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From

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SubIoc

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Dite.

• Subject:

Communication with Merfoers

of the B.C. Teachers Federation

Regarding :1^ijr.on

Frase

r p l ans for the

summer of 1966

You

will

recall that at a

meetir,

7,

of the Committee of Heads a few weeks

ago, there was some discussion about the question of a

summer

session

being o

ff

ered at Simon

Fraser - a

summer

session

01

a

six

or elgnt

week variety.

It was the

consensus of the meeting that a

suimner session should not

be offered in 1966 but some concern

was expessed at that tiae

about

the effects that this decision might have on the needs oi' teachers in

the school system.

You will also remember that I agreed to prepare some notification that

0

might be sent to the teachers orgüzation so that they

could

be kept

fully informed

of our

plans and

intentions.

I would suggest that the attached drt letter

might

be sent. over

your signature to either Mr. Kenneth Aitcheson, Editor, B.C. Teacher

magazine, or to Mr. C.D. Ovans, General Secretary, B.C. Teachers Federation.

The address for both of these gentlemen is 1815 West 7th Avenue,

Vancouver 9.

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J.F. Ellis

FE/jvp

Attach.

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Proposed Letter to e Edcr, B.C. Teacher

A number of encuiries

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bn recoived from t3ach ;rs

• concerning plans at Simon Fraser University for the Suer

Our surtimer semester 'ril commence

Ma,r

4

and end umsz.

5.

During this period courses in the

up p er

division

(5th

to 8th

semesters) will be

offered for

the

first time and full Programs

leading to the degrees

of B.A.

,

,

3-So.,

3.2d., M.A. and .Sc. will

be available.

We do not propose to mount a summer session (as distir.

from the summer semester) in 196. A number of con side

rac.ions

h:re

promoted this decision.

These include the

necessity of

adeuate1y

developing the nor

m.

semester patte, the shortage

of staff, the

problems associated with our rapid expansion of plant,

and

uncer .

-tainty about the enrolment patta in

he summer

semester.

We would like to stress that

our decision not to offer

a six

or eight week period of credit courses during the summer

°' 1966 toes no ancicipace aecisons tnat ragh

00

t

ak en

an

future.

It is likely that a number

of workshops

and sumer

•

institutes. will

be available during July and ..ugust 1965. It is

hoped that these will prove of considerable interest to teachers and

the general public. Details will be made available to the editor

Of your magazine.