"CONTENTdm"@en . "University Publications"@en . "2020-04-27"@en . "2001-10-17"@en . "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/senmin/items/1.0390119/source.json"@en . "application/pdf"@en . " The University of British Columbia\nVancouver Senate Secretariat\nSenate and Curriculum Services\nEnrolment Services\n2016-1874 East Mall\nVancouver, BC V6T 1Z1\nwww.senate.ubc.ca\nVANCOUVER SENATE\nMINUTES OF OCTOBER 17, 2001\nAttendance\nThe Second Regular Meeting of the Senate of the University of British Columbia for the Session\n2001/02 was held on Wednesday, October 17, 2001 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 102, George F. Curtis\nBuilding.\nPresent: President M. C. Piper (Chair), Vice President B. C. McBride, Dean F. S. Abbott, Dr. P.\nAdebar, Mr. R. Affleck, Ms. C. Bekkers, Dr. J. D. Berger, Dean J. Blom, Mr. P. T. Brady, Dean J.\nA. Cairns, Ms. E. J. Caskey, Mr. T. C. Y. Chan, Mr. C. Eaton, Dr. D. Fisher, Dr. J. H. V. Gilbert,\nDean F. Granot, Ms. M. Hassen, Dr. A. G. Hannam, Dr. P. E. Harding, Dr. J. Helliwell, Mr. R.\nR. Hira, Dean M. Isaacson, Dr. C. Jillings, Mr. I. Kathrada, Dean M. M. Klawe, Dr. S. B. Knight,\nDr. B. S. Lalli, Dr. V. LeMay, Dr. D. M. Lyster, Mr. B. J. MacLean, Dr. P. L. Marshall, Dr. W. R.\nMcMaster, Mr. W. B. McNulty, Ms. V. G. Mirehouse, Mr. R. W. Morasiewicz, Dr. P. N.\nNemetz, Dr. G. N. Patey, Dr. T. F. Pedersen, Dr. J. Perry, Mr. G. Podersky-Cannon, Dr. V.\nRaoul, Dr. H. J. Rosengarten, Dean J. N. Saddler, Mr. A. F. Sheppard, Dr. C. Shields, Mr. B.\nSimpson, Dr. D. Sjerve, Dr. C. E. Slonecker, Ms. D. Soochan, Mr. C. Ste-Croix, Dr. B. Stelck, Dr.\nR. C. Tees, Dr. J. R. Thompson, Dean R. Tierney, Mr. D. Tompkins, Ms. G. Y. C. Tsai, Dean A.\nTully, Mr. D. R. Verma, Dr. D. Ll. Williams, Dr. R. A. Yaworsky, Dean E. H. K. Yen, Mr. W.\nYuen.\nBy invitation: Mr. J. Brossard, Mr. I. Burgess, Ms. D. Merritt, Vice President D. Pavlich, Vice\nPresident T. Sumner\nRegrets: Dr. W. L. Sauder (Chancellor), Dr. R. W. Blake, Mr. P. T. Burns, Dr. H. M. Burt, Mr. A.\nCampbell, Dr. R. Goldman-Segall, Dr. D. Granot, Mr. E. Greathed, Dr. S.W. Hamilton, Rev. T. J.\nHanrahan, Ms. J. Hutton, Dr. D. D. Kitts, Mr. G. Lloyd, Mr. T. P. T. Lo, Mr. R. W. Lowe, Dr.\nM. MacEntee, Dr. K. McQueen, Dean D. Muzyka, Dean M.Quayle, Ms. C. Quinlan, Ms. H. E.\nRoman, Dr. K. Schonert-Reichl, Ms. L. M. Sparrow, Mr. E. Storm, Mr. W. Tong.\nSenate Membership\nNEW STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES\nMs. Christina Bekkers representing the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences\nMr. Christopher Ste-Croix representing the Faculty of Education\nVol. 2001/02 12784\n Vancouver Senate 12785\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nMinutes of the Previous Meeting\nMinutes of the Previous Meeting\nDr. Tees l That the minutes of the meeting of September\nMr. Verma J 19, 2001 be adopted as circulated.\nCarried.\nRemarks from the Chair and Related Questions\nACADEMIC FREEDOM AND ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SUNERA THOBANI\nPresident Martha Piper had circulated the following excerpt from a speech she gave on\nOctober 9th at the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues.\nWelcome. We are very pleased to welcome you, this evening, to the President's Circle\nReception. This is a special event for the University, providing us with an opportunity to\nthank you \u00E2\u0080\u0094 members of the President's Circle \u00E2\u0080\u0094 for your ongoing support and your\ncommitment to the University. Thank you for coming.\nAs most of you know this event was originally scheduled for Wednesday, September 12th,\nand was postponed as a gesture of our respect and support for the individuals who\nsuffered as a result of the September 11th attack in the United States.\nIn addition to the postponement of this event and others, the campus community, I\nbelieve, has responded sensitively and compassionately to the attack and its consequences.\nWithin 24 hours we provided information on our Web page and offered counseling,\nadvice and support to our students, faculty and staff; following the national day of\nmourning we held our own campus memorial service; and we established a fund to receive\ndonations for the support of victims and their families.\nNow while the symptoms of the sickness that erupted so tragically in New York and\nWashington on September 11th may be addressed in the halls of diplomacy or through\ninternational coalitions, the solutions \u00E2\u0080\u0094 and we must find them \u00E2\u0080\u0094 will come from here,\nand from places like this. That is why I believe it is so fitting that we are holding tonight's\ngathering in the Liu Centre for the Study of Global Issues, a new and very special facility\non this campus \u00E2\u0080\u0094 a facility that will attract scholars from around the world to address the\nmost pressing global issues of the day: human security, trade and immigration, health and\nenvironmental policy, and human rights and freedoms. We will hear later this evening\nabout these matters from the Director of this Institute, Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, but suffice it\nto say that this Centre and this University are committed to furthering mutual respect and\ntolerance, and to advancing global understanding and peace through our learning and\nresearch.\nIn this connection, I would like to say a few words about the importance of academic\nfreedom. As you are probably aware, the University last week was the focus of national\nattention because of comments made by a UBC professor at a conference in Ottawa.\n Vancouver Senate 12786\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nRemarks from the Chair and Related Questions\nAcademic freedom simply refers to the protection of professors and their institutions from\npolitical interference. It asserts that in the university, unconventional ideas and\ncontroversial opinions deserve special protection.\nAt various times in the 20th century, that kind of protection has proved to be essential. As\nnoted in Saturday's Globe and Mail, whenever there has been a national crisis, academic\nfreedom and free speech have been threatened. During the \"Red Scare\" of the 1950s,\nwhich was endorsed by a large segment of the population, pressure was put on universities\nto fire faculty for membership in Communist organizations. The principle of academic\nfreedom legitimated universities that resisted such pressures.\nHaving said this, I would emphasize that academic freedom must be accompanied by\nacademic responsibility; that is, the individual must act responsibly, base statements and\nopinions on fact and evidence, and use acceptable scholarly methods in the pursuit of\ntruth. The question then is: who should determine whether an individual's expressions of\nopinion meet the test of fact and evidence? Who should decide whether the individual has\nbeen academically responsible?\nThis determination has always been the responsibility of other respected scholars in the\nfield, i.e. peers, who scrutinize and evaluate each other's work. Peer review is the best\nsystem we know of to ensure that a scholar's work is evaluated by the dispassionate\njudgement and knowledge of experts, rather than by the court of public opinion or\npolitical policy.\nIn all this it must be emphasized that the University as an institution holds no \"views.\" I\nhave often been asked what is the \"University's\" view on a variety of controversial issues -\n- abortion, for example, or Aboriginal land claims, or provincial tax policy. What needs to\nbe understood is that there is no such thing as a \"University\" view on such issues; rather,\nthe University is a community of scholars with a wide range of views and opinions.\nAccordingly, the view of one scholar cannot and does not represent the view of the\nUniversity. The institution's role is to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas, so\nthat through critical analysis and discussion we may move closer to an understanding of\nour problems, and \u00E2\u0080\u0094 we hope \u00E2\u0080\u0094 to the discovery of solutions.\nMr. Brady described the recent speech made by Assistant Professor Sunera Thobani as a\n\"disgraceful rant\" and expressed disappointment that the University made no other\nstatement to disassociate itself but one in support of freedom of speech. Mr. Verma\nagreed, adding that he had endured some criticism from his fellow members of the\nVancouver Rotary Club about UBC's position on the matter. Mr. Verma, who had read\nthe full text of the controversial speech, found Dr. Thobani to be a profoundly angry\nwoman and stated that he would hesitate to send one of his children or grandchildren to\nher classes.\n Vancouver Senate 12787\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nFinancial Statements\nDr. Raoul, as Director of the Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research,\nresponded that her office had received messages reflecting enormous support both for the\ncontent of the speech and for academic freedom. Dr. Raoul stated that some people had\nexpressed renewed interest in sending their children to UBC or in donating funds to the\nUniversity.\nPresident Piper remarked that academic freedom, which she felt was clearly understood\nby most members of Senate, was most frequently questioned during times of crisis.\nAcademic responsibility is an integral part of academic freedom and is judged by peer\nreview rather than by public opinion or political persuasion.\nMr. Hira commended the President for the last paragraph of the text of her speech, which\nstated that the University did not \"take a position.\" He added that, although individuals\nmay not agree with what others say, he was proud that UBC did not attempt to indirectly\nmuzzle people through institutional criticism.\nFinancial Statements\nPresident Piper invited Mr. Terry Sumner, Vice President, Administration and Finance, to\npresent the University's Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2001.\nMr. Sumner introduced Ms. Dana Merritt, Director of Budgets, Mr. Ian Burgess,\nAssociate Director of Budgets, and John Brossard, Controller.\nMr. Sumner stated that the Financial Statements had been approved by the Board of\nGovernors in June 2001 and had been circulated to government offices, libraries, and the\ncampus community. Vice President Sumner had also presented the Statements at the UBC\nAnnual General Meeting on September 28, 2001. The Auditor General had granted the\nunqualified opinion that the\n Vancouver Senate 12788\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nFinancial Statements\nFinancial Statements represent fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the\nUniversity for the 2000/01 fiscal year.\nHIGHLIGHTS\nTotal revenues for 2000/01 were $873.9 million, somewhat less than the figure of $879\nmillion for 1999/2000. Vice President Sumner reminded members of Senate that a gift\nfrom Dr. S. Blusson in the amount of $50 million had been included in the 1999/2000\ntotal revenues. When this gift was removed from the total, it became evident that the\nrevenues to the University had increased by approximately $40 million. This increase\nincluded an increase of $19 million to the University's operating grant.\nTuition fees remained approximately constant in 2000/01, the fifth year of the provincial\ngovernment's mandated tuition fee freeze. Credit and non-credit tuition fees represent\n13% of all revenues to the University, as compared to 20-25% at some other Canadian\nuniversities.\nDr. Knight asked how the over-enrolment of 1100 students for 2001/02 would affect the\nUniversity's financial position. Mr. Sumner stated that, although the University would not\nreceive the $7200 per student provincial grant for these extra students, it would receive\napproximately $2.5 million in additional tuition. Approximately $550 K had been\nallocated to the Faculties in support of additional course sections. More needs assessment\nwas to be done in January 2002.\nIn response to a query from Dr. Fisher, Ms. Merritt stated that total tuition fees had been\nreduced in 2000/01 because courses previously offered by Extra-Sessional Studies were\nnow being offered by the Faculties.\nIn response to a question from Mr. Simpson, Mr. Sumner stated that he was uncertain\nabout the impact of the provincial government's three-year freeze on funding for\neducation. He noted that\n Vancouver Senate 12789\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nthe post-secondary sector had not been isolated as a target of the freeze. President Piper\nadded that it may be possible to reallocate funds within the Ministry of Advanced\nEducation, but that further discussion was necessary. President Piper pledged to keep\nmembers of Senate informed.\nAcademic Policy Committee\nCOLLEGE OF HEALTH DISCIPLINES\nDr. Tees circulated the following report, as Chair of the Committee. A proposal to create\nthe new College of Health Disciplines had been circulated to Senate prior to its May 2001\nmeeting. Copies of the full proposal are available from the Manager, Senate &\nCurriculum Services.\nReport on the proposal to establish a College of Health Disciplines\nIn proposing the establishment of a College of Health Disciplines, the Council of Health and\nHuman Service Programs was guided by University Counsel as to whether such an entity\nwould be allowed under the University Act (1996), particularly Part 10.\nThe proposal from the Council of Health and Human Service Programs views a College as an\naffiliation of faculties that crosses traditional faculty boundaries and is in accord with TREK\n2000 and the Academic Plan. For the purposes of this proposal, the health and human service\nprograms are seen to conform to the characterization of professional faculties, schools, and\ndepartments outlined by the Committee on the Organization of the University (COU) in their\nreport to Senate, February 16, 1949; that is: their courses are mainly professional or\nvocational in character; they offer a specialized curriculum leading to a distinctive degree; their\npolicies do not generally affect policies in other departments to any great extent, because their\ncourses are ordinarily restricted to students following the specialized curriculum; they have a\nrelationship with outside professional bodies, which is not only desirable, but is necessary\nbecause of professional requirements that must be considered when designing the curriculum.\nIn light of extensive consultations leading to the framing of this proposal, and since College as\ndescribed accords with the University Act, the Senate Academic Policy Committee\nRECOMMENDS that:\n1. faculties offering health and/or human service programs be permitted to affiliate for\nthe purpose of carrying out joint interprofessional and interdisciplinary learning,\nresearch and community related activities as the College of Health Disciplines;\n2. Senate, exercising its discretion under Part 7, 35 (2) (1) of the University Act (1996),\nadmit as an additional member the official who holds the office of Principal of the\nCollege of Health Disciplines;\n3. the functions and governance of the College of Health Disciplines supersede those of\nthe Office of the Coordinator of Health Sciences, and that the Office of the Coor-\n Vancouver Senate 12790\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\ndinator of Health Sciences be disbanded and its operational units moved to governance\nby the College.\nDr. Tees stated that, if the new College were to be approved, the Committee would ask\nthat the Vice President, Academic & Provost make brief annual reports to Senate for the\nfirst several years. Dr. Tees also pointed out that Section 7 (34) of the University Act\nstipulated that the Senate could add additional members. The addition of the Principal of\nthe College of Health Disciplines would not upset the ratio outlined in the Act such as to\ntrigger the addition of even more members.\nDr. Tees l That Senate adopt the report of the Academic\nDr. Gilbert i Policy Committee on the College of Health\nDisciplines and the recommendations therein.\nDr. Gilbert made the following presentation in support of the motion.\nOn behalf of the Council of Health and Human Service Programs, (a body approved by Senate\nin 1998) it gives me pleasure to speak in support of the motion to adopt the report of the\nSenate Academic Policy Committee.\nThe report contains three recommendations:\nFirst, to establish a College of Health Disciplines; second, to admit an additional member to\nSenate; and third, to disband the Office of the Coordinator of Health Sciences.\nI will not discuss many of the points laid out in the document received by Senate in May 2001.\nThat document represents about the 30th iteration after a long consultation process, and\naligns the rationale for establishing a College of Health Disciplines with Trek 2000 and the\nAcademic Plan.\nIn my comments I will focus on three topics that intersect in this proposal. The three topics\nare:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 one, support for a College within the University Act;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 two, the role of Senate in approving the academic programme of the College; and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 three, the place of the affiliated Faculties, in the governance of the College.\nI should like to acknowledge the inestimable help of Dennis Pavlich in developing our\nunderstanding of this intersection. Madam Chair, if Senators have questions about aspects of\nthis proposal in relation to the University Act, I would be most grateful if Dennis might be\nadmitted to Senate's discussions.\n Vancouver Senate 12791\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nJust over two years ago, the Council of Health and Human Service Programs began discussing\nthe possibility of establishing a College as a successor to the Office of the Coordinator of\nHealth Sciences. At that time we did not start with the University Act.\nWe began by considering a number of generic academic matters that were being discussed in\nCouncil. We had been discussing, for example:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the desirability of a common set of pedagogic approaches to interprofessional courses;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the rationalization of approaches to clinical externships or fieldwork, and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the development of common policy approaches to our relations with government.\nIt was only with hindsight that we realized that any discussion of a new academic unit at UBC\n(or any other provincial university) must begin, and end, with the University Act.\nUnder Dennis Pavlich's tutelage, it became clear that in order to establish a new academic\nunit, [using the title of \"College\" as allowed under the Act] we needed to recognize the clear\ndirection the Act gives about the role of the Faculties in academic programs.\nThe University Act. New academic units must be congruent with the provisions of the Act if\nthey are to enjoy legitimacy. Without this accord such units have no academic authority, and\nare therefore not sustainable.\nThe Act places academic authority clearly with the Faculties. It is the Faculties that hold the\nauthority to:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Develop courses of instruction - subject to approval by Senate,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Appoint faculty - subject to approval by the President and Board of Governors,\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Award degrees - subject to approval by Senate, and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Enroll students\nIt should be made clear immediately that the proposed College will usurp none of this\nauthority. With the seven affiliating Faculties [Agricultural Sciences, Applied Science, Arts,\nDentistry, Education, Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences] the College will work to:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 establish interfaculty courses of instruction that clearly do not belong in any one Faculty\n(what we have termed \"interprofessional\" courses);\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 ensure that faculty are appointed to teach those courses; and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 administer those courses for the collective whole.\nThe College will also continue to work with the affiliating Faculties in a number of other\narenas of collaborative interest.\nThe proposed College is a motivated attempt to respond to the changing health care system\nwhilst working within the constraints of the University Act. Whereas federal and provincial\nstatutes governing health care issues have been added, altered or eliminated, universities have\nchosen (with good reason) not to open the University Act to change.\n Vancouver Senate 12792\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nSenate. The University Act authorizes the university to \"establish and maintain colleges ...\"\n(Part 10, 47, (a)) but it does not contain either a description of a College, nor does it set out\nthe responsibilities of a College. It is the responsibility of Senate to authorize the description\nand academic responsibilities of the proposed College under Part 7, 37, (1) (o) of the Act.\nA precedent for the use of this responsibility may be seen in the role played by Senate in its\nauthorization of the characterization of Schools in 1949, a characterization that has been used\nsince that time.\nSenate played a similar role in 1993 when the Academic Policy committee (Chaired by\nRichard Tees) set out Guidelines for the Establishment of a Faculty.\nThese procedures may appear cumbersome, but their attention to the details of the statute\ndemonstrates why universities have been reluctant to open the University Act for new\nconsiderations. For the purposes of Senate, the proposed College represents an agreement of\nseven affiliating Faculties to collaborate in activities, such as academic programming, that\ncould not be engaged in by any one Faculty alone. Through its approval procedures, only\nSenate may authorize the academic aspects (for example, course approval) of this proposed\ncollaboration.\n[The rationale and procedure for collaborative course approval is set out in Appendix 3 of the\nlong document.]\nGovernance. To be in accord with the Act, the Council gave considerable attention to the way\nin which the proposed College should be governed.\nIt was recognized that since the College is a collaboration of affiliating Faculties, then it\nshould be governed by a Council - the Council of the College of Health Disciplines - or in\nbrief, the College Council.\nIt was agreed that the College Council should comprise:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the Deans (or their designate(s)) of the affiliating faculties. Designates on the existing\nCouncil include the Directors and Heads of health and human service programs;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the VP Academic and Provost (or designate(s)) which might be the Associate Vice-\nPresident Academic Programs;\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 the University Librarian (or designate). On the present Council this is the Head of the UBC\nLife Sciences Libraries; and\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 an elected member of the Health Sciences Student Association.\nOn the basis of discussions with Student Senators, it is recommended that the Student Senate\nCaucus elect two of its number to serve as members of Council, on behalf of the seven\naffiliated Faculties. This is because the HSSA members are not elected representatives of the\nstudent body. The total student representation on Council will therefore be three members.\n[Student Senators will introduce a motion to this effect].\nThe College will be reviewed toward the end of the term of the Principal, in accord with usual\nacademic practice.\nIt is suggested that the College report annually to Senate through the Vice-President Academic\nand Provost.\n Vancouver Senate 12793\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nIt is proposed that the College appoint a Community Advisory Committee, comprising\nrepresentation from leaders in the professional and disciplinary fields of affiliated faculties.\nSuch a Committee would acknowledge the enormous role played by UBC's community\npartners in educating the next generation of health and human service professionals. The\nCommunity Advisory Committee would also recognize that students in the health and human\nservice programs spend more the 30% of their time in community agencies.\nThe College would have responsibility to carry out functions formerly carried out by the\nOffice of the Coordinator of Health Sciences, and any others as seen fit by the affiliating\nfaculties.\nAfter much discussion and consultation it was agreed that the head of the College would be\nappointed a Principal, and report to the Vice President Academic and Provost.\nThe Principal of the College would serve as Chair of the College Council.\nIt is recommended that Senate, at its discretion and in accord with the University Act, section\n35, 2 (1) admit the Principal of the College as an additional member. In the past, Senate has\nused this section to admit seven additional Convocation Senators. Since the College would not\nenroll students and would have no appointed faculty members, there would be no requirement\nto add student or faculty Senators.\nThe faculty of the College would consist of those members of \"faculty\" status in affiliated\nfaculties who are engaged in interprofessional education, research, and/or community\nactivities that cross professional or disciplinary boundaries, and who voluntarily choose to\naffiliate with the College.\nAny student enrolled in a health and human service program may participate in activities of\nthe College, for example, interprofessional courses or interprofessional Fieldwork experience.\nFinally, any matters pertaining to the College would be referred to the College Council for\ndiscussion and decision. Clearly any matters dealt with by the College Council that have\nimplications for the affiliated Faculties would be referred to the affiliated Faculties.\nThis innovative academic program has engaged many people in many, many discussions.\nThreaded through those discussions has been a persistent theme, with which I should like to\nend these comments.\nHealth care is a collaboration. As one of its major foci, the College will deliberately address\nthe needs of health and human service students to acquire the skills, the understanding and the\npredispositions that are the requisites of collaboration.\nIn response to a question from Dr. Pedersen, Dr. Gilbert stated that the operational units\nwithin the Office of the Coordinator of Health Sciences had been reviewed according to\nstandard procedure. To a further question regarding the legal implications of the term\n\"principal\", Mr. Pavlich responded that the term may be freely defined and used.\n Vancouver Senate 12794\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nIn response to queries, Dr. Gilbert confirmed that the College would not seek to develop\nresearch programs that already exist in the Faculties. He added that the College would\nfocus on entry to practice rather than on graduate education.\nThere was some discussion about the addition of the Principal as a member of Senate. Dr.\nTees clarified that this was a somewhat unique situation, and that there were no plans to\nadmit directors of centres and institutes as members of Senate.\nMr. Morasiewicz l That the membership of the College Council be\nDr. Gilbert i expanded to include two student senators.\nCarried.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\nDr. Gilbert recognized the contributions of numerous faculty members and students who\nhad participated in the consultation process that had eventually led to the proposal. He\nalso thanked members of Senate and his colleagues in the United Kingdom, the United\nStates and Australia.\nSTATUS OF INSTITUTES AND CENTRES\nThe following report had been circulated.\nReport of the Senate Academic Policy Committee on the Status of Institutes and Centres\nWithin the university, Institutes or Centres appear to fall, at present, into one of two\ncategories: (1) Institutes or Centres that exist within one disciplinary Faculty, and (2) Institutes\nor Centres that represent an affiliation of Faculties across traditional Faculty boundaries, most\noften under the jurisdiction of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.\nThis report sets out common characteristics of Institutes and Centres in Category 2, and\nrecommends principles for their implementation, governance, review and closure. In this\nreport the words Institute and Centre are used interchangeably. This report does not include a\ndiscussion of other frameworks such as \"Laboratories\" e.g. AMPEL and BIOTECH, or\n\"Collaborations\" e.g. CORD.\n Vancouver Senate 12795\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nInstitutes or Centres at a graduate level may have the following characteristics:\nthey foster ongoing graduate programs of collaborative research and teaching of an inter-\nFaculty, interdisciplinary nature, and serve as incubators for nurturing such programs;\nthey bring together a critical mass of scholars from several disciplines and areas of\nspecialization;\nthey may exist for an extended period of time;\nthey offer an institutional platform from which to apply for grant support or for financial\nsupport outside of UBC;\nthey provide a means of fostering cooperation between scholars in the same research area\nat other universities, institutions, community, private sector, etc.;\nthey provide a means to sponsor and organize interdisciplinary lectures, conferences,\nsymposia, colloquia and workshops;\nthey attract post-doctoral fellows, visiting professors, adjunct professors and other\nscholars wishing to undertake interdisciplinary research at UBC.\nThe Senate Academic Policy Committee, therefore, recommends:\nA. Implementation\n1. that proposals for inter-Faculty Institutes or Centres be initiated by a group of faculty\nand coordinated by the Deans of the proposing Faculties;\n2. that an Implementation Committee to develop a new Institute or Centre include those\nfaculty members expressing interest in an affiliation to develop an inter-Faculty\nInstitute or Centre (the proposing Faculties), and other appropriate persons\nrecommended by the Deans of the proposing Faculties;\n3. that the Implementation Committee be chaired by a Dean of a proposing Faculty and\ndetermine an appropriate host faculty for the Institute or Centre, in many instances the\nFaculty of Graduate Studies;\n4. that a proposal for a new inter-Faculty Institute or Centre developed by an\nImplementation Committee be reviewed by all Faculties, and the University Librarian,\nfor overlap with existing initiatives, and consideration of complementary versus\ncompetitive or duplicative efforts in research, teaching and community linkages;\n5. that a proposal for a new inter-Faculty Institute or Centre be approved by the\nCommittee of Deans prior to submission to Senate;\n6. that once approved by the Committee of Deans, a proposal for a new Centre or\nInstitute go forward to Senate for academic approval.\nB. Governance\n1. that the governance of an inter-Faculty Institute or Centre be provided by a Steering-\nAdvisory Committee of representatives from proposing Faculties, the Chair to be the\nDean (or designate) of the host faculty (in many cases the Dean of Graduate Studies),\nand include the Director and other participants as deemed appropriate;\n2. that the Steering-Advisory Committee have the following specific responsibilities: to\nrecommend the appointment of a Director of the Institute or Centre on the advice\n Vancouver Senate 12796\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nof an appropriately constituted search committee; to provide the Dean of the host\nfaculty and the Director with advice on the strategic direction and management of the\nInstitute or Centre; to approve an annual report including a rolling three-year unit-\nbased academic plan; to approve an annual budget; to consult with, and obtain the\napproval of, affiliated faculties on all matters pertaining to proposed teaching and/or\ndegree programs;\n3. that for most inter-faculty Institutes or Centres at the graduate level, the Director\nreport to the Chair of the Steering Committee, in most cases the Dean of Graduate\nStudies;\n4. that the regular review of an Institute or Centre conform to common university\npractice, and provide for the closure of an Institute or Centre, when appropriate;\n5. that these recommendations come into force when a new Institute or Centre is\nproposed, and inform the review of an existing Institute or Centre.\nThe Senate Academic Policy Committee points out that adoption of the above\nrecommendations would not prevent any Institute or Centre from becoming a Department,\nSchool or Faculty if Senate and the Board of Governors so decide.\nDr. Tees l That Senate adopt the report of the Academic\nDean Klawe J Policy Committee on the Status of Institutes\nand Centres\nDr. Tees explained that the current Academic Policy Committee had \"inherited\" this issue\nfrom the previous Committee, which held office from 1996 to 1999. Consultants included\ndeans, department heads and directors of established centres and institutes. The\nCommittee also collected a historical record of centres and institutes at UBC and looked\nat the conventions of other universities relating to the naming and function of similar\nunits.\nOne of the first things that became apparent to the current Committee was that \"centre\"\ncan mean a number of things at UBC, including a building (e.g. the Asian Centre) or a\nservice (e.g. Centre for Faculty Development & Instructional Services). There did not\nappear to be any value in introducing a distinction between a centre and an institute.\nAlthough the Faculty of Graduate Studies did make the distinction such that centres are\nbased on less secure funding than institutes, the Committee considered this criterion of\nminimal significance because UBC institutes appeared historically to be less stable than\ncentres.\n Vancouver Senate 12797\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nThe Committee received many submissions that advised that centres and institutes be\ndeveloped and overseen by all participating faculties and departments, and that these\nunits be fully integrated into UBC's research and teaching missions.\nDr. Tees advised that creators of new institutes and centres address the guidelines above\nin their proposals to Senate. Approval of the guidelines would create a Senate-approved\ngeneral policy for interfaculty centres and institutes.\nDr. Pedersen, as Associate Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies, stated that the\nFaculty had some concerns about the proposed governance of centres and institutes. He\ndescribed the proposal as \"a recipe for bureaucratization,\" because he believed that\nadding additional levels of control would be counter-productive. Directors who report to\nthe Dean of Graduate Studies, as opposed to an advisory committee, retain necessary\nflexibility and may act more quickly when necessary. Dr. Pedersen also expressed the\nopinion that the advisory committee should not be responsible for allocating the budget\nwithin the unit.\nIn amendment.\nDr. Pedersen i That Item 1, Section B be simplified to read,\nDean Granot J \"that the administrative and budgetary\nauthority of the unit be in the proposed host\nFaculty.\"\nDr. Tees responded that he did not agree with the portrayal of the advisory committee as\nan extra layer of bureaucracy, and that the director would not be required to consult with\nthe committee on a daily basis. The idea was to ensure that all stake-holders are afforded\nsome degree of participation in the governance of the unit.\n Vancouver Senate 12798\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAcademic Policy Committee\nVice President McBride, speaking against the amendment, recalled that he had served on a\nnumber of such advisory committees and that he believed that the unit director would\nhave ample latitude in which to make decisions. The chair of the advisory committee\nwould act in a role similar to that of the dean under the proposed amendment. He added\nthat the Academic Policy Committee's proposal would create more collaborative and\nstronger units. Dean Isaacson also spoke against the amendment, suggesting that advisory\ncommittees would need to meet only a few times annually. He stated that, under the\namendment, some of the participating Faculties might be excluded. Dean Klawe agreed,\nstating that the Committee had conducted an enormous amount of consultation before\nmaking its recommendations. Dean Cairns spoke against the amendment, stating that the\nBiomedical Research Centre had recently been functioning well under a governance\nstructure similar to that outlined in the proposal. Dr. Pedersen pointed out that the\nbudgetary authority for the Biomedical Research Centre rested with the Dean of\nMedicine.\nIn response to a query from Mr. Podersky-Cannon, Dr. Tees clarified that units located in\nthe Faculty of Graduate Studies were considered to be interfaculty and would thus be\ncovered by the proposed policy.\nThe amendment\nwas put and\nfailed.\n\"1\nSpeaking to the original motion, Mr. Tompkins stated that he would have liked to see a\nprovision for student participation in governance.\nThere was some discussion about possibly creating two classes of units: those that follow\nthe guidelines and those that do not. Dr. Tees stated that, although review committees for\nexisting units should take the guidelines into account and implement them where possible,\nthere\n Vancouver Senate 12799\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nNominating Committee\nremained the possibility that the committee would find the existing structure to better\nserve the needs of the unit.\nThe original\nmotion was put\nand carried.\n1\nNominating Committee\nAD HOC SENATE CONSULTATIVE WRITING REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE\nAs Chair of the Committee, Dr. Williams presented the following report.\nThe following motion was put and carried at the May 2001 Meeting of Senate:\nThat Senate endorse the idea of further exploring the principles of ^writing through the\ncurriculum' as set out in the Write, Write, and Rewrite report. Such exploration would\ninvolve, at a minimum, consultation with Faculties, with faculty, and with students and\nwould result in a report back to Senate with specific recommendations; and\nThat an ad hoc Senate Consultative 'Writing Requirements' Committee be struck by the\nSenate Nominating Committee.\nThe Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate the following people as members of the Ad\nHoc Senate Consultative Writing Requirements Committee:\nMembers of Senate:\nDr. Alan Hannam\nMs. Michelle Hassen\nDr. Tom Pedersen\nDr. Valerie Raoul\nMr. Bernie Simpson\nMr. Christopher Ste-Croix\nDr. Ronald Yaworsky\nNon-members of Senate:\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Bruce Dunwoody (Associate Dean, Faculty of Applied Science)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Janet Giltrow (Associate Professor of English)\n\u00E2\u0080\u00A2 Dr. Neil Guppy (Associate Vice President, Academic Programs)\n Vancouver Senate 12800\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nNominating Committee\nDr. Williams l That Senate approve the membership of the Ad\nDr. Rosengarten J Hoc Senate Consultative Writing Requirements\nCommittee.\nCarried.\nQUORUM FOR THE COMMITTEE ON STUDENT APPEALS ON ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE\nThe Nominating Committee had circulated the following report.\nIn September 2001, the Committee on Student Appeals on Academic Discipline\nrequested that the Nominating Committee consider reducing its quorum from six\nvoting members to five voting members because the Appeals Committee had been\nexperiencing difficulty reaching full quorum for the hearing of student appeals.\nIn acknowledgement of the difficulty in scheduling hearings, and noting that the\nCommittee on Appeals on Academic Standing has five members as its quorum, the\nNominating Committee recommends that the quorum for this Committee be reduced\nfrom six members to five.\nDr. Williams l That the quorum for the Committee on\nMr. Verma i Student Appeals on Academic Discipline be\nreduced from six members to five.\nDr. Lalli, as a member of the Senate Appeal Committee on Academic Standing, stated that\nit was difficult to get even five people to attend hearings of that Committee. He\nrecommended that membership for both Committees be enlarged rather than the quorum\nreduced.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\nSENATE COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP\nThe Nominating Committee recommended the following changes to the membership of\nthe Committees of Senate. Appointments were effective immediately except where\notherwise indicated.\nAcademic Building Needs\nMr. I. Kathrada replaces Mr. H. Poon\n Vancouver Senate 12801\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nNominating Committee\nAdmissions\nDr. V. LeMay replaces Dr. D. Lyster (effective January 1, 2002)\nAgenda\nDr. J. H. V. Gilbert replaces Dean J. Blom\nAppeals on Academic Standing\nDean D. Muzyka replaces Dr. T. F. Pedersen\nMr. D. Tompkins replaces Mr. W. Tong\nBudget\nMr. B. Simpson replaces Mr. H. D. Gray\nContinuing Studies\nDean F. Granot to fill a vacancy\nDean J. Saddler replaces A/Dean J. McLean\nLiaison with Post-Secondary Institutions\nDean J. Saddler replaces A/Dean J. McLean\nLibrary\nMs. C. Bekkers to fill a vacancy\nDean J. Blom replaces Dr. D. Lyster (effective January 1, 2002)\nMr. R. Morasiewicz replaces Ms. S. Iwagami\nStudent Appeals on Academic Discipline\nMr. C. Ste-Croix replaces Mr. H. Poon\nTributes\nMs. H. Roman to fill a vacancy\nDr. Williams l That the Senate approve the recommendations\nDean Isaacson i of the Nominating Committee with respect to\nCommittee Membership.\nCarried.\n Vancouver Senate 12802\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nStudent Awards Committee\nStudent Awards Committee\nPlease see 'Appendix A: New Awards.'\nDr. Thompson presented the new awards for approval, as Chair of the Committee. He\ndrew attention to the particularly generous TD Bank Financial Group Graduate Bursary.\nDr. Thompson i That the awards be accepted and\nDr. Nemetz J recommended for approval by the Board of\nGovernors, and that letters of thanks be sent to\nthe donors.\nCarried.\nTributes Committee\nHONORARY DEGREES PROCEDURE\nDr. Helliwell noted that the 2002 names of the candidates for honorary degrees would be\non the November 2001 Senate agenda for approval. The candidate files will be available\nfor viewing one day prior to the meeting at the Ceremonies Office.\nMEMORIAL MINUTE\nThe Tributes Committee had circulated the following memorial minute.\nCharles Alexander McDowell\n1918-2001\nCharles A. McDowell was born in Northern Ireland and educated at Queen's University\nof Belfast. He received his Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees in Science from\nQueen's University.\nDuring the Second World War he served as a Gas and Bomb Identification Officer in the\nUK Civil Defence from 1942-45. His academic career began in 1946 at the University of\nLiverpool as a member of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science.\nDr. McDowell was appointed Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry at\nUBC in 1955 and served in that capacity until 1981. UBC's Department of Chemistry\nflourished under his guidance into one of the largest and most respected departments in\nNorth America. His vision, and his greatest achievement, was to create a vital, modern\n Vancouver Senate 12803\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nReports from the Vice President, Academic and Provost\ndepartment characterized by excellence in both teaching and research. He realized in\nparticular that the greatness of a university is set by its research achievements.\nCharles McDowell was internationally recognized for his own achievements in research in\nPhysical Chemistry. He was also recognized as an academic administrator whose wisdom\nwas widely respected throughout Canada and abroad. He held many memberships and\nreceived many honours for his academic achievements. These included: Fellowships in The\nRoyal Institute of Chemistry (UK), The Royal Society of Canada, The American Institute\nof Physics and a Research Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation. He was awarded\nthe Chemical Institute of Canada Medal in 1969 and served as President of that body in\n1978-79.\nHe was highly regarded as a faculty member at UBC and served on a number of university\ncommittees. He was a long-time member of Senate from 1966-1981 and an elected\nmember of faculty to the Board of Governors in 1977-78. Dr. McDowell was designated\nas \"University Professor\" in 1981 at UBC in recognition of his contributions as a\ndistinguished scholar. In 1984, he received an Honorary Degree (DSc.) from UBC and in\n1993 he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada.\nCharles McDowell was admired and respected for his analytical ability, his critical\njudgement, his devotion to high standards and his practical common sense. He overcame\nthe effects of a serious case of Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which left him confined to a\nwheelchair in 1979. Through his unconquerable spirit and the support of his wife,\nChristine, his family and colleagues he returned to resume his research career and was\nactive as a scholar until shortly before his death.\nHe will be remembered for his leadership, commitment and dedication to this university\nand his research discipline. The Charles A. McDowell Award named in his honour\nrecognizes annually a UBC faculty member that has demonstrated outstanding research\ncapability before the age of 40. He was always present to award the medal to the recipient\nand stress the importance of excellence in research as the basis for establishing and\njudging a university's greatness.\nDr. Helliwell l That the memorial minute for Charles\nDr. Williams i Alexander McDowell be entered into the\nMinutes of Senate.\nCarried.\nReports from the Vice President, Academic and Provost\nJAMES & ANNABEL MCCREARY CHAIR IN PEDIATRICS\nVice President McBride was pleased to present the new Chair for approval.\nVice President McBride l That Senate approve the establishment of the\nDean Cairns i James & Annabel McCreary Chair in\nPediatrics.\n Vancouver Senate 12804\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAdjournment\nCarried.\nUNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR PROSTATE RESEARCH\nVice President McBride had circulated a proposal for the new Centre prior to the meeting\nCopies are available from the Manager, Senate & Curriculum Services.\nVice President McBride l That Senate approve the establishment of the\nDean Cairns i University of British Columbia Centre for\nProstate Research within the Faculty of\nMedicine.\nIn response to a query from Mr. Podersky-Cannon, Vice President McBride stated that\nproposals for new research centres should be referred to the University Library for\nconsultation.\nThe motion was\nput and carried.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. The next regular meeting of\nSenate will be held on Wednesday, November 14th at 7:00 p.m.\n Vancouver Senate 12805\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\nAppendix A: New Awards\nClinton ABERCROMBIE Memorial Entrance Bursary - Bursaries totalling $450 have\nbeen endowed in memory of her husband through a bequest by Winnifred A.\nAbercrombie for students entering the University from secondary school.\nRecommendations from high school principals will be taken into consideration. (First\naward available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nACCENTURE Leadership Award - A $1,200 award has been endowed by Accenture Inc.\nfor a student entering the fourth year of a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a\nBachelor of Applied Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. In addition to\nhaving achieved high academic standing, candidates for the award must have\ndemonstrated leadership and participated actively in extra-curricular or volunteer\nactivities such as professional, school, social and community organizations, athletics or\npart-time employment. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Departments,\nalternating between of Department of Computer Science in odd-numbered years and the\nDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering in even-numbered years. (First award\navailable for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nASENDA Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd. Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences -\nScholarships totalling $2,000 are offered by Asenda Pharmaceutical Supplies Ltd. for\nundergraduate students entering second or third year in Pharmaceutical Sciences. The\nawards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. (First\naward available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nASSOCIATION of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of B.C. Scholarship in\nGeoscience - A $1,500 scholarship is offered by the Association of Professional Engineers\nand Geoscientists of B.C. to a student entering the third year of a Bachelor of Science\nprogram in Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry or Environmental Geoscience\n(Geotechnics) and taking courses leading towards registration as a professional\ngeoscientist. The award is made on the recommendation of the Department of Earth and\nOcean Sciences. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nCENTRE for Korean Research Prize - Up to five prizes of $1,000 each are offered by the\nCentre for Korean Research at UBC for graduate students doing work in Korean Studies.\nCandidates must submit to the Centre a paper of at least fifteen pages, written in the past\nyear, on a topic in Korean Studies. Graduating students are not eligible for the\ncompetition. The awards are made each spring on the recommendation of the Centre for\nKorean Research in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies. (First award\navailable for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nMabel CHAN Memorial Scholarship in Pharmaceutical Sciences - A $900 scholarship has\nbeen endowed by family, friends and colleagues in memory of pharmacist, Mabel Chan,\nfor\n Vancouver Senate 12806\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\nundergraduate students entering first year in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences. First\npreference is given to students from the East Kootenay region and then to students from\nthe rest of British Columbia. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of\nPharmaceutical Sciences. (First award available for the 2002/2003 academic year)\nCOLLEGE of Dental Hygienists of B.C. Gold Medal - A gold medal, a certificate and a\n$500 prize are offered by the College of Dental Hygienists of British Columbia to the\nmember of the graduating class, B.D.Sc. Dental Hygiene Degree Completion Program\nwith the highest academic standing. The award is made on the recommendation of the\nFaculty of Dentistry. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nJack DIAMOND Bursary - Bursaries totalling $900 have been endowed through a\nbequest by Jack Diamond for students in any faculty who demonstrate financial need.\n(First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nHon. Thomas A. DOHM, Q.C, Bursary in Medicine - Bursaries totalling $600 have been\nendowed by Hon. Justice Thomas Dohm and The University of British Columbia for\nstudents in the M.D. program. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nFaculty of MEDICINE 50th Anniversary Bursary - Bursaries totalling $9,000 have been\nendowed for M.D. students in honour of the Faculty of Medicine's 50th anniversary at\nThe University of British Columbia. (Partial award available for the 2001/2002 academic\nyear)\nFaculty of MEDICINE 50th Anniversary Scholarship - Scholarships totalling $900 have\nbeen endowed for M.D. students in honour of the Faculty of Medicine's 50th anniversary\nat The University of British Columbia. The awards are made on the recommendation of\nthe Faculty of Medicine. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nErzsebet GESSLER Memorial Scholarship - Scholarships totalling $6,000 have been\nendowed in memory of her mother, Erzsebet (Bozsi) Gessler, through a bequest by Dr.\nEva Marie Bene for students in the School of Music majoring in piano. The award is\nmade on the recommendation of the School of Music. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\nGRADUATING Class of 1940 Bursary - Bursaries totalling $1500 have been endowed by\nthe Graduating Class of 1940 to mark the occasion of their 60th anniversary. The awards\nare\n Vancouver Senate 12807\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\noffered to students in any program or year of study. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\nGRADUATING Class of Medicine 1957 Bursary - Bursaries totalling $850 have been\nendowed by the Medicine Class of 1957 for students in the Faculty of Medicine. (Partial\naward available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nDorothy HELMER Scholarship in Medicine - Scholarships totalling $6,500 have been\nendowed through a bequest by Dorothy Evelyn Helmer for masters and doctoral students\nin Medicine undertaking research concerning infectious diseases. The awards are made on\nthe recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine in consultation with the Faculty of\nGraduate Studies. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nHISTORY Students' Association Prize - A $300 prize has been endowed by members of\nthe History Students' Association and faculty in the Department of History for a student\nspecializing in History who has achieved high academic standing. The award is made on\nthe recommendation of the Department of History. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\nY. S. HSIEH Prize - A $2,500 prize has been endowed in honour of Dr. Y. S. Hsieh by the\nHsu and Hsieh Foundation and The University of British Columbia for the graduating\nstudent in the M.D. program who achieves the highest standing in Obstetrics and\nGynecology. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Medicine. (First\naward available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nINDIA Club of Vancouver Bursary in Agricultural Sciences - Bursaries totalling $500 are\noffered by Dr. Indrajit Desai and his wife, Manjula Desai, to students in Agricultural\nSciences, with preference given to international students from a developing country. Dr.\nDesai is a Professor Emeritus of International Nutrition and one of the founding\npresidents of the India Club. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nTom KENNEDY Memorial Scholarship in Commerce - A $1,500 scholarship is offered in\nmemory of Tom Kennedy to promote the study of management accounting and encourage\npursuit of CMA-Certified Management Accountant professional accounting designation.\nThe award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Commerce and Business\nAdministration to a student entering fourth year who has attained high standing in the\naccounting option of the B.Com. program. (First award available for the 2001/2002\nacademic year)\nMargaret LAWRENCE Scholarship in Arts - Scholarships totalling $19,000 have been\nendowed through a bequest by Margaret Elizabeth Lawrence for students in the Faculty\nof Arts.\n Vancouver Senate 12808\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\nThe awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts. (Partial award\navailable for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nRobert Quarrington MAXWELL Scholarship - Scholarships totalling $1,000 have been\nendowed through a bequest from Robert Quarrington Maxwell for students entering the\nthird year of a Bachelor of Applied Science program in engineering. The awards are made\non the recommendation of the Faculty of Applied Science. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\nAllan McEachern Prize in Criminal Law - A $350 prize has been endowed in honour of\nAllan McEachern by the Vancouver Criminal Justice Section of the Canadian Bar\nAssociation as a tribute to the contribution he made to the legal community as Chief\nJustice of British Columbia. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of\nLaw to a student with high standing in first year criminal law. (First award available for\nthe 2001/2002 academic year)\nSchool of NURSING 80th Anniversary Scholarship - Scholarships totalling $1,400 have\nbeen endowed to commemorate the School of Nursing's 80th Anniversary. The awards\nare made on the recommendation of the School of Nursing. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\nJames M. ORR Scholarship - Scholarships totalling $600 have been endowed by Dr.\nJames M. Orr for undergraduate students in Pharmaceutical Sciences who have achieved\nexcellence in pharmacokinetics. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty\nof Pharmaceutical Sciences. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nWilliam R. and Heather P. RIEDL Bursary - Bursaries totalling $3,000 have been\nendowed by William R. and Heather P. Riedl for students in the Faculty of Commerce\nand Business Administration who are in need of financial assistance. (First award\navailable for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nSEVERNIAN Scholarship in Music - A $1,000 scholarship is offered by Paul Moritz for a\nstudent, either graduate or undergraduate, in the School of Music whose main focus of\nstudy is the oboe, French horn or cello. The award is made on the recommendation of the\nSchool of Music and, in the case of graduate students, in consultation with the Faculty of\nGraduate Studies. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nWilliam and Wilhelmina STOBIE Bursary - Bursaries totalling $22,950 have been\nendowed through a bequest by Wilhelmina Stobie for students in the Faculty of\nEducation, the School of Music and the School of Nursing. (First award available for the\n2001/2002 academic year)\n Vancouver Senate 12809\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\nDelfa SYEKLOCHA Bursary - Bursaries totalling $300 have been endowed by Dr. Delfa\nSyeklocha, Professor Emerita at the University of British Columbia, for students in\nBiological Sciences.\nTD BANK Financial Group Graduate Bursary - Bursaries totalling $200,000 are offered\nby TD Bank Financial Group for graduate students in any discipline who are Canadian\nCitizens or Permanent Residents. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nTHUNDERBIRD Men's Field Hockey Award - One or more awards, which may range\nfrom a minimum value of $500 each to the maximum allowable under athletic association\nregulations, are offered to outstanding members of the Thunderbird Men's Field Hockey\nTeam in any year of study. Awards are made on the nomination of the President's\nAthletic Awards Committee. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nEdythe WEBSTER Scholarship in Library and Information Studies - Scholarships totalling\n$1,200 have been endowed by Edythe Webster for students in the Master of Library and\nInformation Studies program. The awards are made on the recommendation of the School\nof Library, Archival and Information Studies in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate\nStudies. (First award available for the 2001/2002 academic year)\nDan F. WILSON Memorial Bursary in Religious Studies - Bursaries totalling $300 have\nbeen endowed in memory of Dan F. Wilson through a bequest by his brother, Reginald\nW. Wilson, for students in Religious Studies. (First award available for the 2001/2002\nacademic year)\nChange in terms for previously approved award: forwarded to Senate for information\nonly\nChris LIN Memorial Scholarship - A $2,700 scholarship has been endowed in memory of\nChris Lin, who died tragically on August 31, 1966. Chris was the son of Professor Paul\nLin, for many years the Director of the Centre for East Asian Studies at McGill\nUniversity, and an alumnus of the University of British Columbia. Chris was born in the\nUnited States and brought up in China. He was a second year student at UBC at the time\nof his death. He was a fine, warm-hearted human being and a student of great promise;\nhad he lived he would undoubtedly have greatly contributed to the furtherance of\nunderstanding between China and Canada. The recipient of this annual scholarship is a\nstudent, undergraduate or graduate, who meets the following criteria: (1) proficiency in\nChinese equivalent of at least one year of intensive language study, a concentration in\nChinese studies, and academic excellence, (2) evidence of social concerns and good\ncitizenship; commitment to the study and understanding of cultures and values. Preference\nwill be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, but others\n Vancouver Senate 12810\nMinutes of October 17,2001\t\nAppendix A: New Awards\nare also invited to apply. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae which includes a\nbrief statement concerning their intentions and life goals to the Chris Lin Memorial\nScholarship Committee, c/o Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia.\nThe award is made on the recommendation of the Department of Asian Studies.\nPoints 1 and 2 have been amended. They previously read as follows:\n... 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