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Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b), B.i.3(b), B.ii.1(a) of the Code – unauthorized aid and providing unauthorized assistance – cheating, academic dishonesty, fraud or misrepresentation – Agreed Statement of Facts (“ASF”) - Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – The Student admitted to receiving unauthorized assistance from other involved students in the course – finding of guilt on all six counts – JSP was accepted – final grade of zero in the course; a five-year suspension; a notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript for six years; and a report to the Provost for publication.

Discipline Appeals Board – Student sought to admit fresh evidence regarding their personal circumstances – request set aside the Joint Submission of Penalty (“JSP”) accepted by the Tribunal – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – Unauthorized aid or assistance – The fresh evidence was vague, unsubstantiated, available at the time of the original hearing, and could not be tested on cross-examination – The Panel declined to exercise its discretion to admit the fresh evidence – The Panel found that the Student’s appeal of penalty was a request to resile from the JSP – The Panel declined to exercise its discretion to vary sanction – The Tribunal’s Order was entitled to significant deference and was reasonable – There was no basis to set aside the JSP –appeal dismissed