The photograph linked to this description is a photograph of members of the Board of Governors ca. 1980-1986 taken from file 0128-04 - Mount Royal College - Board of Governors.
The Board of Governors is the governance authority for Mount Royal University. The main responsibility of the Board of Governors is to act as senior oversight and to guarantee the activities of Mount Royal are in line with its mandate, vision, and mission.
The Act to Incorporate Mount Royal College was passed on December 16th, 1910. However, the Board of Governors had their first meeting in August 1910 to establish an academic and financial plan for the college. At its inception, the full Board consisted of thirty-three members and met annually. The Executive Committee, which consisted of the four officers plus six regular Board members, met monthly and was given the authority to transact all of the business of the Board and College between meetings of the full Board of Governors. During Mount Royal's years as a private college, members of the Board of Governors were drawn primarily from the United Church network due to the school’s Methodist roots. This tendency changed after the college became public with Board members coming from a wider base including members of the Conservative Party, the Calgary Board of Education, and volunteers active in local health and community organizations. During the transition to a public college the Board briefly changes its name to the 'Board of Trustees' in order to take over the assets, liabilities, and administration of the private college. The name of the Board reverted back to the Board of Governors in January of 1970.
The Colleges Act of 1969 changed the composition of the Board to include the college president, a Board chair, six public members chosen by the Government, one member nominated by the Student's Association, and one member nominated by the Faculty Association. In 1982 the first support staff member was added to the Board of Governors making the total member number eleven. In 1972 the Board of Governors’ standing committees also underwent restructuring to include members of the faculty, student body, and administration for the first time. The 1990s saw another notable change to the composition of the Board as Mount Royal was actively trying to become a degree granting institution. Community volunteers were replaced with prominent business leaders who were considered to be strategically placed to push Mount Royal’s interests.
Currently the Board of Governors consists of thirteen members made up of the Board chair, the university president, a faculty representative, a support staff representative, the president of the Student’s Association, and eight public members. The Board continues to be directed by several statues and regulations that direct its responsibilities, the foremost being the Post-Secondary Leaning Act. The entire Board has an obligation to meet at least four times a year and one meeting must be opened to the public. The Board of Governors continues to carry out much of its work through standing committees, of which there are currently five: Academic Affairs Committee, Audit and Risk Committee, Finance Committee, Campus Development Committee, Governance and Nominating Committee, and the Human Resources Committee.
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Fonds documents the governance functions and decisions of the Board of Governors of Mount Royal College. The fonds is arranged into three series which primarily contain meeting minutes from the Board of Governors, the Board of Trustees, and subcommittees and task forces that reported to the Board. Other records in the fonds include president and principal reports, agreements, proposals, statements of revenues and expenditures, auditor reports, correspondence, and documents relating to the transition to the Lincoln Park campus.
Further accruals are expected.
Custodial history is unknown.
Some files restricted for privacy reasons. Please see lower-level descriptions for details and consult archivist.
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Series documents meetings of the Board of Governors and its committees. Series contains minutes as well as reports, agendas, and financial statements.
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File contains minutes.
Original pages have been cut apart and affixed to new backs altering the original pagination.
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File contains minutes and financial statements.
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File contains minutes and a principal's report.
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File contains minutes, operational expenses, reports, lists of revenues, assets, liabilities and expenditures, and a list of creditors.
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File contains minutes and a principal's report.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains Board of Governors and committee minutes.
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File contains Board of Governors and committee minutes.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains Board of Governors and committee minutes.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, reports, and financial documents.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains agenda, minutes, and committee and department reports.
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File contains minutes and reports from the principal and committees.
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File contains minutes.
Page one is missing from the file.
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File documents a proposal to form a college senate responsible for supervising the academic programs of the college. The file contains minutes and a list of potential senate appointments.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, a president's report, enrollment numbers, and an auditor's report.
Print on the auditor's report is unclear in places.
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File documents a potential merger between Mount Royal College and the Alberta Vocational Centre - Calgary, as well as the establishment of the Lincoln Park Campus. File contains Board of Governors and committee meeting minutes, correspondence, academic recommendations, a proposal, work agreement, and list of site and landscaping contracts.
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File documents a potential merger between Mount Royal College and the Alberta Vocational Centre - Calgary, as well as the establishment of the Lincoln Park Campus. File contains minutes, agendas, reports, proposals, salary schedules, correspondence, construction progress reports, work orders, opening ceremony plans, and statements of revenue and expenditures.
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File contains agendas, minutes, academic calendar changes, reports, policy recommendations, a president's report, and correspondence.
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File contains Board of Governors and other committees minutes, briefs on a proposed administrative reorganization, agreement amendments, recommendations, and correspondence. The file also contains many documents relating to the Students' Association including: an auditor report, balance sheets, statements of revenue and expenditures, bylaws, a lease, and minutes.
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File contains minutes, agendas, and reports from the Board of Governors and other committees, several proposals, internal memos, facility improvement recommendations, a space rental agreement, and salary recommendations.
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File contains agendas and minutes.
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File contains minutes and agendas.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes and college performance indicators.
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Item is a bound report including the background and mission of Mount Royal College and issues for discussion with the City of Calgary.
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File contains minutes, agendas, and a request from the Students' Association.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, an informational packet, and a draft copy of the Mount Royal College Foundation revitalization plan.
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File contains minutes, the campus development plan, and college research strategies.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, a proposal, and an approved mandate statement for the future Mount Royal University.
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File contains minutes.
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The name of the governing board for Mount Royal College changed to the Board of Trustees in 1966 as a result of the college turning from a private college into a public institution. In order to free up the name ‘Mount Royal’ for the new public college, the Board of Governors requested that the name of the private college and Board be changed to ‘George W. Kerby’. Once incorporated, the new public college became known as Mount Royal College and the governing board was known as the Board of Trustees. The Board operated under the name of the Board of Trustees until January of 1970 when the name reverted back to the Board of Governors.
Series documents meetings of the Board of Trustees and its committees. Series contains minutes as well as reports, agendas, financial statements, correspondence, and proposals.
This series contains a file that is restricted for privacy reasons. Please see lower-level descriptions for details and consult archivist.
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File contains minutes from the Board of Trustees and its committees, president's reports, budget summaries, organizational charts, job descriptions, correspondence, and recommendations for legislative amendments to The Mount Royal Junior College Act, 1966 and to the Public Junior Colleges Act.
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File contains agendas, minutes, acting president's reports, treasurer's reports, correspondence, enrollment predictions, and draft bylaws.
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File contains minutes, reports, an organizational chart, position vacancy announcements, position descriptions, staff appointments, a project schedule, and proposal.
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File contains minutes, memos, correspondence, committee reports, acting president's reports, a resignation letter, policy suggestions and, financial documents.
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File contains minutes, acting president's reports, financial documents, calendar corrections, and correspondence.
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File contains minutes, budgets, president's reports, a 1967 map of Alberta, a rental agreement, salary schedules, a conference agenda, memos, and correspondence.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes from the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors meetings, president and committee reports, teacher contract negotiation reports, financial documents, proposals, an agreement, and Board of Governors members' contact information. The file also documents the establishment of the Lincoln Park Campus with various reports and correspondence.
File is restricted for privacy reasons; please consult archivist.
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Series documents the meetings of several committees and task forces that reported to the Board of Governors, particularly the Staff Committee, Finance Committee, and Executive Committee. The Staff Committee was responsible for hiring and negotiating contracts and compensation for faculty members. The Finance Committee was responsible for monitoring and maintaining the finances of the college and approving major expenditures. The Executive Committee had the authority to transact all of the business of the Board of Governors and college in-between meetings of the full Board of Governors. Series contains minutes, agendas, reports, and proposals.
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File contains minutes, teacher evaluations, and recommendations from the Inspector of Schools.
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File contains minutes from the Staff and Finance committees, a finance report, and a schedule of instruction times for college level courses.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes and a report.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes and a list of staff salaries.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes and a report.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes of the Finance and Executive committees and a principal's report.
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File contains minutes and reports.
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File contains minutes and a report from the Finance and Executive committees.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, faculty salary schedules, and reports.
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File contains minutes from a joint meeting of the Finance and Staff committees, minutes from the Staff Committee, faculty salary schedules, and a report.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee and principal's report.
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File contains minutes of the Executive Committee and recommendations from the Commercial Department.
The bottom edge of the recommendations from the Commercial Department is torn and some content is missing.
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File contains minutes of the Executive and Staff committees.
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File contains minutes of the Executive and Finance committees.
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File contains minutes and a proposed schedule of fees.
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File contains minutes and two telegraphs to perspective teachers.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes, recommendations for a new director and assistant to the principal and, reports.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains minutes.
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File contains account statements, an audit statement, and lists of employee duties and wages.
Some pages have been cut apart and affixed to new backs.
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File documents an agreement between the Board of Governors and the Board of Trustees for Calgary Separate and Public School Districts. The file contains internal and external correspondence, policies and procedures and, financial information.
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File documents Mount Royal College's transition from a private school into a public institution. File contains memos, an agreement, agendas and minutes, financial documents, and correspondence.
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File contains two teaching agreements and a letter.
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File contains two committee reports.
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File documents negotiations for the Lincoln Park campus. File contains correspondence and a president's report.
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File contains policies and procedures.
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File contains reports of task forces reporting to the Board of Governors.
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File contains a report on the changing role of Mount Royal College prepared by Dr. W.J. Collett.
Bound in a duotang folder.