit or writing intensive credit

course. It was suggested that it would be better if these expectations were clearly

outlined in the documentation to students.

Reference was made to the second bullet under Continuation Requirements dealing with

non-BC resident students. An inquiry was made as to why these students were being

given up to

credits to complete the FWS course. Senate was advised that the first

opportunity for non-BC students to write the LPI was in their first semester at SFU and

by that time they are unable to register in a FWS course. The Committee expected them

to register in the FWS course in their second semester but felt that if they failed the first

time they should have a second chance and by that time they could be within the first

credits of their program. A suggestion to revise the wording of the second bullet parallel

to the last sentence of Section (d) under 'Direct Admission from Grade 12' was accepted

and the Chair requested the Committee to clarify the wording in the final documentation.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

•

S.M. 13 June 2005

• ?

Page

ii)

Paper S.05-82 - Faculty of Applied Sciences - Proposed Changes to Grade 12

Admission Requirements

Moved by B. Krane, seconded by D. Smith

"that Senate approve the changes to Grade 12 Admission Requirements

for the following programs in the Faculty of Applied Sciences:

Communication, Computing Science, Geographic Information Science,

General Studies (BGS), Interactive Arts and Technology, and Kinesiology

as outlined in the attached Proposal (Revision B) effective September 1,

2006"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iii)

Pa p er

S.05-83 -

CRUA Annual Report (For Information)

T. Rahilly, Acting Director, Academic Resources, and Secretary of the Committee, was

in attendance in order to respond to questions.

Some Student Senators expressed an opinion that the decline in admission appeals

• corresponded to a decline in admission applications due to increased tuition fees, which

in turn resulted in a declining grade point average to enter the University. Senate was

reminded that there were many variables other than increased tuition associated with

fluctuations in applications, including factors such as demographics and policy decisions.

Although the general trend in applications seems to be in decline, SFU's admissions for

2005 appears to have dramatically increased due to the success of the co-ordinated

guaranteed admission strategy for Grade 12 students with an average above 80%.

Following the above-noted discussion, Senate received the Annual Report of the

Committee to Review University Admissions for information.

Senate Graduate Studies Committee

i.a) ?

Paper

S.05-84 -

Curriculum Revisions - Contemporary Arts - MFA Program

(For Information)

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

delegated authority, approved a revision to the MFA Program degree requirements,

reducing the total credits from 40 to

35,

and reducing course credits from 30 to

25.

i.b) Paper

S.05-85 -

Curriculum Revisions - Gerontology - MA Program (For

Information)

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

delegated authority, approved a revision to the MA Program re application procedures

related to on-line applications and the reduction of electives.

S.M. 13 June 2005

Page 6

i.c) ?

Pa p

er S.05-86 - Curriculum Revisions - Publishing Program (For Information)

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

delegated authority, approved the addition of a Calendar entry for Satisfactory

Performance, a revision to the number of credit hours required to graduate, and minor

revisions to existing courses.

i.d) ?

Paper S.05-87 - Curriculum Revisions - Political Science - PhD Program (For

Information)

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

delegated authority, approved a revision to the PhD program degree requirements,

including a change from '20 credit hours of graduate work' to 'at least five graduate

courses'; the elimination of the requirement to complete all courses before completion of

any other program requirement, and a change to the wording about the timing of the

comprehensives.

ii) ?

Paper S.05-88 - Faculty

of Science Curriculum Revisions (For Information)

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

delegated authority, approved minor revisions to existing courses in the Department of

Biological Sciences and the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.

D) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

i) ?

Paper

S.05-89

Revised - Elections

Senate's attention was directed to the newly distributed paper, S.05-89 Revised, which

contained the final slate of candidates for elections. A number of elections were resolved

by acclamation and ballots would be distributed for the remaining positions during Open

Session with time made available for voting before the start of the Closed Session. Any

vacancies would be carried forward to the next meeting of Senate.

Reference was made to the graduate student position on the Senate Policy Committee on

Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries and an error was noted. Senate was advised that

there were in fact two candidates for the position so the candidate indicated on the paper

(C. Apaak) was not elected by acclamation. Given that the Committee would not likely

meet until after the next meeting of Senate, balloting for this position would take place at

the July Senate meeting.

Secretary's Note: Subsequent to the June meeting, C. Apaak withdrew his nomination

and the remaining candidate (B. McCollum) was elected by acclamation. The Graduate

Student position for the SLC/LPAC showed two candidates. B. McCollum's name

appeared incorrectly. The remaining candidate (A. Hornstein) was elected by

acclamation. ?

The results of elections to Senate Committees are as follows.

S.M. 13 June 2005

Page 7

SENATE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINARY APPEALS (SCODA)

Four faculty members

Regular,

Alternate).

Two Regular members to replace

Sam Black and Cathy D'Andrea for terms of office to May 31, 2007; and two Alternate

members to replace Colleen Collins-Dodd and Cyril Thong for terms of office to May 31,

2006.

Elected by acclamation (Regular Members):

Cathy D'Andrea R

Cyril Thong R

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Members): ?

Bruce Kadonoff A

Kevin Stewart A

Five students

Regular,

Alternate).

Three Regular members to replace Sarah

Caufield, Camilla Sears, and Patrick Smith for terms of office to May 31,2006; and two

Alternate members to replace Trevor Tombe and Shawn Hunsdale for terms of office to

May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation (Regular Members):

Sarah Caufield R

Grant Janzen R

Amanda van Baarsen R

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Member):

Shawn Hunsdale A

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY PRIORITIES (SCUP)

. ?

One Faculty Senator (Education)

to replace Adam Horvath for term of office to May

31,2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Adam Horvath

One Faculty Senator (Science)

to replace Paul Percival for term of office to May 31,

2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Norbert Haunerland

Four Student Senators

Regular, 1 Alternate)

to replace Shawn Hunsdale, Josephine

Wong, Derrick Harder and Elinor Johansen for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation (Regular Members):

Derrick Harder R

Kevin Tilley R

Josephine Wong R

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Member):

Erica Halpern A

One Lay Senator

to replace Valerie Dunsterville for term of office to May 31, 2006. ?

Elected by acclamation: ?

D'Arcy Warner

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGENDA AND RULES (SCAR)

One Senator

to replace John Dickinson for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Paul Percival

One Student Senator

to replace Elinor Johansen for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Elinor Johansen

S.M. 13 June 2005

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)

Page 8 .

One Faculty Senator

to replace Gary Mauser for term of office to May 31, 2006. ?

Elected by acclamation: ?

Peter Williams

Two Senators

to replace Adam Hoa-th and Jamie Scott for terms of office to May 31,

2007.

Elected by acclamation:

D'Arcy Warner

Jamie Scott

One Lay Senator

to replace James McArthur for term of office to May 31, 2007.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY HONOURS (SCUH)

One Senator (Science)

to replace Norbert Haunerland for term of office to May 31,

2008.

Elected by acclamation:

Norbert Haunerland

Two Lay Senators

to replace Valerie Dunsterville and James McArthur for terms of

office to May 31, 2008.

Elected by acclamation:

Cohn Percival

Don Smith

SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE (SLC) AND LIBRARY PENALTIES APPEAL

COMMITTEE (LPAC) - DUAL POSITIONS

Two Senators

to replace Sara Rozehl and Norbert Haunerland for terms of office to May

31,2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Peter Williams

One Undergraduate Student (Regular position)

to replace Trevor Tombe for term of

office to May 31, 2007;

One Undergraduate Student (Alternate position)

to replace

M. McInnes for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Candidates: Dan Leslie, Sean Magee, Diane Wu

Elected as the Regular Member: ?

Sean Magee

Elected as the Alternate Member: ?

Diane Wu

One Graduate Student (Regular position)

to replace Camilla Sears for term of office to

May 31, 2007;

One Graduate Student (Alternate)

to replace Rob McTavish for term of

office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation (Regular position): ?

Ariel Hornstein

SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (SNC)

Two Faculty Senators

to replace Christine MacKenzie and Ze-Nin Li for terms of

office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation:

Peter Dickinson

Christine MacKenzie

S.M. 13 June 2005

One Faculty Senator

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Page 9

Elected by acclamation: ?

Martin Ester

One Student Senator

to replace Shawn Hunsdale for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Shawn Hunsdale

One Student Alternate

to replace Chris Giacomantonio for term of office to May 31,

2006.

SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE ON SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS AND

BURSARIES (SPCSAB)

One Faculty Senator

as Chair to replace Stephen Easton for term of office to May 31,

2008.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Stephen Easton

Two Faculty Members

to replace Barry Honda and Betty Schellenberg for terms of

office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation:

Christine MacKenzie

Betty Schellenberg

One Undergraduate Student (Dual Position)

to replace Chris Giacomantonio for term

of office to May 31, 2006.

Note: the student elected to this committee coincidentally

becomes a member of the Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Elinor Johansen

One Graduate Student (Dual Position)

to replace Camilla Sears for term of office to

May 31, 2006. Note: the student elected to this committee coincidentally becomes a

member of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Brett McCollum

One Lay Senator

to replace Valerie Dunsterville for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Cohn Percival

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SUAAC)

One Faculty Member

to replace Hilmar Pabel for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Hilmar Pabel

One Undergraduate Student

to replace Sean Magee for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Sean Magee

One Lay Senator

to replace Peter Beynon for the period June 2005 to May 31, 2006.

--J

S.M. 13 June 2005

Page 10 .

SENATE GRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SGAAC)

One Faculty Member

to replace Rob Woodbury for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Rob Woodbury

One Graduate Student

to replace Mark Weiler for term of office to May 31, 2006.

SENATE APPEALS BOARD (SAB)

Two Faculty Members (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)

to replace Cathy D'Andrea and

Heesoon Bai for terms of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation (Regular Member): ?

Martin Hahn R

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Member): ?

Cathy D'Andrea A

Two Students (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)

to replace Ravi Bansal and Tiffany Kalanj for

terms of office to May 31, 2007.

Candidates for Regular position: Shawn Hunsdale, Dan Leslie

Elected (Regular Member): ?

Shawn Hunsdale

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Member): ?

Waseem Javed A

One Graduate Student

to replace Rob McTavish for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Alex Hlivka

COMMITTEE TO REVIEW UNIVERSITY ADMISSIONS (CRUA)

Two Faculty Members (1 Regular, 1 Alternate)

to replace Cathy D'Andrea and Celeste

Snowber for terms of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation (Regular Member): ?

Cathy D'Andrea R

Elected by acclamation (Alternate Member): ?

Bruce Kadonoff A

Two Undergraduate Students

to replace Gisele da Silva and Sarah Caufield for terms

of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Sarah Caufield

Amanda van Baarsen

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES (SCUS)

Two Undergraduate Students

to replace Derrick Harderand Josephine Wong for terms

of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Derrick Harder

Waseem Javed

SENATE COMMITTEE ON ENROLMENT MANAGEMENT AND PLANNING

(SCEMP)

One Undergraduate Student Senator

to replace Josephine Wong for term of office to

May 3l,2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Josephine Wong

One Graduate Student

to replace Camilla Sears for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Clement Apaak

S.M. 13 June 2005

• ?

Page 11

ELECTORAL STANDING COMMITTEE (ESC)

One Senator at large

to replace Peter Beynon for term of office to May 31, 2006.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES (SCIA)

One Faculty Senator

to replace Jim Budd for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Candidates: Jim Budd, Martin Ester

Elected:

Martin Ester

One Senator

to replace Valerie Dunsterville for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Candidates: June Francis, Jamie Scott

Elected:

June Francis

One Undergraduate Student Senator

to replace Shawn Hunsdale for term of office to

May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Waseem Javed

One Graduate Student

to replace Clement Apaak for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation:

Clement Apaak

INTERNATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE COMMITTEE (ISEC)

One Faculty Member

to replace Vive Kumar for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Michael Favere-Marchesi

One Student

to replace Marcia McInnes for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation:

Sarah Caufield

SENATE COMMITTEE ON UNIVERSITY TEACHING AND LEARNING (SCUTL)

One Faculty Member (Arts and Social Sciences)

to replace Nicole Didicher for term of

office to May 31, 2008.

Elected by acclamation:

Nicole Didicher

One Faculty Member (Science)

to replace Bernard Roitberg for term of office to May

31, 2008.

Elected by acclamation:

Chris Kennedy

One Undergraduate Student

to replace Titus Gregory for term of office to May 31,

2006.

Candidates: Titus Gregory, Josephine Wong

Elected:

Titus Gregory

One Graduate Student

to replace Marie Krbavac for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Andrea Joseph

S.M. 13 June 2005

Page 12

DIVERSE QUALIFICATIONS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (DOAC)

One Faculty Member

to replace Larry Weldon for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Candidates: Stephen Steele, Larry Weldon

Elected:

Larry Weldon

Two Undergraduate Students

to replace Derrick Harder and Gisele da Silva for term of

office to May 31, 2006.

Candidates: Derrick Harder, Amanda van Baarsen, Diane Wu

Elected:

Amanda van Baarsen

Diane Wu

CALENDAR COMMITTEE (CC)

One Faculty Senator

to replace Gary Mauser for term of office to May 31, 2007. ?

Elected by acclamation: ?

Jim Delgrande

One Student

to replace Titus Gregory for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation:

Titus Gregory

RESEARCH ETHICS BOARD (REB)

Two Members from the University Community

to replace Maureen Hoskyn and Felix

Breden for terms of office to May 31, 2008.

Elected by acclamation:

Felix Breden

Maureen Hoskyn

One Student

to replace Spencer McGrath for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Erica Halpern

VICE-CHAIR OF SENATE

One Senator

to replace Paul Percival. Term of office is one year from June 1, 2005 to

May 31, 2006. Paul Percival has served two consecutive terms as Vice-Chair and is not

eligible to serve another term.

Elected by acclamation:

Betty Schellenberg

Information

The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, July 11, 2005.

The Open Session adjourned at 6:10 pm. Following a brief recess, Senate moved into Closed

Session.

Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat