Open Session

• The Board Chair introduced and welcomed Daniel Pekarsky, attending his first Board meeting as a Order-in-Council member of the Board.
• M. Geller, President and CEO, SFU Community Trust and D. Gillanders, Chair of the Trust's Board of Directors, gave an update on the status of the UniverCity Community.

A. Finance and Administration

1. The Board approved that the Institutional Service Plan for 2004/05 to 2006/07, dated May 28, 2004, be signed by the Board Chair and President, and presented to the Ministry of Advanced Education.
2. The Board approved the 2004/2005 Budget Finalization, including the Operating, Non Recurring, Indirect Cost of Research, Annual Capital Allowance, and Capital Equipment Acquisition Budgets.
3. The Board approved the 2004/05 Capital Plan.
4. Donations: the Board approved terms of reference and noted donations to new funds, and noted donations to existing funds, as follows:

The Board also received information that $1,200,000 had been received as partial payment of a $4,250,000 estate gift.

B. Academic Operations

1. The Board approved the proposal for a PhD Program in Earth Sciences.
2. The Board approved a degree title change for the planning stream in the School of Resource and Environmental Management: Master of Resource Management (Planning).
3. The Board approved a change in name for the Faculty of Arts to become the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, effective September 1, 2004.
4. The Board approved the development of programs in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, leading to BA and BSc degrees in Interactive Arts and Technology, effective September 2004.
5. The Board approved undergraduate admissions targets for 2004/05.
6. The Board noted the development of the New Media Environments stream in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology, the reinstatement of CRIM 440 in the School of Criminology, and undergraduate curriculum revisions in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.
7. The Board noted Senate’s approval of the recommendations from the Undergraduate Curriculum Implementation Task Force, chaired by D. Krebs:
   • The implementation of University-wide Writing, Quantitative, and Breadth graduation requirements for students admitted to SFU for the Fall 2006 semester.
     
   • New admissions and continuation requirements pertaining to English competencies and writing skills, requiring applicants to SFU to demonstrate their competence in English language skills, effective in the Fall 2006 semester.
     
   • New admissions and continuation requirements pertaining to quantitative skills, effective in the Fall 2006 semester.
     
   • The creation of a Task Force or equivalent body to explore the establishment of a Student Learning Centre.
     
   • The development of new Foundational Writing Skills courses, effective in the Fall 2006 semester, for students admitted to SFU with low grades in English and/or low scores on a language proficiency test.
     
   • The development of new Foundational Quantitative Skills courses, effective in the Fall 2006 semester, for students with low grades in Mathematics.
8. The Board approved the change in name of the Community Economic Development Centre to the Centre for Sustainable Community Development.
9. The Board heard that a new Intellectual Property Policy R30.03, which replaces existing Policies R30.01 and R30.02, will go to Senate in June and to the Board for approval in July 2004.

C. Audit Committee

1. The Report from the Office of the Auditor General was before the Board for information.
2. The Board approved the Financial Statements of the University for the year ended March 31, 2004.
3. The Internal Audit Report was before the Board for information.
4. The Annual Insurance Report was before the Board for information.
5. The Board heard that a Committee will be looking at the process for the selection of an Auditor for next year.

D. Other

1. The Board Chair noted that the terms of Student Board members B. Bourke and T. Gregory have concluded and he thanked them for their contributions to the work of the Board.
2. The Board heard a report from the President about his meetings in Asia in late April 2004.
3. The Board heard that the University has no plans to seek an arrangement with a private company offering fast-track loans to students as reported in the CAUT Bulletin.

Closed Session

A. Finance and Administration

1. The Board approved a revised budget for the construction of the Technology and Science Complex - Module I (TASC/I) and entering into a contract with Stuart Olson Construction Limited.

B. Academic Operations

1. Faculty Appointments

   The following academic appointments were approved and have been accepted:

   Dr. John Alderete	Assistant Professor	Linguistics	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 08
   Ms. Jing Li	Instructor	Business Administration	1 Aug 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Susan Brook	Assistant Professor	English	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Mr. David Jacks	Instructor	Economics	1 Sep 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Ms. Jenny Xu	Instructor	Economics	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Maxwell Donelan	Assistant Professor	Kinesiology	1 Jan 05 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Thomas Archibald	Professor with tenure	Mathematics	1 May 05
   Dr. Nick Hedley	Assistant Professor	Geography	1 Aug 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Elise Chenier	Assistant Professor	History	1 Jul 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Ms. Dana Symons	Instructor	English	1 Sep 04 - 31 Aug 08
   Dr. Chris Veld	Assoc. Professor with tenure	Business Administration	1 Jul 04
   Dr. Ramazan Gencay	Professor with tenure	Economics	1 Jul 04
   Dr. Margaret MacDonald	Assistant Professor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Nilesh Saraf	Assistant Professor	Business Administration	1 Aug 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Gerhard Gries	NSERC IRC Professor	Biological Sciences	1 Jun 04-31 May 09
   Dr. John Bowes	Professor	School of Interactive Arts & Technology	1 May 04-31 Aug 07
   Dr. Gwenn Flowers	CRC Tier 2 & Assistant Prof.	Earth Sciences	1 Jan 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Dan Gibson	Assistant Professor	Earth Sciences	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Mr. Andrew von Nordenflycht	Instructor	Business Administration	1 Aug 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Nancy Forde	Assistant Professor	Physics	1 Aug 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Byron Gates	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Peter Liljedahl	Assistant Professor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Jeffrey McGuirk	Assistant Professor	Physics	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Ms. Rosamund Stooke	Instructor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Cary Tsai	Assistant Professor	Statistics & Actuarial Science	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Olena Hankivsky	Associate Professor	Political Science	1 Jul 04-31 Aug 09
   Mr. John Maxwell	Instructor	Master of Publishing	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. Melanie O'Neill	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. John Nesbit	Associate Professor	Education	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 09
   Dr. Lisa Craig	Assistant Professor	Molecular Biology & Biochemistry	1 Jan 05-31 Aug 09
   Dr. Maite Taboada	Assistant Professor	Linguistics	1 Sep 04-31 Aug 08
   Dr. John Welch	Associate Professor & CRC Tier 2	Archaeology/Resource & Environmental Mgt.	1 Jan 05-31 Aug 09

2. Administrative Appointment
   
   
   • The Board approved the reappointment of Dr. Martin Laba as Director of the School of Communication for the term September 1, 2004 to August 31, 2007.
   
   


3. Other
   
   
   • The Board approved the Professor Emerita designation for Dr. Meredith Kimball, Women’s Studies and Psychology, effective September 1, 2004.
     
   • The Board noted the resignation of Dr. Jonathan Borwein, Department of Mathematics.
     
   • The Board approved Contract Renewal, Tenure and Promotion recommendations for 2003/2004 as follows:

CONTRACT RENEWAL

FACULTY	DEPT/SCHOOL	NAME	RANK
Faculty of Applied Sciences	Communication	Z. Druick	Ass't Professor
	Communication	G.F. McCarron	Ass't Professor
	Computing Science	P. Berenbrink	Ass't Professor
	Computing Science	A.E. Kirkpatrick	Ass't Professor
	Computing Science	D. Mitchell	Ass't Professor
	Computing Science	E. Ternovska	Ass't Professor
	REM	K.D. Rothley	Ass't Professor
Faculty of Arts	Criminology	E.M. Elliott	Ass't Professor
	English	J.D. Fleming	Ass't Professor
	Geography	S. Dragicevic	Ass't Professor
	Gerontology	H. Chaudhury	Ass't Professor
	Gerontology	N. O'Rourke	Ass't Professor
	History	R. Panchasi	Ass't Professor
	Linguistics	C.H. Han	Ass't Professor
	Philosophy	K.E. Laird	Ass't Professor
	Psychology	A. Thornton	Ass't Professor
	Psychology	B.W. Sokol	Instructor
Faculty of Business Administration	Business Administration	M. Brydon	Ass't Professor
	Business Administration	D.R. Hannah	Ass't Professor
	Business Administration	J. Jermias	Ass't Professor
	Business Administration	A.D. Pavlov	Ass't Professor
	Business Administration	C. Zatzick	Ass't Professor
Faculty of Education	Education	M. Hoskyn	Ass't Professor
Faculty of Science	Biological Sciences	J. Mattsson	Ass't Professor
	Biological Sciences	I. Novales Flamarique	Ass't Professor
	Chemistry	H. Yu	Ass't Professor
	Mathematics	S. Choi	Ass't Professor
	MBB	F.S. Brinkman	Ass't Professor

TENURE

FACULTY	DEPT/SCHOOL	NAME
Faculty of Applied Sciences	Communication	Y. Zhao
	Computing Science	Q. Gu
	Computing Science	M. Drew
	Computing Science (joint with Philosophy)	O.N. Schulte
	Kinesiology	S. Robinovitch
Faculty of Arts	Contemporary Arts	H. Daniel
	Geography	J. Hyndman
	Humanities	D. Mirhady
	Philosophy (joint with Computing Science	O.N. Schulte
Faculty of Education	Education	J. Sugarman
Faculty of Science	Earth Sciences	D.D. Marshall
	MBB	N. Harden
	Physics	M. Vetterli

PROMOTION

FACULTY	DEPT/SCHOOL	NAME	NEW RANK
Faculty of Applied Sciences	Computing Science	Q. Gu	Professor
	Computing Science	R. Krishnamurti	Professor
	Computing Science (joint with Philosophy	O. N. Schulte	Assoc. Professor
	REM	F. Gobas	Professor
	REM	T. Gunton	Professor
Faculty of Arts	Contemporary Arts	C. Browne	Professor
	Contemporary Arts	H. Daniel	Assoc. Professor
	Economics	C. Reed	Professor
	Humanities	D. Mirhady	Assoc. Professor
	Philosophy (joint with Computing Science	O.N. Schulte	Assoc. Professor
	Political Science	A. Hira	Assoc. Professor
	Psychology	B. Beyerstein	Professor
	Psychology	D. Weeks	Professor
	Sociology/Anthropology	G. Teeple	Professor
Faculty of Business Administration	Business Administration	C. Collins-Dodd	Assoc. Professor
Faculty of Education	Education	J.H. Sugarman	Assoc. Professor
Faculty of Science	Biological Sciences	A. Kermode	Professor
	Chemistry	N. Branda	Professor
	Chemistry	D.B. Leznoff	Assoc. Professor
	Earth Sciences	D.D. Marshall	Assoc. Professor
	MBB	N. Harden	Assoc. Professor
	Physics	B. Frisken	Professor
	Physics	J. Sonier	Assoc. Professor

C. Other

1. The Board heard that the City of Vancouver is expected to select a developer of the Woodwards site by mid-July 2004.
2. The Board approved awarding a construction contract to Edifice Construction for the Phase 1a fit-out of SFU Surrey, Central City.
3. The Board approved the appointment of Dr. Warren Gill to the position of Vice President, University Relations, beginning September 1, 2004.
4. The Board heard that discussions are ongoing with the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee concerning the site of the Olympic Oval and its long-term legacy.
5. Other matters were discussed.

D. Confidential Session

1. The Board approved a process for the Review of the President Prior to Re-appointment. This policy also requires the approval of Senate. When approved, it will become an appendix to Board Policy B 10.06 - Presidential Search Committee.
2. Other matters were discussed.

The next Board of Governors Meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. in Room 126 of the Halpern Centre, Burnaby Mountain Campus, on Thursday, July 22, 2004.