DRAFT UNTIL APPROVED BY SENATE
Minutes of a Meeting of the Senate of Simon Fraser University held on
Monday, July 4, 2011 at 5:30 pm at the West Mall Complex (Room 3210)
Open Session
Present:
Sam Black, Vice-Chair
Armstrong, Arthur
Brandhorst, Bruce
Chapman, Glenn
Chen, Alexander
Craig, John
Dhillon, Arinder
Driver, Jon
Easton, Stephen
Eckman, Charles
Fizzell, Maureen
Fontaine, Marc
Francis, June
Garneau-Scott, Christi
Geisler, Cheryl
Hughes, David
Kohn, Jordan
Kong, Shuyu
Leacock, Tracey
Leznoff, Daniel
Magnusson, Kris
Mathewes, Rolf (representing C. Cupples)
McRae, Jennifer
Myers, Gordon
Paterson, David
Percival, Colin
Percival, Paul
Perry, Tom
Peters, Joseph
Pilarinos, Andreas
Pinto, Mario
Rajapakse, Nimal
Shapiro, Daniel
Shaw, Chris
Somers, Julian
Woodbury, Rob
Wussow, Helen
Yeung, Lorenz
Hinchliffe, Jo, Assistant Registrar (representing K. Ross)
Gair, Shelley, Recording Secretary
Absent:
Acierno, Kyle
Brennand, Tracy
Cyr, Dianne
Golnaraghi, Farid
Gordon, Robert
Kopahi, Moe
Krane, Bill
Kropinski, Mary Catherine
Laitsch, Dan
Lee, Benjamin
Mann, Geoff
Moghaddamjoo, Sarah
Nilson Levisohn, Michelle
O’Neil, John
Parkhouse, Wade
Pavsek, Christopher
Pierce, John
Reyeros, Diego
Ruben, Peter
Russell, Robert
Sahinalp, Cenk
Tashakor, Pasha
Taylor, Carole
Warner, D’Arcy
In attendance:
Bell, KC
Erickson, Lynda
Nicholls, Glynn
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1.
Approval of the Agenda
The agenda was approved as distributed (moved by A. Dhillon, seconded by J. Somers).
2.
Minutes of the Open Session on May 24, 2011
Minor corrections in the minutes were raised and noted. The minutes were approved with these
corrections (moved by C. Percival, seconded by P. Percival).
3.
Minutes of the Open Session on June 13, 2011
A minor correction in the minutes was raised and noted. The minutes were approved with this
correction (moved by S. Black, seconded by J. Craig)
4.
Business Arising from the Minutes
There was no business arising from the minutes.
5.
Report of the Chair
The Vice-Chair reported that there is a call for honorary degree nominations. Information
regarding this call can be found at
http://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary-degrees/hdr-
nomination-information.html
.
6.
Question Period
There were no questions submitted for question period.
7.
Reports of Committees
A) Senate Committee on University Priorities (SCUP)
i)
Elementary Generalist Minor within Faculty of Education (S.11-93)
Motion
Moved by J. Driver, seconded by C. Shaw
“That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the Full Program Proposal for
an Elementary Generalist Minor within the Faculty of Education, effective Spring 2012.”
Question was called and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
ii)
Secondary Teaching Minor within Faculty of Education (S.11-94)
Motion
Moved by J. Driver, seconded by K. Magnusson
“That Senate approve and recommend to the Board of Governors the Full Program Proposal
for a Secondary Teaching Minor within the Faculty of Education, effective Spring 2012.”
Question was called and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
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B) Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS)
i)
Admission Changes to Kinesiology Major/Minor and Biomedical Physiology
Major/Minor (S.11-95)
Motion
Moved by J. Driver, seconded by D. Paterson
“That Senate approve the admission changes to the Kinesiology Major, Kinesiology Minor,
Biomedical Physiology Major and Biomedical Physiology Minor in the Department of
Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology within the Faculty of Science, effective Spring 2012.”
Question was called and a vote taken.
MOTION CARRIED
ii)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (S.11-96)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting under
delegated authority, approved new courses and minor revisions to existing courses and programs
in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (International Studies, Sociology & Anthropology,
World Literature, Humanities, Political Science).
iii) Curriculum Revisions – Beedie School of Business (S.11-97)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting under
delegated authority, approved minor revisions to existing programs in the Beedie School of
Business.
iv) Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Communication, Art & Technology (S.11-98)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting under
delegated authority, approved new courses, a deleted course, and minor changes to existing
courses in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology (Interactive Arts & Technology,
Publishing, Contemporary Arts)
v)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (S.11-99)
Senate received information that the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, acting under
delegated authority, approved new courses and minor revisions to existing courses and programs
in the Faculty of Science (Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry).
Clarification was requested and provided in regards to CHEM 109 and its availability to only
students in the Aboriginal Pre-Health Program.
C) Senate Graduate Studies Committee (SGSC)
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i)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Health Sciences (S.11-100)
Senate received information that the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, acting under delegated
authority, approved minor revisions to an existing course in the Faculty of Health Sciences.
ii)
Curriculum Revisions – Faculty of Science (S.11-101)
Senate received information that the Senate Graduate Studies Committee, acting under delegated
authority, approved new courses and minor changes to programs in the Faculty of Science
(Biomedical Physiologv and Kinesiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistrv, Physics).
D) Senate Nominating Committee
i)
Elections by Senate (S.11-102)
Senate received a summary of the online election results and outstanding vacancies for the Senate
committees.
8.
Other Business
i)
Accreditation Self-Evaluation Report (S.11-103)
Senate received Simon Fraser University’s Self-Evaluation report for the Northwest Commission
on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) for advice. Glynn Nicholls, KC Bell and Lynda
Erickson, were in attendance to respond to questions.
A question was raised regarding reference to student representation on the Board of Governors
(p.46). Senate was informed that this will be looked into to confirm whether the information is
correct or not. An opinion was expressed that the uniqueness of SFU’s Intellectual Property
policy should be emphasized more. Senate was informed that the wording on p. 59 regarding the
IP policy will be reviewed. After a question was raised regarding an error on p.52 regarding the
Chair of Senate, Senate was informed that this had already been corrected. Clarification was
requested for section 1.3 on p. 24 regarding the wording “industrial grants” and Senate was
informed that it should be modified to read “industrial grants and/or contracts”.
9.
Information
i)
Date of the next regular meeting – Monday, September 12, 2011.
Open session adjourned at 6:16 pm and Senate moved directly into the closed session.
Jo Hinchliffe
Assistant Registrar
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