As described in the original vacancy notice dated March, 1982, the position of Associate Vice President, Academic involved the following responsibilities: "All matters relating to faculty affairs, including administration of the Collective Agreements with the Ryerson Faculty Association and the Canadian Union of Educational Workers; labour relations strategy; appointment, promotion, transfer or removal of members of the teaching faculty; sabbaticals, leaves, exchanges, secondments and other professional development activities." Terry Grier, the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, was appointed as the first Associate Vice President, Academic. In 1983, Vice President, Academic, Tony Gifford, stepped down from his position halfway through his six-year term and Grier became Acting Vice President Academic. Jim Packham took his place as Associate Vice President, also in an acting capacity. When Terry Grier was named Vice President Academic in the Fall of 1983, a search was undertaken for a new Associate Vice President, Academic. On July 1, 1984, Larry Gray, Chair of the Psychology Department and a former President of the Ryerson Faculty Association, was appointed Associate Vice President, Academic. In 1989, at the end of his five-year term, Gray was re-appointed for another five years, but to a renamed postion, that of Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. His new position encompassed all of his existing academic responsibilities and added Human Resources and Employment Equity, which formerly reported to the Vice President, Administration. In 1994, Gray stepped down from his position and Michael Dewson was appointed as the the new Vice President, Faculty and Staff Affairs. In 1998, an internal management restructuring designed to realign responsibilities for Faculty and Staff Affairs was announced. Dr. Dewson's new title, Vice President, Faculty Affairs, reflected new responsibilities for faculty development and renewal and learning and teaching, in addition to his existing role in faculty labour relations and negotiations. University Planning was also slated to become a part of the Vice President's portfolio by August, 1999. The responsibility for Human Resources reverted back to the Vice President, Administration and Student Affairs. On July 1, 2000, after a twelve-month extension of his first term, Dr. Dewson commenced a second five-year term in the re-titled position of Associate Vice President, Faculty Affairs. On July 1, 2003, the name of the position of Vice President Faculty Affairs becomes Vice Provost Faculty Affairs, at the same time as the Vice President Academic becomes Provost and Vice President Academic. An explanation of these changes can be found in the group history of Group 74. Because of the many changes in title and related functions for this position over the years, but also because of its consistent responsibility for faculty affairs, it was decided to maintain the records produced by this Office under one group, from 1982 to the present. This group is not to be confused with the group for the Associate Vice President, Academic (Group No. 654), a position created in 1995, primarily to oversee scholarly, research and creative activity at Ryerson.