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Office of the Registrar
MAILING ADDHKSS
To:
Senate
From:
Kate Ross, Secretary
3200 Maggie Benston
Senate Appeals Board
Centre
8888 University Drive
Bumaby, BC V5A 1S6
Subject:
Senate Appeals Board
Date:
March 17, 2012
Canada
Annual Report for
Tel: 778-782-3108
2011
FAX: 778-782-5732
The Board considers student cases wherein a student or former student feels aggrieved by the
decision
of a faculty, department or other administrative unit relating to:
• registration in courses
• withdrawal from the University
•
eligibility for graduation
• approval
of entry/re-entry to a program or
• a matter relating to academic standing when special circumstances are present
SAB meets monthly or when there is sufficient business to warrant a meeting. The Senate Appeals
Board met 10 times in 2011 reviewing a total of 59 appeal cases.
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Anne Higgins; Chair, SAB
Kate
Ross, Secretary, SAB
Dates of meetings in 2011:
January 19, February 24, March 29, May 6, June 6,July 11,
August 30, September 12,
November 4, December 6..
Current SAB Membership:
Anne Higgins, Chair
Mary Catherine Karpinski, Faculty
Member
Geoffrey Poitras, Alternate Faculty Member
Jeremy Snyder, Alternate Faculty Member
Benjamin Lee, Undergraduate Student Member
Chanel Stevens, Alternate Undergraduate Student Member
Sara Moghaddamjoo, Graduate Student Member
Pasha Tashakor , Alternate Graduate Student Member
Kate Ross, Registrar and Secretary to SAB
Tina Edmundson, Recording Secretary
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Procedure:
Each appeal is first screened to determine whether special circumstances are present. All appeals are first heard in-camera
(written form only) and some are resolved at that stage. If the SAB is unable to give a positive judgment at Stage 1, and if
the student has requested an in-person hearing, the case is decided at a hearing at which the student or a representative is
able to present further evidence and answer questions (Stage 2). Most hearings last about 20 - 30 minutes.
Summary of Appeal Decisions 2011:
Retroactive Withdrawal
Approved
9
Denied
1
Other
1 tabled
Total
11
Selective Retroactive Withdrawal
30
14
2 cancelled
1 tabled
47
Dissatisfied with university policy
1
1
Total Appeals
39
16
4
59
Summary of Appeals from past years:
2007 Summary 2008 Summary
2009 Summary
2010 Summary
Appeals Approved
17
25 at Stage 1
21 at Stage 1
28 at Stage 1
Appeals Approved
2 at Stage 2
1 at Stage 2
2 at Stage 2
Appeals Denied
7 at Stage 1
4 at Stage 1
14 at Stage 1
18 at Stage 1
Appeals Denied
2 at Stage 2
1 at Stage 2
1 at Stage 2
Appeals not heard
0
4
3
1
Appeals incomplete
7
6 (tabled to 2009)
0
1
Appeals Cancelled
2
Total appeals
33
41
40
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