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    SFU
    MEMO
    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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