Sub-series consists records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with various associations in which the university participated or corresponded with. For a list of associations included in the correspondence, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, membership invoices, contracts, questionnaires, and brochures and other printed material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to university finances and budget in general. Activities and topics documented include operating budget allocations, the budget reductions of the early 1980s, faculty salary budgets, the activities of the Committee to Review TA Budget and Related Matters (1982), a review of university programs in 1984-1985, correspondence with the federal and provincial governments relating to funding, and the university's participation in a Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) project involving the University of Juba in Sudan (1982-1984). Records include correspondence, reports, statistics and comparisons; request for funds, estimates, calculations, projections, proposals, and recommendations; operating budgets, and SFU's budget applications to the provincial government; and notes and working papers.

Series includes records related to the general administration and organization of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis. Activities and topics documented include research and academic activities; Institute building needs and development; funding and project initiatives—with such organizations as the International Development Research Centre, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, and the Canadian International Development Agency; and program operation. Predominant document types include Institute minutes, correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and one architectural drawing.