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                                                          14 Share the vision
                cAubo                                         • Partagez la vision
                ACpAU                                     16 Debt Management Guide
  Canadian Association of University
            Business Officers
                                                              • Guide de Gestion de la Dette
  Association canadienne du personnel
       administratif universitaire                        19 Canadian university investment survey fo
       320 350 rue Albert Street
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                                                              endowment and pension funds
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     info@caubo. ca/info@acpau.ca                               de dotation et de pension des
Executive Director/Directeur general                            universites canadiennes
            Jacques Samson
 Editorial Board/Comite de redaction                      50 CURIE: A success story
  Chair/President: Lawrence Durling,
         St. Thomas University
          Members/Membres:                                52 Profile of new CAUBO President Gary Draper
            Louis Chapelain,
  Universite du Quebec en Outaouais
              Pat Hibbitts,
                                                              • Portrait du nouveau president de l'ACPAU
        Simon Fraser University
             Nancy Sullivan,
          University of Guelph
                                                                              Executive               11 People Moves
    The views expressed in this publication are the
                                                                              Director's Message         • En mouvement
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  reflect the views of the officers or members of the     Departments          • Message du           43 Leadership
 Canadian Association of University Business Officers.                           directeur general
  Les opinions exorimees dans cette publication sont                                                  44 Human Resources
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                                                           Chroniques          • Nouvelles et         48 Legally Speaking
                      universitaire.                                             perspectives         49 Publication Reviews

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Executive Director's Message                                Message du directeur general
             CAubo
             ACpAU
        Canadian Association                You are not alone                                       Vous n'etes pas seuls
    of University Business Officers
     Association canadienne du              Back to back attendance at the CAUBO confer-          Participer a quelques jours d'intervalle aux con-
personnel administratif  universitaire      ence and the NACUBO conference provides an            gres de l'ACPAU et de NACUBO offre une belle
          Board of Directors                excellent opportunity to draw some parallels          occasion de dresser un parallele entre le contexte
         Conseil d'administration           between the higher education environment in           de l'enseignement superieur au Canada et celui
                                            both countries. University administrators all         de nos voisins du sud. Les administrateurs
               Gary Draper                  over North America are facing                                           universitaires de l'ensemble
           President/President              similar issues such as the chal-                                        de l'Amerique du Nord sem-
             Acadia University
   (902) 585-1627 Fax/Telec. 585-1079       lenge of funding the tremen-                                            blent faire face aux memes
         gary.draper@acadiau.ca             dous growth in activities, the                                          problematiques, soit le defi du
                                            constantly changing nature of                                           financement des augmenta-
              Duncan Watt
     Past-President/President sortant       the workplace, the rising expec-                                        tions considerables d'activite,
           Carleton University              tations in a context of limited                                         les changements constants de
   (613)520-3804 Fax/Telec. 520-7870        resources, and the difficulty of                                        l'environnement de travail,
        duncan_watt®carleton.ca
                                            attracting and retaining qual-                                          l'augmentation des attentes dans
              Larry English                 ity personnel and of ensuring                                           un contexte de ressources limi-
      Vice-President /Vice-president        adequate succession planning.                                           tees, et la difficulty de recruter et
           Concordia University
   (514) 848-4310 Fax/Telec. 848-4586                                                                               retenir le personnel de qualite et
        larrye®alcor.concordia.ca               As 1 reflect on the many                                            d'assurer le remplacement de la
                                            experience-based presenta lions              Jacques Samson             main-d'ceuvre.
             Nancy Walker                   at both conferences, and the
Secretary-Treasurer/Secretaire-tresoriere                                                             En ecoutant toutes ces conferences, la tres
      The University of Lethbridge          level of satisfaction of the participants, I am       grande majorite fondees sur ('experience vecue,
  (403) 329-2207 Fax/Telec. 329-2097        also struck by the fact that people on both sides     et en observant le niveau de satisfaction des
         nancy. walker@uleth.ca             of the border are keen on learning from each          participants, je suis egalement frappe par le
             Jacques Samson                 other and exchanging effective practices in an        fait que tous les administrateurs universitaires
   Executive Director/Directeur general     attempt to ensure that the resources available        souhaitent apprendre les uns des autres et
        (613) 563-3961, ext. 268            are used to their fullest potential. They quite
           Fax/Telec. 563-7739                                                                    echanger leurs meilleures pratiques dans le but
  jsamson@caubo.ca/jsamson®acpau.ca         adequately recognize that universities are com-       d'assurer une utilisation la plusefficace possible
                                            plex organizations and that the achievement           des ressources disponibles. Tous et toutes recon-
               Sheila Brown                 of the 'academic' goals would simply not be
          University of Toronto                                                                   naissent que les universites sont des organisa-
   (416)978-7466 Fax/Telec. 978-4431        possible without the dedicated contribution of        tions complexes et que I'atteinte des objectifs
        sheila. brown®utoronto.ca           all those who work on the administrative side         « academiques » de nos institutions ne seraient
              Louis Chapelain
                                            of the house.                                         pas possible sans l'apport remarquable du per-
    Universite du Quebec en Outaouais                                                             sonnel administratif.
   (819) 595-3838 Fax/Telec. 595-3808
                                                In this context, more and more people are
          louis.chapelain@uqo.ca            turning to associations like CAUBO to find
                                            answers to emerging problems as well as to                Dans ce contexte, on se tourne de plus en
            Lawrence Durling
          St. Thomas University
                                            share with others their experiences, successes,       plus vers des associations comme l'ACPAU
   (506) 4520533 Fax/Telec. 452-0546        and difficulties. In doing so, they make avail-       pour trouver des reponses aux nouveaux
              ldurling@stu.ca               able a body of knowledge that serves our insti-       problemes aussi bien que pour partager les
              Eric Harbottle
                                            tutions well and is a constant reminder of the        experiences, les succes aussi bien que les dif-
           University of Windsor            quality of their contribution to the objectives       ficultes. II se constitue ainsi un corps de con-
(519) 253-3000 x2641 Fax/Telec. 971-3619    of their respective institutions. This is exactly     naissances qui sert bien nos institutions et
           eharbot®uwindsor.ca
                                            what we are going to do with the upcoming             qui nous rappelle constamment la qualite des
             Patricia Hibbitts              publication of a new Debt Management Guide, efforts deployes pour ameliorer la gestion de
          Simon Fraser University           and the revisions of our Financial Reporting,         nos institutions. C'est exactement ce que nous
   (604) 291-3381 Fax/Telec. 291-4009
            pat_hibbitts@sf u. ca
                                            Income Tax and GST/HST guides. We are                 cherchons a realiser par la publication prochaine
                                            working for you. Help us serve you better. JH         d'un nouveau guide sur la gestion de la dette
           Michael W. McAdam                                                                      et par la revision de nos guides sur les rapports
           University of Calgary
   (403) 220-7231 Fax/Telec. 289-6800                                                             financiers, sur I'impot sur le revenu et sur la
           mcadam@ucalgary.ca                                                                     TPS. Nous continuons a travailler pour vous etre
                                                                                                  utile. Aidez-nous a vous servir encore mieux.ytt
            Gabrielle Morrison
          Saint Mary's University
   (902) 420-5409 Fax/Telec. 420-5566
          gabe.morrison®smu.ca

              Andre Racette
         Universite de Montreal                                 80           >h site^Le site internet de IfA.W
   (514)343-7153 Fax/Telec. 343-2282
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News & Views                                                                   Nouvelles et perspectives

                                                                          CAUBO 2003 Conference
                                                                          I In- CAUBO 2003 conference, which was held in
                                                                         beautiful Halifax, Nova Scotia June 21-24, set a new
                                                                         attendance record, attracting over 450 registered del-
                                                                         egates, partners and sponsors. Our hosts, Dalhousie
                                                                         University, in association with the University of King's
                                                                         College, delivered a program rich in content and value.
                                                                         Copies of most handouts can be found on the CAUBO
                                                                         website at www.caubo.ca (click annual conference).
                                                                         Conference delegates were treated to traditional
                                                                         Atlantic Canada hospitality and many have deemed
                                                                         the CAUBO 2003 Conference the best yet!

                                                                          Le congres ACPAU 2003
                                                                         Le congres ACPAU 2003, tenu dans la belle ville
                                                                         d'llalifax, Nouvelk'-Ixosse, du 21 au 24 juln, .1
                                                                         atteint de nouveaux records de participation avec
                                                                         plus de 450 delegues, partenaires et commanditaires.
                                                                         Nos hdtes, l'Universite Dalhousie, en collaboration
                                                                         avec 1'UniversiU' King's College, ont presente un
                                                                         programme riche en contenu et en valeur. On peut
                                                                         trouver copie des documents distribues sur le site
                                                                         Web de l'ACPAU au www.acpau.ca (cliquer Congres
                                                                         annuel). Les delegues ont pu profiler de 1'hospitaliM
                                                                         bien connue des Maritimes et plusieurs considcrent
                                                                         qu'il s'agit du mcilleur congres a ce jour!

   Major events such as CAUBO 2003 would not be possible                Des evenements majeure comme ACPAU 2003 seraient impossible
without the participation of corporate sponsors who willingly        sans la participation de commanditaires corporatifs qui contribuent
contribute their time, money, products and services to help us put   temps, argent, produits et services afin de nous aider a organiser le
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SHARE THE VISION
THE CAUBO STRATEGIC                                          PLAN             2003-2006
By Jacques Samson, CAUBO Executive Director

If you attended the CAUBO conference in Halifax, you received a      does not need to find all the answers. On the contrary, a good
copy of the new Strategic Plan. If you did not get your own copy,    strategic plan is a dynamic process and those projects that are
you can access the plan on our website. Many of you have had         now part of the plan can, in fact, be completed within a reasonable
a chance to contribute to this plan. But most importantly, all of    timeline. Consultation of the strategic goal section of the plan,
you now have an opportunity to contribute to the realization of      and particularly the sub-sections 'Moving to action' will give the
our plan.                                                            reader a good view of the initiatives to be undertaken or completed
    In the ever-changing environment in which                                                                 over the next few years. This
higher education institu-                                                                                     is where your contribution
tions operate, the Strate-                                                                                    will be needed. As we
gic Plan sets our associa-                                                                                     complete some of these
tion on a course that will                                                                                     projects, we will need to
allow CAUBO to:                                                                                                continuously revisit our
1. Serve all administra-                                                                                       list of projects to move
   tors who are inter-                                                                                          toward our vision.
   ested in sharing their                                                                                           Many of the projects
   experiences, good or                                                                                        listed are already in
   bad, and who are look-                                                                                      progress. In the next
   ing for efficient net-                                                                                       few weeks, CAUBO will
   working opportunities.                                                                                        aunch its new website as
   As CAUBO becomes                                                                                             its # 1 communications
   more of an 'umbrella'                                                                                         tool. The new website
   organization, the big-                                                                                        design will not only be
   gest challenge will be                                                                                        visually more attractive
   to continue to serve well                                                                                      and dynamic, it will
   our different constitu-                                                                                        also offer the possibil-
   ents. Developing strate-                                                                                        ity of completing some
   gic alliances with other                                                                                        surveys online while
   groups/organizations                                                                                            ^"hancing the capacity
   will be one of the ways of                                                                                       to serve as a repository
   meeting this challenge.                                                                                          of relevant informa-
                                                                                                                    tion. As I write this
2. Remain a volunteer-                                                                                               message, the launch
   driven organization. Our                                                                                          date is scheduled to
   efforts over the next few                                                                                         be the end of October.
   years will be concentrated                                                                                        Watch for it and, in the
   on recruiting volunteers,                                                                                         meantime, read the
   offering new and satisfying                                                                                        new Strategic Plan.
   opportunities to contribute,
   and, most importantly, rec-                                                                                       One of my great-
   ognizing and celebrating                                                                                      est surprises since
   their contribution to higher                                                                                   becoming executive
   education in general and to                                                                                    director has been
   the association in particular.                                                                                 the number of times
3. Become a clearinghouse                                                                                         I have been asked
   of relevant information                                                                                         "What is CAUBO?"
   making it a source of choice                                                                                    This made me real-
   on administrative issues for                                                                                    ize that CAUBO
   members, partners and
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PARTAGEZ LA VISION
LE PLAN STRATEGIQUE 2003-2006 DE L'ACPAU
Par lacques Samson, directeur general de VACPAU

Si vous avez assists au congres de l'ACPAU a Halifax, vous avez          Conscients qu'un bon plan n'a pas a couvrir tous les problemes
recu un exemplaire de notre nouveau Plan strategique. Sinon,         et identifier toutes les solutions, nous avons limite la portee de ce
vous pouvez le consulter sur notre site Web. I'lusieurs d'entre      plan. Nous pouvons ainsi renforcer l'idee qu'un bon plan repose
vous ont eu l'occasion de participer a la preparation de ce plan.    sur un processus dynamique qui appelle a une revision constante
Mais, plus important encore, vous pouvez tous et toutes participer   de objectifs et projets au fur et a mesure qu'ils sont realises. En con-
a sa realisation.                                                    sultant la section " Passer a Taction" dans les objectifs strategiques,
     Le Plan strategique etablit un                                               vous aurez un apercu de nos projets. C'est la que votre
cap bien adapte aux conditions                                                                           contribution est particulierement
changeantes de l'environnement                                                                                               sollicitee. Realiser
de I'enseignement superieur au                                                                                               la vision enon-
Canada qui devrait permettre a                                                                                              cee dans ce plan
l'ACPAU d e :                                                                                                               implique que nous
1. Servir tous les administra-                                                                                             devons identifier
   teurs interesses a partager                                                                                             constamment de
   leurs experiences, bonnes                                                                                               nouveaux projets.
   ou mauvaises, et qui cher-                                                                                                  Plusieurs de ces
   chent de bonnes occasions                                                                                              projets sont deja en
   de reseautage. A mesure                                                                                                phase de realisation,
   que l'ACPAU devient un                                                                                                Au cours des pro-
   organisme d'encadrement,                                                                                             chaines semaines,
   notre plus grand defi sera                                                                                           ''ACPAU          compte
   de maintenir la qualite de                                                                                          lancer un nouveau
   nos services a un nombre                                                                                            site Web qui devien-
   croissant de groupes                                                                                                dra ainsi son instru-
   d'affinite.    Developper                                                                                          ment # 1 de commu-
   des alliances strategiques                                                                                         nication. La facture
   avec d'autres groupes/                                                                                             du nouveau site sera
   associations devrait nous                                                                                         visuellement plus inte-
   permettre d'atteindre ce                                                                                          ressante, et le site offrira
   but.                                                                                                             la possibility de realiser
2. Demeurer une organi-                                                                                             des enquetes en ligne
   sation essentiellement                                                                                          tout en ameliorant notre
   de benevoles. Nos                                                                                               capacite a agir comme
   efforts au cours des                                                                                           source de donnees. Nous
   prochaines       annees                                                                                        esperons lancer le site
   viseront a recruter des                                                                                        dans la derniere semaine
   benevoles, a leur offrir                                                                                      d'octobre. Surveillez le
   des defis valorisants,                                                                                        lancement et en attendant,
   et a mieux les valo-                                                                                         prenez connaissance de
   riser tout en recon-                                                                                         notre plan strategique.
   naissant leur con-                                                                                               L'une de mes plus
   tribution au milieu                                                                                         grandes surprises depuis le
   de I'enseignement                                                                                           debut de mon mandat a titre
   superieur en general                                                                                        de directeur general vient
   et a l'ACPAU en par-                                                                                       du nombre de fois qu'on
   ticulier.                                                                                                  me demande •< Qu'est-ce
3. Devenir          une                                                                                       que l'ACPAU? » Je realisais
   source essentielle                                                                                        chaque fois que notre associa-
   d'inf orma tion                                                                                           tion avail besoin d'un docu-
   strategique sur les                                                                                       ment concis pour decrire ses
   questions administratives                                                                                objectifs, sa vision et ses activi-
   pour ses membres, ses partenaires et les divers decideurs                                                tes. Je suis maintenant fier de
   en enseignement superieur.                                                                               dire que nous avons enfin ce
4. Repondre aux attentes en matiere de formation et perfec-          document. Si vous avez besoin d'exemplaires suppl6mentaires,
   tionnement professionnel pour les administrateurs universi-       n'hesitez pas a communiquer avec nous. Et vous pouvez toujours
   taires.                                                           imprimer le document directement de notre site Web. ytt

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                                                    proportion of equity held by endowment            went from 60% in 2001 to 59% in 2002,
      tion of the annual Treasury Committee         funds compared to fixed income assets fell        whereas the weighted average proportion
      survey of the Canadian Association            from 58% in 2001 to 53% in 2002, while the        in dollars decreased 2 percentage points to
of University Business Officers (CAUBO)             weighted average proportion in dollars has        reach 56% in 2002.
has gathered information on 60 Canadian             gone from 65% to 63%.                                 Charts 1.1 and 1.2 show the range of
university endowment funds and 49 pen-                  Pension fund asset allocation, as shown       returns reported by Canadian university
sion funds. The complete publication of the         in Appendix II, has remained relatively           endowment and pension funds as at Decem-
su rvey, from which the following Canadian          stable. The median asset allocation to equity     ber 31, 2002. The number in parentheses cor-
data have been culled, is available to mem-
bers at the CAUBO office.
                                                                                    Chart 1.1
    For the first time since the survey has
been done, endowment and pension funds
                                                                 Returns of Canadian university endowment funds
have shown negative median returns in                                          December 31, 2002
2002. Total endowment fund assets, which                         12% -
                                                                 10% ;
stood at S2.3 billion at the time of the first                    8% :
survey in 1992, reached their highest level at           _        6% ;
$6.7 billion in 2001 and now total $6,4 billion          £        4% :
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a -5.1% median return in 2002, with assets                        -4% -
                                                                  -6% :
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billion in 1992.                                                 -10% ;
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Canadian univer sity endowments Tunas
                                      AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2002    AS AT DECI Mill KM, 2001       AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2000
                                        2002         \ssets        2001            Assets         2000          Assets
University                                                                                      Ranking       S Millions
                                       Ranking     S Millions     Ranking        S Millions

Toronto ("UT")                            1           1,210.0        1             1,295.5          1             1,333.9
McGill                                    2             726.7        2              780.1           2               778.4
UBC                                       3             624.5        3              654.1           3               679.0
Alberta                                   4            501.6         4               540.6          4               548.3
Queen's                                   5            413.4         5              431.5           5               397.6
Dalhousie                                 6             250.2        6               278.5          6               282.4
Calgary                                   7             235.5        7              254.1           7               267.3
McMaster                                  8             228.9        8               239.8          8              241.0
Manitoba                                  9            177.0         9              187.6           9              187.4
Western Ont.                             10             152.1       10              159.3          10              155.5
York                                     11            148.5        11              148.3          11              142.1
Guelph                                   12            122.0        12              127.0          12              127.4
Laval                                    13            112.5        13              120.8          13              115.2
Carleton                                 14            111.6        21                72.4         22                53.4
Saskatchewan                             15            110.8        14              115.4          14              110.1
Simon Fraser                             16            104.3        15              108.1          15              108.6
N e w Brunswick                          17              92.8       16                98.0         16                97.3
Victoria (BC)                            18              83.0       17                91.2         18                93.7
Victoria (UT Fed)                        19              82.6       18                90.9         17                94.2
Mount Allison                            20              75.6       19                82.7         19                80.3
Montreal                                 21              75.6       20                80.1         20                73.3
Waterloo                                 22              68.8       22                71.9         21                66.2
Ottawa                                   23              59.8       23                59.5         23                53.3
Unity (UT Fed)                           24              48.4       24                51.4         24                52.8
Saint-Paul                               25              45.9       25                48.7         25                52.3
St. Francis Xavier                       26              39.7       27                40.4         27                40.7
Concordia                                27              37.5       29                35.5         32                24.4
Acadia                                   28              35.7       28                40.3         28                35.5
Memorial                                 29              34.2       26                47.7         26                42.4
St. Thomas                               30              28.4       30                29.7         30                29.5
Northern BC                              31              28.2       34                23.0         33                23.3
Moncton                                  32              26.3       31                28.9         29                30.6
King's (NS)                              33              26.0
Windsor                                  34              25.2       32               25.6          35               22.8
Brandon                                  35              23.8       33               23.9          34               23.1
Regina                                   36              20.4       35               22.9          31               24.9
Ryerson                                  37              19.9       38                I'M          44               13.1
Trent                                    30              18.6       36               19.9          36               20.6
Wilfrid Laurier                          39              18.1       39               18.6          38               17.5
Sherbrooke                               40              17.3       40               17.8          42               15.1
Winnipeg                                 41              16.9       37               19.3          39               17.2
Mt. St. Vincent                          42              16.4       41               16.6          40               16.0
HEC Montreal                             43              15.8
Bishop's                                 44              15.1       42               15.9          37               18.1
Lauren tian                              45              13.8       43               15.1          43               15.1
PE1                                      46               12.1      46               10.7          46                9.8
Lethbridge                               47              10.6       45               11.1          45               10.7
Brock                                    44              14.7       41               15.5
Saint Mary's                             •is               9.4      47               10.0           47                9.0
Sudbury                                  49                7.7        -                             48                8.7
Nipissing                                50                7.5      48                7.9           49                8.0
U C C a p e Breton                       51                6.3      49                6.9            -
H u r o n College                        52                5.0      50                5.1          50                 6.5
Trinity Western                          53                4.1      51                3.5          51                 3.9
UQAM                                     54                3.6      52                3.5          53                 3.1
UQAT                                     55                3.6      53                3.5          52                 3.5
Athabasca                                56                2.5      55                2.5          54                 2.5
ETS                                      57                2.5      54                2.7          55                 2.5
Sainte-Anne                              56                1.9      56                2.0
King's (UWO)                             58                2.1      57                1.9           57                1.9
Conrad Grebel                            59                1.9
Fraser Valley                            60                1.8      58                 1.3          58                1.3
UQO                                      61                1.8
Huntington                               62                1.5
N S Agric. Coll.                         63                1.4      59                 1.3           -
Redeemer                                 64                1.2
King's (AB)                              65                1.2      60                 1.3          59                1.3
NS Art & Design                          61                1.2      60                 1.1
Hearst                                   66                1.0        -                             61                1.0
Redeemer                                 62                0.8      62                 0.7
Brescia                                  63                0.5        -
UQTR                                     67                0.4      64                 0.4           -
AST                                      68                0.3
Luther College                           69                0.2       65                0.2          63                0.2

 Total Assets:                                         $6,429                      $6,741                         $6,714

 Equity W e i g h t i n g s                    Total Equities              Total Equities                  Total Equities
   Mean                                                 53%                          53%                            5211
   Median                                               53%                          S8)                            55%
   Dollar-weighted Mean                                 63%                                                         63%

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Canadian University pensions funds                                                            Appendix

                                     AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2002       AS AT DECEMBER 31, 2001          AS AT DECEMBER 31. 2000
                                             2002 Assets                   2001 Assets                      2000 Assets
    l nhrenit)                                                                      s                Ranking         S Millions
                                      Ranking         $ Millions    Ranking            Millions
    Toronto ("UT")                       1              1908.1         1              2146.2             1             2265.6
    Montreal                             2              1736.6         2              1766.0             3             1698.9
    Laval                                3              1591.9         3              1650.7             2             1720.9
    Quebec                               4              1252.4         4              1351.0             4             1451.0
    Queen's                              5               943.7         5              1011.4             5             1035.8
    UBC - Faculty                .       6               198 9         7               955.4             8              979.9
    Ottawa                               7               B73.9         8               950.5             6             1006.4
    McMaster                             8               B66.6         6               955.8             7              980.8
    York                                 9               86 L8         9               919.6             9              920.7
    Western Ontario                    10                             10               sis i            10              B45J
    Manitoba                            11              751.3         11               800.5            12              814.5
    McGill - Ace.                      12               684.7         12               717.7            13              7563
    Saskatchewan                       13               624.0         13               (.SI.4
    Guelph                             14               586.0         14               655.6            JJ              :;:•
    Carleton                           15               557.2         15               620.6           15               631.4
    UBC-Stall                          16               478.5         18               511.3           18               527.9
    Dalhousie                          17               478 )         16               528.8           16               546.0
    Memorial                           18               475.9         17               513.3           19               524.5
    Kverson                            19               447.3         19               W5.6            17               536.1
    Concordia                          20               432.3         20               473.2           20               497.7
    Victoria (BC) - Money              21               400.0         21               423.2           21               419.2
    Sherbrooke                         22               346.5         22               401.2                              0.0
    Windsor                            23               322.8         23               353.9           22               363.2
    Regina                             24               256.4         24               289.0           23               298.9
    McGill - Pen.                      25               253.7         25               272.3           24               267.4
    6c. Polytechnique                  26               218.3         26               224.6             .
    SFU - Academic                     27               179.0         27               192.6           26               192.4
    Wilfrid Laurier                    28               166.1         28               183.8           25               196.4
    Moncton                            29               153.3         31               160.3           28               167.9
    Laurentian                         30                IN/          32               155.2           30               155.3
    Lakehead                           29               176.8           _
    Brock                              30               165.5         27               188.0
    Trent                              31               l 0.2         33               152.2           29              158.0
    HEC Montreal                       32               124.4
    SFU - Admin.                       33               116.0         34               123.1           31              124.0
    Victoria (BC)-Stall                34                91.6         37                97.1           34               96.8
    PEI                                35                90.4         36               100.2           33              109.2
    Winnipeg                           36                90.3         35               100.3           32              116.4
    N e w Brunswick                    37                73.0         40                72.0           38               67.6
    Acadia                             38                72.4         38                83.0           35               90.8
    Brandon                            39                69.5         39                76.0           36               78.9
    Bishop's                           40                63.9         41                69.6           37               69.2
    Saint Mai) 'a                      41                62.3         42                62.6           39               5S.4
    Mount St. Vincent                  42                26.1         45                26.1           41               28.3
    St. Francis Xavier                 43                47.9         40                57.3
    Cape Breton                        44                34.3           -
    King's (UWO)                       43                20.8         46                21.2           43                21.4
    Victoria (UT Fed))                 44                18.0         48                18.2           44                18.0
    Saint-Paul                         45                17.7         47                19.4           42                21.4
    Northern B.C.                      46                16.5         50                16.2           46                14.8
    Nipissing                          47                16.4         49                17.7           45                17.9
    St. T h o m a s                    48                13.8         51                13.9           47                14.1
    Trinity (UT Fed)                   49                12.9         52                13.4           48                14.0
    Mount Allison                      50                10.5         53                11.3           49                12.0
    King's (NS)                        51                 8.3
    Algoma                             54                11.0         50                11.4
    Sainte-Anne                        55                 9.4         51                 9.7
    Trinity Western                    52                 8.3         56                 8.0           52                 8.0
    Brescia                            57                 3.0          _
    Huron College                        -                             .                               53                 6.4
    AST                                53                  1.4

    Total Assets:                                    S 20,817                       S 22,728                         $ 22,745

    Equity W e i g h t i n g s                 Total Equities                Total Equities                   Total Equities
      Mean                                              57%                           59%                              57%
      Median                                            59%                           60%                              58%
      Dollar-weighted Mean                              56%                           58%                              57%

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line autre annee difficile
Pour les fonds de dotation et de pension des universites
                                                           medians negatifs. L'actif total declare des       2002 ont egalement eu un impact sur la

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      our une 11'' annee consecutive, I'edition
      2002 du sondage annuel du Comite de                  fonds de dotation qui s'elevait a 2,3 milliards   repartition des actifs detenus par les fonds
      la tresorerie de 1'Association canadienne            Slorsdu premier sondage en 1992 a atteint         de dotation. En effet, pour l'ensemble des
du personnel administratif universitaire                   son plus haut niveau, soit 6,7 milliards $,       fonds de dotation (Annexe 1), la proportion
(ACPAU/CAUBO) recense l'information sur                    en 2001 et se situe a 6,4 milliards $ en 2002.    mediane des actions detenues dans ces
60 fonds de dotation et 49 caisses de retraite             Le rendement median en 2002 a ete de -4%.         fonds par rapport aux titres de revenus
d'universites canadiennes. La publication                  Quant aux fonds de pension, ces derniers          fixes est passee de 58% en 2001 a 53% en
annuelle qui en est tiree, dont les donnees                ont enregistre un rendement median de             2002, alors que la proportion moyenne
canadiennes de ce texte sont extraites, est                -5,1% en 2002 portant ainsi l'actif declare       ponderee en $ est passee de 65% a 63%.
disponible au bureau de 1'Association pour                 a 20,8 milliards S comparativement a 10,5             Par ailleurs, la repartition des actifs des
les membres.                                               milliards S en 1992.                              fonds de pension a l'annexe II est demeuree
   Pour la premiere fois depuis que ce                        Lesondagecolligeaussidesinformations           relativement stable. La repartition mediane
sondage existe, les fonds de dotation et de                sur la repartition des actifs. Les mauvais        des actifs detenus sous forme d'action
pension ont affiche en 2002 des rendements                 rendements des marches financiers en              passant de 60% en 2001 a 59% en 2002, alors
                                                                                                             que la proportion moyenne ponderee en $
1                       Graphique 1.1                                                                        a diminuc- de 2 points de pourcentage pour
                                                                                                             s'etablir a 56% en 2002.
 Rendements des fonds de dotation des universites canadiennes
                                                                                                                 Les graphiques 1.1 et 1.2 pr£sentent
                    au 31 decembre 2002                                                                      l'etendue des rendements realises par
                12% •                                                                                        les differents fonds de dotation et de
                10% •
                 8% •
                 6%
                                                                                      II                     pension des universites canadiennes
                                                                                                             au 31 decembre 2002. Les chiffres
      £              i                                                                                       entre parentheses indiquent le nombre
                 42%
                   %• •                                              •                                       d'universites participantes.
                 0% -                                                                                            En 2002, cinquante institutions
                               • i                                                                           canadiennes sur soixante (83%) annoncent
      ,3        -6% •
                                                                                                             des rendements negatifs dans leurs fonds
                 -8% -                        •                                                              de dotation. Les ecarts de rendement
                -10% -                                                                                       sont significatifs, allant d'une perte de
                               1 an (60)      2 ans (56)             4 ans (45)         to ana (21)          -9,7 % a un gain de 8,1 % (exclusion faite
     5e percentile               3.3%             46%                    92%               12 0%
                                                                                                             de l'Universite Carleton qui a realise un
     2Se percentile             -1.3%             08%                    54%               96%
                                                                                                             rendement exceptionnel de 36,5 %).
     median*                    -4.0%             -2.1%                  31%               87%                   Comparativement aux fonds de dota-
     75e percentile             -6 7%             -4.4%                  19%               78%
                                                                                                             tion, les fonds de pension ont connu une
     95e percentile             -9 0%             -81%                   09%               63%
                                                                                                             annee encore plus difficile. Ainsi, 45
                                                                                                             institutions sur 49 (92%) ont realise des
                                                                                                             rendements negatifs. Le fonds qui a eu le
                          Graphique 1.2                                                                      meilleur rendement a obtenu 4,3 % alors
    Rendements des fonds de pension des universites canadiennes                                              que celui qui a le moins bien performe
                      au 31 decembre 2002                                                                    affiche un rendement de -9,7 %. Comme
                                                                                                             les fonds de pension ont en general des
                     12% -
                                                                                                             strategies de placement plus agressives
                     10% -
                                                                                                             que les fonds de dotation, ils sont plus
                      B% -
                                                                         _^_             =                   exposes aux variations conjoncturelles.
           £.         6% -
                                                                                                             Selon la distribution mediane observee en
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           m
                     -6% -                                                                                   detiennent 53%. Sur dix ans, les fonds de
                    - 8 % --
                   -10%
                                                                                                             pension produisent des rendements legere-
                   -12% -                                                                                    ment plus eieves, soit 8,9% en comparaison
                                  1 an (49)    2 ans (49)            4 ans (45)         10 a n s (27)        de 8,7% pour les fonds de dotation.
        5e percentile               1.1%           2.8%                   6.8%             9.9%
        25e percentile             -3,0%           -0.8%                  4.5%             9.5%
                                                                                                                L'annee 2002 est la deuxieme annee
        mediane                    -5,1%           -2.2%                  3.4%             8.9%
        75e percentile             -S.6%           -4.3%                  2.7%             8.7%
                                                                                                             consecutive oil les rendements realises
        95e percentile             -8.0%           -5.2%                  1,8%             8.0%              par les fonds de dotation et de pension
                                                                                                             des universites canadiennes sont particu-

36    UNIVERSITY MANAGER • Fall 2003
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lierement mauvais. En effet, en 2001, Ies               Pour mieux situer ces rendements medians, il est important de les comparer aux
fonds de dotation et de pension ont realise          principaux indices boursiers en 2002:
un rendement median de 1% etde -0,2%
respectivement.                                                                                                                              (En dollars canadiens)
    Les tableaux 1.3 et 1.4 illustrent bien                                                                                   Ian               2 ans        4 ans                  10 ans
que les rendements des fonds de dotation                 Actions americaines (S&P 500)                                     (22.9)%            (15.0)%      (6.1)%                   11.7%
et de pension sont en constante diminution               Actions intemationales (MSCI EAFE)                                (16.5)%            (16.4)%      (7.0)%                   6.6%
depuis 1'annee 1999.
                                                         Actions canadiennes (S&P/TSX compose)                             (12.4)%            (12.5)%       2.0%                    9.1%
    Le tableau 1.3 illustre 1'eVolution des
                                                         Obligations canadiennes (Scotia Capital)                            8.7%              8.4%         6.4%                    8.9%
rendements sur differentes p£riodes
au cours des 5 dernieres annees. Ces
rendements sont passes de 8,6% a -4%
pour un an, de 11,1% a -2,1% pour deux               Les fonds de dotation au
ans, de 13,9% a 3,1% pour quatre ans et,             Canada et aux Etats-unis
finalement, les rendements sur dix ans sont          Malgre les pietres rendements des deux                                  plus-value des placements de 1,4 mil-
passes de 12,4% a 8,7 %. Nous observons              dernieres annees et le respect de la poli-                              liards $ et, d'autre part, aux dons de 1,9
la meme tendance au tableau 1.4 pour les             tique de distribution des revenus qui, de                               milliards S recus durant cette p6riode. De
fonds de pension. Le revirement est majeur           facon gen£rale, prevoit qu'en moyenne 5%                                ce montant, une somme 1,5 milliards $ a
et s'avere inquietant.                               de la valeur du capital est distribue annu-                             ete distribute pour financer, entre autres,
                                                     ellement, le capital des fonds de dotation                              les activites de recherche et les bourses aux
                                                     (tableau 2) des universites canadiennes                                 etudiants Ainsi, la plus-value des activites
          Tableau 1.3       •                        a cru de 39 % en 5 ans. Ainsi, entre 1997                               de placement a servi a financer la quasi-
    Rendements medians des                           et 2002, le capital des fonds de dotation                               totalite des sorties de fonds de sorte que
     fonds de dotation des                           a augments de 1,8 milliards $, passant                                  l'augmentation du capital des fonds de
                                                     de 4,6 milliards $ a 6,4 milliards $. Cette                             dotation des universites est attribuable
    universites canadiennes                          evolution est attribuable d'une part a la                               uniquement aux nouveaux dons.
 Nombiv de repondants en 2002:
            60          56            45      21

            1 an        2ans         4ans   10 ans                                 Tableau 2
2002      (4.0)%       (11)%        3.1%     8.7%         Evolution des fonds de dotation des universites canadiennes
2001       1.0%         5.1%         7.4%   10.2%                                                  (en 000,000.000 S de dollars)
2000       7.9%         9.0%        11.0%   12.4%
                                                                                                       1998         1999            2000           2001           2002         variation
1999      9.6%          9.4%        12.5%   11.9%                                                                                                                                5 ans
1998      8.6%         11.1%        13.9%   12.4%        Institutions ayant
                                                         repondu au sondage*                            58            59             63              65             69
                                                         Rendement moven
                                                         pondere S annuel                            12.0%         10.9%            8.7%           0.5%          (5.3)%
           Tableau 1.4                                   Capital au debut
      Rendements medians                                 de l'exercice                                 4.6$          5.3$           5.9$            6.7$           6.7$
                                                         Plus-value
    des fonds de pension des                             de l'exercice                                  0.6          0.6             0.5              -           (0.3)           1.4$
     universites canadiennes                         1
                                                         Nouveaux dons                                  0.3          0.3             0.6             0.3           0.4            1.9$
Nombrv dv rY'potul.tnts en 2(X)2:
                                                         Distribution moyenne
           49            549         45       27         de revenus 5%                                 (0.2)         (0.3)          (0.3)           (0.3)          (0.4)         (1.5)$
          1 an          2 ans       4 ans   10 ans       Capital declare a
                                                         la fin de l'exercice                          5.3$          5.9$           6.7$            6.7$           6.4$           39%
2002     (5.1)%        (2.2)%       3.4%    8.9%
                                                         Variation/annee
2001     (0.2)%         5.1%        7.0%    10.3%        precedente                                    15.7%       10.5%            14.1%          0.2%          (0.5)%
2000      8.9%          9.6%        10.3%   12.0%
1999     10.7%          9.59        12.9%   11.1%        • En regie generate, les nouvetin Institution* participant au tentkgi
Fonds de dotation des universite canadiennes                                                 Annexe 1
                                      AU31 DECEMBRE2002          AU 31 DtCEMBRE 2001             AU 31 DECEMBRE 2000
 1 'l.il'lissrinrnl                   2002          Actif        2001            Actif           2000           Actif
                                      Rang      millions d e $   Rang        millions de $       Rang       millions de S
Toronto ("UT")                         1            1,210.0       1            1,295.5            1            1,333.9
McGill                                 2              726.7       2              780.1            2              778.4
UBC                                    3              624.5       3              654.1            3              679.0
Alberta                                4              501.6       4              540.6            4              548.3
Queen's                                5              413.4       5              431.5            5              397.6
Dalhousie                              6              2 .n 2      6              278.5            6              282.4
Calgary                                7              Z35.5       7              254.1            7              267.3
McMaster                               8              228.9       8              239.8            8              241.0
Manitoba                               9              177.0       9              187.6            9              187.4
Western Ont.                          10              152.1      10              159.3           10              155.5
York                                  11              148.5      11              148.3           11              142.1
Guelph                                12              122.0      12              127.0           12              127.4
Laval                                 13              112.5      13              120.8           13              115.2
Carleton                              14              111.6      21               72.4           22               53.4
Saskatchewan                          15              110.8      14              115.4           14              110.1
Simon Fraser                          16              104.3      15              108.1           15              108.6
New Brunswick                         17               92.8      16               98.0           16               97.3
 Victoria (BC)                        18               83.0      17               91.2           18               93.7
Victoria (UT Fed)                     19               82.6      18               90.9           17               94.2
Mount Allison                         20               75.6      19               82.7           19               80.3
Montreal                              21               75.6      20               80.1           20               73.3
Waterloo                              22               68.8      22               71.9           21               66.2
Ottawa                                23               59.8      23               59.5           23               53.3
Trinity (UT Fed)                      24               48.4      24               51.4           24               52.8
Saint-Paul                            25               45 9      25               4S.7           25               52.3
St. Francis Xavier                    26               39.7      27               40.4           27               40.7
 Concordia                            27               37.5      29               35.5           32               24.4
 Acadia                               28               35.7      28               40.3           28               35.5
 Memorial                             29               34.2      26               47.7           26               42.4
St. Thomas                            30               28.4      30               29.7           30               29.5
Northern BC                           31               28.2      34               23.0           33               23.3
Moncton                               32               26.3      31               28.9           29               30.6
King's (NS)                           33               26.0
Windsor                               34               25.2      32               25.6           35               22.8
Brandon                               35               23.8      33               23.9           34               23.1
Regina                                36               20.4      35               22.9           31               24.9
Rverson                               37               19.9      38               19.1           44               13.1
Trent                                 38               18.6      36               19.9           36               20.6
Wilfrid Laurier                       39               18.1      39               18.6           38               17.5
Sherbrooke                            40               17.3      40               17.8           42               15.1
Winnipeg                              41               16.9      37               19.3           39               17.2
Mt. St. Vincent                       42               16.4      41               16.6           40               16.0
HEC Montreal                          43               15.8
Bishop's                              44               15.1      42               15.9           37               18.1
Laurentian                            45               13.8      43               15.1           43               15.1
PI 1                                  46               12.1      46               10.7           46                9.8
Lethbridge                            47               10.6      45               11.1           45               10.7
Brock                                 44               14.7      41               15.5
Saint Mary's                          48                9.4      47               10.0           47                9.0
Sudbury                               49                7.7       .                              48                8.7
Nipissing                             50                7.5      48                7.9           49                8.0
UC Cape Breton                        51                6.3      49                6.9             -                 .
Huron College                         52                5.0      50                5.1           50                6.5
Trinitv Western                       53                4.1      51                3.5           51                3.9
UQAM                                  54                3.6      52                3.5           53                3.1
UQAT                                  55                3.6      53                3.5           52                3.5
Athabasca                             56                2.5      55                2.5           54                2.5
ETS                                   57                2.5      54                2.7           55                2.5
Sainte-Anne                           56                1.9      56                2.0
King's (UWO)                          58                2.1      57                1.9           57                1.9
Conrad Grebel                         59                1.9
Fraser Valley                         60                1.8      58                1.3            58               1.3
UQO                                   61                1.8
Huntington                            62                1.5
NSAgric. Coll.                        63                1.4      59                1.3             -                 -
Redeemer                              64                1.2
King's (AB)                           65                1.2      60                1.3            59               1.3
NS Art & Design                       61                1.2      60                1.1
Hearst                                66                1.0       -                              61                1.0
Redeemer                              62                0.8      62                0.7
Brescia                               63                0.5       -
UQTK                                  67                0.4      64                0.4             -                 -
AST                                   68                0.3
Luther College                        69                0.2      65                0.2           63                0.2
 Actif total                                        6,429 $                    6,741 $                         6,714$

°/o d'actions                                 Total actions              Total actions                   Total actions
    Movenne                                            53%                        53X                             52%
    Median,-                                           53*                        58%                             55%
    Moyenne en S ponderee                              63%                        65%                             63%

38   UNIVERSITY MANAGER • Fall 2003
Fonds de pension des unlversltes canadlennes                                                  Annexe II
                                 All 31 DECEMBRE 2002            AU31 DECEMBRE 2001               AU 31 DtCEMBKE 2000
Etablissemeni                           Actif 2002                       I 2001                         Actif 2000
                                 Rang           millions d e $   Rang        millions d e $       Rang          millions de S
Toronto ("UT")                      1              1908.1          1             2146.2              1             2265.6
Montreal                            2              1736.6          2             1766.0              3             1698.9
Laval                               3              1591.9          3             1650.7              2             1720.9
Quebec                              4              1252.4          4             1351.0              4             1451.0
Queen's                             5               943.7          5             1011.4              5             1035.8
UBC - Faculty                       6               898.9          7              955.4              8              979.9
Ottawa                              7               873.9          8              950.5              6             1006.4
McMaster                            8               866.6          6              955.8              7              980.8
York                                9               863.8          9              919.6              9              920.7
Western Ontario                    10               755.7         10              818.3             10              845.0
Manitoba                          11                751.3         11              800.5             12              814.5
McGill - Ace.                     12                684.7         12              717.7             13              756.5
Saskatchewan                      13                624.0         13              681.4             11              834.0
Guelph                            14                586.0         14              655.6             14              699.3
Carleton                          15                557.2         15              620.6             15              631.4
UBC - Staff                       16                478.5         18              511.3             18              527.9
Dalhousie                         17                478.3         16              528.8             16              546.0
Memorial                          18                475.9         17              513.3             19              524.5
Ryerson                           19                447.3         19              495.6             17              536.1
Concordia                         20                432.3         20              473.2             20              497.7
Victoria (BC) - Money             21                400.0         21              423.2             21              419.2
Sherbrooke                        22                346.5         22              401.2              -                0.0
Windsor                           23                322.8         23              353.9             22              363.2
Kegina                            24                256.4         24              289.0             23              298.9
McGill - Pen.                     25                253.7         25              272.3             24              267.4
Ec. Polytechnique                 26                218.3         26              224.6              .                   •
SFU - Academic                    27                179.0         27              192.6             26              192.4
Wilfrid Laurier                   28                166.1         28              183.8             25              196.4
Moncton                           29                153.3         31              160.3             28              167.9
Laurentian                        30                149,7         32              155.2             30              155.3
Lakehead                          29                176.8          -
Brock                             30                165.5         27              188.0
Trent                             31                139.2         33              152.2             29              158.0
HEC Montreal                      32                124.4
SFU - A d m i n .                 33                116.0         34              123.1             31              124.0
Victoria (BC) - Staff             34                 91.6         37               97.1             34               96.8
PEI                               35                 90.4         36              100.2             33              109.2
Winnipeg                          36                 90.3         35              100.3             32              116.4
N e w Brunswick                   37                 73.0         40               72.0             38               67.6
Acadia                            38                 72.4         38               83.0             35               90.8
Brandon                           39                 69.5         39               76.0             36               78.9
Bishop's                          40                 63.9         41               69.6             37               69.2
Saint Mary's                      41                 62.3         42               62.6             39               58.4
Mount St. Vincent                 42                 26.1         45               26.1             41               28.3
St. Francis Xavier                43                 47.9         40               57.3
Cape Breton                       44                 34.3          .
King's (UWO)                      43                 20.8         46               21.2             43               21.4
Victoria (UT Fed))                44                 18.0         48               18.2             44               18.0
Saint-Paul                        45                 17.7         47               19.4             42               21.4
Northern IS.C                     46                 16.5         50               16.2             46               14.8
Nipissing                         47                 16.4         49               17.7             45               17.9
St. Thomas                        48                 13.8         51               13.9             47               14.1
Trinity (UT Fed)                  49                 129          52               13.4             48               14.0
Mount Allison                     50                 10.5         53               11.3             49               12.0
King's (NS)                       51                  8.3
Algoma                            54                 11.0         50               11.4
Sainte-Anne                       55                  9.4         51                9.7
Trinity Western                   52                  8.3         56                8.0             52                 8.0
Brescia                           57                  3.0          -
H u r o n College                  -                               -                                53                 6.4
AST                               53                   1.4

Actif total                                      20,817 $                      22,728 S                          22,745 $

% d'actions                                 Total actions                 Total actions                     Total actions
  Moyenne                                            57%                           59X                               57%
  Mediane                                            59%                           60                                58' .
  Moyenne en $ p o n d e r e e                       56%                           58%                               57%
Pour la premiere fois, depuis que le         ce qui permet de mieux situer les resultats      des besoins a long terme des universites
sondage du Comite de tresorerie sur les           des universites canadiennes dont la taille       et des orientations que les comites de
fonds de dotation existe, le capital a la fin     des fonds se compare plus a ce groupe. Les       placement veulent revoir afin d'assurer
de l'exercice 2002 est moindre que celui          donnees comparatives pour les universites        la protection des fonds de dotation a
de I'annee pr6cedente. Heureusement,              americaines sont en dollars US.                  perpetuite.
les resultats anticipes pour 2003 laissent                                                             Les caisses de retraite n'ont pas a
entrevoir un leger redressement.                  Les repercussions                                s'inquieter pour le moment, car leurs obli-
    Comparons les rendements des                  Durant les annees de vaches grasses, les         gations sont a long terme et les hypotheses
universites canadiennes a ceux compiles           administrateurs des fonds de dotation            actuarielles prevoient en general des rende-
par la National Association of College and        agitaient regulierement le spectre des           ments moyens a long terme avoisinant les
University Business Officer (NACUBO)              mauvais rendements futurs pour refuser de        7 %. Pourtant, a long terme, un probleme
pour les universites americaines. Au 30 juin      revoira la hausse les poliliquesdedistribution   eventuellement plus grave subsiste. Les
2002, les rendements medians des fonds de         des revenus. Maintenant que ces sombres          administrateurs des fonds de pension
dotation de 556 universites americaines           previsions se sont realisees, les marches        devront peut-etre s'habituer a I'avenir
s'etablissaient respectivement a -6,4%,           financiers ayant realist des rendements          a des rendements moins Aleves. Les Ele-
0,2%, 5,7%, 9,6% pour des periodes de 1           desastreux depuis deux ans, certains             ments responsables du recul des marches
an, 3ans, 5 ans et 10 ans. Sur une periode        gestionnaires souhaiteraient maintenant          financiers pourraient bien continuer a
de dix ans, les institutions americaines          reduire la distribution des revenus.             eprouver l'economie mondiale pendant de
ont realise des gains importants, soit 10 %                                                        nombreuses annees encore, jtt
                                                      A I'evidence, la diminution importante
pour les universites privees et 9,3 % pour        de la valeur marchande des actifs devrait
les universites publiques. La mediane de          avoir de serieuses repercussions sur les         Cet article a ete ecrit par Andre Racelle,
l'ensemble des institutions americaines est       activites financees par les fonds de dotation.   Directeur desfinancesa I'Universite de Mon-
de 9,6% au 30 juin 2002 alors que pour les        Les comites de gestion des fonds de dotation     treal, et qui siege au Comite de tresorerie de
universites canadiennes elle est de 8,7% au       devront revoir les niveaux de distribution       I'ACPAU. Les autres membres du comite sont
31 decembre 2002.                                 a la lumiere de la nouvelle realite. Pour le     Stuart Finlayson, Universite Western Ontario,
    Dans son sondage annuel, NACUBO               moment, peu de fonds ont modifie a la baisse     John Limebumer, Universite McGill, Lucie
ventile aussi l'information selon la taille des   leur politique de distribution de revenus        MercierGauthier, Universited'Ottawa, Michael
fonds de dotation (en $ US). Les fonds de         car la plupart des universites utilisent les     Trattner, Universite de Calgary, et Marion Van
plus de 500 millions $ ont realise des pertes     economies realisees au cours des dernieres       lmpe, Universite de Saskatclmvan.
de -5,3% sur une periode d'un an alors que        annees pour repondre aux affectations des
sur une periode de 10 ans les gains s'elevent     donateurs et distribuent environ 5 % du          Le comite de tresorerie de I'ACPAU tient a remer-
a 10,4%. Les plus petits fonds de 25 millions     capital a la valeur du marche.                   cier Lynne Seguin, chef du bureau, pour la coor-
$ et moins ont realist un rendement de -             Afin d'etre consequente et credible, cette    dination du sondage en 2002 et la preparation des
6,6% et de + 8,1 % pour les memes periodes,       revision doit etre discutee en tenant compte     graphiques qui apparaissent dans cet article.

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                                                                                                       communities of practice
                                                                                                       As John Seeley Brown points out in his book
seem more an indulgence than a necessity.             in the context of clear accountabilities.
                                                                                                       Tlie Social Life of Information, the power of
However, it is part of the job: building lead-         What are some of the key ingredients            data can only be leveraged in a social
ership capacity is one of the most impor-          of the University of Wisconsin approach?            context: it is often around the water cooler
tant, and most neglected, responsibilities of      Identifying someone with a passion for              and in the hallways that ideas are generated
people in leadership roles. Unfortunately,         the issue. Focusing the role on the issue           and problems solved. Yet, office layouts,
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always an option. In such cases, it is worth       assignment in the context of an important           mean few natural opportunities for people
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Leadership skills come with the experience         Providing                                           elsewhere. Some academic chairs have said
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    To advance its strategic goals, the Uni-       access to seasoned executives can accelerate
                                                                                                       hungry for the right kind of connection
versity of Wisconsin-Madison established           the learning curve, build 'street smarts,'and
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for three years to lead improvement to             worth considering. For instance, some orga-         ing. And, when it comes to leveraging those
the campus climate. Her job is to facilitate       nizations operate a simple 'buddy system:           'communities of practice,' not much more:
and coordinate activity, engaging support          ' new appointees are paired with veterans           someone to take the initial step, a room,
from across the community. What is the             knowledgeable about the organization and            e-mail, and just enough structure that the
outcome? On the one hand, it is momen-             the issues that new managers will inevitably        discussion remains productive. An occa-
tum on an important goal. On the other, it         face. Such arrangements continue as long            sional speaker, perhaps. Regular brown
is a faculty member with broader experi-           as they are useful. At best, they form rela-        bag lunches do not cost much, but they
ence in leadership and management, new             tionships that grow over time; or they may          can play a powerful role in delivering the
competencies and skills and, hopefully, an         simply provide timely, pragmatic support            kind of pragmatic, reality-based skills real
appetite for more.                                 for employees making a major transition in          leadership competence requires.
                                                   role, institution and/or culture.
    The most effective developmental                                                                      What is the moral of the story? Build-
assignments share certain characteristics:            Do you have struggling managers? Do              ing leadership competence can happen
• Clear, mutually agreed-upon objectives           you have new appointees facing difficult            in many different ways. It takes thought,
   including learning objectives.                  management challenges? Is there a commit-           commitment and ingenuity, but it can be
• Challenge, but not so much that the individual   ment to easing the entry of new recruits to         done, with or without the resources formal
  or the organization is put at risk.              the institution? It is a strategy to consider.      programs require. ytt

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