Sub-series consists of the Associate Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with the Vice-President, Harbour Centre and with departments which belonged to the VP Harbour Centre reporting portfolio. Note that the title of this Vice-Presidential office changed over the period covered by this series: VP SFU at Harbour Centre (1987-1991), VP Harbour Centre and External Relations (1991-1994), and VP Harbour Centre and Continuing Studies (1994-1997). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include planning for the downtown campus at Harbour Centre; operations of the Bridge to the Future fundraising campaign; correspondence with, related to, or copied from the University News Service (later renamed Media and Public Relations); and planning for the development of the University Village, a predecessor of the later Burnaby Mountain Community Project (UniverCity). Records consist predominantly of correspondence, with some reports and brochures.

Sub-series consists of the Associate Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with the Vice-President, Research / Information Systems (renamed VP Research in 1990), and with departments which belonged to the VP Research reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented include development of the university's computing polices and administrative computing systems; the AVP Academic's interactions with the University Archives and the Centre for Systems Science; and the activities and deliberations of a number of university committees, including the Cognitive Science Program Steering Committee, the Computing Advisory Committee, the Administrative Information Systems Steering Committee, the Committee on Instructional Computing, and the Archives and Records Management Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting agenda and minutes, presentations, and policies.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Vice-President, Research / Information Systems (VP Research after 1990), records relating to SFU research institutes and external granting agencies, and correspondence with university departments during the periods in which they reported to the VP Research, including the University Archives, Computing Services, the University Library and Bookstore, the Animal Care Facility, and the University / Industry Liaison Office. The correspondence begins with the appointment of Tom Calvert as the first Vice-President, Research / Information Systems in 1985 and continues with Calvert's successors. Note that in 1985 the Office carried forward a number of pre-1985 files relating to research centres and institutes and integrated these into the new series. Activities and topics documented include organization of the VP Research portfolio; development and implementation of university research policy; research grants and professorships, and correspondence with granting agencies, including the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), and the Science Council; records relating to research centres and institutes, including unsuccessful proposals; development of the student information system (SIMON); and the deliberations and activities of a number of university committees including the SFU / Canada Foundation for Innovation Steering Committee, the University Publications Committee, the President's Research Grant Committee, the University Radiology Safety Committee, and the University Computing Advisory Committee. Records include correspondence and reports; policies, drafts, and working papers; research centre proposals, applications, agreements, budgets, and annual reports; research grant proposals, summaries, and awards lists; contracts and agreements; and communiqués and press releases.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Dean of Student Affairs (1969-1970) and the Vice-President, University Services (1970-1978). With the resignation of the VP University Services in 1977, most of the functions of this office were transferred to the Director of Student Services (see sub-series 3). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the VP University Services portfolio, budget planning and allocation, day care, student housing and residence, and the cooperative education program. Records consists predominantly of correspondence.

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment of visiting faculty and limited-term appointments. Activities and topics documented include appointments and salaries. Records include correspondence and statistics.

Sub-series consists of records relating to volunteer training and coordination.

Sub-series consists of records to support volunteers in their work at the organization.

Sub-series consists of news releases created and disseminated online by Communications and Marketing and its predecessors. Media and Public Relations (as the department was then known) began posting university news releases on the SFU website in 2002, and by 2003 only the web version was retained as paper copies were discontinued. This sub-series consists of pdf copies of the web news releases. For the earlier paper records, see series 5-1; for the early years there is some duplication between paper and digital versions.

For the years up to and including part of 2011, only the text of the new releases survives, without formatting, photographs or links; from 2011 on, the pdf captures formatted text, images and links, though many of the links have become obsolete with the passage of time ("dead links"). For more information about the transfer process (and its effect on the form and content of the records), see the note below on Availability of other formats.

Sub-series consists of print copies of individual issues of What's Brewing, from Smith's relaunch of the magazine in 2015 (vol. 25, no. 1) to the last print edition of December 2020 (vol. 30, no. 4). Note that two issues from 2016 (vol. 26, nos. 1 and 4) are full-colour proof copies; the remaining are follow the normal format of colour cover with black-and-white content. No print editions have been issued after 2020, when the magazine shifted to an entirely online presence.

Sub-series consists of business records relating to the planning and management of What Brewing Magazine during the period of Dave Smith's editorship. Records include correspondence, planning documents, meeting agendas, as well as three artefacts (magazine holder stands).

Sub-series consists of 2 issues of CAMRA Calgary's newsletter, What Brewing: volume 5, number. 4 (February 1999) and volume 6, number 6 (February 2000).

Sub-series consists issues of CAMRA Canada's newsletter, What's Brewing. The run is large (31 issues) but not complete; it starts at volume 2, number 1 (Summer 1983) and runs to volume 8, number 1 (1992), with some issues missing in between. The sub-series is arranged into a file for each volume, and files are arranged chronologically.

Sub-series consists of records relating to Rowling's published writings for What's Brewing magazine from 1995-2000. What's Brewing was the newsletter of CAMRA Victoria / BC, and Rowling wrote a regular column called The Hopbine, "a fresh gathering of news and gossip." Records are exclusively in digital format; see Scope and content note in the parent series description for record types.

Sub-series consists of correspondence and a typescript relating to Messenger's book "Woman and Poet in the Eighteenth Century: The Life of Mary Whateley Darwall (1738-1825)," published posthumously in 1999. Correspondence relates to Messenger's research for the book, and its publication. Sub-series also includes correspondence of Bill Messenger pertaining to the publication and distribution of the book following Ann's death.

Series consists primarily of records relating to organizing the conference hosted by SFU on women in trades entitled "The Winning Ticket".

Series consists of records such as reports, studies, conference proceedings, training guides, guidelines, and curricula on women in trade.

Series consists of photographic material relating to the SFU women's athletics program that includes athletic events, practices, and both individual and team photos.

Sub-series consists of the reocrds of the Women's Centre Board meetings and includes agendas, minutes, proposals, reports and other meeting support papers.

Sub-series consists of the minutes of the Women's Centre Collective meetings and includes agendas, minutes, proposals, reports and other meeting support papers.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the 1994 membership collective of the Women's Centre. File consists of a set of 4 x 6 inch cards. Each card contains a photograph of the woman and her personal statement regarding her background and experience, her vision for the Women's Centre, what she hoped to contribute to the Centre, and what she hoped to gain from her participation in the Collective.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the history of the SFSS Women's Centre. Records include drafts, notes, newsletters, and printed articles.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the long-term and short-term planning programs of the Women's Centre. Activities and topics documented include proposed activities and programming, Centre priorities, mission statement and mandate of the Centre, roles and responsibilities of collective members and staff, infrastructure of the Centre, staff evaluation procedures, promotion and publicity strategy, and liaison with other campus groups. Records include agendas, minutes, proposals, notes, drafts, reports, and flyers.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the development of Women's Centre policies, procedures and organizational structure. Records includes the Women's Centre Handbook, procedures relating to workmen in the Women's Centre, and guidelines for managing the Centre's vertical files and newsletter lists.