DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

Monday, September 17, 2007 at 5:30 pm in Room 3210 WMC

Open Session

Present:

Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Black, Sam

Brennand, Tracy

Corbett, Kitty

Cormack, Lesley

Dickinson, Peter

Driver, Jon

Easton, Stephen

Fairey, Elaine (representing L. Copeland)

Fox, Sasha

Gencay, Ramo

Gordon, Robert

Hannah, David

Harder, Derrick

Harding, Kevin

Hemingway, Alex

Joes, Michel

Laba, Martin

Lein, Adam

Letourneau, Michael

Lewis, Brian

O'Neil, John

McArthur, James

Percival, Cohn

Percival, Paul

Peters, Joseph

Plischke, Michael

Popadiuk, Natalee

Russell, Robert

Shaker, Paul

Shermer, Thomas

Smart, Carolyne

Thompson, Steve

Tiffany, Evan

Tse, Karen

van Baarsen, Amanda

Warner, D'Arcy

Waterhouse, John

Weeks, Daniel

Williams, Tony

Ross, Kate, Registrar and Senior Director, Student

Enrolment

Watt, Alison, Director, University Secretariat

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

Absent:

Abduiwahab, Ka'al

Brebner, Sarah

Dagenais, Diane

Fizzell, Maureen

Francis, June

Hayes, Michael

Javed, Waseem

Krane, William

LaBrie, John

Liljedahl, Peter

Louie, Brandt

Pinto, Mario

Smith, Don

Vaid, Bhuvinder

Wakkary, Ron

Williams, Peter

In attendance:

Guthrie, Larry

Hibbitts, Pat

Marshall, Dan

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Approval of the Agenda

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

Approval of the Minutes of the O

en Session of Jul

9, 2007

The Minutes were approved as distributed.

Business Arisin

from the Minutes

i) ?

Paper S.07-101 - Bo

y cott Motion to be withdrawn

Moved by S. Black, seconded by S. Easton

"that the motion concerning the proposed boycott by the University and

College Union of the UK be withdrawn"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Report of the Chair

The Chair reported that as a result of intensive efforts led by Nello Angerilli,

Associate Vice-President, Students and International, Kate Ross, Registrar and

Senior Director of Student Enrolment, their colleagues in Student Services, and in

collaboration with Faculties and staff across the University, SFU has met and

exceeded its enrollment targets. This appears to be largest class of new domestic

students in the Province of British Columbia.

ii)

The Chair reported that the University also welcomed a large number of incoming

new faculty members. Eighty-six new continuing faculty members and librarians

were appointed at the beginning of September 2007 with thirty-eight percent of

that number being female. These new colleagues have come from leading

institutions in Canada, and from the United States, Europe, China and Japan

adding strength to SFU's commitment to 'Thinking of the World'.

iii)

On behalf of Senate and the University, the Chair extended a special welcome to

Dr. Lesley Cormack, the new Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,

and to Dr. John O'Neil, the new Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

iv)

On behalf of the University, the Chair wished to observe the untimely passing

over the summer months of the following members of the SFU community who

will be greatly missed: Bill Richards, Department of Communication; Blair

Rosser, Technical Director, 7 th

Floor Media Centre; Ian Dyck, Department of

History; Richard Shutler, Professor Emeritus, Department of Archaeology; Barry

Beyerstein, Department of Psychology; and Laurine Harrison, Ombudsperson.

Paper S.07-102 - SFU Financial Statements - March 31. 2007 (For Information)

P. Hibbitts, Vice-President, Finance and Administration, and L. Guthrie, Financial

Services, were in attendance in order to respond to questions.

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It was pointed out that the report had been presented to the Board of Governors at their

May meeting, and an inquiry was made as to why it had not come to Senate in July.

Senate was advised that the delay was due to time needed for the final printing of the

report; however, if Senate wished to have the report presented earlier, this could be

arranged. In addition, expectations were that the September Senate would have a higher

attendance and therefore the report would be more widely read.

A date error in the Auditor's Report on pare 10 was noted.

Reference was made to the end of the first paragraph on page 3 which refers to

competition for top students and mentions that SFU had responded with emphasis on

student recruitment and retention. An inquiry was made if there was any relation to the

fact that at the time the report was produced, the University reduced the budget for

bursaries and undergraduate scholarships. Senate was advised that the overall scholarship

budget was increased by approximately

$1.5

million, and the reduction in the

undergraduate component resulted from the fact that for the two years preceding, there

were unspent funds in that budget.

Question Period

Reference was made to current labour dispute between management and employees of

the daycare centre, and a question was raised as to the University's role in the issue.

Senate was informed that the Childcare Centre is run by a separately incorporated society

with a separate board and management. The University is not involved directly in the

management of the Childcare Centre and is not a party to the negotiations. The

Administration is extremely conscious of the pressures resulting from the labour dispute

for faculty, staff and students who have children enrolled in the daycare centre and has

issued a general statement to the university community calling for consideration of those

persons affected.

Reports of Committees

A) ?

Senate Committee on Universit

Priorities

Paper S.07-103 - Certificate in Earth Sciences

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by K. Harding

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

proposal for a Certificate in Earth Sciences, in the Faculty of Science"

D. Marshall, Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, was in attendance in order to respond

to questions.

0 ?

The question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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ii)

Paper S.07-104

Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and

Youth

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by D. Weeks

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

creation of the Centre for the Reduction of Violence Among Children and

Youth as a Schedule A Centre within the Faculty of Arts and Social

Sciences"

D. Weeks, Senator (Department of Psychology) was available to respond to questions.

Reference was made to point three on page 6 regarding the election of faculty members

to the Steering Committee. It was pointed out that the document fails to clarify by whom

or from whom the five faculty members would be elected. The following understanding

was agreed to be an editorial adjustment - the initial membership would be as noted in

Appendix A and once set, the faculty from that group would be the ones to elect the

steering committee.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iii)

Paper S.07-105 - Chair in Health Disparities in Cancer - Terms of Reference

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by J. O'Neil

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

of reference for the Chair in Health Disparities in Cancer"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Senate Committee on A

enda and Rules

i) ?

Paper S.07-107 - Proposed Chan

e to Polic

A10.03. sub-section Search

Committee for Dean of Graduate Studies

Moved by J. Waterhouse, seconded by K. Harding

"that Senate approve that Policy A 13.05, sub-section Search Committee for the

Dean of Graduate Studies, be amended to include one member of the support

staff, elected by the support staff of the Dean of Graduate Studies Office"

In response to an inquiry about the membership of the current Search Committee for the

Dean of Graduate Studies, Senate was advised that in anticipation of the approval of this

motion, and in order to obtain balance on the committee, a staff person had been

appointed by the Vice-President, Academic in accordance with the policy which allows

discretion for such appointments to search committees.

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The question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

C) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

i) ?

Paper S.07-108 - Elections

Senate was advised that no further nominations had been received. Stephen Spector

(Business Administration) was therefore elected by acclamation to the Senate Committee

on University Teaching and-Learning (SCUTL); Tony Williams was elected by

acclamation to the Senate Committee on University Honours (SCUH); Richard Yates was

elected by acclamation to the Senate Appeals Board (SAB); and Amanda van Baarsen

was elected by acclamation to the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS).

Vacancies on the Senate Committee on Continuing Studies, the Senate Committee on

University Teaching and Learning, and the Senate Committee on Disciplinary Appeals

would be carried forward to the next meeting of Senate.

Other Business

Paper S.07-109 - Motion concerning 10 October 2007 SFSS AGM

Moved by M. Letourneau, seconded by D. Harder

"that Senate request that faculty and instructors make every effort to

accommodate students who wish to participate in the general meeting of

the Simon Fraser Student Society on October 10, 2007 (2:00 - 4:30 pm),

and not penalize these students academically"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Information

The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, October 15, 2007.

The Open Session adjourned at 6:00 pm and Senate moved into Closed Session shortly

thereafter.

Alison Watt

Director, University Secretariat