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Faculty of Arts and Science – Student appealed Faculty decision denying petition to substitute grade based on Faculty memorandum on special academic relief as a result of a teaching assistant (TA) strike at University – Faculty interpreted memorandum as requiring that only effect of the strike itself could be considered in deciding to award special grades to petitioning student - strict interpretation of Faculty rejected by AAC – as remedial provision, memorandum should be given expansive reading - students seeking relief from academic harm flowing from strike should not have to engage in statutory interpretation to select precise form of remedy to seek - remedies should be available when effects of strike are significant factor among others which cumulatively justify relief – effect of strike must be considered with respect to individual student, not some ‘typical’ student – Student sufficiently adversely affected by combination of strike and TA’s illness that relief should be granted - appeal allowed – grade of D- vacated and grade of CR substituted

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – Student appealed Faculty decision that missed final examination should not be counted in computing final course mark – Student petition based on medical grounds – attack on credibility always relevant in considering evidence – where University grants relief on medical grounds, it accepts that student’s ability to perform so adversely affected that results cannot be relied upon – academic delinquency irrelevant in determining this issue – University cannot deal with academic delinquency by withholding otherwise proper relief on petition based on medical or similar grounds – where character of party impugned, witness should be present to be cross-examined – Faculty committees did not publish reasons for decisions – elementary fairness requires publication of summary of reasons for decision at a minimum - appeal allowed

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – Student appealed Faculty decision determining no basis to alter assessed grade awarded to Student – Faculty erred in procedure used for assessing Student’s grade – where Faculty offers assessed grades rather than supplemental examinations cannot do so in opaque manner - no compelling argument why Faculty did not use formula outlined in its ‘Term Work Report’ – instructor’s comments valuable but should not form basis of assessment – Faculty must be held to its own test set out in ‘Term Work Report’ – appeal allowed