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Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.ii.2 of Code – use and possession of an unauthorized aid – Student wore earpieces and miniature camera during final exam to receive assistance during a final exam in a course – Student asserted that their possession of electronic devices was an act of negligence – Evidence of prior academic misconduct admissible during offence stage of hearing for the limited purpose of rebutting statements made by the Student as to prior misconduct – Student lied about prior academic misconduct – finding of guilt – No extenuating circumstances – Student had three prior academic offences – strong likelihood of repetition of offence – final grade of zero in the Course; recommendation for expulsion; five-year suspension; permanent notation on Student’s academic record; report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.ii.1(a)(ii) of Code – use of an unauthorized aid – knowingly aiding and assisting other students – Student committed offences in connection with final exams in two courses – Use of unauthorized programmable calculator – Use of electronic device to send screenshots of final exam to online group chat – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) - no prior offences – offences committed in sequence was an aggravating factor – need for specific and general deterrence – JSP was reasonable – final grade of zero in both courses; five-year suspension; six-year notation on Student’s academic record and transcript.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – Student did not attend the hearing – University provided the Student with reasonable notice of the hearing and the charges by email, telephone and courier – Hearing proceeded in absence of the Student - Student copied answers from an online forum to complete term test – finding of guilt – no evidence of Student’s character or extenuating circumstances or likelihood of repetition – the offence of plagiarism warrants a serious and significant sanction – final grade of zero in the course; two-year suspension; three-year notation on Student’s academic record; report to Provost for publication.