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Subcommittee on Post-Secondary Education

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Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Subcommittee on Post-Secondary education

Issue 10 - Minutes of Proceedings

Halifax, Wednesday, February 19, 1997.
Morning Sitting
(21)

[English]

The Subcommittee on Post-Secondary education met at 9:00 a.m. this day in the Board Room of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Chairman, the Honourable M. Lorne Bonnell, presiding.

Members of the subcommittee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Bonnell, DeWare, Forest, Lavoie-Roux, Losier-Cool and Perrault (7).

In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Grant Purves, Research Officer.

Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

WITNESSES:

From the Maritime Provinces Higher EDUCATION Commission:

Daniel Godbout, Chief Operating Officer;

David Cameron, Ph.D., Interim Chairman.

From the National EDUCATION Organizations Committee:

Jacquelin Thayer Scott, Ph.D., Chairperson.

From the Nova Scotia Confederation of University Faculty Associations:

Sonia Thon, Ph.D., Chair, Government Relations;

John D'Orsay, Executive Director.

From the Regroupement des Universités de la Francophonie hors Québec:

Harley D'Entremont, Ph.D., Rector, Université Sainte-Anne.

Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 19, 1996, the subcommittee resumed its consideration of the inquiry on the serious state of Post-Secondary education in Canada (for full text of Order of Reference see Proceedings of the subcommittee dated August 6, 1996, Issue No. 1).

David Cameron made an opening statement and, together with Daniel Godbout, answered questions.

At 10:15 a.m., Jacquelin Thayer Scott made an opening statement and answered questions.

At 11:00 a.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 11:05 a.m., the meeting resumed.

Sonia Thon made an opening statement and answered questions. Doctor Thon tabled three documents with the Clerk, as follows:

(a) Document entitled Constitutional Responsibility for Post-Secondary EDUCATION, retained as Exhibit No. 6050-2.35/P1 10 "26";

(b) Document entitled Nova Scotia Universities in the Free Trade Era, Prepared by: Nova Scotia Confederation of University Faculty Associations (NSCUFA), January 1989, retained as Exhibit No. 6050-2.35/P1 10 "27"; and

(c) Document entitled Beyond the Campus: An Assessment of the Economic, Social, and Cultural Impacts of Nova Scotia Universities, April, 1995, retained as Exhibit No. 6050-2.35/P1 10 "28".

At 11:45 a.m., Harley D'Entremont made an opening statement and answered questions.

At 12:42 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

ATTEST:

Halifax, Wednesday, February 19, 1997.
Afternoon Sitting
(22)

The Subcommittee on Post-Secondary education met at 2:05 p.m. this day in the Board Room of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia, the Chairman, the Honourable M. Lorne Bonnell, presiding.

Members of the subcommittee present: The Honourable Senators Andreychuk, Bonnell, DeWare, Forest, Lavoie-Roux, Losier-Cool and Perrault (7).

In attendance: From the Research Branch of the Library of Parliament: Grant Purves, Research Officer.

Also in attendance: The official reporters of the Senate.

WITNESSES:

From the Federation of New Brunswick Faculty Associations:

Ian H. Fraser, President;

Desmond Morley, Executive Director.

From the Association of Atlantic Universities:

Arthur May, Ph.D., Chair and President, Memorial University of Newfoundland;

Elizabeth Epperley, Ph.D., University of P.E.I.;

Harley D'Entremont, Ph.D., Université Sainte-Anne;

Colin Stairns, Ph.D., University of King's College;

Ken Osmond, Ph.D., St. Mary's University;

Alice Mansell, Ph.D., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design;

Bernie McDonald, Ph.D., Nova Scotia Agricultural College;

Anne Marie McKinnon, Ph.D., Executive Director, A.A.U.

From the Nova Scotia Council on Higher EDUCATION (NSCHE):

Kathleen Thompson, Director of Student Assistance, Department of EDUCATION and Culture (Nova Scotia);

Marilyn Gaudet, Acting President of the NSCHE, Deputy Minister of EDUCATION and Culture (Nova Scotia);

Peter Rans, Senior Policy Advisor.

From the Students' Union of Nova Scotia:

Jennifer Smiley, President;

Colleen Cash, Executive Assistant.

Pursuant to the Order of Reference adopted by the Senate on Wednesday, June 19, 1996, the subcommittee resumed its consideration of the inquiry on the serious state of Post-Secondary education in Canada (for full text of Order of Reference see Proceedings of the subcommittee dated August 6, 1996, Issue No. 1).

Ian Fraser and Desmond Morley made opening statements and answered questions.

At 3:00 p.m., Arthur May made an opening statement and, together with the representatives of the Association of Atlantic Universities, answered questions.

At 4:05 p.m., Marilyn Gaudet made an opening statement and, together with Peter Rans and Kathleen Thompson, answered questions.

At 4:45 p.m., the meeting was suspended.

At 5:15 p.m., the meeting resumed.

Jennifer Smiley made an opening statement and, together with Colleen Cash, answered questions.

At 5:30 p.m., the subcommittee adjourned to the call of the Chair.

ATTEST:

Jill Anne Joseph

Clerk of the Subcommittee