This series consists of files created by SFU faculty and administrators who served as SFU representatives on the TRIUMF Board of Management in the first half of the 1980s. The material (some of it originally housed in binders) appears to have been transferred at some point in the early 1990s to Academic Planning Services and consolidated into a single block. Activities and topics documented in the files include planning for the construction of a KAON factory, contribution funding, negotiation of a borrowing agreement, IT planning, patent policy, employee relations, the review of TRIUMF by the NRC (1983), the internal review of the Operations Committee (1984-1985), and TRIUMF's 10th anniversary celebrations in 1985. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting summaries, agreements, legal advice, notes and working papers, and TRIUMF newsletters and other printed matter.

Series consists of records relating to the allocation of salary budgets to university faculties. Records include correspondence, budget requests, authorizations, budgets, notes and calculations.

This series consists of files were created by the Assistant to the Vice-President, Academic (Alison Watt) in her capacity as a university representative on the Society's Executive Board between 1984-1987. Activities and topics documented include meetings of the Board, operations of the Society, and employees relations. Records include the report of the Task Force on Financial Support to the Day Care Centre (1982), correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, budget papers, job descriptions, Board membership lists, and SFU Childcare Society handbooks, brochures, newsletters, and other printed matter.

Series consists of records relating to the Vice-President's correspondence with members of the university community including the President, Resources Office, Board of Governors, Alumni Association, University Services Office, Resources Office, Residences, Cooperative Education, the Centre for Communications and the Arts, and the Bursar's Office regarding program administration, budgeting, and student concerns. Also included are reports by Lolita Wilson on students in academic difficulty and statistics on course drops, and a planning report for SFU by Arthur Erickson Architects. Records include correspondence and working papers, agendas and minutes, reports, questionnaires, and financial statements.

Series consists of records relating to the Vice-President's liaison with various departments and projects on campus. For a list of the departments, see Access Points below. Records also consist of adjudication of student bursaries and fees; programming for the "SFU Today" television show; community liaison activities; surveys on non-registering students and student attrition; the student garden plot project; orientation planning; renovation proposals for the rotunda; and a proposed campus poison control centre. Records include correspondence and working papers, financial statements, reports, surveys and publications.

Series includes records related to the general administration and organization of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis. Activities and topics documented include research and academic activities; Institute building needs and development; funding and project initiatives—with such organizations as the International Development Research Centre, the Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives, and the Canadian International Development Agency; and program operation. Predominant document types include Institute minutes, correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports, and one architectural drawing.

Series consists of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis, including the director's correspondence on matters relating to Institutional projects and programs, and correspondence with such organizations as the International Centre for Ocean Development (ICOD) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Topical areas covered include research; IFA discussion papers; funding; international relationships; and student inquiries and applications. Records consist of correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

Series consists of records relating to the administration of the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies. Activities, events and topics documented include a history of Graduate Studies and the Special Arrangements (SAR) program; graduate fees and admissions regulations; development of the graduate student trainee programs; graduate enrollment projections and graduate program reviews; organization of the Graduate Scholarships Day, Awards Day, and T.A. Day; graduate student surveys; and development of the Graduate Studies fact book, newsletter and student handbook. Records include correspondence and working papers, reports, statistics, financial working papers, minutes, and newsletters.

Series consists of topical reference files maintained by the Media and Public Relations Department in order to respond to queries and produce articles for their publications. Examples of topics from SFU's first decade include teaching assistants, labour relations, and the Shell gas station controversy. Series includes news clippings, published articles, correspondence, reports, briefs, working papers, and other documents.

Series consists of photographs of SFU architecture including completed buildings and interior views.

Series consists of a photograph of SFU swimming pool.

Series consists of 7 aerial photographs of SFU by Lockwood Survey Corporation and others.

Series consists of press clippings collected by and for Gordon M. Shrum. Press clippings reflect information about education and Simon Fraser University.

Series consists of records relating to faculty members, including staff lists, workload reports, and teaching evaluations. Records include correspondence, working papers, and reports.

Series consists of records of university and departmental committees. The documents consist mainly of memoranda to and from the Chair of the Department.

Series consists of records relating to dealings of the Department with publishing companies. It includes correspondence and reports.

Series consists of correspondence sent or received by the Chair of the Physics Department. Outgoing correspondence was arranged chronologically. The series includes memoranda and reports.

Series consists of correspondence and related materials received and sent by the Department Chair. It includes brochures, memoranda, questionnaires, and annual and other reports.

Series consists of records relating to the liaison of the Vice-President with various external bodies, including the Universities Council, other universities, associations, and municipalities. It includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports.

Series consists of administrative correspondence between the Vice-President, Research and university departments on research-related issues, policy development, and proposals; local companies and international research organizations; and government ministries. Also included are Bruce Clayman's correspondence records when he held the joint position of Vice-President, Research/Dean of Graduate Studies.

Document types include correspondence and working papers, reports, minutes, and publications.

Series consists of records relating to meetings and deliberations of departmental, faculty and university-wide committees in which the School participated. Series includes departmental meetings, committees responsible for departmental hiring, curriculum development, and undergraduate and graduate studies. Also included are records for the Faculty of Applied Science Executive committee, President's Advisory Committee on University Priorities, Downtown Campus Planning, and the Labour Program Advisory committee. Records include meeting agendas, minutes and supporting documents; correspondence; reports; policies and procedures; program and course proposals and revisions; and working papers.

Note that in the case of departmental committees, the files constitute the original, authoritative records of those committees. In the case of non-departmental committees (faculty and university), however, the School did not typically function as the official record-keeper or custodian of the committee's original records; accordingly, these files document the School's participation in the committees (correspondence and copies of committee records) rather than representing the authoritative record of those committees.

Series consists of records relating to the administration and development of university credit courses and programs offered by Continuing Studies. Records consist of correspondence and working papers, reports, student handbooks, course guides and oversized posters, budget and financial working papers, meeting minutes, statistics, course proposals, outlines and evaluations, contracts, and publications.

Series consists of records relating to meetings and deliberations of departmental, faculty, university, and external committees in which faculty or representatives from Computing Science participated. Departmental activities, events and topics documented include meetings; faculty search, hiring, and tenure deliberations; computing facilities; curriculum development; undergraduate and graduate programs; and hardware and software acquisition. Faculty records include minutes of the Faculty of Applied Science Executive Committee and the Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies Executive Committee. University-wide records consist of minutes and papers from committees such as academic planning, computer policy and planning, and research policy. External committee records include minutes and papers of the British Columbia Computers in Education Committee and the Canadian Computer Science Department Chairmen Committee.

Records include meeting agendas, minutes and supporting documents; correspondence; reports; policies and procedures; program revisions and course proposals; and working papers.

Note that in the case of departmental committees, the files constitute the original, authoritative records of those committees. In the case of non-departmental committees (faculty, university and external), however, the School did not typically function as the official record-keeper or custodian of the committee's original records. Accordingly, these files document the School's participation in the committees (correspondence and copies of committee records) rather than representing the authoritative record of those committees.

Series consists of records relating to credit and non-credit instruction offered by the School and its predecessors. Activities, events and topics documented include the evaluation of courses, new course proposals, curriculum rationalization and scheduling, development of Continuing Education courses, cross-listed courses with other departments, Programs of Distinction, Programs of Excellence, seminar and colloquium series, high school computer course development, the Summer Computing Institute, workshops, and the graduate and undergraduate program.

Records include correspondence, reports, course files, working papers, policies, lecture schedules and outlines, reading lists, student self-study guides and handbooks, assignments and essay questions, final exams, directed studies proposals and teaching evaluation summaries.

Some teaching material has been retained (e.g. glossaries, lecture notes), but reprints of articles have not been preserved. The sub-series on "Course files" does not include course administrative records (e.g. enrollment lists, book requisition forms, grade change forms, registration status reports, waiting lists, add/drop forms, lab fee notices). Note that record types found in the files vary considerably from course to course.

This series consists of records relating to the general conduct of Senate business by the Registrar as Secretary of Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include setting agendas and meeting times, changes to minutes, preparation of supporting papers, transmittal of reports and other information to members of the University community, Senate elections, and Senate procedures.

Records include correspondence, draft minutes with some detailed accounts of discussion, notes, reports, Senate supporting papers, lists of committee members, and committee terms of reference. Two files contain correspondence regarding the replacement of Senate committee members who were unable to complete their terms.

Series consists of records relating to various issues considered by Senate.

Activities, events and topics documented include the Admissions Crisis of 1968, which resulted in a student sit-in to protest the lack of transfer credit standards. The Ellis Report, described in another file in this series, was the University's response to that crisis. Examples of other topics include the appointment of a Dean of Graduate Studies and the development of a Co-op Studies Program.

Records include correspondence, Senate papers and minutes, reports, proposals, notes, and other documents.

Records include correspondence, press releases, newspapers, and other materials.

Series consists of student film productions and accompanying textual records, as well as audio and audio-visual recordings of performances relating to the School's dance, music and theatre program, and the Summer Institute. Records include moving images, audio recordings, and textual material relating to publicity or post-production work.

This series consists of records relating to TeleLearning spin-off companies, including InVentures Incubator Inc., TeleLearning Solutions Inc., CLEARMed Inc., TELEStraining Inc., ThoughtShare Communications Inc., and Virtual Learning Environments Inc. Activities documented include company establishment, business and strategic planning, promotion, and the Network's purchase and / or sale of company shares.

Records include proposals, correspondence, reports, agreements, contracts and memoranda of understanding, meeting minutes, business plans, certificates of incorporation (copies), company by-laws, project files, work plans, promotional material, media releases, financial statements, invoices, share agreements and certificates. Record media include paper and electronic; electronic records are retained in their original software formats (.doc, .rtf, .ppt, .xls, and .pdf).