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Office of the President fonds Series
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Campus development files

Series consists of records relating to the construction of the campus and the development of services at the University. Subjects include the lease of university land; correspondence with architects; and construction of the president's residence, service station, student union building, student residences, campus access roads and parking. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, proposals and photographs.

University tradition files

Series consists of records relating to the history and traditions of the university, including convocation founders, the university crest and coat of arms, Simon Fraser's grave, and rolls of congratula given by various universities upon the installation of SFU's Presidents. Records include correspondence, proposals, working papers, reports, and drawings.

Senate - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Senate. Records also include working papers, reports, minutes, senate papers, policy proposals and funding applications.

Faculty correspondence - general

Series consists of records relating to the general correspondence between the President and various faculties and departments of the University. Records also include working papers, agendas and minutes, faculty position applications and appointments, proposals, and contracts.

Faculty of Arts - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Faculty of Arts. Records also include working papers, reports, and curriculum development proposals.

Government - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the President's liaison with the Municipality of Burnaby, the City of Vancouver, the provincial government, and the federal government on university matters. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, agendas and minutes, project proposals, funding requests, newspaper clippings and government bills.

Associations and memberships - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the University's membership in provincial, national and international research and educational associations. Records include correspondence, working papers, minutes and agendas, reports and photographs.

Board of Governors - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Board of Governors. Records also include working papers, reports, agendas and minutes, contracts, and photographs.

President's correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the President's personal, professional and scholarly activities as opposed to general correspondence sent and received by the President's Office. Records include correspondence, reports, working papers, funding requests and grant applications, university policies and procedures, and photographs.

Student Affairs - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to student activities and organizations at the University, including services for students, the Peak newspaper and the Simon Fraser Student Society. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports and photographs.

Organization files

Series consists of records relating to the administrative organization of the university, including policy and procedure development; searches for Vice-Presidents; and relations with unions and staff associations. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, policies and procedures, contracts and agreements.

Committee files

Series consists of records relating to the President's involvement or correspondence with various university committees. Records include correspondence, agendas and minutes, working papers, reports, budget and financial working papers, and proposals.

Budget files

Series consists of records relating to budget preparations and applications, requests for operating funds, faculty and staff salaries, graduate and undergraduate fees, enrollment estimates and university recruiting. Records include correspondence, budgets and financial working papers, reports, and statistics.

Grants, scholarships and awards - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the President's correspondence regarding grants, scholarships, fellowships and awards from private foundations and the government, including the Canada Council, the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, and the National Research Council. Records also include working papers, minutes, reports, funding proposals and applications.

Faculty of Education - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Faculty of Education, including related centres and foundations. Records also include working papers, reports, curriculum development proposals, and legal documentation.

Universities and colleges - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the President's liaison with local, national and international universities and colleges and involvement on joint university projects such as the Tri-Universities Presidents Council, Council of Western Canadian University Presidents and the Tri-University Meson Facility. Records include correspondence, working papers, agendas and minutes, project proposals and reports.

Staff departments - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and administrators of non-academic staff departments such as the Office of the Bursar, Office of the Registrar, Library, Archives, Human Resources, Financial Aid, and Computing Centre. Records also include working papers, reports and financial documents.

Publications

Series consists of publications created by the Office of the President. Records include annual reports, information brochures, and reports on the history of the university.

Internal legal and dispute case records

Series consists of records relating to university dispute and harassment cases, including the Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology (PSA) faculty dispute. Included are radio interview transcripts, chronology of the strike, student involvement in the dispute, the CAUT censure of SFU, and dismissal hearing proceedings. University harassment files include individual case files, review of the harassment policy, monetary disbursements for legal cases, review of harassment policy procedural errors and related case files. Records consist of correspondence, working papers, reports, legal documentation, meeting minutes and agendas, dispute documentation and photographs of the PSA strike.

Vice-President, Development / Harbour Centre - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Development and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Development. Records also include working papers, reports, brochures, photographs, media releases, newspapers, and other publications.

Vice-President, Academic - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Academic and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Academic. Records also include working papers, surveys, university exchange agreements, program proposals, policies and procedures and photographs.

President's Office correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the operations, policies and procedures, external relations and public relations of the President's Office, including liaison with departments and programs that reported directly to the President's Office. Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, policy statements, media and public relations documentation, budgets and financial statements, newsletters, press clippings, and photographs.

Vice-President, Administration - correspondence

Series consists of records relating to the correspondence between the President and the Vice-President, Administration and the departments that reported to the Vice-President, Administration. Records also include working papers, reports, and photographs.

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