Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Associate Vice-President, Academic (AVP). Division of responsibilities between the VP and the AVP has changed over time and varied according to the individuals holding these positions. This sub-series includes the actual correspondence of the AVP for the period prior to 1983; around that date, the Office of the AVP 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 files 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, promotion of university research, space allocation planning, renovations, and construction of new buildings. Records include correspondence, proposals, reports, meeting agenda and minutes, agreements, capital plans, space simulation model reports, architectural plans and drawings, and notes and working papers.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of Ian Mugridge (Assistant VP Academic, 1972-1975), Robert R. Walsh (Special Assistant to the VP Academic, 1976-1977), and Sue Roppel (Assistant to the VP Academic, 1996-1999). Activities and topics documented include budget planning, university endowment funds, and (from 1999) external reviews. Records include correspondence and reports, including external review reports. Note that there is a gap in the series between 1977 and 1995.

Sub-series consists of records relating to faculty appointments, including policy and procedures, and appointment requests and recommendations. Records include correspondence, reports, policies and procedures, lists of appointments, faculty requests and authorizations.

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 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 Analytical Studies during the period in which it belonged to the VP Academic's reporting portfolio (1985- ). Activities and topics documented include provision and analysis of data to support academic planning, student academic experience surveys, instructional load reports, and classroom utilization studies. Records include correspondence, reports, statistics, and surveys.

Sub-series consists of records relating to the activities of the Academic Planning Services unit within the Vice-President, Academic's Office (1992-1995), and then Secretariat Services which took over some the Academic Planning Services' functions in 1995. Activities and topics documented include university endowment accounts, administrative support for external reviews, development of an "accountability framework," and budget planning for new academic program proposals. Records include correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, and drafts; external review committee terms of reference, itineraries, summaries, and reports; and program proposals, comments (internal and external), and funding estimates.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Academic Planner. The Office of the Academic Planner was established in 1964; it ceased operations in 1974, when the incumbent, John Chase, was made Director of a new department, Institutional Studies (later Analytical Studies). Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include development of planning mechanisms, enrollment projections, faculty salaries, the trimester system, development of new academic programs, teaching methods, and space allocation planning. Records include correspondence, reports, and statistics.

Sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from Academic Computing Services (ACS), and records relating to the activities and deliberations of university committees with responsibilities for university computing policies, operations, and services. Since its inception in 1991, ACS has remained within the reporting portfolio of the VP Academic. Activities and topics documented in the correspondence include policy development and strategic planning for IT services, including the review of ACS and Operations and Technical Support (OTS) in 1998; systems upgrade planning; operations of the SFU Microcomputer Store; and the activities of the Academic Computing Services Committee, the Administrative Computing Coordinating Committee, the Committee on Instructional Computing, the Committee on Research Computing, and the University Computing Advisory Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, agreements, and strategic plans and other planning documents.

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.