Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Harassment Resolution Office during the period in which it belonged to the VP Academic's reporting portfolio (1998-2004). Activities and topics documented include the organization of the Office, revision of the university's Harassment Policy in 1998 and its subsequent implementation and operation, and the activities of the Harassment Resolution Policy Board. Records include correspondence, annual reports, appointment letters of investigators and mediators, lists of advisors, and legal advice.

Series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with officers of other universities, including the University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Victoria (UVic), the Open Learning Agency (OLA), and the Technical University of British Columbia (TechBC). Activities and topics documented include inter-university liaison and cooperation, and academic exchanges. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, news releases and bulletins, and agreements.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Graduate Studies office. The first Dean of Graduate Studies was appointed in 1970. Prior to 1985, the Dean of Graduate Studies had major responsibilities for the university's research support services (thereafter transferred to the Vice-President, Research / Information Systems). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include the administrative organization of Graduate Studies; graduate students and their enrollment, progress, supervision, fees and support; teaching assistants and their unionization; research ethics and the development of the university's Research Ethics Policy; correspondence with and applications to external research granting agencies; supervision of research centres and institutes; academic program proposals and planning; and the activities of the University Publications Committee (1980-1985) and the Ad Hoc Committee on Graduate – Faculty Relations (1993). Records include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, proposals, and planning documents.

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).

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).

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.

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).

Sub-series consists of records relating to various matters relating to teaching and staff, including salaries, benefits, teaching load, policy development, faculty discipline procedures, research ethics (including the activities of the University Research Ethics Review Committee), faculty exchange programs, contracts for services (including the contract relating to the SFU / Secwepemc Cultural Education Society program), faculty disputes, and faculty and university responses to the province-wide general strike ("Operation Solidarity") in 1983. Records include correspondence, reports, faculty handbooks, the Simon Fraser Student Society teacher and course evaluation guide (1980), sessional budget requests, policies and procedures, agreements and contracts, and legal advice.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, including personal correspondence, business correspondence not filed under more specific file categories, and (after 1992) memoranda sent by the VP Academic for wide distribution on a variety of subjects. Activities and topics documented include the search for a Vice-President, Academic (1968-1970) and the appointment of the Associate Vice-President (1975); correspondence with external individuals and organizations; purely personal correspondence of the Vice-President with colleagues, students and professional bodies; the organization and administration of the VP Academic's office, and staff relations; university policy development and university reorganization; strategic planning, and budget planning and allocation; legal advice; and meetings with Vice-Presidents, Academic from other universities. Records include correspondence, policies, reports, job descriptions, invitations, contracts and agreements, legal services invoices and legal advice, wide-distribution memoranda, and personal papers and essays.

Note that sub-sub-series 4 ("Chronological correspondence") consists of copies ("flimsies") of all outgoing correspondence, arranged chronologically. The records are duplicates of "file copies" that were organized by subject using the classification plan (both flimsies and file copies are annotated with the same classification code). The VP Academic's Office maintained such "chrono files" throughout the entire time span of this sub-series (1968-1999), but the Archives has only retained the records for the period prior to the appointment of Brian Wilson as VP (i.e. September 1970); the sub-sub-series therefore represents the chrono files of the first two Acting VPs Academic, R.R. Haering and Lalit Srivastava. With Wilson's appointment, the Office was formally established and the file classification system clearly in place. Prior to it, it is not always possible to establish that records in the chrono files are in fact duplicated in the subject files, and therefore they have been retained in their entirety.

Note that sub-sub-series 5 ("File indices") is an artificial series established by the archivist for the annual file index created by the VP Academic's Office. The file index shows classification codes and category titles; the indices were created by Office but not integrated into the classification system.

Sub-series consists of records relating to faculty leave. Activities and topics documented include development of policy and procedures, and the activities and recommendation of the Sabbatical Leave Committee. Records include correspondence and statistics.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the development, implementation, and interpretation of university policies and procedures. Policies documented include faculty workload, faculty personnel files, university professorships, financial exigency, research grants, patents and copyright, curriculum approval, add / drop regulations, examinations, employment equity, harassment, and the university smoking policy. Records include correspondence, reports, policies and procedures, drafts and working papers, and legal advice.

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting SFU students. Activities and topics documented include enrollment; student recruitment, retention, and attrition; international students and student exchanges; literacy and communication skills; and students with learning disabilities. Records include correspondence, reports, briefs, and statistics.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's interactions with provincial and federal ministries and agencies. Activities and topics documented include university-government liaison; government funding, the allocation formula for dividing provincial funds between the universities, and the activities of The University Presidents' Council (TUPC) Allocation Subcommittee; the provincial Funding Excellence in Education (FEE) program and SFU program FEE proposals (1986-1988); SFU's response to government legislation and policies; the activities of provincial advisory bodies, including the Joint Planning and Articulation Committee (JPAC), the University Advisory Council, and the Response Committee on Teacher Education; the establishment of the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC); and SFU's response to the Federal Cultural Policy Review Committee (Applebaum / Hébert Commission, 1981). Records include correspondence; statistics, reports, briefs and submissions; copies of legislation, drafts, discussion papers, and commentaries; government news releases, wide-distribution memoranda, and other publicity material; meeting minutes; agreements and legal advice; and FEE program proposals from SFU departments.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the allocation of departmental operating budgets to units with the Vice-President, Academic's reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented include budget planning, requests for funding, budget reductions in the early 1980s, and the budget of the VP Academic's own office. Records include correspondence, budget submissions and proposals, some job descriptions and records relating to position reclassification, and notes and working papers.

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.

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.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's participation in the university's consultations and negotiations with the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA) on matters relating the collective framework agreement, academic policies, and other matters affecting the terms and conditions of academic employment. Records include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, the report of the Joint Committee on Appeals on Matters Affecting Terms and Conditions of Employment (1993) and other reports, lists of SFUFA executive members, and arbitration briefs.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with university students and the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS). Records include correspondence, news releases, and SFSS Ombuds Office annual reports.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the President and with university departments during the periods in which they reported to the President, including Analytical Studies, University News Service / Media and Public Relations, the Development Office, the University Archives, and Student Services. Activities and topics documented include the VP Academic's reporting relationship to the President (meetings, advice, reports); meetings with other senior university administrators; policy development and implementation, including the Harassment Policy and the Employment Equity program; university reorganizations and departmental program development; university ceremonies and fundraising; meetings and consultations with the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS); meetings and deliberations of President's Advisory Committees relating to university planning; and inter-university cooperation, government liaison and international activities. Records include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, legal advice, press releases, university planning documents and mission statements, reports and statistics, SFSS Ombuds Office annual reports (1983-1990), budget modeling exercises, and budget proposals.

Sub-series consists of legal advice received by or copied to the Vice-President, Academic. Topics documented include employee relations (employment contracts, arbitration, union certification), student discipline, human rights, and faculty tenure and retirement. Records include correspondence, legal opinions, comments on university policies, background papers, copies of legal decisions, appeal books, transcripts, and statements of account for legal services.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the head of Administrative Services and with university departments during the periods in which they reported to Administrative Services. The series coincides with the tenure of William DeVries, first as Executive Director, Administration (1985-1990), then Vice-President, Administrative Services (1990-1993). Activities and topics documented include administrative organization of the Administrative Services portfolio; policy development and implementation, including employment equity and harassment policies; maintenance and renovation of campus buildings, construction projects, and mail and telephone services; daycare, health services, international programs, athletics, and residences; matters relating to international students, disabled students, and the Simon Fraser Student Society; and negotiations and consultations with unions representing non-faculty employees on campus, including the Administrative and Professional Staff Association (APSA), the Association of University and College Employees (AUCE), the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU), and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). Records include correspondence, reports, policies, meeting minutes, agreements, budget proposals and estimates, brochures and newsletters.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Vice-President, Harbour Centre and with university departments during the periods in which they reported to the VP, including University News Service / Media and Public Relations. Note that this vice-presidential office underwent several names changes over the period represented by this sub-series: VP University Development and Extension (1981-1985), VP University Development (1985-1986), VP SFU at Harbour Centre (1986-1991), VP Harbour Centre and External Relations (1991-1994), VP Harbour Centre and Continuing Studies (1994-1998). Activities and topics documented include policy development and implementation, including policy relating to gifts and donations; campus development, establishment of the downtown campus at Harbour Centre (planning, construction, programming, staffing), and planning for SFU Village, a 1980s plan to create a residential and commercial community using university lands (predecessor of the Burnaby Mountain Community plan); university fundraising, including the Bridge to the Future Campaign (1987-1990), a national campaign to raise funds for university projects, programs, equipment, research, scholarships, bursaries, and development of the Harbour Centre campus; alumni relations; and media liaison and publicity. Records include correspondence, reports, press releases, 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.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the development, implementation and interpretation of university policies and procedures, especially academic policies ("A" series). Policies documented include faculty responsibilities, resignations, salary, sabbatical leave, relocation expenses, dismissal for cause, financial exigency, and the operations of Images Theatre. Records include correspondence, policies, drafts and working papers, legal advice, and printed reference material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to policy for foreign faculty recruitment and university assistance to non-Canadian faculty on matters of immigration. Records include correspondence, policies, reports, and statistics.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's consultations and negotiations with the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). Activities and topics documented include collective bargaining negotiations, the activities of the TSSU Labour / Management Committee, interpretations of collective bargaining provisions, and union grievances. Records include correspondence, statistics and reports, Labour Relations Board (LRB) decisions, legal advice, collective bargaining proposals and agreements, meeting minutes, notes and working papers, and printed reference material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment of regular faculty at SFU. Activities and topics documented include employment equity, including the activities of the Employment Equity Resource Group; appointments and the activities of the University Appointments Committee; pensions, benefits, housing and moving expenses; salaries, the Compensation Stabilization Program, and the activities of the Committee to Review the Full Professors Salary Scale (1980-1981), the Salary Policy Review Committee (1985), and the University Salary Appeals Committee; renewal, tenure and promotion processes, including the activities of various Departmental Tenure Committees and the University Tenure Committee (UTC); and leave, sabbaticals, retirement, and early retirement. Records include correspondence, reports and statistics; appointment requests and authorizations; meeting agenda, minutes and supporting papers; policies; legal advice; notes, working papers, and printed reference material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment of visiting faculty and limited-term appointments. Activities and topics documented include appointments and salaries. Records include correspondence and statistics.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the university's consultations and negotiations with the Simon Fraser University Faculty Association (SFUFA). Activities and topics documented include benefits, dues, salaries, consultation meetings, and negotiations on the collective framework agreement governing the terms and conditions of employment for faculty. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, meeting minutes, agreements, legal advice, and SFUFA newsletters and other printed matter.

Sub-series consists of records relating to university matters in general. Activities and topics documented include the organization of the faculties, academic and strategic planning, IT planning, fundraising (including the President's Club and Challenge 2001 campaign), capital planning, proposal for an SFU Metrotown campus, faculty relations, women and the university (including correspondence with Academic Women), labour relations, and community relations. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting notes, capital plans, wide-distribution memos sent by the VP Academic to faculty Deans, and printed reference material.