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Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(f) of the Code – plagiarism and concocted sources – submitted four assignments in two different courses containing wholesale plagiarism – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted for charges under s. B.i.1(d) – remaining charges withdrawn by University – Joint Submission on Penalty – second offence – Student admitted guilt early for three of four offences – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted -- grade assignment of zero in two courses; four-year suspension beginning on date of hearing; five-year notation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and B.i.1(f) – plagiarism –witnesses – first offense – ought reasonably to have known – finding of guilt – reference plagiarized, not concocted – differing penalty submissions – Student’s submission of community service rejected - no binding appellate authority – sanction to reflect the seriousness of offense – no mitigating factors – aggravating factors – three-year suspension; grade of zero in the course; notation on the Student’s transcript for three and a half years or until the Student graduates

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – passages from essay taken verbatim from internet sources – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Undertaking to complete writing workshops – prior academic offences of similar nature – Panel acknowledged that a joint submission should not be rejected unless its acceptance would bring the administration of justice into disrepute – Panel accepted Joint Submission with reluctance – timing of Undertaking – suspicious unsettled facts – better to address academic deficiencies before and not after repeated academic offences – serious nature of the offence and harm to the university – grade assignment of zero for course; three-year suspension; report to Provost – Panel rejected the Student’s motion for a ban on publication

Discipline Appeal Board – University appeal from sanction – expulsion a likely sanction in purchased essay cases – s. E.7(c) allows Board not to show any deference – principled approach showing some deference – majority erred in concluding Student were victims – submitting purchased essays could not be justified – majority erred in treatment of previous offences – no continuum of remorse – previous offence did not have to be identical to be relevant – majority erred by giving too much weight to demeanor and expressions of remorse – multitude of factors relevant in sentencing – effect of previous offences – indications of continuing dishonest motive and a failure to recognize and adhere to core University values – in purchased essay cases, two Chelin factors were more relevant than others: the detriment to the University and the need for deterrence – expulsion was the appropriate sanction – H’s affidavit was not much different from her earlier expressions of regret and there would need to have been something materially more dramatic to have an effect – Appeal allowed

Trial Division – plagiarism – two offences in two classes – Student not at hearing – finding of guilt – zero in courses; three year suspension; four year academic record notation; report to Provost – dissent – issue of notice – insufficient attempt by University to notify Student

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – Agreed Statement of Facts – prior offence – admission of guilt – Dean’s Designate meeting – extenuating circumstances – Joint Submission on Penalty – grade of zero in course; three-year suspension; notation on transcript until graduation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – submitted three papers with significant and intentional plagiarism – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided as per the Code and the Statutory Powers Procedure Act – finding on guilt – aggravating factors of multiple plagiarized papers, deliberate attempts by the Student to hide the plagiarism, disregard for the discipline process and failure to respond, and no demonstrated accountability and remorse – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 3-year suspension; the earlier of either a 4-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript, or a notation until the Student’s graduation from the University; case reported to Provost for publication

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 - s. B.i.1(d) - plagiarism – graduate student – copying work from unattributed sources in a series of essays – copying work from others in an application for a scholarship from a third party – marital problems and health issues insufficient extenuating circumstances – English language proficiency not an excuse for plagiarism – no prior misconduct – final grade of zero in the affected courses, immediate suspension for a period of five years pending expulsion, recommendation of expulsion, permanent transcript notation, and report to the provost.

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) of Code - plagiarism - student copied unattributed text verbatim for Master's thesis - guilty plea - agreed statement of facts - joint submission on penalty accepted - zero on thesis, four year suspension, five year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) – plagiarism – Ph.D. Student who failed to properly cite sources – student not present – reasonable notice provided with proof that email had been accessed and courier package signed for by someone with same first initial and last name – jurisdiction – work submitted in capacity as a research assistant and not for course credit – prior offence – student ought to have known her citations amounted to plagiarism - notation longer than suspension – suspension of three years, transcript notation for three years, and report to the Provost.

Discipline Appeal Board – Provost appeal – request to order a new hearing on the charges - s. B.i.1(b) – s. B.i.1(d) – s. B.i.3(b) – plagiarism – similar ideas in essays exchanged in University incentivized peer-review exercise – Board need grant little deference given its very broad powers except on matters relating to credibility and the Tribunal’s approach to the assessment of evidence – Appeal dismissed

Trial Division - s. B.i.1 (d) – plagiarism – ideas in an essay copied from another student – agreed statement of facts – joint book of documents – joint submission on penalty – guilty plea – three prior offences – undertaking – Panel acknowledged that a joint submission should not be rejected unless its acceptance would bring the administration of justice into disrepute – Panel accepted Joint Submission with reluctance – final grade of zero in the course; specified date for suspension; the sanction be recorded on academic record and transcript for seven years or until graduation, whichever is earlier; and that the decision be reported to the Provost for publication with the Student's name withheld

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 (d) – plagiarism – ideas in class assignments, research assignment, and in the final exam represented work that was not the Student’s – hearing not attended – sufficient notice provided – finding of plagiarism where no original work to compare alleged plagiarism with – plagiarism based on different quality of work - final grade of zero in the course; three-year suspension; the sanction be recorded on academic record and transcript for four years; and that the decision be reported to the Provost for publication with the Student's name withheld.