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University of Toronto – extension of time to complete coursework – Accessibility Services – reasonable accommodation – medical issues – no medical certificate – negotiated accommodations – Faculty rules for extensions of time to complete coursework – financial matters – Student’s responsibility to attend to financial aid matters – reasonable accommodation made for the Student – appeal dismissed

University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – late withdrawal without academic penalty – T-Program – family circumstances – automobile accident – Boocock-Will formula – reassessment – procedural issues – failure to provide sufficient reasons – Student could not attend the hearing – precise nature of the Boocock-Will formula – re-evaluation of academic standing – onus of showing the formula was incorrectly applied – onus not met – appeal dismissed

University of Toronto – School of Graduate Studies – late withdrawal without academic penalty – University of Toronto Grading Practices Policy – University of Toronto Grading Practices Policy s. II.2 – University of Toronto’s Graduate Grading and Evaluation Practices Policy – meaningful feedback – 5% of work received prior to withdrawal deadline – Faculty of Arts and Sciences grading Policy – norms of procedural fairness – type of course – knowing when the University Grading Policy would apply – sufficiently constituting meaningful feedback – compliance with University Grading Policy – application of two grading policies – appeal dismissed – minority dissent

University of Toronto, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Engineering – late withdrawal without academic penalty – medical illness – family circumstances – financial circumstances– extraordinary remedy – demonstrable unforeseen change in circumstances – no medical evidence – no compelling evidence – test for late withdrawal without academic penalty not met – appeal dismissed

UTM – reinstatement – lifting of suspension – early return from suspension – medical illness – previous reinstatement from suspension – reasonable imposition of suspension – no evidence of significant change in medical condition – no change in capacity for university studies – purpose of a suspension – dissenting opinion – likelihood of seeking academic counselling – appeal dismissed

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – reinstatement – academic relief in two courses – reinstatement to the university – unexpected death -- standard relief in similar situations – Boocock-Will Formula – correct and fair application of Formula – impossibility of reinstatement under other remedies – appeal dismissed

Faculty of Arts and Science, Woodsworth College – preliminary issue of timeliness – withdrawal from course – removal of grades from transcript – Certificate Program in Business – 90 day appeal period – appeal deadlines –confidentiality – twenty year delay – appeal period – policy on appeal periods – discovery of alleged error – extension of deadline – notification of student – appeal dismissed

Faculty of Arts and Science – request to re-write final examination – claimed disruptive condition at the exam – WC attempted to address the Student’s concern on the day of the exam – Committee satisfied with the effort and found no evidence of disruptive condition – medical certificates did not indicate a sufficiently severe medical condition – Student had the option to take a different course that would allow her to later join FAS programs – Committee encouraged the Student to seek academic support – appeal dismissed

UTSC – re-read of term work – appeal dismissed – Student failed to present substantive arguments – reliance on conclusory statements and unsubstantiated allegations – several arguments had no bearing on the merits of the appeal

UTSC – re-read of term work and final exam – appeal dismissed – professor had no intention of doing anything contrary to Divisional policy – amenability of a faculty member to performing a re-read is not relevant to the question of whether a re-read is justified – Student failed to present substantive arguments – reliance on conclusory statements and unsubstantiated allegations – a student’s precarious academic situation does not constitute a substantive reason for a re-read

UTSC – motion for adjournment – motion denied – mid-term exam scheduled the evening of an afternoon hearing did not present a conflict warranting adjournment – re-read of term work – appeal dismissed – Student’s vague assertions do not constitute grounds for reconsideration – visible presence of preliminary estimations of grades do not indicate prejudice nor do they indicate that the final grade assigned is incorrect

SGS – request for late withdrawal without academic penalty; grading of tests; recommendation of rebate or cancellation of tuition – Students did not write their exams and received FZ grades – their cases were being decided together because they were almost identical – Committee held in Motion Decision #359-1 that it did not have the jurisdiction to grant the other remedies Students requested – male Student’s father died one month before the exams – between the time of the father’s death and about one month after the exams, Students made no request for special consideration – Committee accepted the male Student’s claim that it took him 1.5 months to recover but found that they failed to demonstrate why their circumstances were so severe as to prevent making a request for special consideration – Committee did not find credible the claim that the Student did not make such a request because he had the impression that it would not be granted – no evidence as to the circumstances of the female Student’s circumstances – Students’ tests should not be graded because they were not registered at the time – no reason to recommend rebate or cancellation of tuition as their FZ grades stand – appeal dismissed

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – re-instatement to program – Student was refused further registration due to poor academic performance – Faculty allowed the appeal in part, but did not provide reasons for its decision to not allow reinstatement – Committee noted that the Faculty should have provided written reasons for its decision, but the absence of reasons did not change the outcome of the Student’s petition – Student attended classes and completed some coursework for the courses he would have taken had he been reinstated – Student argued that the Faculty erred procedurally by not instructing him on which documentation to submit – AAB dismissed the appeal – reinstatement not appropriate given the Student’s poor assessment in the courses thus far and the timeline of the evidence submitted – divisions of the University should encourage students to support their appeals with suitable documentation, but it remains the Student’s responsibility to submit suitable documentation – Committee agreed with the AAB and concluded that its decision was reasonable – to grant a remedy that would give the Student credit for the courses would be highly unusual given that he wasn’t enrolled in them and the basis for assessing his performance in them was very thin – Faculty staff names need not be redacted, especially when the matter does not affect them in a personal capacity – appeal dismissed

Faculty of Law – course grade appeal – request to change grade on transcript from “B” to “Credit” and to be issued an apology from the Faculty – Student disputed the Faculty’s policy disallowing the appeal of interim grades – no basis for the Student to appeal the Faculty’s policy – role of the Committee is to review the application of Faculty policies, not to change the policies – appeal dismissed

School of Graduate Studies – request to withdraw Notice of Withdrawal – Student withdrew from program when asked to terminate her registration – Student argued that she did not have adequate advice with respect to her options – Committee found that withdrawal from a program is not a decision about an academic regulation or requirement, bringing an appeal of a withdrawal outside of the Committee’s jurisdiction – appeal dismissed

UTSC – request to rewrite examinations – appeal dismissed – Student failed to provide adequate documentation – UTSC should adopt a standardized practice outlining for students and invigilators alike how to proceed when a student is ill during an examination

School of Graduate Studies (SGS) – appeal by Student of decision setting aside Student’s termination from Ph.D. program on certain terms and setting out procedures for re-read of course papers – SGS motion to quash Student’s appeal on basis that decision already accepted by Student – Student consented to terms of reinstatement into Ph.D. program related to both a thesis committee, and terms related to a re-read for papers - therefore the Student cannot appeal those same terms and procedures after previously accepting them and not appealing – SGS motion granted and Student’s appeal quashed.

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (“OISE”) – Student appealed from dismissal by Divisional Appeals Committee of OISE of appeal from decision of Appeals Committee of OISE Faculty Council which dismissed appeal from failure in Practice Teaching component of Diploma in Technical Education Program – no appearance by or on behalf of Student – reasonable notice of hearing provided - written materials filed did not justify calling OISE to respond to appeal - appeal dismissed

Student appeals decision of University of Toronto Mississauga Academic Appeals Board dismissing appeal from decision of Committee on Standing denying Student’s request to lift one-year suspension – early return from suspension is an extraordinary remedy – such remedy not appropriate unless Student produces compelling evidence of change in circumstances relevant to purposes of suspension – only issue is whether Student has produced compelling evidence of requisite change in circumstances – early return from suspension normally only granted where substantive and well-documented change in Student’s circumstances indicating previous record of poor academic performance not likely to recur - appeal dismissed

School of Graduate Studies (SGS) – re-instatement to program – Faculty’s policy reasonable and applied fairly – GAAB decision reasonable and substantiated by evidence – no new evidence raised in the hearing before the Committee – appeal dismissed

School of Graduate Studies – grade appeal – jurisdiction – Student contested the policy applied to convert his grade from a University study abroad program – Student’s petition was about the fairness of the Faculty’s procedure itself, not about the fairness of the procedure’s application – Committee has no jurisdiction over the fairness of Faculty policy – appeal dismissed

School of Graduate Studies – late withdrawal without academic penalty – re-instatement in program despite failure to meet program requirements – documented personal and medical issues – appeal of some of the courses five years after the Student’s initial registration – Student’s last-minute submission of documents not accepted – students have a duty to make themselves aware of their rights and responsibilities and the policies of the programs – late withdrawal without academic penalty granted when the Student’s already-existing circumstances significantly and unpredictably worsen – the Student’s successful performance in some courses cannot be relied on to suggest that she could properly perform in all of her courses – Student not entitled to monetary relief for the Course in which she was granted late withdrawal – late withdrawal and aegrotat standing not allowed for four courses on the merits and untimeliness of the appeal – administrative errors that led to the failure of Accessibility Services to assess the Student cannot be relied upon without a temporal limit – the University cannot be expected to accommodate a condition of which it was unaware – appeal dismissed in part

Faculty of Arts and Science – late withdrawal without academic penalty – preliminary issue of timeliness – Student requesting the remedy for courses taken 20 years earlier – Student did not have adequate documentation – extraordinary remedy of late withdrawal without academic penalty must be well-supported and warranted in the circumstances – appeal dismissed

OISE and School of Graduate Studies – reinstatement to program – jurisdiction – Student failed her comprehensive PhD examination three times – Student made a range of requests for relief including personal remedies and departmental policy changes – Committee’s powers do not extend beyond orders of an academic nature – departmental policies enacted after a decision may be relevant in an appeal in some circumstances, but here the changes did not demonstrate any unfairness to the Student – appeal dismissed