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SFU Faculty Association (SFUFA) negotiation files

Series consists of records relating to negotiations between the university and the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA) on matters relating to the collective framework agreement establishing the terms and conditions of academic employment at SFU. Records include correspondence, notes, policies, arbitration briefs, reports and statistics, negotiating proposals, agreements, meeting minutes, notes, and working papers.

SFU Faculty Association (SFUFA) consultation files

Series consists of records relating to the regular consultations between the university administration and the Simon Fraser University Faculty Associations (SFUFA) relating to the university policies and other matters affecting the terms and conditions of academic employment at SFU. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, correspondence, policies, notes, and working papers.

SFU dance workshops and productions

Series consists of records relating to Iris Garland’s involvement in the planning and delivery of SFU dance workshops and lecture demonstrations, the resulting productions and performances, and their review by the media. It also includes materials pertaining to visiting artists in residence and guest performers invited by Garland to take part in or deliver various dance workshops and intensives. Records include performance programmes, photographs, media releases, handbills, copies of clippings and reviews, posters, correspondence, schedules, notes, and other materials.

SFU dance program history and development

Series consists of records relating to Iris Garland’s active involvement in the establishment and development of SFU’s contemporary dance program, as well as her support for the creation of an academic, credited fine and performing arts program at the University. The series also includes records documenting the history of the dance program in the context of the local dance scene and other post-secondary dance programs, as well as records pertaining to the Burnaby Mountain Dance Company and the Off-Centre Dance Company, both offshoots of the SFU program. Records include reports, proposals, copies of clippings and reviews, notes, correspondence, performance programmes, and background literature.

SFU course files and lectures

The series consists of records documenting Beyerstein's teaching activities. It includes course and lecture materials for SFU courses, as well as lectures delivered in the community.

The series has been arranged by the archivist into separate sub-series based on the type of material:

• SFU course files (sub-series 1)
• Lecture files (sub-series 2)

SFU correspondence and subject files

While still a faculty member at UBC, Baker became one of the chief contributors to John B. Macdonald's report, Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future. This report led directly to the government's decision to establish a second university (SFU) in the Lower Mainland. Baker also served on the provincial Academic Board for Higher Education, established to advise the government on applying the recommendations of the Macdonald Report.

Records in this series relate to Baker's work on the Macdonald Report and the Academic Board as well as his role as academic planner and a charter faculty member in the early years of SFU. These files supplement the official records of the Office of Academic Planning, F 49. Includes personal and professional correspondence, reports, reference materials, a memoir by Baker about the early history of SFU, and other documents.

SFU construction records

Series consists of records relating to the construction of the library and other buildings at Simon Fraser University. Records reflect the different stages of construction such as site excavation, concrete tests, electrical work, and millwork furnishings. Includes correspondence, change orders, test results, inspection reports, notes, correspondence, minutes of job meetings, tenders, and financial records.

SFU Childcare Society files

This series consists of files were created by the Assistant to the Vice-President, Academic (Alison Watt) in her capacity as a university representative on the Society's Executive Board between 1984-1987. Activities and topics documented include meetings of the Board, operations of the Society, and employees relations. Records include the report of the Task Force on Financial Support to the Day Care Centre (1982), correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, budget papers, job descriptions, Board membership lists, and SFU Childcare Society handbooks, brochures, newsletters, and other printed matter.

Simon Fraser University Childcare Society

SFU building specifications

Series consists of detailed descriptions of dimensions, materials, and costs for construction of the library and other buildings at SFU. Includes architectural, electrical and mechanical specifications, addenda, and supplementary general conditions.

SFU architectural plans

Series consists of architectural drawings and plans for work done at Simon Fraser University by Robert Harrison. Includes plans and drawings for different phases of library construction and plans for other buildings at Simon Fraser University.

SFU architectural competition records

Series consists of records relating to the Simon Fraser University architectural competition. The contest was held in 1963 to choose the overall design for the new university. Includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, reports, information releases, minutes of meetings with Gordon Shrum (SFU Chancellor), and photographs of the proposed site.

SFU and International Centre of Art for Social Change

This series consists of records relating to Judith Marcuse's involvement with Simon Fraser University and the International Centre of Art for Social Change, from inception until when the records were donated. The series is divided into four sub-series: Sub-series 1: Administrative records (1996-2019); Sub-series 2: Financial records (2007-2010); Sub-series 3: Grants/fundraising records (2008-2012) and Sub-series 4: Promotional records: ([2006?]-2009).

SFU Historical Essays

Cunningham asked several early faculty and other members of the SFU community to write down their recollections of the early years of the University. He had hoped that the University would produce a collection of essays to mark its 20th Anniversary. On the advice of an anonymous referee, the University decided against publishing the work. Cunningham considered other ways of producing the volume, but died before he could complete the project.

Series includes rough drafts and final drafts of essays selected for the volume by Cunningham. Essays are listed by individual author. Series also includes correspondence about the project, essays not selected for the proposed volume (submissions by Cunningham, G. Bursill-Hall, T. Finlayson, M. Gibbons, E. Harden, A. Hean, D. Roberts, W. Vidauer, and L. Wilson), and a collection of historical essays by Archie MacKinnon.

Service, Office, and Retail Workers Union of Canada records

Series consists of records relating to the Service, Office, and Retail Workers Union of Canada (SORWUC). Activities documented include policy development, fundraising, and conventions. Includes newsletters, bulletins, minutes of meetings, correspondence, copies of collective agreements negotiated by the union (with the Simon Fraser Student Society and the Pooh Corner Daycare), financial records, and convention proceedings.

Service projects

Series consists of records arising from the Society's involvement in various projects serving women and other individuals in Vancouver's East End. These activities include projects operated primarily by the Society (such as the Hostel and the Women's Centre), projects in which Society members were actively involved (such as Franklin House and Renfrew Park Manor), and projects and groups for which the Society provided financial support (such as the Kettle Friendship Society and the Vi Fineday Family Shelter Society). Series includes correspondence, brochures, bulletins, requests for funds, proposals, receipts, thank-you cards, and other materials.

Series 1. Printing Examples and Business Records

Series consists of examples of printing done by the Margison Brothers Printers, as well as a small amount of business records and other miscellaneous items created by the family. Items include stationary, greeting cards, calling cards, business cards, invitations, announcements, posters, cash books, sales tax info and other fiscal records, clip art, newspaper clippings, a publication entitled “Be Tolerant”, and information about a platen printing press.

Margison Brothers Printers

Senior Administration

Series consists of records relating to Webster's work as Pro-Tem Dean of Graduate Studies as well as records related to various committees Webster served on at SFU, such as the Resource Allocation Committee, Academic Planning, Salary Committee, Western Vice Presidents meetings, and University Tenure Committee.

Senate subject files

Series consists of records relating to various issues considered by Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include the Admissions Crisis of 1968, which resulted in a student sit-in to protest the lack of transfer credit standards. The Ellis Report, described in another file in this series, was the University's response to that crisis. Examples of other topics include the appointment of a Dean of Graduate Studies and the development of a Co-op Studies Program.

Records include correspondence, Senate papers and minutes, reports, proposals, notes, and other documents.

Senate Committees

The Senate operates through a system of standing and ad hoc committees. As of 2003, there are 24 Senate committees, but the number of committees has varied over time. Senate determines the membership and method of appointing or electing members to the committees. Most Senate committees have ex-officio administrators as chairs and only a few have Vice-chairs.

Standing committees with delegated responsibilities to perform duties on behalf of Senate usually report to Senate at yearly intervals. Temporary committees report to Senate by the date stated in the charge to the committee.

This series consists of records relating to the meetings and activities of the various Senate Committees.

Records include terms of reference; membership lists; and agendas, minutes, and supporting papers including correspondence, reports, briefs, course proposals, policies, statistics, lists, publications, drafts, notes, working papers and other documents.

Senate committee records

Series consists of records relating to the deliberations and activities of various Senate committees. With one exception – sub-series 4, the Senate Committee on Academic Discipline (SCAD) – the Associate Vice-President, Academic either chaired or participated on all of the committees represented by the sub-series. Records include meeting agendas, minutes, and supporting papers; and correspondence, reports, statistics, and notes and working papers.

Senate Archives reference files

Series consists of records collected by the staff of the University Archives to document the organization and functioning of the Senate over the years. While these files do not constitute the official records of Senate, they are useful for historical reference.

Records include lists of Senate members and Senate committee members, Senate handbooks, compilations of Senate rules, and summaries and reports of Senate actions.

Senate - Registrar's correspondence

This series consists of records relating to the general conduct of Senate business by the Registrar as Secretary of Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include setting agendas and meeting times, changes to minutes, preparation of supporting papers, transmittal of reports and other information to members of the University community, Senate elections, and Senate procedures.

Records include correspondence, draft minutes with some detailed accounts of discussion, notes, reports, Senate supporting papers, lists of committee members, and committee terms of reference. Two files contain correspondence regarding the replacement of Senate committee members who were unable to complete their terms.

Senate - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Senate. Records also include working papers, reports, minutes, senate papers, policy proposals and funding applications.

"Selling Canada" - Daniel Francis

This series is comprised of records related to the conception and publication of the book “Selling Canada: Three Propaganda Campaigns that Shaped the Nation” published in 2011.
The series is divided into the following 6 sub-series: Drafts, proofs and edits ([ca. 2009]), Project development and correspondence (2010-2011), Post-production, promotions, and reviews (2011-2012), Image copyright requests and agreements (2005-2010), Images collected for use in “Selling Canada" ([2005?]) and Research conducted for "Selling Canada" (2004-2010).

Sea hunters records

Series consists of records relating to the production of the National Geographic television show "The Sea Hunters," which James Delgado co-hosted with Clive Cussler from 2001 to 2006. Series contains correspondence and administrative records relating to the show, research records, photographs, and video recordings of episodes.
The series has been arranged into the following four sub-series: Episode files (1999-2006), Photographs (2000-2005), Slides (2001-2004), and Video recordings (1999-2005).

Science Council of Canada

Series consists of records relating to Webster's involvement on the Science Council of Canada, including records relating to forestry, microtechnolgoy, artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Series includes correspondence, meeting notes, agendae, minutes, and reports.

School project records

The series consists of paper and born-digital records relating to the joint partnership between Adbusters Media Foundation and RED Academy Vancouver. This partnership arose for the development of a mobile application as well as a digital marketing strategy for Adbusters. Paper records include correspondence, a community partnership agreement, and conceptual sketches of the mobile application. Born-digital records include community partnership agreements, a digital marketing plan, sales analytics, emails, a powerpoint presentation (in .PDF format), and moving images depicting the conceptual design of the World Revolution App (in .MOV format).

School history files

Series consists of records relating to the evolution of the School, its internal organization, mandate and scope of activities, and departmental planning. Activities, events and topics documented include reorganization as part of the faculty of Applied Sciences in 1985, departmental review, an update on alumni and departmental open house, and planning for Homecoming '90. Records include correspondence; reports; proposals; planning documents; notes and working papers.

School history and structure files

Series consists of records relating to the evolution of the School, its internal organization, mandate and scope of activities, reporting relationships, and departmental planning. Activities and events documented include departmental reviews, policy development, administrative reorganization, a market study conducted in 1971-1972, and a proposal for a downtown Canadian Centre for Contemporary Art (1984).

Records include correspondence, reports, background and discussion papers; proposals and planning documents; policy statements; budget submissions and supporting documentation; organization charts; media releases; meeting agendas, minutes and supporting papers; job descriptions and reclassifications; floor plans; work plans; notes and working papers.

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