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Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code  – unauthorized aid – Student knowingly used or possessed an unauthorized aid in a midterm exam – witnesses observed the Student using a cellphone during the midterm exam – the charge does not require that there be evidence that the Student actually utilized the device – finding of guilt – use of unauthorized aids during an exam is a threat to the integrity of the University’s processes for evaluating students, is unfair to other students, and jeopardizes the University’s reputation – final grade of zero in the course; a two-year suspension; a three-year notation of the sanction on the transcript; and report to Provost for publication.  

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized aid or assistance – Student knowingly used or possessed an unauthorized aid or obtained unauthorized assistance in connection with a test – Student denied the charges – Rule 61 of the University Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure – the Student’s evidence was not credible – highly improbable that another University of Toronto student taking the same course and writing the same test, living in the same house and using the same internet as the Student, would have created an email address in her name and use that email address to access the answer to the test on Chegg.com – finding of guilt – a three-year suspension; a four-year notation on the transcript; and a report to the Provost for publication.