Sub-series consists of records relating to matters affecting the terms and conditions of employment of professional librarians at SFU. Activities and topics documented include development of the university's librarian's policy, salary, benefits, and leave. Records include correspondence, reports, statistics, policies, drafts and working papers.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Academic Advice Centre. The Centre was established in 1971 and dissolved in 1991; for the span of its existence it belonged to the VP Academic reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include operations and services of the Centre; faculty and student advisor appointments; and participation in the Education Information Centre Consortium (a collaboration of post-secondary institutions operating an office in downtown Vancouver starting in 1980). Records include correspondence, reports and statistics, proposals, and job descriptions.

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.

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 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 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 planning for the budget requirements of new and proposed academic programs, including proposals that were not successful. For a list of departments whose proposals are included in the files, see "Access points" below. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, program proposals and curricula, comments by external reviewers, and budget estimates and calculations.

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).

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Ancillary Services. For the duration of its existence as a separate department (1969-1984), Ancillary Services reported to the VP Administration. It merged with Physical Plant and Planning in 1984 to form Facilities Management. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include campus security, traffic and parking, telephone and mail services, photocopying and duplicating, and food services on campus. Records include correspondence, reports, proposals, and contracts.

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.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the Vice-President, Academic's interactions with the Vice-President, Administration. Activities and topics documented include the organization of university administration, development and implementation of administrative and personnel policies and procedures, relations with campus employee unions, personnel issues including the modified work week, operations of the Diamond University Club, Naheeno Park (park land on Burnaby Mountain), and external reviews of administrative departments. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, drafts and working papers.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Animal Care Facility during the period in which it belonged to the VP Academic's reporting portfolio. Activities and topics documented include operation of the facilities, including assessments by the Canadian Council on Animal Care; department budget and staff relations; development of university policy relating to the use of animals in research; and the activities of the University Animal Care Committee. Records include correspondence, proposals, job descriptions, facility assessment reports, fact sheets, and notes and working papers.

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 the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Personnel Department (renamed Human Resources in 1992). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include development and implementation of the university's personnel policies; matters relating to campus employee unions, including the Association of University and College Employees (AUCE) strike in 1979, and the formation of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) and the Administrative and Professional Staff Association (APSA); benefits, study leave, and the modified work week; and an external review of the department in 1973. Records include correspondence, reports, policies, collective bargaining proposals and agreements, transcripts of legal and arbitration proceedings, legal advice, union constitutions and newsletters, press clippings, and a student petition relating to SFU–AUCE negotiations in 1979.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Physical Plant and Planning (renamed Facilities Management in 1988). Activities and topics documented include the administrative organization of the department and external reviews in 1975 and 1985; maintenance, expansion, renovation, and construction of campus buildings and roads; and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, architectural plans and drawings, engineering studies, proposals, cost estimates, space usage studies, and brochures and other printed material.

Sub-series consists of records relating to university space allocation planning, a process in which the Vice-President, Academic had major responsibilities. Sub-sub-series 3 contains records relating to the activities and deliberations of the University Space Allocation and Planning Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, space inventories and classroom usage statistics, proposals, cost estimates, meeting agendas and minutes, and architectural drawings.

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.

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.

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.

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 liaison with provincial and federal government bodies. Activities documented include meetings with Ministry officials, and advocacy of the university's views on government policy. Records include correspondence, discussion papers, briefs, speeches, meeting minutes, and government press releases and wide-distribution memoranda.

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.