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Wide distribution memos

Sub-sub-series consists of memoranda sent by the Vice-President, Academic for wide distribution, typically to all faculty Deans and department Chairs. Topics include program planning, budget, faculty positions, class size, employment equity, external reviews, tuition fees, international activities, and IT planning for Y2K. Records include memoranda, reports, schedules, meeting material, and statistics. Note that prior to 1992 the file classification system had no special category for this type of material and that wide-dstribution memos may be found throughout the fonds.

Vice-President, Research - general

Sub-sub-series consists of correspondence of the Vice-President, Academic with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President Research. Topics include research policy development, research grants and professorships, development of the student information system (SIMON), supervision of research centres and institutes, and the deliberations and activities of a number of university committees including the SFU / Canada Foundation for Innovation Steering Committee, the University Publications Committee, the President's Research Grant Committee, and the University Radiology Safety Committee. Records include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, communiqués and press releases, annual reports of research centres, and research grant proposals, summaries, and awards lists.

Vice-President, Harbour Centre - general

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President, Development / Vice-President, Harbour Centre. Activities and topics documented include campus development, including establishment of the downtown campus at Harbour Centre (planning, construction, programming, staffing), and SFU Village, a 1980s plan to create a residential and commercial community using university lands (predecessor of the Burnaby Mountain Community plan); university fund-raising, including the Bridge to the Future Campaign (1987-1990), a national campaign to raise $32 million for university projects, programs, equipment, research, scholarships and bursaries, and development of the Harbour Centre campus; alumni relations; and development of policy relating to gifts and donations.

Vice-President, Financial Services - general

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Vice-President Financial Services (called Vice-President, Finance from 1985-1988), and some departments in that VP's reporting portfolio (Facilities Management and Security). Topics include payroll, accounting, capital planning, budget policies and procedures, tuition fee policy, development of the administration information system for payroll and personnel, the report of the President's Advisory Committee on Finance (1985), and a report on The Finance Function at SFU prepared by the Woods Gordon firm. Records include correspondence, reports, budget applications, capital plans, and financial statements.

Vice-President, Academic - general

Sub-sub-series consists of records filed under the "general" classification category or under a short-lived classification code and which relate to the functions and activities of the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, and which were. Activities and topics documented include the search for a Vice-President (1968-1970) and the appointment of the Associate Vice-President (1975); correspondence with external individuals and organizations (inlcuding some correspondence relating to purely personal matters of the Vice-President); the organization and administration of the VP Academic's office, and staff relations; university policy development, strategic planning, re-organization, budget allocation, the report of the Financial Resources Task Force (1981), and planning for the Fraser Valley (1989-1991); legal advice; and meetings with Vice-Presidenst, Academic from other universities. Records include correspondence, policies, reports, job descriptions, invitations, contracts and agreements, and legal services invoices and advice.

University Computing Advisory Committee

Sub-sub-series consists of records relating to the deliberations and activities of the University Computing Advisory Committee (UCAC). UCAC reported to the VP Research. The VP Academic was a member of the committee, and the records in this sub-sub-series represent VP Academic's working files and copies of UCAC records.

University / Industry Liaison Office

Sub-sub-series consists of the Vice-President, Academic's correspondence with, related to, or copied from the Director of the of the University / Industry Liaison Office (UILO). Activities and topics documented include policy development, and research contracts and grants. Records include correspondence, budgets, contracts, policies, and lists of research awards.

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