Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the University Archivist / Information and Privacy Coordinator during the period when the University Archives reported to the Dean of Student Services. The correspondence primarily deals with matters relating to the Archives' administration of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPP) Act. Activities and topics documented include the processing of individual access to information requests, policy development, access and privacy advice, and the provincial Information and Privacy Commissioner's site visit to SFU in 1997. Records include correspondence, reference material relating to FOIPP, advice, access decision letters, and the submission of the University Presidents' Council (TUPC) to the Special Committee of the BC Legislative Assembly reviewing the FOIPP Act (1998).

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Director of Academic Computing Services (ACS). Since its inception in 1991, ACS has remained within the reporting portfolio of the VP Academic. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include operations of the SFU Microcomputer Store, including its reorganization in 1992-93; policy development and stategic planning for IT services, including the review of ACS and Operations and Technical Support (OTS) in 1998; and systems upgrade planning. Records include correspondence, agreements, strategic plans and other planning documents, and reports.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the VP Academic's interaction with the President's Office. Activities and topics documented include the Vice-President's reporting relationship to the President (meetings, advice, reports); inter-university cooperation, government liaison and international activities involving both Offices; university ceremonies and fundraising; the President's investigations of complaints; policy development, including the creation of a harassment policy; government funding, the budget crisis of 1985 and the reorganization of the faculties with the dissolution of the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies. Records include correspondence, minutes, legal advice, press releases, and university planning documents and mission statements.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to joint meetings, consultations, and negotiations between the university and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Records include correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes and supporting papers, and a copy of the CUPE letter of agreement (1997).

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Registrar / Dean of Student Services and units that reported to the Registrar, including Financial Aid and Admissions. Activities and topics documented include enrolment, admissions, registration procedures, high-school liaison, and student recruitment; grading policy, class scheduling, calendar revisions; office reorganization and staff relations; the telephone registration project (1990-1991); and development of student information systems, including a systems plan (1980), the design and implementation of the SIMON database (1986), and planning (from 1996) for the replacement / migration of SIMON. Records inlcude correspondence, reports, job description, technical specifications and planning documents.

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Associate Vice-President, Academic. Division of responsibilities between the VP and the AVP has changed over time and varied according to the individuals holding these positions. Prior to 1983, this series includes the actual correspondence of the AVP; around this date, the Office of the Associate Vice-President, Academic established its own file classification system and thereafter the AVP's correspondence was maintained separately (see fonds F-201). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include meetings between the VP and the AVP, policy development, program proposals, government liaison, international activities, budget planning, supervision of units that reported to the AVP, high-school liaison, and promotion of university research. Records includes correspondence, proposals, reports, meeting agenda and minutes, agreements, and notes and working papers.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the activities and deliberations of university committees with responsibilities for university computing policies, operations, and services. For the list of committee included in the sub-sub-series, see Access Points below. Records include correspondence, reports, and meeting agendas, minutes, and supporting papers.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the planning and implementation of the university's Employment Equity policies and programs, deliberations and activities of the Employment Equity Advisory Committee, and formation of faculty Equity Committees. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, statistics and reports, equity plans of university department, and copies of Compliance Review Reports.

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President Financial Services (called Vice-President, Finance from 1985-1988), and some departments in that VP's reporting portfolio (Facilities Management and Security). Topics include payroll, accounting, capital planning, budget policies and procedures, tuition fee policy, development of the administration information system for payroll and personnel, the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Finance (1985), and a report on The Finance Function at SFU prepared by the Woods Gordon firm. Records include correspondence, reports, budget applications, capital plans, and financial statements.

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to joint meetings, consultations, and negotiations between the university and the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). Records include correspondence, meeting agendas, minutes and supporting papers, a copy of the TSSU memorandum of settlement (1995), and TSSU bargaining bulletins (1999).

Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence of the Vice-President, Academic with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President Research. Topics include research policy development, research grants and professorships, development of the student information system (SIMON), supervision of research centres and institutes, 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, and the University Radiology Safety Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, communiqués and press releases, annual reports of research centres, and research grant proposals, summaries, and awards lists.