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Minutes of a Meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
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Monday, July 11, 2005 in Room 3210 WMC at 5:30 pm
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Open Session
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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
S.M. I July 2005
1.
Page
Approval
The Agenda was approved as distributed.
of the Agenda
2.
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.
3.
Business Arising from the Minutes
There was no business arising from the Minutes
4.
Report of the Chair
There was no report from the Chair.
5.
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
if
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.
6.
Reports of Committees
A)
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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.
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MOTION CARRIED
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ii) ?
Paper S.05-91 - Revision of Policy GP 17 Universit y
Occupational Health
and Safet
y
(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.
B)
Senate Committee on Universit
y
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.
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MOTION CARRIED
C)
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.
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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:
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Maureen Fizzell
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTINUING STUDIES (SCCS)
One Lay Senator
for term of office to May 31, 2007.
Re-elected by acclamation:
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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
7.
Other Business
There was no other business.
8.
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