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

Monday, July 11, 2005 in Room 3210 WMC at 5:30 pm

Open Session

Present: Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Apaak, Clement

Black, Sam

Boa!, David (representing M. Plischke)

Budd, James

Caufield, Sarah

Collinge, Joan (representing C. Yerbury)

Copeland, Lynn

Dean, Charmaine

Deigrande, James

Dickinson, John

Dickinson, Peter

Driver, Jon

Fizzell, Maureen

Gordon, Irene

Grimmett, Peter

Halpern, Erica

Harder, Derrick

Horvath, Adam

Hunsdale, Shawn

Javed, Waseem

Jones, John (representing B. Lewis)

Krane, Bill

Love, Ernie

MacKenzie, Christine

MacLean, David

Percival, Cohn

Percival, Paul

Pierce, John

Pinto, Mario

Schellenberg, Betty

Tilley, Kevin

Warner, D'Arcy

Williams, Peter

Wong, Josephine

Dinning, Mike, Acting Dean of Student Services

Whiteley, Diane, Acting Registrar

Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

Absent:

Breden, Felix

Brennand, Tracy

Easton, Stephen

Ester, Martin

Fleming-Saraceno, David

Francis, June

Gordon, Robert

Haunerland, Norbert

Hayes, Michael

Honda, Barry

Johansen, Elinor

Louie, Brandt

Magee, Sean

McArthur, James

Scott, Jamie

Shaker, Paul

Smith, Don

van Baarsen, Amanda

Waterhouse, John

Weeks, Daniel

Woodbury, Robert

Zandvhiet, David

In attendance:

Blackman, Roger

Roberts, Mike

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Approval

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

of the Agenda

Approval of the Minutes of the O

pen

Session of June 13, 2005

Referring to his comments on page 4, D. Harder indicated that although he spoke strongly

against the use of private exams, he did not vote against the motion. He abstained and

had requested his abstention be noted. Following this amendment, the Minutes were

approved.

Business Arising from the Minutes

There was no business arising from the Minutes

Report of the Chair

There was no report from the Chair.

question Period

A question was posed about Bill C48 with respect to an amendment to the 2005 Federal

budget providing funding to the Provinces for post-secondary education. S. Hunsdale

asked

TUPC would support the use of that funding to reduce the burden of tuition fees

borne by students. Senate was advised that TUPC would support any reduction in the

burden of financial pressures in the universities and was very pleased to see this support

for higher education. However, a clearer understanding of the terms under which the

Federal Government expects to disburse the funds was required and TUPC was currently

seeking clarification.

It was noted that last year the SFU Board of Governors had resolved to ask TUPC to

recommend to the Government an amendment to the University Act to allow

international student representation on the Boards of Governors of universities. A

question was raised by C. Apaak as to the outcome of this resolution. Senate was advised

that this issue was raised again at the last TUPC Executive meeting and received

unanimous support from the University Presidents. The President of TUPC will take this

issue up again with the Ministry. When this matter had been raised previously with the

Ministry, no action had been taken and it was unclear why the Ministry had not supported

this matter.

Reports of Committees

Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules

i) ?

Paper S.05-90 - Revision of Policy R20.03 Treatment of Animals in Research and

Teaching

Moved by M. Pinto, seconded by D. MacLean

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

proposed revision of Policy R20.03 Treatment of Animals in Research and

Teaching"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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ii) ?

Paper S.05-91 - Revision of Policy GP 17 Universit y

Occupational Health

and Safet

(For Information)

M. Roberts, Chair of the Task Force to review Policy GP 17 was in attendance in order to

respond to questions. The revised policy was received by Senate for information.

Senate Committee on Universit

Priorities

i) ?

Paper S.05-92 - School for International Studies

Moved by J. Pierce, seconded by C. Apaak

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

establishment of the School for International Studies within the Faculty of

Arts and Social Sciences effective September 1, 2005"

In response to a question about how the School would relate to international activities

occurring in other Faculties and administrative units, Senate was advised that it was

expected that the School would have a very close relationship with various field schools

and programs and it was anticipated that partnerships would evolve over time.

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Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

i) ?

Paper S.05-93 - Revision to List 3 Science Grou p

- High School Admission

Requirements

Moved by M. Fizzell, seconded by J. Jones

"that Senate approve the 10 new provincially authorized courses as

suitable List 3 Grade 12 courses in the Science group (no provincial

exams) for university admission, as a result of the Ministry of Education

discontinuing INT 12"

R. Blackman, Chair of the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, was in

attendance in order to respond to questions.

Senate's attention was drawn to the concern expressed in the last paragraph on page 1 of

the email attached to paper

05-93

and an inquiry was made as to whether there was any

intention of offering courses/workshops to Grade 11/12 teachers. Senate was informed

that in the discussion that had taken place at SCUS, it was pointed out that the technical

. knowledge needed by students was not leading edge and that it was probable that the

instructors would have an adequate level of knowledge to teach these courses. It was also

noted that the amount of flexibility that teachers have for professional development was

very limited and it was unlikely that they could take advantage of courses should they be

offered.

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The Chair noted that it would likely be possible to monitor students being admitted with

these courses and if there were any serious problems efforts would be made to seek ways

to remedy or adjust the requirements.

A question was raised as to why ICTM 12 was placed in the Science group rather than in

the Fine and Performing Arts Group as was originally recommended by the Associate

Dean, FAS. Senate was advised that SCUS wanted students to be able to use only one of

these courses in their calculation for admission so they were all put in the Science group.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

ii) ?

Paper S

.05-94 -

Curriculum Revisions - Facult y

of Science (For Information)

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

under delegated authority, approved four new courses, revisions to existing program

requirements, and minor revisions to existing courses in Biological Sciences, Chemistry,

Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, and Physics.

D) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

i) ?

Paper

S.05-95 -

Elections

Senate was advised that one additional nomination had been received: Maureen Fizzell

for the position on the Senate Committee on Agenda and Rules. A number of elections

were resolved by acclamation and a ballot was distributed for the SCODA position. The

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

The results of elections to Senate Committees are as follows.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON DISCIPLINARY APPEALS (SCODA)

One Student Alternate

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Candidates: S. Byers, N. Gagnon

Elected: ?

Scott Byers

SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGENDA AND RULES (SCAR)

One Senator

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation:

Maureen Fizzell

SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)

One Lay Senator

for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Re-elected by acclamation:

James McArthur

SENATE LIBRARY COMMITTEE (SLC) AND LIBRARY PENALTIES APPEAL

COMMITTEE (LPAC) - DUAL POSITIONS•

One Senator

for term of office to May 31, 2007.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Peter Dickinson

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One Graduate Student (Alternate)

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

No nominations received

SENATE NOMINATING COMMITTEE (SNC)

One Graduate Student

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

No nominations received

SENATE UNDERGRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SUAAC)

One Lay Senator

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

James McArthur

SENATE GRADUATE AWARDS ADJUDICATION COMMITTEE (SGAAC)

One Graduate Student

for term of office to May 31, 2006.

Elected by acclamation: ?

Margo Foster

ELECTORAL STANDING COMMITTEE (ESC)

One Senator at large

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

No nominations received

Other Business

There was no other business.

Information

The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, September 12,

2005. There is no meeting in August.

The Open Session adjourned at

5:50

pm. Senate moved directly into Closed Session.

Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat