Board Members present:  B. Taylor, Chair; A. Petter, President; C. Taylor, Chancellor;
B. Cunningham; J. Francis; A. Giardini; A. Hall; J. Hinchliffe; J. Kim; A. Pilarinos; D. Poole;
N. Schmitt

Regrets:  L. Brown-Ganzert; J. Singh

OPEN SESSION

A.        Finance and Administration

a.         Fundraising Progress Reports: The Board noted year-to-date progress reports as
             follows:

b.         The Board approved the Terms of Reference for the:

• Sigma Chi Leadership Entrance Scholarship;
• Capi Blanchet Annual Scholarship in Fiction;
• Sheila Delany Essay Award in Early Literature;
• Sri Sri Annual Graduate Scholarship;
• Harington Endowment Fund;
• Gary Campbell May Day Memorial Award;
• Saul N. and Deanna Silverman Memorial Endowment Fund;
• Print Culture Endowment Fund;
• Masters of Arts for Teachers of English (MATE) Endowment Fund.

c.         Consistent with the principles and procedures approved by the Board in 2011 for setting
            Residence fees at SFU Burnaby, the Board received for information the monthly rental
            rates for 2013-14.

d.         The Board noted for information the Year-to-Date Budget to Actual Variance Report as of
            September 30, 2012.

e.         The Board noted for information SFU’s confirmation to the Ministry of Advanced
            Education, Innovation and Technology of the University’s second quarter budget forecast
            and projections for 2012/13 to 2015/16.

f.          The Board approved the appointments of Mr. Jovica Miodragovic and Mr. Denis Bérubé
            as Trustees of the Administrative/Union Pension Plan Board of Trustees as the APSA
            representative and a University representative, respectively, commencing December 1,
            2012 to November 30, 2015.

g.         The Board approved a new Policy R 30.04 and Related Schedules on Copyright
            Compliance and Administration, effective immediately.

h.         The Board received a report from the Vice-President, Finance and Administration
            summarizing the major activities and initiatives in the departments within her portfolio
            as of November 2012.

B.         Academic Operations

a.         The Board approved the following actions recommended by Senate:

•  Terms of Reference for the Beedie Professorship Endowment Fund;
•  Full Program Proposal for a Graduate Certificate in Business in the Americas within 
   the Beedie School of Business;
•  Full Program Proposal for a Joint Major in Philosophy and Health Sciences in the Department of Philosophy within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and in the Faculty of Health Sciences, effective fall 2013.

b.         The Board received for information the Action Plans from the External Reviews of the
            School of Communication, the Department of English, and the Department of
            Archaeology, and the Update Report resulting from the External Review of the Cognitive
            Science Program.

c.         The Board received for information the 2011/12 Senate Library Committee and Library
            Penalties Appeal Annual Reports.

d.         Other matters dealt with by Senate on October 1 and November 5, 2012 were noted for
            information.

e.         The Board received for information the mid-year update of the 2012/13 Faculty Renewal
            Plan.

f.          The Board received for information a copy of ViewPoint Academic, a fall newsletter of the
            Vice-President, Academic, published on October 25, 2012 as a supplement to SFU
            News..

C.        Other

a.         The Board received a letter from Lynne Fowler, CUPE 3338 President, regarding the
            negotiations with the University toward a new collective agreement.

b.         President Petter reported that The Research Universities’ Council of British Columbia
            (RUCBC) appeared before the provincial legislature’s Standing Committee on Finance
            on October 18, 2012  to present its Opportunity Agenda for B.C.  The submission was
            also presented to the Minister of Advanced Education, Innovation and Technology and to
            the Chairs of the Opposition Platform Committee. The Board was also informed that in a
            separate SFU submission, the Committee was asked to recommend that the                                government proceed with the first phase of the expansion of the SFU Surrey campus to             800 student  full-time equivalents starting in 2013.

c.         The President reported on his recent trip to Asia during which successful alumni events
            were held and a number of agreements and memoranda of understanding signed with
            post-secondary institutions in Beijing, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

d.         President Petter informed the Board that the Men’s Soccer team is the first Canadian
            team to advance to the semi-finals in Division II of the NCAA.

e.         The Board received a report from the Vice-President, Research on research-related
            matters and notable achievements.

f.          The Board Chair acknowledged the return from parental leave of Li-Jeen Broshko,
            Associate General Counsel and Associate University Secretary.

g.         The Board Chair acknowledged the retirement on November 30, 2012 of Don
            MacLachlan, Director of Public Affairs and Media Relations, and noted that Scott
            MacLean will serve as Acting Director effective December 1, 2012.

CLOSED SESSION

A.        Finance and Administration

a.         The Board approved the award of an electrical services contract to United Power Ltd.

b.         The draft minutes of and excerpts from the report to the Investment Advisory Committee
            meeting of October 5, 2012 were received by the Board for information.

c.         The Board received fundraising progress reports for September and October 2012.

d.         Other matters were discussed.

B.         Academic Operations

a.         Faculty Appointments

            The following academic appointments were approved and have been accepted:

• Dr. Mila Lazarova, Beedie School of Business, appointed Tier II Canada Research Chair in Global Workforce Management, 1 Jul 12 – 30 Jun 17
• Dr. Mark Collard, Archaeology, re-appointed Tier II Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies, 1 Jul 12 – 30 Jun 17
• Dr. Robert Young, Chemistry, renewal of appointment as BC Leadership Chair in Pharmaceutical Genomics, Bioinformatics and Drug Discovery, 1 Apr 12 – 31 Mar 17

b.         Other

            The Board approved:

• Early Retirement, Computing Science, effective August 31, 2013
• Modified Appointment, Sociology and Anthropology, 1 Jan 14 – 31 Dec 15
• Modified Appointment, English, 1 Sep 13 – 31 Aug 15
• Transfer 50% of appointment in Chemistry to Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, effective 1 Jan 13

C.        Other

a.         The President’s Activities Report for September to October 2012 was before the Board
            for information.

b.         The Board was informed that SFU has retained its first place ranking among
            comprehensive universities in the annual rankings by Maclean’s magazine.        

c.         Other matters were discussed.

CONFIDENTIAL SESSION

a.         The Board approved the appointment of Ms. Alison Blair as Associate Vice-President,
            Finance, effective January 7, 2013.

The next Board of Governors Meeting will be held at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 31, 2013, in Strategy Room 320 of the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, SFU Vancouver.