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Trial Division – academic dishonesty and forged documents - medical notes – guilty plea – third party implicated – agreed statement of facts and joint submission on penalty – guilty plea - finding of guilt –deliberate conduct – accepting joint submission on penalty does not bring administration of justice into disrepute – character references - joint submission on penalty accepted – two year suspension; three year transcript notation; report to the Provost

Trial Division – s.B.i.3(a) of Code­ – forging academic record – forging a University of Toronto degree – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding of guilt – forgery of academic records is one of the most serious of offences – typical sanction of expulsion – Panel imposed: 1) a 5 year suspension; 2) a recommendation of expulsion; and 3) a report to the Provost. The Panel recommended to the Provost and Governing Council that the Code be amended to allow for the names of expelled students to be published, in the interest of deterrence

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged documents – forged and submitted a letter of admissions in support of an application for student loan – hearing not attended – Agreed Statement of Facts – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – two previous offences – negative finding on character as Student committed offences in three consecutive years – offence was deliberate and planned – University should not be implicated in criminal behaviour – no extenuating circumstances; Student had other options – strong need for deterrence considering the potential damage to the University’s reputation – Panel accepted the JSP – recommendation that the Student be expelled; five-year suspension; report to Provost

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

Trial Division – s.B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – TA assisting three students during a final examination and two terms tests in exchange for money – finding of guilty on eight charges of providing unauthorized assistance – sentencing factors in University of Toronto and Mr. C (1976-77) – little evidence of Student’s character – likely to recommit offence – breach of trust – among the most serious offences – initial denial of offences - length and scope of the scheme – detriment to the University – need for deterrence – students are subject to the Code even if they commit offence while employed as a TA (University of Toronto and A, January 14, 2009) – Panel found the TA had a “corrupt commercial enterprise” with no precedent in the university jurisprudence - University of Toronto and Ms. VWSL (April 6, 2006), which deals with purchased work, used as precedent for the seriousness of TA’s offence - Tribunal imposed a sanction of: 1) a five year suspension, 2) a recommendation of expulsion, and 3) a report to the Provost.

Trial Division – s.B.1.3(b) and s.B.1.3(a) of the Code – academic dishonesty or misconduct – forged academic record – made misrepresentations to a professor and assistant registrar in order to convocate – Student did not attend hearing -- reasonable notice given to the Student -- finding of guilt – adjournment for sentencing – sentencing factors in Mr. C – seriousness of offence – no mitigating factors or extenuating circumstances – University submission on penalty accepted – Panel ordered: recommendation of expulsion; grade of zero in the course; report to the Provost

Trial Division – s.B.i.1(b) of Code­ – unauthorized aid – giving questions and receiving answers over the phone during a final examination – agreed statement of facts - finding of guilt – guilty of two charges of unauthorized aid – two prior convictions for unauthorized aid joint submission on penalty accepted - Panel imposed: 1) a final grade of zero in the course; 2) a four year suspension; 3) a transcript notation until graduation; and 4) a report to the Provost.

Trial Division – s. B.1.3(a) of Code; s. B.1.3(b) of Code; s. B.1.7(a) of Code – forged documents – forged medical certificate – forged auto insurance invoice - forged accident report – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – adjournment requested – adjournment granted on condition that no future adjournments be granted – no prior offences – grade assignment of zero for five courses; five-year suspension; five-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost; recommendation that the Student be expelled as per s. C.ii.(b)(i) of Code; and permanent notation on academic record

Trial Division - s. B.I.1(d) and s. B.I.3(d) of Code – doctoral dissertation - plagiarism – concocted references - plagiarism – verbatim and near verbatim excerpts – failure to attribute excerpts properly – no meaningful academic work on thesis - hearing not attended – Agreed Statement of Facts - finding on evidence from Agreed Statement of Facts of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - grade assignment of zero for course; five-year suspension; recommendation; recommendation for expulsion; and report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.I.1(d); s. B.I.1(f); and s. B.I.3(b) of Code – plagiarism – concocted sources – hearing not attended – Agreed Statement of Facts – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - grade assignment of zero for course; five-and-a-half-year suspension; five-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.I.1.(d); s. B.I.1(f)); s. B.I.3(b) of Code – plagiarism – portions copied verbatim or close to verbatim – concocted sources – hearing attended – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; two-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost