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Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) and s.B.ii.2 of Code – forged academic records and intent to commit an offence - student ordered transcripts after disciplinary sanction was imposed but before notation was made on transcript for the purpose of employment, immigration, and professional licensing – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – third offence – prior convictions included falsification of academic record and academic dishonesty – deliberate offence – contested hearing on sanction - Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – University submission on Penalty accepted – recommendation that Student be expelled per s. C.ii.(b)(i) of the Code, interim notation until Governing Council makes decision on expulsion, and report issued to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – passages copied from internet and textbook sources without attribution or citation – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 4-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript for one year following the date on which he graduates from the University or withdraws or is terminated from his program; case reported to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – Agreed Statement of Facts – plagiarism on multiple exams – Joint Submission on Penalty – not first offence – Student admitted guilt and cooperated throughout – Joint Submission on Penalty – without JSP the Panel would have been inclined to give a greater punishment – grade of zero in course; four-year suspension; five-year notation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – laboratory assignments contained text copied from website – consequences of plagiarism for ‘draft’ assignments – finding of guilt – no prior offences – no evidence of extenuating circumstances – no mitigating evidence – not having been previously engaged in a discipline process not a mitigating factor – participating in discipline process but denying wrongdoing not akin to ‘cooperation’ – distinction between a student who commits a second offence after imposition of an academic discipline process resulting in a guilty finding and a student who commits multiple infractions prior to the imposition of a first academic process - grade assignment of zero in two courses; two-year suspension; three year notation on transcript; and report to the Provost.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(d) of the Code – plagiarism – lack of proper attribution – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – two prior academic offences – joint submission of penalty – grade assignment of zero in the course; suspension of two years and eleven months; sanction recorded on academic record and transcript for three years; report to the Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – group work - Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – two prior academic offences – mitigating factors include assignment was only worth 15% of the final grade in the course, student pleaded guilty which obviated need for University to prove student’s contribution to group work, student cooperated with discipline process - Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the course; suspension of two years; sanction recorded on academic record and transcript for three years; report to the Provost

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism - student submitted essay worth 20% with substantial unattributed copying - student did not appear at hearing - proceeding in student's absence on basis of e-mail service - finding of guilt - zero on course, two year suspension, three year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism - student submitted essay worth 25% with substantial unattributed copying - student did not attend hearing - finding of guilt - zero on course, two year suspension, three year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of Code - plagiarism - course work purchased from commercial provider of essays - guilty plea - Agreed Statement of Facts - Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - presumptive penalty of expulsion for purchased essays - assignment of zero in the course; five-year suspension; notation on academic record and transcript for five years; and report to Provost

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism - unattributed quotations from internet sources in essay - University provided reasonable notice of hearing - proceeding in student's absence - finding of guilt - zero on course, three year suspension, four year notation, publication of decision with name of the Student withheld

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – copied information from unattributed sources and submitted them for course credit – Student cooperated with the discipline process – Agreed Statement of Facts – Joint Submission on Penalty – final grade of zero in the two affected courses, a suspension from the University for three years, notation on transcript and record until graduation, and a report to the Provost for publication

Trial Division – plagiarism – Section B.i.1(d) of the Code – request for adjournment – anxiety attack – mental health issues– requirement of medical corroboration – jurisdiction over graduates – student not present – revocation of degree – deliberate delay – purpose of expulsion where student already graduated – final grade of zero in the affected course, degree recall and cancellation, permanent notation on transcript, removal of thesis from library, recommendation of expulsion, publication of decision with name withheld

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(f) and s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – concoction and forged documents – Student concocted references to sources in a research report – Student falsified the document outlining his sanction to reflect a lesser penalty – Student attached the falsified document to his appeal documents – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – 5-year suspension; recommendation of expulsion; case reported to Provost for publication