APPROVED BY SENATE

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

Monday, November 1, 2010 at 5:30 pm at the West Mall Complex (Room 3210)

Open Sessi on

Present: Easton, Stephen, Vice-Chair

A cier no, K y le

Bezgl asnyy, A nt on

Br andhorst, Bruce

Br ennand, Tr acy

Br i nkhurst, M arena

Chapman, Glenn

Cor bett, K i t ty

Cr ai g, John

Cuppl es, Cl ai r e

Cyr, Dianne

Dhillon, Arinder

Dow, Greg

Dri v er, Jon

Eckman, Charl es

Ester, M artin (representing N. Rajapakse)

Fizzell, M aureen

Fr anci s, Ju ne

Gar neau-Scott, Chr i sti

Geisler, Cher yl

Gordon, Robert

H aunerland, N orbert (representing M . Pinto)

Knowler, Duncan (representing J. Pierce)

Kopahi, Moe

K r ane, Bill

Kropinski, M ary Catherine

Laitsch, Dan

Leznoff, Daniel

M acGr otty , A l y si a

Magnusson, Kris

Mann, Geoff

M or r i son, John

M yers, Gordon

Patidar, Risha

Patidar, Trisha

Pavsek, Christopher

Per civ al, Coli n

Per ci v al , Paul

Peter

s,

Joseph

Russell, Robert

Saif, M ehrdad

Shapir o, Daniel

Ross, Kate, Registrar & Executive Director Student Enrolment

Gair, Shelley, Recording Secretary

Somers, Julian

van der Wey, Dolores

War ner, D ’A rcy

Woodbury, Rob

Wussow, Helen

A bsent:

Bl

ack,

Sam

Golnaraghi, Farid

Janes,

Cr

ai

g

Kong, Shuyu

Law, Mona

L ee, Benjami n

Lew is, Cynthia

Li, Fiona

Loui e, Br andt

M cA rthur, James

M oghad d amjoo, Sar ah

O’N eil, John

Par k house, Wade

Patel, Rav i

Paterson, Dav id

Petter, Andrew

Ruben, Peter

Sahi nal p , Cenk

Shaw , Chris

Tashakor, Pasha

I n attendance:

A nderson, Bob

Bud r a, Paul

Cl ossey, L u ke

D’A ndrea, Catherine

Gobas, Frank

H inchliffe, Jo

Legris, Louise

Leier, M ark

Osbor ne, Judith

Popow ich, Fred

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1.

Approval of the Agenda

The revised Agenda, with S.10-135 removed from the agenda,w as approved as distributed.

2.

Approval of the Minutes of the Open Session of October 4, 2010

The Minutes were approved as distributed.

Business Arising from the Minutes

There was no business arising from the Minutes.

4.

Report of the Chair

The Vice-Chair, on behalf of Senate, welcomeCd hris Shaw, a Faculty Senator and Marena

Brinkhurst, a Student Senator, to their first meeting of Sena. te

The Vice-President, Legal Affairs, was invited to make a statement on behalf of the President

regarding recent developments in the relationship between research universities and the

government. In 2003, research universities became a part of the government reporting entity

resulting in university debt being reported on the government’s balance sheet. It was recently

announced that research universities would now be excluded from the government reporting

entity because this reporting procedure reducedth e flexibility of universities to serve its students.

This change may be effective by fiscal year end and will result in mainly a contractual

governmental relationship.The re will also be changes to the way external members of the Board

of Governors are appointed. There shouldn’tbe any change in Senat’s

e present jurisdiction as set

out in the University Act.

5.

Question Period

There were no questions submitted for Question Period.

6.

A) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)

i) Creation of the Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)

S.10-127

Moved by Jon Drive, r seconded by D’Arcy Warner

“that Senate approveand recommend to the Board of Governors the creation of the

Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VVIA) as an Institute for a 5 year term.”

An inconsistency in the detailed governance of the nstiI tute was pointed out. Section 2.2 states

that the Director is nominated by the Institute’s Steering Committee and approved by the Vice

President, Research, but in section 2.3.1 it states that the Steering Committee has the power to

dismiss the Director. It was suggested that the wording of the second sentence in section 2.3.1

state, “While it normally operates by consensus, when necessary it can make decisions by majority

vote, including the appointment of new members and dismissal of existing members of the

Steering Committee, as well as the

recommendation for t

a

h

ppo

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intment and dismissal of the

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Director and the Deputy Director of the Institute.” This suggeostin was accepted as a

friendly

amendment

.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by Anton Bezglasnyy

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the Full Program Proposal

for a Concentration in Early Modern World History in the Department of History within

the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, effective May 2011.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

iii) Establishment of Undergraduate Programs under the Development

and Sustainability Program within the Faculty of Environment

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by June Francis

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the establishment of the

Undergraduate Programs under the Development and Sustainability Program within the

Faculty of Environment, effective immediately.”

It was pointed out that the motion was nota s clear as the intent of the motion that weaxprs essed

in the memorandum. New wording for the motion was suggested and accepted as a

friendly

amendment.

The motion as amended was read as follows:

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors that authority be given to

the Faculty of Environment to initiate undergraduate programs under the Development and

Sustainability Program, effective immediately.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION AS AMENDED CARRIED

iv) Dissolution of the W.J. VanDusen B.C. Business Studies Institute

within the Faculty of Business Administration

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by Maureen Fizzell

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the dissolution of the W.J.

VanDusen B.C. Business Studies Institute within the Faculty of Business Administration.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

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v) Change in the W.J. VanDusen Endowment Terms of Reference

S.10-131

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by June Francis

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the change in the W.J.

VanDusen Endowment Terms of Reference.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

vi) Proposal to halt admission and discontinue the Integrated Studies

Program within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by John Craig

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the proposal to halt

admission to the Integrated Studies Progrm

a within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,

effective Fall 2010 and that the Program be discontinued upon the current cohort’s

completion in 2013.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

vii) Transfer of Department of Archaeology fromth e Faculty of Arts

and Social Sciences to the Faculty of Environment

Moved by Bill Krane, seconded by Tracy Brennand

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the transfer of the

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

Environment, effective April 1, 2011.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

viii) Name change of the Institute for Critical Studies in Gender

and Health

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by Norbert Haunerland

“that Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the name change of the

Institute for Critical Studies in Gender and Health to the Institute for Intersectionality

Research and Policy.”

Several questions were raised but because the resource person wasuna ble to attend the meeting, it

was suggested that the item be tabled until the next meeting.

Moved by Colin Percival, seconded by Anton Bezglasnyy

“to postpone consideration ofthi s motion until the next meeting.”

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Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION TO POSTPONE CARRIED

ix) External Review of the Department of History within the

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by John Craig

“that Senate approve the recommendation from the Senate Committee on University

Priorities to implement the Action Plan for the Department of History that resulted from its

External Review.”

A comment was made regarding the use of long paragraphs in a table formarets, ulting in a

document that was difficult to read. The administrators of the review process were requested to

find a better format or keep the text to a minimum.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

x) External Review of the School of Resource and Environmental

Management within the Faculty of Environment

Moved by Jon Driver, seconded by Norbert Haunerland

“that Senate approve the recommendation from the Senate Committee on University

Priorities to implement the Action lPan for the School of Resource and Environmental

Management that resulted from its External Review.”

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

i) Closure of Student Record (For Information)

S.10-138

A suggestion was made to change the wording of the st firsentence to read “Effective summer

2011, when Senate awards an undergraduate student’s credential, the student record is normally

considered closed for purposes of grade changes and deege r standing” instead of having “effective

summer 2011” appearing at the end of the sentence. This was accepted as

fr

a

iendly

amendment

.

ii) New B.C. Math Curriculum (For Information)

S.10-139

It was clarified that these changes are strictly housekeeping changes and do not reflect any changes

in standards within individual faculties.

iii) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art and

Technology (For Information): BA Degree Options

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

delegated authority, approved new BA degree options in the Faculty of Communication, Art and

Technology.

iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Education (For Information)

S.10-141

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

delegated authority, approved changes to program requirements and a minor revision to an

existing course in the Faculty of Education.

v) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Environment (For Information): REMS.10 -142

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

delegated authority, approved new courses and minor revisions to existing courses in the Faculty

of Environment.

i) Calendar Publication and Revision Guidelines (For Information)

S.10-143

Concern was expressed thatA dvisors will have to refer to three different calendars in a year for

graduation requirements once the online calendar is published for each termIt .w as pointed out

that the degree progress report (DPR) willa ssist advisors and students with graduation

requirements because it shows completed and outstandingdegree requirements that are based on

when the student declared their program(s, )so this new tool will make it easier for dvaisors to do

graduation checks.

Concern was expressed aboutt he removal of the online calendar’s faculty lists because calendar

readers from outside the universitymay wish to refer to the calendarsi nce it has university-wide

authorization.

Senate was advised that faculty lists are no longer includein d the calendar because often this

information became out of date as soon as it was published. Insteat d wai s decided to include a

link in the calendar to the departmental websites since the faculty information already existed on

these websites.It was pointed out thatde partments are the source of the faculty information so

this should be the most accurate place for information.

It was notedtha t often departmental websites aren’t updated regularlydu e to lack of resources.

The opinion was expressed that the university should support departmental website maintenance

to keep faculty lists updated, to help attractst udents and as a resource for people within and

outside the university. It was suggested that departments should also keep historical faculty

information on their websites.

Concern was expressed regarding the transition of using the online calendar instead othf e print

calendar and a suggestion was made to print lima ited number of the calendar to be used by

selected people. This would also addrests he problem of accessing the online calendar on and off

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campus when computers and the internet aren’t available. It was pointed out that the online

calendar can be printed by individual users if desired.

It was recommended that furtherdi scussion regarding the online calendar and its implications be

continued at some future Senate meeting and the discussion was brought to a close.

i) Elections

S.10-144

A revised Senate pape, r distributed prior to the start of the meeting,s howed all positions that

were elected by acclamation and outstanding vacancies that would be carried forward to the next

meeting of Senate.

7.

i) Academic Amnesty Motion

S.10-145

Moved by Kyle Acierno, seconded by Moe Kopahi

“that Senate requests that faculty and instructors make every effort to accommodate students

who wish to participate in the November 10

th

rally and not penalize these tus dents

academically.”

Senate was advised oft he Minister of Advanced Education & Labour Market Development’s

desire to hear from students whoa re having problems with debt and tuition fe, easnd that this

rally provides an opportunity to educate students and the province aboutth is serious issue. It was

clarified that the date and time of the rally, 2:30 to 4:30 on November

th

, 10were specifically

chosen to attract a higher number of students. Minor clarifications were requested in regards to

the wording of the motion.

Question was called, and a vote taken.

MOTION CARRIED

8.

Information

The date of the next regular scheduled meeting of Senate is MondayD, ecember 6, 2010 in the

West Mall Complex (Room 3210).

Open Session adjourned at6:35 pm and Senate moved directly into Closed Session.

Kate Ross

Registrar and Secretary of Senate