DATE: February 24, 2010
PARTIES: University of Toronto v. A.S.J.
Hearing Date(s): February 10, 2010
Panel Members:
Bernard Fishbein, Barrister and Solicitor, Chair
Professor Dionne Aleman, Faculty Member
Mir Sadek Ali, Student Member
Appearances:
Lily Harmer, Assistant Discipline Counsel for the University
Lee Chitiz, DLS for the Student
In Attendance:
A.S.J., the Student
Lucy Gaspini, Academic Affairs Officer
Trial Division – s. B.I.3(b) of Code – fraud and misrepresentation of academic work - missed deadline – attempt to represent project was completed and handed in on time - improper access to a University office – missed deadlines – previously granted extension – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade of zero in one course; three-year suspension; three-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost
Student charged under s. B.1.3(b) of the Code. The Student plead guilty to the charge that he, in order to avoid the consequences of handing in a term project late, after already being granted one extension, improperly gained access to a University office and left there a broken, unreadable computer disc and other documents attempting to suggest the project had in fact been completed and handed in a timely manner. The matter proceeded on an Agreed Statement of Facts and a Joint Submission on Penalty. The Panel unanimously accepted the agreed upon penalty. The Panel imposed a grade of zero in the course, a three-year suspension, a two month and three-year notation on the student’s academic record and transcript, and that a report be issued to the Provost.