SFU Records Retention Schedule and Disposal Authority (RRSDA)
Rejected Centres and Institutes Files

Description | PIB | Authorities | Retentional rational | Rentention and filing guidelines | Status

RRSDA number

1995-015

Record series

Rejected Centres and Institutes Files

Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR)

Vice-President Research, Office of the

Retention periods

Records Active retention (in office) Semi-active (records centre) Total retention Final disposition
VP Research CY application rejected + 1 year Nil CY application rejected + 1 year Full Retention by Archives

CY = Current calendar year; CFY = Current fiscal year; CS = Current semester; S/O = Superseded or obsolete; OPR = Office of Primary Responsibility; Non-OPR = All other departments.

Description, purpose and use of records

Correspondence, applications for university charter, centres and institutes constitutions, statements of recognition of university policies, statements of internal governing procedures and working papers.

These records relate to the application for university charters for research centres and institutes at SFU that were rejected by the Governing Committee for Centres and Institutes or by the Board of Governors. Centres and institutes are non-departmental academic or administrative units developed under the auspices of SFU to facilitate collaborative research and specific types of teaching. They are established by a university charter, application for which is reviewed by the Governing Committee for Centres and Institutes. Charters are granted or rejected at the discretion of the Governing Committee for Centres and Insitutes or the Board of Governors upon a recommendation from the President.

Status

RRSDA is in force.

Approved by the University Archivist: 26 Sep 1995

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