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The York University Libraries offered services to students in 1960, but the opening of the Leslie Frost Library on the Glendon campus for the 1963-1964 academic year perhaps marks the official beginning of library service at York. With the establishment of the Keele Street campus in 1965, library service was offered at the Steacie Building (now the Steacie Science Building), and in 1971 the Scott Library, the arts and science library on the Keele Street campus, was opened. The Scott Library contains several smaller libraries within it, including the Sound and Moving Images Library, the Map Library, and Archives and Special Collections.
Other libraries at York include the Administrative Studies Library, which also houses the Government Documents Library, the Osgoode Hall Library and the Steacie Science Library. The Leslie Frost Library continues to serve the Glendon College campus. In the early years of the libraries ' existence, there was a determined effort to build quickly a research and teaching collection. In 1964-1965 the total collections equalled 88,285 volumes, while the total for 1968-1969 was 395,986 volumes. By 1975 the book collections were growing at a rate of 100,000 volumes per year, with a total holding of all forms of material of 1,500,000. By the late 1970s, reduced grants forced the library to cutback on acquisitions, the book collections growing by only 50,000 volumes a year. In 1979 the book holdings equalled 1,000,000 with total holdings of all materials at 2,000,000 items. The rate of growth continued through the 1980s, and by 1989 there were 1,600,000 books of a total collection of 3,500,000 items.
The York University libraries use a centralized administrative structure under the direction of the University Librarian. The departments and branch libraries report through two Associate Librarians. All acquisitions, processing and cataloguing of material is handled by the central library (Scott), with the exceptions of the Law Library and the York archives.

The Assistant Director for Collections Development was responsible for the acquisition of library materials, relations with donors of materials to the libraries, and relations with university departments developing new curricula which required bibliographic support.

The Business Officer was responsible to the Director for the administrative functions within the library, including personnel, budgeting, purchasing, and related activities.

The Faculty Council is the highest legislative body in the Faculty of Pure and Applied Science. Membership on the Council consists of all full-time faculty in the Faculty in Pure and Applied Science, student representatives, and representatives of the university administration and of the Senate. The faculty and students elect their members in annual elections. The Council holds monthly meetings from September to April. It elects a vice-Chair during its annual elections. This officer becomes Chair the following year. The Secretary and Assistant Secretary of the Council are appointed by the Dean.
The Council has the following Standing Committees: Nominating, which nominates candidates for the other Standing Committees; the Executive and Planning Committee, the Curriculum Committee, which has responsibility for all proposed changes to course contents and requirements; Committee on Admissions & Recruitment, which attempts to recruit students of academic merit to the Faculty; Committee on Examinations and Academic Standing, Petitions Committee, Library Committee, Committee on Tenure and Promotion and the Committee on Research.

The Ad-hoc Lounge Committee was established to investigate conditions in the Library staff lounge.

The bibliographers employed in the libraries are responsible for a subject area of the libraries collections of print and non-print materials. They define collecting strengths and weaknesses, build collections through the acquisition of published materials, and liaise with the teaching faculty and departmental library committees to identify materials relevant to teaching and research.

The Graduate Students' Association (GSA) was instituted in 1967, although the body at that time was still a constituency of the York Student Council. The purpose of the GSA is to draw all full and part-time graduate students into a formal association which represents their interests within the university and with other graduate associations. The Association is run by an executive made up of a president, two vice presidents (external and internal), secretary, treasurer, three senators (who sit on the university Senate), a coordinator of women 's affairs and an activities representative. In addition, there is a chair of the Graduate Student Lounge who is responsible to the management board of the lounge.

The Acquisition Task Force was charged with finding a means for instituting an on-line acquisition system for the libraries.

The Assistant Director for Technical Services was responsible for the processing of all library materials (ordering, data entry and binding, cataloguing), ordering materials and serials acquisition.

The Institute for Behavioural Research was established at York University in 1965. The purpose of the Institute was to facilitate large-scale and inter-disciplinary y research in the area of behavioural sciences. It was originally divided into three sections. The Data Methods and Analysis Section offered data processing services and computer programmes designs to researchers. The Survey Research Centre, established in 1968, offered social science researchers various services in conducting research activity. The Data Bank served as a compendium of statistical data from the Gallup Poll organization, other polling groups and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (Statistics Canada) Five Research Programmes were established by 1967: Bio-Psychological Research; Ethnic Research; Family Research; Political and Organizational Research; and Psychological Research. These were joined in 1969 by programmes in Oral History and Judicial Behaviour.
By the mid-1970s the Institute had developed income-generating research activity on a national scale for governments and other agencies. The Institute relied heavily on the academic appointees of the university who served the Institute. The three units of the Institute were abandoned in the mid-1970s, all operations thereafter coming under the umbrella organization. The development of the Social Science Information System provided researchers with abstracts of important journal articles. To it were joined the Canadian Social Science Data Archives, which acted in the same way as the former Data Bank, the Canadian Census Data Management System and Canadian Women of Note, a biographical data bank of over 1000 Canadian women gathered for research purposes.
In 1983, Statistical Consulting Services was opened at the Institute, to offer the York community and outside researchers assistance in designing and conducting statistical research. In June, 1984 the Institute’s name was changed to Institute for Social Research.
The Institute has issued numerous publications, including research reports, monographic studies and newsletters. It also offers courses of instruction on survey methodologies and statistical programmes to York staff and students. The following men and women have served as Director of the Institute: Fred Schindeler, 1967-1973; H.M. Stevenson, 1974-1975; Bernard Blishen, 1975-1978; William Found (acting), 1979; A.H. Richmond, 1980-1983; Gordon Darroch, 1983-1988. Was one of five Research Programmes established by the Institute prior to 1967.

The Survey Research Centre, established in 1968, offered social science researchers various services in conducting research activity. The Data Bank served as a compendium of statistical data from the Gallup Poll organization, other polling groups and the Dominion Bureau of Statistics (Statistics Canada).

The Joint Grievance Committee is made up of two representatives of the employer and two from the Association who together choose a fifth member to serve as chair. The Committee hears all grievances (from employees and employer) at stage two of the grievance procedure, sets its own rules of procedure and evidence-gathering, and has the right to investigate all relevant documentation.
Grievers have a right to be present at all hearings conducted by the Committee, and also have the right to counsel. The Committee also establishes a Dispute Mediation Subcommittee which attempts to mediate between the two sides on a dispute at he complaint stage: if it fails to do so, the grievor then proceeds to stage two of the process.

The Latin America and Caribbean Studies Programme was first proposed at York University in 1970-1971 and was launched in the 1972-1973 academic year. The Programme began slowly with ten students majoring in the area by 1975. The Programme has no faculty members or courses, and relies on other departments for teaching and course offerings coordinating students' programs in a joint major honours degree. In November 1989 there were twenty three students majoring in the programme.

The Reference Department provides reference services to library patrons. These services include the preparation of subject guides and bibliographies, directional maps to the collections, and the provision of telephone, in-person and written responses to reference queries.

The Systems Management Committee was charged with making recommendations concerning all library records (bibliographic, authorities, patrons, etc). One aspect of this activity was the SAMS [Subject Authority Maintenance System]. A special sub-committee undertook the responsibility for maintaining an updated, authoritative list of subject headings for bibliographic records for the libraries.

The Systems Office is responsible for: maintaining multiple files of bibliographic records; supporting the development of microcomputer technologies within the libraries; and participating in the development of cooperative computing projects with other departments and external agencies.

In the 1970s the Alumni Affairs Office was created within the Department of Information and Publications. By the late 1970s there were plans to discontinue the Office, but it was revived as part of a new Department of Development and Alumni Affairs.

The Office of Institutional Research originated with the appointment of H.S. Lee as Institutional Research Officer in September 1972, reporting to the President. The purpose of the office was to provide enrollment data, projections and planning data for the Administrative Information Systems, and to undertake institutional research for university policy makers. The Office produced 'York Data' in the period 1973-1974, a forerunner of the current 'Fact Book'. In 1975 the re-organization of administrative responsibilities brought many of these responsibilities under the office of the Vice President.

The Office of International Services, created as the administrative arm of the York-Kenya Training Program in 1969, became operational in 1970. In 1972 the relationship between the two entities was reversed, with or s becoming the directing office for all international activities at the University of which the Kenya Project was the most prominent. International Services had a mandate to determine priorities and areas of specialization for York in the international field; to provide a clearing house for all matters relating to launching, funding, organization monitoring and evaluation of international research efforts at York; to establish contacts with other universities to develop student and faculty exchanges; to maintain contacts with Canadian and international funding agencies (CIDA, UN Development Programme, OAS, IBRD etc.) for international projects (in cooperation with the Office of Research Administration), and to maintain files on specialists in other universities and agencies (consultants, engineers etc.) who might be interested in international work. In 1984 the Office was succeeded by York International.

The Office of Research Administration was established in 1970 (as the University Research Office) as a clearinghouse of information on the availability of and application procedures for grants from external agencies. In 1972 the office was re-named Research Administration Office and was moved from the Faculty of Graduate Studies to the Vice-President (Academic Affairs) for reporting purposes. The Office currently reports to the Associate Vice-President (Research).The Office assists faculty members in the application for external grants and contracts, reviews research budgets, processes and forwards all research requests to the appropriate agencies, administers University policies and regulations pertaining to research and provides administrative support for various University committees concerned with research policy and the administration of internal research grants (Senate Committee on Research, Animal Care sub-committee, Human Participants sub-committee, President' s Advisory Committee on Biological Safety, President's NSERC Fund sub-committee, SSHRC Small Grants sub-committee, etc.).

The Circulation Department is charged with responsibility for the circulation of library materials at the Scott Library as well as maintaining an updated borrower 's profile for all patrons of the libraries.

The Closing the Card Catalogue Committee was struck in 1976 to report on the way, means and timetable for closing card catalogues whose function and purposes had been superseded in 1974 by an automated system.

The GEAC Bibliographic Database Task Force was instituted in 1983 with responsibility for recommending policies, procedures and organizational structures: to maintain quality control of the library's database; to establish responsibility for modifications to records in the database; to investigate mechanical control options and monitoring systems; to investigate and make recommendations concerning management control methods, and to consider the on-going need for quality control for the database.

The Librarians 's Group provides a forum for discussion of YUFA [York University Faculty Association ] contract points as they pertain to the libraries. The Librarians' Group makes recommendations regarding criteria and procedures for the Promotion and Continuing Appointment Committee and for Minor Research Funding proposals. The group also elects members to various sub-committees. Generally, the Librarians' Group is to foster activities for the professional development of the membership.

The Library Operating Committee (formerly the Library Supervisors ' Group), considers issues regarding contract administration, budget, facilities matters and operating policies and procedures that cross departmental lines.

The Catalogue Department is responsible for cataloguing and classifying all library materials used in the York University Libraries with the exceptions of the Law Library and the York archives.

The Library Council, established in 1976, deliberated on matters of library policy brought to it by the chief librarian. The purpose of the Council was to provide comprehensive professional advice and counsel to the University Librarian and to fulfill responsibilities assigned to it with respect to professional librarians as defined in the collective agreement.

The Director of Research Administration is the senior official of the Office of Research Administration. The Director is responsible for overseeing all research grants and research contract proposals and for ensuring that they conform to university regulations and policies on research activity. The original administrative officer for research administration was the Dean of Graduate Studies (1970-1972), who was followed by the Research Administration Officer: Frederick Elkin served in the latter capacity from 1972-1977. The activity was subsequently turned over to the Director of the Office (William C. Found 1978-1980), who in turn was succeeded by the Dean of Research (Brian Massam, 1980-1985). In 1986 the academic aspect of the Office of Research Administration was taken over by the Vice President (Research) who was Paul Lovejoy. At the same time, Noli Swatman, who had served as the Administrative Officer for the Office acquired the title, Director of the Office of Research Administration.

The Director of Student Services was responsible for the administration of non-academic student services on campus (health, athletics, arts), was the administrative representative to student councils and student clubs, and chaired the Committee on Student Affairs. Henry Best served as Director of Student Services, 1966-1969.

The Office of Advisor to the President on the Status of Women was established in 1975 as the result of a recommendation of the Senate Task Force on the Status of Women at York University. The officer informs officers and offices regarding the status of women at the university, acts as an ombudsperson for matters relating to the status of women on the campus, conducts and encourages research, carries out information and publicity activities related to the status of women and represents the President inside and outside the university in activities related to the status of women. One of the first tasks of the Advisor was to organize the Presidential Committee to Review the salaries of Full-Time Faculty Women at the university. This committee reported in 1976. A committee was also formed at that time to investigate the internal governance of the university library system. In addition, an Advisory Board assists the Advisor in dealing with issues that relate to the status of women on campus, reviewing the annual report, and selecting from among its membership representatives for the Search Committee for a new Advisor when the current Advisor resigns. The Office has offered seminars, conferences and related activities focusing on women 's needs, including the 'Taking the Initiative' conferences in the 1980s aimed at mature women students.
In 1988 the name of the Office was altered to, Advisor to the University on the Status of Women. The following women have served as Advisor: Jane Banfield Haynes (1975-1977), Marion Sheppard (1977-1978), Sandra Pyke (1978- 1979), Ann Shteir (1979-1981), Johanna Stuckey (1981-1985), Naomi Black (1985-1987), Joan Stewart (1987-1989), Ruth King (1989-1991).

The Office of Advisor to the University on the Status of Women was established in 1988 as successor to the Office of the Advisor to the President on the Status of Women. The following women have served as Advisor: Joan Stewart (1987-1989), Ruth King (1989-1991).

Monday was a charitable organization established by York University students in September 1970. The purpose of the group was to provide community services to youth at the Edgely Ontario Housing Development in Downsview, Ontario. Monday offered a children 's activity centre, Big Brother programme, a Teen drop-in centre at a junior high school, a Teen Lounge in the housing development, an Information-Crisis Intervention Centre, family films on weekends and summer camps for children. The organization was disbanded in 1974 due to lack of funds and volunteer workers.

The Office of Special Projects evolved out of the Data Systems and Analysis section of the Office of the Vice President (Academic Services) and eventually resided in the Office of the Vice President, where D.E. Coates was an Assistant to the Vice President for Special Projects, with reference to Policy Planning. Coates served as the Special Projects Officer (1969-1980), during which time he undertook studies, usually of a quantitative nature, on admissions, enrollment, graduation, housing and commuter services and related themes for university planning.

The Office of Student Services was given responsibility for the non-academic student services at the University, including Health Services, Psychological Services, Athletics and the arts (Music, Drama, Art). It also had responsibility, within the administration of the University, to deal with student clubs, student government, religious groups on campus, and related activities. Its Director was the chair of the Senate Committee on Student Affairs. The Office was headed by a Director and reported to the Vice President (1966) and directly to the President (1968). The office was dissolved in 1969. Its responsibilities were given to the Assistant Vice President (Student Affairs) in 1969.

The Physical Resources Group is an administrative structure that combines the departments of Facilities Planning and Management, the Construction Division, the Administration Division and the Physical Plant Operations Division. As such it bears overall administrative responsibility for all planning and allocation of physical space, grounds, vehicles, caretaking, maintenance, utilities, and construction activity on campus. It reports to the Vice-President (Finance and Administration).

The Administrative Advisory Committee (1967) was the successor name to the President' s Advisory and Administrative Committee, as a vehicle for senior administrative and faculty members to meet and discuss issues of common concern and act as a 'cabinet' of the president, offering advice, new ideas and related information.

This was a successor name to the President' s Administrative Advisory Committee, designated in 1969.

The Art Advisory Committee (also known as the Advisory Committee on Art and the Fine Arts Committee) was promoted by President Murray G.Ross in 1962 when he asked several York faculty and friends to guide the planners and architects in acquiring works of art to accompany new buildings being erected on the Glendon and main campuses of the university, encourage the donation of gifts of art to the university, and arrange for exhibitions and lectures. The University had committed itself to spending.5% of its annual budget on the acquisition of art, and the committee drafted principles in 1964 on art acquisition: art for the campus was to be contemporary with an emphasis on Canadian, human in scale, integrated with the architecture and landscape of the university, imageable (giving each part of the campus a clear identity), democratic (seen by the largest possible community), flexible and adaptable.

The first Provost was appointed in February 1984 by the Board of Governors. The responsibilities of the Provost relate to student affairs and York community services. Several student societies, groups and services report through the Provost' s Office including the Office of Student Affairs, the Counselling and Development Centre, the Colleges, and Athletics and Recreation. In addition, the Provost takes the lead in the areas of human rights (Status of Women, Race Relations, Students with Disabilities), and is responsible for an arts portfolio which includes the Art Gallery of York University. In 1990 the position of Provost became a part of the Vice President (Campus Relations and Student Affairs).

The Office of Chancellor was created by the York University Act, 1959 and was continued in the York University Act, 1965. The occupant is appointed by the Board of Governors, as the titular head of the university, with the power to confer all degrees.
During the period covered by these records two men held the office: Air Marshall W.A. Curtis (1961-1969) and Floyd Chalmers (1969-1973).

The role of the President is defined in the York University Act, 1965. The President is appointed by the Board of Governors, after consultation with the Senate, and holds office during the pleasure of the Board. The President is Vice Chancellor and chief executive officer of the University with responsibility to supervise and direct the implementation of the educational policy and general administration of the University, including the teaching staff, officers, servants and students. The President has power to formulate and implement regulations governing the conduct of students, to recommend to the Board the appointment, promotion and removal of teaching staff, officers and employees of the University, along with power to recommend new faculties, departments, schools, institutes, programmes and projects. The President also has power to strike presidential committees and to recommend courses of action to the Board.

The establishment of York University in 1959 and the need to begin a teaching programme in 1960 meant that the Board of Governors and the President had to move quickly to establish a faculty, a programme of study and employ the necessary teachers and administrators to give life to the new institution. Murray G. Ross was named President in December of 1959 and was inaugurated in 1960. The University was affiliated with the University of Toronto at the time and Ross was able to assemble a teaching staff for September 1960 when the first seventy-five York students enrolled.
The records show that Ross was intimately involved in all facets of the University in the early years, from student activities (and discipline! ), through academic and physical plant planning, to graduation ceremonies. In addition, Ross and his successors spent a good deal of time undertaking public-speaking tours, fund-raising and establishing contacts with other universities in Canada and around the world, with associations and all levels of government.

Murray G. Ross served as President of York for a decade (1960-1970), and was succeeded by David Slater. During his short tenure (1971-1973), Slater continued the course set by the Ross years.

In 1974 Ian H. Macdonald became President of the University, a post he filled for ten years. This period was as significant as the Ross tenure in the presidency. Enrollment increased by fifty per cent while faculty complements remained stable. The introduction of labour unions and collective bargaining was also a feature of the period. The Macdonald era also saw two major reforms of the administrative structure of York, undertaken in a period of fiscal restraint within the Province and the University.

The first reform took place in 1976 as part of a move to centralize planning at York, a major recommendation of the President' s Commission on Goals and Objectives (1976). Among the reforms was the introduction of the Executive Vice President. The second reform occurred in 1983, its most significant aspect being the introduction of a Provost for students at the University.

York was also the first Canadian university to appoint an Advisor on the Status of Women as a senior officer reporting to the President, and Macdonald also appointed a Sexual Harrassment Officer. In the field of research, the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, the LaMarsh Research Programme on Violence and Conflict Resolution, the Centre for Research in Experimental Space Science and several other centres were opened in the Macdonald period.

Macdonald retired in 1984 and was succeeded by Harry Arthurs, a Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School. Although the period of financial restraint continued, the Arthurs presidency was also marked by progress in the University with an ambitious new building program that saw the erection of a Life Science and Environmental Studies Building, the establishment of a physical presence for Calumet College, the building of the new Student Centre, and the completion of the Fine Arts Complex. The student enrollment increase was kept at approximately twenty-five percent in Arthurs' years, while faculty complements remained stable. A new University Academic Plan, focusing on the teaching and research activity of the University, was inaugurated and the Hare Commission examined the role and utility of the non-faculty colleges within the University structure. The University continued its out-reach for students in the expanding adult education and multicultural communities of Toronto.

In 1992 Harry Arthurs retired. He was succeeded by Susan Mann.

The Commission on Goals and Objectives was proposed by the President in 1975 as a means of enunciating the university 's social, academic and administrative priorities for short- and long-term planning at York University, and had its first meeting in January 1976. The Commission solicited briefs from academic bodies, associations and individuals affiliated with he university. A series of eighty meetings were held, forty eight of which were attended by outside interested parties. The Commission also established four Task Forces which investigated the research environment, the physical and cultural ambiance, the philosophy of undergraduate education, and the future of the college system at York. The Commission 's final report was delivered in April 1977.

The Presidential Committee to Review the salaries of Full-Time Faculty Women at the university was established in 1975, on the initiative of the Advisor to the President on the Status of Women. This committee reported in 1976.

The Committee (also known as the President' s Planning Committee for Glendon College), was established to advise the President on the establishment of Glendon College as a small, liberal arts college within York University once that institution had been established on its main, Keele Street, location. The needs of the College programme in administrative terms, its academic structure, faculty and hiring were are part of the committee's mandate.

The Organizing Committee of York University was instituted in July 1955, as a group of private citizens in Toronto concerned about the need for additional post-secondary education facilities in the Toronto region. These men were initially allied with the North Toronto branch of the YMCA, and in 1957 set about attempting to establish an institute of higher learning in northern Toronto under the proposed name, Kellogg College. In the spring of 1958 The Organizing Committee of York University was instituted in July 1955, as a group of private citizens in Toronto concerned about the need for additional post-secondary education facilities in the Toronto region. These men were initially allied with the North Toronto branch of the YMCA, and in 1957 set about attempting to establish an institute of higher learning in northern Toronto under the proposed name, Kellogg College. In the spring of 1958 the name 'York University ' was substituted, a provincial charter was sought, and a proposed curriculum was discussed. By 1958 meetings had been held with provincial politicians and education officials regarding the charter and course of study, and discussions were going forward with the University of Toronto regarding federation of the new university with the established school until such time as York had its own faculties. The Committee had hoped to begin classes in September 1959, but the university did not open its doors until September 1960 as an affiliate of the University of Toronto. In November 1959 the Committee named itself the provisional Board of Governors of York University.

This was an alternate name for the President' s Art Advisory Committee.

The Student Affairs Committee was struck by President Murray G Ross in December 1960 with the purpose of reviewing matters relating to the student body including discipline, regulations regarding the use of buildings, dress, attendance at lectures, student activities, student government and related matters. It was also responsible for the production of regulations concerning conduct and the production of the first Student Handbook.

The Registrar is the university officer responsible for the Registration Office which coordinates the processes, activities and publications associated with sessional registration, the Student Records Office which manages academic student records and coordinates administrative computing services and the Student Record Service (SRS) database, and the Room Allocation Centre which manages the allocation of teaching space at York. Beginning in 1991, the title of the officer was altered to Associate Vice-President (Registrar). The following people have served as University Registrar: Denis Smith (1960-1961), Donald S. Rickard (1961-1967), Gordon F. Howarth (1967-1969), M.A. Bider (1970 -1984), Lynda Burton (1985 -1989), Gene Denzel (1991 -1998), Ygal Leiban (1998-2000), Louis Artono( 2000- 2004).

The York University Pension Plan provides pensions for all University employees who make contributions to the Plan.

The Physical Plant Operations Division was a successor to the Department of Physical Plant and became part of the Physical Resources Group in the Office of the Vice President (Finance & Administration) in 1988. A subsequent reorganization in January of 1993 saw the Physical Resources Group become part of Facilities and Business Operations within the Office of the Vice President (Institutional Affairs).

The President' s Advisory and Administrative Committee was established in 1963 as a vehicle for senior administrative and faculty members to meet and discuss issues of common concern and act as a 'cabinet' of the president, offering advice, new ideas and related information. The committee' s name was shortened to Administrative Advisory Committee in 1967, and it became known as the President' s Advisory Committee (1969).

This was an alternate name for the President' s Art Advisory Committee.

Was an alternate name for the Glendon College Planning Committee.

In 1972 the Research Administration Office was created from the former University Research Office as a clearinghouse of information on the availability of and application procedures for grants from external agencies. At the same time responsibility for it was moved from the Faculty of Graduate Studies to the Vice-President (Academic Affairs) for reporting purposes.

Safety, Security and Parking (formerly the Department of Safety and Security Services) is responsible for the operation and oversight of all parking facilities on campus and it facilitates the safe and orderly conduct of University business on a year-round basis. At the same time the office is responsible for accident investigation, Workers Compensation, inspection of hazardous conditions and wastes, pest control, radiation safety, health and safety education, indoor air quality and ergonomic assessment. York Student Security began in 1977 as a adjunct security service staffed by student volunteers. It is now a paid, unionized security service whose members participate in the Night Security Patrols, operate the Student Security Escort Service and work alongside the Parking Authority.

The Academic Policy and Planning Committee (APPC) is the key committee of the Senate responsible for examining and formulating long-term and short-term academic policy. Its functions include recommending to Senate new faculties, departments, programmes, and research centres as well as recommending reviews of existing structures. In addition, it makes recommendations to the Board and the President regarding budgetary considerations for the academic function of the University, and in respect to tenure of faculty (but not of individual cases). Prior to 1980, there were several sub-committees of APPC including the Steering Sub-Committee (which acted as an executive to the APPC), a budget sub-committee, two planning sub-committees, a Non-Faculty Colleges Sub-Committee and a sub-committee on instructional aid resources. The Sub-Committee on Non-Faculty Colleges was charged with examining the academic, social and cultural roles of these Colleges and the structures necessary to make them work. The Sub-Committee' s mandate expired in 1981.
The Committee currently has two standing sub-committees: the Long Range Planning Sub-Committee which reports to APPC on long-range trends in education, the introduction of new disciplines, future social requirements, library technology, and new methods of promulgating and organizing research.
The Technical Sub-Committee is responsible for defines, obtains and analyses data and supporting documents related to proposals before APPC. APPC also has the right to establish sub-committees for particular issues.

The Committee on Curriculum and Academic Standards (CCAS) was created in 1986 by bringing together the Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction (itself created in 1979 out of the Curriculum Committee), and the Committee on Examinations and Academic Standards (with the exception of the appeals function) The Committee is responsible for formulating policy and making recommendations on all matters concerning the improvement, evaluation and co-ordination of curriculum, teaching and learning in the University. It also co-ordinates and oversees all matters relating to examinations and academic standards and exercises initiative in consideration of the University’s grading practices.

The Committee on Scholarships and Student Assistance was responsible in the area of student assistance, for the awarding of all scholarships, medals, prizes and other types of awards, and had power to evaluate the terms and conditions of all such awards to insure that they met University regulations with regard to inclusiveness. The Committee was superseded by the Committee on Admissions, Recruitment and Student Services in 1979.

The Disciplinary Review Committee was struck in 1984 to consider the entire matter of non-academic discipline for university members, especially for those students who were not subject to college discipline. Its terms of reference were: to investigate those charged with responsibility for student discipline including College Masters, the President and the Office of the Provost; to establish a consistency of treatment and systematic appeal process across the varied jurisdictions in the University; and to make proposals for the establishment of a series of tribunals to appeal the decisions of disciplinary bodies and a University-wide code of non-academic conduct. While the Committee Minutes refer to it as the Disciplinary Review Committee, the final report refers to the body as 'Review Committee on Non-Academic Discipline'.

This was an alternate form of the name of the Disciplinary Review Committee, and appeared on the final report issued by that body.

Psychological Services Department was opened in 1964 (formerly named Student Counselling Service, 1960-1964), to provide students with personal counselling. In 1974 it was aligned with the Counselling and Development Centre.

The University Research Office was established in 1970 as a clearinghouse of information on the availability of and application procedures for grants from external agencies. It reported to the Dean of the Faculty of Graduate Studies. In 1972 the office was re-named Research Administration Office.

The Senate meets on the last Thursday of each month (September to June). At its first meeting it elects a Vice-Chair, who presides over the meetings in the absence of the Chair. At a regular meeting of the Senate, the Executive Committee presents nominations for officers of the body as well as nominations for the membership of the Standing Committees. The Order of Business for meetings is set down in the Senate 'Handbook', and the body adopts the rules of the House of Commons with regard to the conduct of meetings. The Chair is permitted to vote on all questions, but no member may have more than one vote. The Senate may resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole at which time the Chair of Senate shall appoint a chair to sit for the duration of the meeting of the Committee.
Statutory matters of the Senate include the creation of departments and faculties, the establishment of chairs in any of the arts and sciences, the creation of faculty councils to act as executive committees for the Senate. The Senate has power to regulate the admission of students, to determine courses of study and graduation requirements, to institute degrees and to establish rules and procedures to govern the business of the Senate. The passing of statutes requires a first reading, consideration by Committee of the Whole, and second reading. A non-statute may go through more than two of these stages in any one meeting.

The Committee on the Organization and Structure of Senate and the University was to advise and recommend to Senate on matters pertaining to the organization and function of Senate and it's committees, academic government in the University, and the Senate's relations with other bodies in the University and with external bodies. Established Oct 22, 1970.

The Assistant to the President acted as a communicator with academic and administrative staff, sat as secretary of several presidential committees, and took primary responsibility for writing the University Procedures Manual in the 1960s. The Research Associate was responsible for undertaking institutional research in the areas of educational development, the establishment of professional faculties at the university and related issues. The first assistant to the President was D. McCormack Smyth (1962-1963), who was succeeded by Timothy Reid (1964-1965), and Henry Best (1965-1968). Best had originally been employed as the Research Associate to the President (1964), and combined the two jobs in 1965.

The Retirement Consultation Centre was established in 1983, initially as an Advisory Board to consider retirement education and consultation for university faculty. In 1985 the Centre was established on a part-time basis, becoming full-time in 1987. In that year the Retirement consultation Centre expanded its mandate to include non-York clients. It offers personal counselling and a general education program dealing with retirement issues including pension plans, long-term financial planning, health, housing, legal matters and related social concerns tied to retirement.

The School of Business was the first established school in the Faculty of Administrative Studies and offered its first programme of courses in the 1966-1967 school year, with course leading to the Bachelor of Business degree. The name continued to be used until 1974.

The Committee on Admissions and Recruitment, in in the area of admissions recommended the minimum standards for admission to the University, including minimum criteria for admission to the undergraduate programme and acceptance into all faculties. The committee acted for the Senate in all matters of appeal related to admission. In the area of recruitment, the Committee developed policies and programmes for the recruitment of students and for public liaison with regard to admissions. The committee was superseded by the Committee on Admissions, Recruitment and Student Assistance in 1979.
The Senate Committee on Admissions, Recruitment and Student Assistance was established in 1979 as a combination of the Committee on Admissions and Recruitment and the Committee on Scholarships and Student Assistance. It co-ordinates and oversees all matters in the University relating to the admission and recruitment of students and to academically related awards and assistance. In the area of admissions, it recommends the minimum standards for; admission to the University, including minimum criteria for admission to the undergraduate programme and acceptance into all faculties. The committee acts for the Senate in all matters of appeal related to admission. In the area of recruitment, the Committee develops policies and programmes for the recruitment of students and for public liaison with regard to admissions. In the area of student assistance, the Committee has power to award all scholarships, medals, prizes and other types of awards, and to evaluate the terms and conditions of all such awards to insure that they meet University regulations with regard to inclusiveness.

The Senate Committee on Research (SCOR) is responsible for the establishment and review of policies for the development of research excellence. It explores initiatives relevant to research policy and makes recommendations on the research objectives of the University. SCOR approves the establishment and reviews the procedures for the University 's various types of research institutes and centres. The Committee insures that Senate is informed of all funds in the University that are provided for the support of research. It recommends policies governing the allocation of all research funds, and advises on policy guidelines of the University for their administration and expenditure. In addition, the Committee reviews the activities and proposals for establishment of new research institutes and centres, review the work of the Office of Research Administration and its sub-committees to insure that University policies with respect to research activity, openness and freedom are maintained.

The Committee was established in 1964 to oversee the creation and programme of the Institute for Behavioural Research, as it was getting off the ground. The Body was renamed Institute for Social Research in 1984.

The Curriculum Committee was established to co-ordinate and oversee curriculum development in the University, to review existing curricula and to examine and propose changes to them. It had the power to accept or reject any routine changes to programme proposals. It was charged in 1971 with power to exercise initiative with respect to policy matters involving curricula, including the specific issue of Canadian content. The committee was superseded in 1979 by the Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction.

The Co-ordinating Committee was established by Senate in 1972 to follow-up on the studies begun by the Joint Committee on Alternatives which had been established by the Board of Governors and the Senate to investigate York's 1972-1973 budgetary crisis and its academic implications. The Co-ordinating Committee was charged with furthering those investigations. It conducted meetings with the President concerning the budget, and established a sub-committee to deal with the computing needs of the university.

The Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction, successor to the Curriculum Committee, was created in 1979 to formulate policy and make recommendations on all matters concerning the improvement, evaluation, and coordination of curriculum, teaching and learning in the University. This included the examination of proposals for new degree and non-degree programmes. The Committee sets policy for and oversees the production of University calendars and fosters the rational coordination of resources for the teaching and learning goals of the university. There were several sub-committees of the Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction.
The Sub-Committee on Calendar Review had power to approve or reject any curricular proposal which was of a routine nature and to bring forth matters of policy recommendation to the Committee. In 1983 this Sub-Committee was re-named the Sub-Committee on Curriculum Review.
The Sub-Committee on General Education was charged with coordinating the efforts of the non-professional faculties and promoting general education at the University. The Sub-Committee on Teaching and Learning was responsible for investigating means of improving the teaching effort of the University, facilitating the exchange of ideas on instructional methods, and was to seek funds and allocate grants in support of instructional development from funds administered by the University. The Sub-Committee on Non-Degree Studies was to assume over-all responsibility for non-degree courses and programmes and to gather information about non-degree education throughout the University and in relation to the external community.
The Committee on Curriculum Policy and Instruction was absorbed by the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Standards in 1986.

The Committee on Examinations and Academic Standards was responsible for the co-ordination and oversight of all matters relating to examinations and academic standards in the University. This involved investigation and approval of all rules and regulations, consideration of grading practices, and reviews in other areas of assessment. It was also responsible to the Senate for all appeals of students in matters of grades and academic standing. In 1986 the Committee was absorbed by the Committee on Curriculum and Academic Standards, with the exception of its appeals mechanism which was assumed by the Senate Appeals Committee.

The Student Counselling Services originated in 1960 to provide students with personal counselling, both for educational purposes and psychological counselling. It became the Psychological Services Dept. in 1964.

The University Librarian (formerly Director of Libraries to 1990) has responsibility for the administration of the libraries, including the Scott Library, Law Library, the Administrative Studies/Government Documents Library and the Steacie Science Library on the Keele Street campus, and the Leslie Frost Library at Glendon College. The Director represents the libraries to the University, through the Vice President (Academic), and sits as an ex-officio member of Senate and its library committee. In addition, the Director represents the libraries to the external community. The following men and women have served as University Librarian/Director of Libraries since 1959: Douglas G. Lochhead (1959-1962), Thomas O'Connell (1963-1976), William Newman (1977-1978), Anne Woodsworth (1978-1983), and Ellen J. Hoffman (1984-).

The Vice President (Campus Relations and Student Affairs) was created in 1990, to combine activities that had previously been those of the Provost and other university officers. The Vice President has responsibility for the Status of Women Office, the Sexual Harrassment, Education and Complaint Centre, Race and Ethnic Relations, the Art Gallery of York University, Athletics and Recreation, the Counselling and Development Centre, Office for Persons with Disabilities, and Student Affairs. In addition, the Vice President takes responsibility for relations with the colleges (including Glendon), scholarships and financial aid, and Health and Wellness. Elizabeth Hopkins has served as Vice President since 1990.

The position of Vice President (Finance and Administration) was created in 1986 as part of the general redefinition. of University 's executive administration. The Vice President was responsible for the following offices and duties: Employee relations including Academic Labour Relations and employment equity; Finance including purchasing, Comptroller, and the budget; Human Resources including non-academic labour relations, staff development, benefits and pensions, payroll and records; Safety, Security and Parking; Business Operations including housing and food services, bookstores, commercial tenants and vending; and Physical Resources including facilities management and planning, physical plant, construction and administration. Many of these responsibilities had previously been assigned to the Vice President (Finance and Employee Relations) and the Vice President (External Relations and University Development).
The Vice President (Finance and Administration) position was dissolved in 1993, with most of its responsibilities being taken on by the Vice President (Institutional Affairs). William Farr served as Vice President (Finance and Administration) for the entire period, 1985-1993.

The Vice President (Finance and Development) was the successor body to the Executive Vice President' s office.

The Vice President (Institutional Affairs) was a position created in 1986 when the position of Associate Vice President (Management Information and Planning) was upgraded to a full vice-presidency. The Vice President (Institutional Affairs) was responsible for the University Secretariat, statistical reporting (including the production of the 'York Fact Book'), institutional research, the Office of the Registrar, employee records and government reporting. In a further administrative shuffle in 1993, the Vice President (Institutional) took on responsibility for all human resources, physical resources, financial planning as well as employment equity, the University Counsel, and Safety, Security and Parking, all coming from the disbanded office of the Vice President (Finance and Administration).

The Library Committee is concerned with Library policy as it affects academic life. It collaborates with the Library in drafting, reviewing and evaluating rules for use of the libraries at York. It hears appeals from library patrons over fines and sanctions for library offenses. The Committee also offers advise on the composition and disposition of the Library budget, and it will advise Senate on the Library's use, collection development and maintenance.

The Student Services Community was a voluntary organization established in 1973 by University staff members involved in the provision of student services on campus. Its aim was to improve communications about student services, improve services to students and help integrate new staff into the University. The latter purpose was served by the Staff Development Sub-committee. The Student Services Community was a voluntary organization established in 1973 by University staff members involved in the provision of student services on campus. Its aim was to improve communications about student services, improve services to students and help integrate new staff into the University. The latter purpose was served by the Staff Development Sub-committee.

The Vice President (External Relations and University Development) was created in 1983 as part of a re-organization of the executive responsibilities at the University upon the retirement of William Small. It was the successor body to the Vice President (Finance and Development), which itself was a successor to the Executive Vice President' s office. The financial responsibilities of the portfolio were replaced by responsibility for several university services including administrative responsibility for the Department of Communications, Physical Plant, Purchasing, Bookstores, Business Operations, Facilities Planning and Management, Ancillary Services, and Safety and Security. These responsibilities were added to the External Relations portfolio of the job which included Alumni Affairs, relations with governments and other external organizations and fund-raising. The position of Vice President (External Relations and University Development) was dissolved in 1985, with its responsibilities being split between the Vice President (External Relations) and the Vice President (Finance & Administration). George Bell served as Vice President (External Relations and University Development) and as Vice President (Finance and Development) for the duration of both posts.

The position of Vice-President (Finance and Employee Relations) was created in 1983, as a successor to the Vice President (Employee and Student Relations).

The Teaching Skills Programme was established in 1977, as a successor to the Counselling and Development Centre' s Development of Teaching Skills Programme (DOTS). In 1980 the Educational Development Office was established with the teaching skills programme as its major activity.

The post of Vice President (Academic Affairs), first created in 1969, was abandoned as an executive title from 1973 to 1978, when it was again taken up. The Vice President (Academic Affairs) acts as the principal interface between the central administration and the academic community at York, including the Senate, the Faculties, and certain academic support units (Centre for Support of Teaching, Department of Instructional Aid Resources, etc). The Vice President has budgetary, administrative and planning responsibility for the academic operation of the University, and is assisted by Associate Vice Presidents for Research, Faculties and Admissions & Recruitment. The Vice President (Academic Affairs) has Senate responsibilities, both as an ex-officio member and as the officer responsible for seeing that Senate legislation is carried out by faculties.
Within the faculties, the Vice President has responsibility for seeing that budgets reflect planning priorities. S/he approves academic appointments, acts as an administrative link between all Deans and the Senate, and promotes new academic endeavors. In the field of academic development, the Vice President often acts as a catalyst for new academic enterprises, particularly those involving several faculties. S/he may assist the emergence of graduate programmes or Organized Research Units, and sometimes provides of seed money. The following men have served as Vice President (Academic Affairs) :' James Gillies (1966-?) ;Dennis Healy (1969-1970); Walter Tarnopolsky (1972- 1973); William Found (1980-1985); Kenneth Davey( 1986-1990) Steven Fienberg (1991-1993) Micheal Stevenson(1993-).

The Vice President (Administration) was responsible for the several business and administrative operations of the University. Broadly defined, the Vice President' s duties included campus planning, physical plant, university facilities, business operations, computing services, personnel (non-academic) services and the Comptroller 's Office. The position was abolished in 1976, to be replaced by the Vice President (University Services). Both positions were held by Mr. William Small.

The position of the Vice President (Finance) was created in 1965 during the first re-organization of executive responsibilities in the University. The Vice President (Finance) was responsible for the financial officers and offices of the University, the Comptroller, the Business Manager and Purchasing. The job was expanded in 1968 to include Information and Development, Financial Planning and Athletics. By 1972 the Vice President was aided by Assistant Vice-Presidents for Business Operations and Comptroller, as well as Directors of Financial Planning and Budgets. The Director of Ancillary Services, manager of the Book Store, and the Residence Manager all reported to the Vice President.
In 1974 the office of Vice President (Finance) was discontinued, with many of its functions and responsibilities being turned over to the the Vice President (Administration) and the University Vice President. Bruce Parkes served as Vice President (Finance) for the entire period of the office's existence.

The Executive Committee is the senior committee of Senate. It directs the flow of Senate business to appropriate committees, administers the process of nominating members to serve on Senate, and receives the reports of many of the other committees. Along with the Senate proper, the Executive has the power to create committees to deal with matters of general concern that are not the purview of any other Senate committee. The Committee acts as the Senate's liaison with the Board of Governors and must meet with its Executive Committee at least twice a year. The Executive also acts in the name of the Senate during the summer months. The Sub-Committee in Honorary Degrees and Ceremonials is attached to the Executive Committee.

The Office of Advisor to the President on the Status of Women was established in 1975 as the result of a recommendation of the Senate Task Force on the Status of Women at York University.

The Theatre Arts programme was initiated in 1969, becoming the Theatre Department within the faculty with its own chair in 1974. The department offers courses designed to lead to careers in performance, direction, playwriting, design and criticism. The Bachelor of Arts was the first degree programme offered and was replaced by a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (1974), and the Master of Fine Arts degree (1979). The following have served as chair of the Department: Joseph Green (1969-1971), Robert Benedetti (1972-1974), Mavor Moore (1974), Malcolm Black (1975-1977), William Lord (1978), Keith Bradley (1979-1983), Ross Stuart (1984), Ron Singer (1986) and Jeff Henry (1988-1990).

The Vice President (Academic Services) was responsible for administrative functions associated with the academic activity of the University. The Vice President had responsibility for several functions and departments including Data & Systems Analysis, Computer Services, Instructional Aid Resources, the Registrar, and the Admissions Office. These were essentially the same functions that the Assistant Vice President of the University had performed prior to the institution of a Vice President (Academic Services) in 1969, and Arthur C. Johnson filled both positions in turn. With the introduction of an Assistant Vice President (Academic Services) the role of Assistant Vice President of the University became more oriented towards student services.
Arthur C Johnson had come to the University in 1960 as Assistant to the President and was named Director of Campus Planning in 1961, Assistant Vice President in 1966 and Vice President (Academic Services) in 1969.

The position of Vice-President (Employee and Student Relations) was created in 1976 as part of re-organization of the responsibilities of the University 's executive. The job gathered responsibilities of both the former University Vice President and the Vice President (Administration), to create an officer who had responsibility for labor relations, personnel services, student relations including student awards, the counselling and development functions, health services, and student societies including student government. As well, the Vice President had responsibility for administrative liaison with the colleges, and served on committees of the Board of Governors and the Senate. The position was re-named Vice-President (Finance and Employee Relations) in 1983. William Farr served as University Vice President and Vice President (Employee and Student Relations) for the entire time that the positions existed.

The Women 's Studies Programme, begun in 1983-84, is an interdisciplinary programme within the Faculty of Arts that offers students the opportunity to combine programme-related courses on women with courses in one of the Faculty 's departments. The programme consists of a core course, offerings in other departments and a senior research project undertaken in one of the Faculty 's departments that relates to the study of women to their social and cultural context.

The York University Transport Centre was established in 1969 following recommendations from the Vice President' s Committee on Canadian Transport Studies (1967). Its goal was to foster transportation education and research in the areas of national transportation issues, road transport issues and the natural transport network. The Centre, in cooperation with the University of Toronto Department of Urban Studies, established the Joint Programme in Transportation at the two universities in 1970.

York International began operations in 1969 as the Office of International Services. Until 1972 its limited role was to act as the internal administrative office for the York-Kenya Project. The expenses of the Office were paid out of the the Kenya budget.
In 1972 the Office of International Services received a new mandate from the university. A full-time Director was appointed reporting directly to the President. Its new mandate was to administer the York-Kenya Project, to obtain other international contracts, and to investigate the desirability of student and faculty exchanges with overseas institutions.
In 1984 the Office of International Services became York International. Its responsibilities include representing the University to government and international agencies (CIDA, Department of External Affairs, the International Division of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, the World Bank, the United Nations) as well as lia6on with embassies and consulates of countries in which projects are going on. In addition, it monitors and assesses projects, co-ordinates visits, student and faculty exchanges between York and international institutions, provides central policy advice on international aspects of university life, promotes the use of special skills developed at York for international projects, provides contacts (with the Robarts Centre) with various Centres for Canadian Studies overseas, and encourages the business community to become involved in international educational and skills exchange programmes.
In the period covered by these records the following men have served as Director of the York-Kenya Project/Office of International Services and York International: Tillo Kuhn (1970), James Gillies (1971-1972), Gordon Lowther (1972-1974), John Saywell (1774-1978), William Found (1978-1982), Rodger Schwass (1982-1984) and Ian Macdonald (1984-1993).

The York Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship was inaugurated at York University in the late 1960s as a chapter of the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Canada. It is an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to service of God and prosletization.

The position of Vice President (University Affairs) was created in 1965 as part of the first organization of executive offices in the University. The responsibilities of the Vice President included student services (Health Services, Psychological Services, Physical Education and Athletics), as well as responsibility for the Keele Street Colleges, and the Office of the Registrar. The responsibilities of the position were assumed by the Director of Student Services and the Executive Vice President in 1966. The position of Vice President (University Affairs) was held by Edward Pattullo, who simultaneously served as Associate Dean of Arts and Science, a position he held from 1963-1966.