These files were kept by the Secretary and Assistant to the Board of Governors and contain documents that provide background information for the various agenda items. In most cases, the documents formed part of packages that were sent to Board members, selected University officials, and campus organizations prior to each Board meeting. A few documents were kept by the Board secretary for her own reference and did not circulate. After 2003, agenda support papers were filed in docket packages alongside the meeting agendas and minutes. To view support papers from 2004 onwards, see series F-33-10 Meeting dockets.

Series includes agendas, unsigned minutes, and support papers including correspondence; reports; financial statements; board committee minutes, contracts; architectural drawings; personnel records such as c.v.'s, reference letters and appointment forms; news clippings and other documents.

Donna Laws was the Board Secretary from 1968 to 1993.

Series comprises 33 reports to the faculty of Simon Fraser University regarding actions taken by the Board of Governors. Also includes a progress report on the University Library.

This series consists of records created during the planning and facilitation of retreat events attended by Board executives and members. The retreats involved socializing and networking, discussing issues and concerns relevant to the Board, reflection on University events and priorities, as well as strategic planning. Includes retreat agendas and notes, memos, invoices, reports, presentations, correspondence, evaluation forms, event facility brochures, articles, speaker bios, and maps.

This series comprises records pertaining to the establishment, execution of responsibilities, integration, and dissolution of committees; as well as task forces formed to support the Board of Governors in achieving its objectives. It encompasses standing committees and ad hoc committees. The records include committee meeting agendas, minutes, and notes; memos; reports; budget projections; project plans; correspondence; contracts; bargaining agreements; proposals; curriculum vitae and applications; policies and procedures; financial statements; terms of reference; promotional materials and articles; lists of award recipients; student surveys; and presentations.

Series includes correspondence of Board officers including secretaries (C. J. Frederickson and R. E. Lester); and chairs (R. E. Lester, Kenneth Caple, and Paul Cote).

This series comprises meeting dockets distributed to Board members, selected University officials, and campus organizations before each regular meeting, starting from 2004 onwards. The dockets include minutes from the previous meeting for approval, along with the current meeting agenda and all pertinent support papers.

Includes meeting agendas, minutes, and support papers including correspondence; reports; financial statements; board committee minutes; contracts; architectural drawings; personnel records such as curriculum vitae, reference letters, and appointment forms; news clippings, and other documents.

For minutes or agendas and support papers related to meetings held before 2004 when these records were kept separately, please refer to series F-33-1: Official Minutes and F-33-2: Agenda support papers.

This series consists of indexes to the Board of Governors official minutes of regular meetings. The indexes are arranged chronologically. A list of all Members of the Board of Governors and details of each individual’s term; as well as a list of all Chancellors, Chairs of the Board, and Presidents from 1963-2000 are included at the beginning of the indexes.

Series comprises official minutes of regular meetings including open, closed and confidential sessions as well as official minutes of special Board meetings. Includes official appendices comprising committee minutes, correspondence, financial statements, correspondence, reports, lists of appointments and other documents. Open sessions are open to all members of the University community and the public; closed sessions are restricted to Board members, the Board secretary, the Vice-Presidents' group, the director of Media and Public Relations, and anyone else who has the permission of the Board Chair to attend. Confidential sessions are restricted to Board members, the Secretary of the Board, and anyone else who has the permission of the Board Chair to attend. These records are used to document all deliberations of the Board including the passage of motions and resolutions and the approval of governing decisions. Until approximately 1975, all Board sessions were considered closed. After that time, meetings were divided into open and closed sessions. In 2004, official meeting minutes began to be filed together with agenda support papers into docket packages. To view official meeting minutes from 2004 onwards, see series F-33-10 Meeting dockets.

The Board of Governors approves all academic policies, most general policies unless they are procedures, and significant administrative policies. Series consists of policies and procedures and working files.

The Board established a Presidential Search Committee in 1968, in 1973, and again in 1978 to recommend candidates for the position of University President. The committees included Board members: faculty, administration, and student representatives; and later alumni and employee representatives. The series contains records relating to the work of these committees.

Includes correspondence, agendas, minutes, terms of reference, procedures, lists of candidates, c.v.'s, reports, press releases, and clippings.

In the fall of 1969, nine professors in the Department of Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology withdrew their services in response to the department being put under trusteeship by the University administration. The University appointed a trustee because of allegations of departmental mismanagement of finances. The department also did not produce a constitution and tenure committee structure that were acceptable to the University administration. Various student and faculty support strikes and protest actions followed. The President suspended nine PSA faculty members who were most actively involved in the strike and later fired seven of them.

The series comprises audio recordings of the suspension hearings held by the Board of Governors for six of those faculty members. The Board conducted the hearings to enable faculty members to appeal their suspension by the President. In each case, the Board upheld the decision by the President to suspend the faculty members. Additional legal proceedings followed the suspension hearings.