Showing 100 results

Archival description
Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost fonds Sub-series
Advanced search options
Print preview View:

Financial Aid

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Financial Aid Office, from the period in which it moved from the Registrar's Office to the VP University Services. The Financial Aid Office was established in 1970, expanded its name to Financial Aid and Awards in 1989, and ceased operations in 1994, when its functions were transferred to the Student Academic Resources Office in the Registrar's Office. Activities and topics documented in this sub-series include Financial Aid's administrative organization and reporting relationships, budget allocation, and program development, including the work study program and scholarships. Records include correspondence and reports.

Financial Aid

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Financial Aid Office during the period in which Financial Aid reported to the VP Academic (1985-1989). The Financial Aid Office was established in 1970, expanded its name to Financial Aid and Awards in 1989, and ceased operations in 1994, when its functions were transferred to the Student Academic Resources Office in the Registrar's Office. Activities and topics documented in this sub-series include development of financial aid programs and services, department budget, reporting structure, and staff relations. Records include correspondence, reports, and briefs.

Finance

Sub-series consists of records relating to university finances and budget. Activities and topics documented include allocation of departmental operating budgets; capital projects planning (construction, equipment, infrastructure); faculty salary allocation formula; determination of the provincial government's funding formula for allocating the operating grants to BC's universities; the financing and planning of a joint SFU / Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) / University of Juba project to build a community / university centre in Sudan (1980-1981); financial planning for academic program development, and approval and authorization of new programs; and development of policy relating to tuition and other fees. Records include correspondence; departmental budget proposals and requests; reports, projections and calculations; operating and capital budget applications, and capital plans; new academic program planning records, including proposals, budget estimates, meeting minutes, Senate motions, letters of intent, and program brochures; and briefs presented by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) relating to tuition and other fees.

Fees

Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's fees policy, including special fees, tuition fees, and tuition waiver policy. Records include correspondence, reports, policies and procedures, fee schedules, forms, and meeting minutes.

Federal government

Sub-series consists of records relating to federal granting agencies, the funding of SFU research chairs, and research grants awarded to SFU faculty. For the list of granting agencies included in the correspondence, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, proposals, applications, letters of award, agreements, lists of award recipients, news releases, and printed reference material circulated by the granting agencies.

Faculty, academic, and research matters

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the teaching and research of university faculty and the academic operations of the university. Activities and topics documented include academic program development, including Resources and Forestry Management and the Masters of Publishing programs; First Nations education, including the SFU / Secwepemc Cultural Education Society program; endowed chairs, faculty resignations, mandatory retirement, and the evaluation of teaching, including the Gates-Kennedy Report (1979) and faculty responses; research proposals and projects, university-industry liaison, and development of research facilities, including Research / Discovery Park, and proposals for a Slowpoke Neutron facilities, a joint-university particle accelerator, and a microelectronics facility. Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, financial statements, agreements, notes and working papers, and reprints and other printed reference material.

Faculty of Science

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Science and its departments. The Faculty of Science was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and its departments. The Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies was established in 1970. It was dissolved in 1985 and its departments were redistributed to the Faculty of Arts and the newly created Faculty of Applied Sciences. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty of Education

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Education and its subdivisions. The Faculty of Education was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965. Until 1971 it was administratively organized into a number of Centres and sub-sub-series 2 contains the correspondence relating to these. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty of Business Administration

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Business Administration and its subdivisions. The Faculty of Business Administration was established in 1981, having its origins in two earlier departments of the Faculty of Arts: the Economics and Commerce Department (1965-1979) and the Department of Business Administration (1979-1981). For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty of Arts

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Arts and its departments. The Faculty of Arts was one of the three charter faculties established at SFU in 1965; it was renamed Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences in 2004. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty of Applied Sciences

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Faculty of Applied Sciences and its schools. The Faculty of Applied Sciences was created in 1985, incorporating a number of departments from the former Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies and the short-lived Faculty of Engineering Sciences. For a general description of record types contained in the correspondence, see the series description for faculty correspondence in general (F-200-3).

Faculty Association

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA). Activities and topics documented include negotiations for the collective framework agreement, consultations with SFUFA on development of academic policies, procedures and other maters affecting the terms and conditions of academic employment, and the activities of the Advisory Committee on Faculty Salaries (1975) and the Advisory Committee on Collective Bargaining (1977). Records includes correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, agreements, and legal advice.

External organizations

Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's interactions and cooperation with external organizations. Activities and topics documented include a proposal for a Centre for Arts and Science (1978-1980), SFU's relationship with the cable television station KCTS 9 and the Knowledge Network, university development in Indonesia, and the Maclean's magazine survey. For a list of correspondents, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, reports, and agreements.

External committees and bodies

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with the various external (non-university) committees, both standing and ad hoc. It is not always possible to determine whether the records represent the VP Academic's working file as a committee member or rather correspondence between the VP and the committee. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Cooperative Education

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Cooperative Education, which has remained in the VP Academic's reporting portfolio since its establishment in 1978. Activities and topics documented include program development, liaison with Senate and Senate committees, budget, federal and provincial funding, the external review of Cooperative Education in 1982-83, and the activities of the SFU Coop Advisory Council. Records include correspondence, reports, program proposals, presentations, enrollment statistics, agreements, and notes and working papers.

Continuing Studies

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Continuing Studies office. The Division of Continuing Education was established in 1971; in 1974 its Director was elevated to the rank of Dean, and in 1975 it was renamed Continuing Studies. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include policy development, fees, teaching appointments, program development, downtown programming prior to the establishment of the Harbour Centre campus, programming for the BC Interior, distance education, the Prison Education Program, workshops and seminars, and SFU's participation in the cable TV Knowledge Network (KNOW). Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, contracts and agreements, program posters, brochures and other printed material.

Contingency

Sub-series consists of records relating to one-time allocations to university departments from the Vice-President, Academic's contingency fund account. Records include correspondence, requests and authorizations, cheque requisition and budget transfer forms, and contingency fund account statements.

Computing Centre

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Computing Centre. The Computing Centre was established in 1969 and reported to the VP Administration until 1985, when it was renamed Computing Services and moved to the newly formed Vice-President, Research / Information Systems portfolio. It ceased operations in 1991, when two successor bodies were established: Academic Computing Services (ACS) and Operations and Technical Support (OTS). Activities and topics documented in this sub-series include IT systems planning, an external review of the Centre in 1975, development and implementation of the university's computing policies, operations of the Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) program, and the deliberations and activities of the University Computing Committee, the Ad Hoc Committee on Computing Science (1972), the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Computing (1973-1974), the Computing Policy Committee, and the Systems Review Board. Records include correspondence, reports, usage statistics, department IT systems plans, meeting agendas and minutes, proposals, recommendations, cost estimates and feasibility studies.

Colleges

Series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with officers of BC colleges, including the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), the University College of the Cariboo (UCC), and Kwantlen University College. Activities and topics include inter-institutional liaison and cooperation, and comments on college academic programs. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting notes, legal advice, and press releases and bulletins.

Centre for University Teaching

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Centre for University Teaching. The Centre was established in 1994 and ceased operations in 2000, when it merged with the Instructional Media Centre to form the Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC). During the whole of its existence, the Centre reported to the VP Academic. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of the Centre, development of teaching support programs and services, methods of evaluating teaching, and the activities of the Instructional Support and Development Group. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, and reports, including annual reports of the Centre.

Capital budget

Sub-series consists of records relating to the allocation of departmental capital budgets to units with the Vice-President, Academic's reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented include university capital planning, and allocation of funds for departmental computing equipment, renovations and office space. Records include correspondence, requests, SFU capital plans, and architectural plans and drawings.

Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT)

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT). Activities and topics documented include CAUT's 1971 censure of SFU relating to the dispute in the university's Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology (PSA) Department, university governance, faculty benefits, and development of research ethics policies. Records include correspondence, reports, news releases and other CAUT printed material.

Bursar / Budget / Finance Department

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Bursar's Office and later the Finance Department. The sub-series generally coincides with the tenure of D.H.M. Ross as Bursar (1965-1985). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of the department, university budget planning, faculty salaries and salary policy, and account charges and transfers. Records include correspondence, reports, organization charts, financial statements and budgets.

Budget

Sub-series consists of records relating to university finances and budget. Activities and topics documented include budget planning, allocation of faculty and departmental operating and capital budgets, one-time contingency account funding, and the general budget reduction implemented in 1996-1997. Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, and estimates and calculations.

Board of Governors

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's involvement with the Board of Governors and various Board committees. It is not always possible to determine whether the records represent the VP Academic's working file as a committee member or rather correspondence between the VP Academic and the committee. For a general description of record types, see the description for the series of committee records and correspondence as a whole (series F-200-8).

Athletics and Recreation

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Athletics and Recreation, which reported to the VP Administration during this period. Activities and topics include program development and development of university athletics policy. Activities include correspondence, reports, and brochures and other printed material.

Associations - general

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.

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC)

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC). AUCC is a public policy and advocacy organization for Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities and university-degree level colleges. Records include correspondence, reports, and AUCC statistics, briefs, news releases, bulletins, brochures and other printed matter.

Results 61 to 90 of 100