DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE

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

Monday, June 1, 2009 at 5:30 pm in Room 3210 WMC

Open Session

Absent

Beale, Alison

Bezglasnyy, Anton

Fizzell, Maureen

Godson, Ali

Golnaraghi, Farid

Hannah, David

Janes, Craig

Letourneau, Michael

Leznoff, Daniel

Louie, Brandt

McArthur, James

O'Neil, John

Paterson, David

Pavsek, Christopher

Percival, Cohn

Percival, Paul

Sahinaip, Cenk

Scott, Jamie

Thompson, Steve

Tiffany, Evan

Wakkary, Ron

Present

Stevenson, Michael, President and Chair of Senate

Andrews, Ian (representing S. de Castell)

Brennand, Tracy

Chapman, Glenn

Chiu, Christina

Dow, Greg

Driver, Jon

Easton, Stephen

Francis, June

Funt, Elliott

Gibson, Eli

Gick, Nathalie (representing L. Copeland)

Gordon, Robert

Harding, Kevin

Haunerland, Norbert (representing M. Pinto)

Hiscocks, Graham

Jo&es, Michel

Krane, Bill

Laba, Martin

Lee, Shara

Li, Fiona

Li, Ze-Nian

MacGrotty, Alysia

Mathewes, Rolf (representing M. Plischke)

Moubarak, Cristel

Myers, Gordon

Nadison, Ada

Nesbit, Tom (representingJ. Collinge)

Noble, Cameron

Parkhouse, Wade

Pate!, Ravi

Perry, Tom (representing L. Cormack)

Peters, Joseph

Pierce, John

Popadiuk, Natalee

Ruben, Peter

Russell, Robert

Shapiro, Daniel

Underhill, Owen

van der Wey, Dolores

Warner, D'Arcy

Williams, Tony

Woodbury, Rob

Zelezny, Joseph

S ?

Ross, Kate, Registrar and Secretary of Senate

Grant, Bobbie, Recording Secretary

In attendance:

Nicholas, George

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Approval of the Agenda

The Agenda was approved as distributed.

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of May 11. 2009

Senate's attention was drawn to Senate paper S.09-72 (Elimination of the Enrolment

Deposit) on page 4, Item B.1 which had been presented to Senate for information. It was

pointed Out that there were two versions of this paper and that the wrong version had

inadvertently been presented to Senate. The correct version which also included graduate

students should have been forwarded to Senate. Since the Board of Governors has already

approved the correct version, and provided Senate has no objection, a Secretary's Note

would be added to the Minutes explaining the error and a revised paper with the correct

information would be filed in official Senate records and on the Web for future reference.

There were no objections from Senate and the Minutes were approved.

Business Arising from the Minutes

There was no business arising from the Minutes.

Report of the Chair

The Chair welcomed and thanked the newly elected and re-elected Faculty and Student

Senators for undertaking service to the University and acknowledged the following

individuals: Faculty Senators - Maureen Fizzell, Gordon Myers, David Paterson, Paul

Percival, Joseph Peters, Peter Ruben, Robert Russell, Cenk Sahinalp; Student Senators:

Anton Bezglasnyy, Christina Chiu, Elliot Funt,

Eli Gibson, All Godson, Kevin Harding,

Shara Lee, Fiona Li, Alysia MacGrotty, Cnstel Moubarak, Ada Nadison, Ravi Patel,

Joseph Zelezny.

The Chair noted the passing of Arthur Erickson, a recipient of an honorary degree from

Simon Fraser University, and the architect of the original campus of the University. He

was an extraordinary person and a world renowned architect whose name will forever be

linked to Simon Fraser University and SFU mourns his passing.

The Chair indicated that no information had yet been received following the Provincial

election about organizational change or ministerial assignments that might affect higher

education, nor was there any information available as to whether or not there would be

any adjustments to the pre-election budget. The Chair advised Senate that he would

report back as soon as further information was available.

Question Period

There were no questions submitted for Question Period.

Reports of Committees

A) ?

Senate Committee on University Priorities

i) ?

Paper S.09-81 - Certificate in Cultural Resource Management ?

Moved by J. Driver, seconded by K. Harding

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

proposal for a Certificate in Cultural Resource Management in the

Department of Archaeology from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences"

G. Nicholas, Department of Archaeology, was in attendance in order to respond to

questions.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

B) ?

Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies

i) ?

Paper S.09-82 - Revision to Membership

Moved by R. Mathewes, seconded by B. Krane

"that Senate approve the amendment to SCUS membership to include

representation from the Faculty of Environment and the Faculty of

Communication, Art and Technology"

Question was called, and a vote taken.

? MOTION CARRIED

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ii) ?

Paper S.09-83 - Undergraduate Curriculum Revisions - Faculty of Science

Moved by B. Krane, seconded by P. Ruben

"that Senate approve that effective May 1, 2009 the bracketed distinction

(Kinesiology) be removed from the BSc (KIN) and that students graduating

from the Faculty of Science in the Department of Biomedical Physiology

and Kinesiology receive a.BSc"

Question was called, and a vote taken. ?

MOTION CARRIED

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

under delegated authority, approved a course deletion, a new course, and changes to

program requirements in the Department of Biological Sciences, and changes to an

existing course in the Department of Mathematics.

iii)

Paper S.09-84 - Undergraduate Curriculum Revisions - Facult

y of Environment

(For Information)

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

under delegated authority, approved course deletions, new courses, new streams (Physical

Geography Program), changes to program requirements, and changes to existing courses

in Geography and Environmental Science.

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iv) ?

Paper S.09-85 - Undergraduate Curriculum Revisions - Facult

of Health

Sciences (For Inforrmtion'

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

under delegated authority, approved changes to the B.Sc. program requirements.

C) ?

Senate Nominating Committee

1) ?

Paper S.09-86 Revised

Senate's attention was drawn to Senate Paper S.09-86 Revised which was distributed at

the meeting and showed additional nominations, all positions which were elected by

acclamation, and all positions which required balloting. Balloting was required for some

committees to determine Regular versus Alternate positions in which case the candidate(s)

receiving the higher number of votes holds the Regular position(s); the runner-up(s) the

Alternate position(s). Senators were reminded that voting would take place online

following the Senate meeting and would be accessible for approximately two days.

Names of candidates elected by acclamation can be found on Senate paper S.09-86

Revised. The results of online voting are as follows:

Senate Appeals Board (SAM

Two Undergraduate Students (1 Regular, 1 Alternate) for terms of office to May 31,

2011.

Elected:

Benjamin Lee (Regular)

Ravi Patel (Alternate)

Senate Committee on International Activities (SCIA)

One Undergraduate Student for term of office to May 31 , 2011.

Elected: ?

Christina Chiu

Senate Committee on Disciplinar

Appeals (SCODA)

Five Students (3 Regular, 2 Alternate) for terms of office to May 31, 2010.

Elected: Elliot Funt (Regular)

Ali Godson (Regular)

Graham Hiscocks (Regular)

Ravi Patel (Alternate)

Thomas Unsoeld (Alternate)

Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

Four Undergraduate Student Senators (3 Regular, 1 Alternate) for terms of office to May

31, 2010.

Elected: ?

Kevin Harding (Regular)

Alysia Mac Grotty (Regular)

Joseph Zelezny (Regular)

Shara Lee (Alternate)

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Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)

Three Undergraduate Students (2 Regular, 1 Alternate) for terms of office to May 31,

2010. ?

Elected: ?

Christina Cbiu (Regular)

Kevin Harding (Regular)

Graham Hiscocks (Alternate)

Senate Committee on University Teaching and Learning (SCUTL)

One Undergraduate Student for term of office to May 31, 2010.

Elected:

Benjamin Lee

Vice-Chair of Senate

Dual position with SCAR for term of office to May 31, 2010.

Elected: ?

Tony Williams

Other Business

Paper S.09-87- Revision to the Rules of Senate (Graduate Student Representation

on Senate

Moved by E. Gibson, seconded by K. Harding

"that Senate approve the revision to the Rules of Senate and Election

Rules as outlined below:

C. Election Rules

E. Students; Student Association

From:

4. There shall be at least one graduate and one undergraduate student

among the total number of students elected to Senate under Part 7, Section

35(2)(h) of the University Act

To:

4. There shall be at least three graduate students and three undergraduate

students among the total number of students elected to Senate under Part

7, Section 35(2)(h) of the University Act"

This change would take effect next year for the students taking office in June 2010.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

Information

The date of the next regularly scheduled meeting of Senate is Monday, July 6, 2009.

Open Session adjourned at 5:40 pm

Kate Ross

Registrar and Secretary of Senate