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Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – forged medical documents purchased online– documents requesting inappropriate academic accommodation – Student attended hearing – Student expressed remorse and was forthright – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – five-year suspension; grade of zero in three courses; notation on transcript for six years - report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.i.3(a) of Code – forged documents – submitted forged petitions, statements, and medical certificates on six different occasions in the span of two years for five courses – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Panel considered the offences very serious – Student’s cooperation, remorse and pledge not to repeat, and being a first time offender were mitigating factors – Panel would have considered a more severe penalty if not for the Joint Submission – the high threshold to reject a joint submission was not met in this case – grade assignment of zero for courses; five-year suspension; seven-year notation on transcript; report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1 (c) and s. B.i.1(a) of Code – impersonation and forged documents – Student had another student submit her final exam in his name – hearing not attended – Student recently updated his address – University's policy on updating address - reasonable notice provided – Student admitted to commission of offences at Dean's meeting – finding of guilt – not premeditated - could have been impossible to detect - grade assignment of zero for course; five-year suspension; seven-year notation on transcript; report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(c) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – personation of a faculty member – removing exam paper from exam room – complex scheme involving personation of a faculty member and request of an exam of another faculty member – Student met with Dean’s Designate – admission of guilt – first time offender – grade of zero in the course; four year suspension; sanction recorded on academic record; and ordered that the case be reported to the Provost for publication until graduation

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – possession of an unauthorized aid– Student attended hearing via Skype – agreed statement of facts – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – two prior sanctioned offences – mitigating mental health issues neither excuse nor justify conduct – cooperation throughout process and sincere remorse – final grade of zero; three-year suspension; notation on transcript until graduation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – misrepresentation and plagiarism – Student does not appear at department meeting or Tribunal hearing – no evidence of insight or remorse – grade of zero in course; two year suspension; notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – unauthorized aids and plagiarism – purchase and use of course materials from a previous year– submission of assignment with copied answers from report previously submitted – sale of course materials to two students leading to unauthorized assistance in their academic work – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted in part – insufficient evidence to prove one charge of s. B.i.1(d) - one prior incident not rising to level of prior offence because no penalty had been imposed when these offences were committed – family and financial concerns – suggested penalty contested by student but with no alternative – grade of zero in course; suspension five years; recommendation of expulsion; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – falsified documents and forged academic records – document purporting to be degree certificate – documents sent to employer falsifying possession of degrees – Student did not attend hearing – Student given reasonable notice of Hearing – agreed statement of facts – finding of guilt – high end of spectrum regarding seriousness of offence – five-year suspension; recommendation that the Student be expelled; permanent notation on transcript; report 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 – Student request that hearing proceed in her absence – two prior sanctions – Student cooperative – grade of zero in the course; suspension of four years commencing the date of the Order; notation on transcript until graduation; case reported to the Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a), s. B.i.3(a) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – falsified academic records – document purporting to be undergraduate transcript–application for credit transfer – witness affidavit –Student did not attend hearing – Student given reasonable notice of Hearing – finding of guilt – five-year suspension; recommendation that the Student be expelled; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – adjournment to retain counsel granted –Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – two prior offences – Undertaking to complete Academic Skills Workshops – Joint Submission on Penalty – grade of zero in the course; three-year suspension; four-year transcript notation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s.B.i.1(a) and s.B.i.3(b) of the Code – forged documents – unauthorized aids – course work – finding of guilt – prior offence –evidence of dishonest conduct prior to adn during the hearing – Student voluntarily left Hearing by falsifying a bad Skype connection – Student caused a long adjournment by falsely claiming to be overseas – no mitigating factors -- grade of zero in course; recommendation of expulsion; 5 year suspension pending expulsion; and report to Provost with name of Student withheld

Trial Division – S.B.i.3(a) of Code – forging or falsifying an academic record – teaching assistant who altered his brother’s marks – Student plead guilty on September 10, 2009 – sanction imposed on December 9, 2009 – this decision provides supplementary reasons for those sanctions – sentencing factors in Mr. C case – mitigating circumstances of remorse, good character, academic record, lack of personal benefit, and possibility of rehabilitation – abuse of position and trust as a teaching assistant – deterrence – detriment to the University – case distinguished from University of Toronto and S.L. (January 21, 2010) in which a teaching assistant received money in exchange for answers – case distinguished from University of Toronto and M.C. (July 8, 2008) where a student tampered with University’s computer system to alter her marks

Trial Division – S.B.i.3(a) of Code – forging or falsifying an academic record – teaching assistant who altered his brother’s marks – Student plead guilty on September 10, 2009 – sanction imposed on December 9, 2009 – this decision provides supplementary reasons for those sanctions – sentencing factors in Mr. C case – mitigating circumstances of remorse, good character, academic record, lack of personal benefit, and possibility of rehabilitation – abuse of position and trust as a teaching assistant – deterrence – detriment to the University – case distinguished from University of Toronto and S.L. (January 21, 2010) in which a teaching assistant received money in exchange for answers – case distinguished from University of Toronto and M.C. (July 8, 2008) where a student tampered with University’s computer system to alter her marks

Trial Division – S.B.i.3(a) of Code – forging or falsifying an academic record – teaching assistant who altered his brother’s marks – Student plead guilty on September 10, 2009 – sanction imposed on December 9, 2009 – this decision provides supplementary reasons for those sanctions – sentencing factors in Mr. C case – mitigating circumstances of remorse, good character, academic record, lack of personal benefit, and possibility of rehabilitation – abuse of position and trust as a teaching assistant – deterrence – detriment to the University – case distinguished from University of Toronto and S.L. (January 21, 2010) in which a teaching assistant received money in exchange for answers – case distinguished from University of Toronto and M.C. (July 8, 2008) where a student tampered with University’s computer system to alter her marks

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged documents – altered a scantron answer sheet submitted for re-grading of mid-term – Student’s explanation was implausible and no other source to attribute the change made – finding of guilt – Panel viewed the misconduct as a lapse in judgment – Student could have taken steps to acknowledge her error in judgment – Specific deterrence goal had been met since Student indicated acceptance and respect of the Panel’s findings – not a case for general deterrence – Panel not bound by precedents to impose a minimum two-year suspension for this type of offence – pleading not guilty is not an aggravating factor in and of itself – grade assignment of zero for course; four-month suspension with an adjusted start date; three-year notation on transcript; report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged documents – altered a scantron answer sheet submitted for re-grading of mid-term – Student’s explanation was implausible and no other source to attribute the change made – finding of guilt – Panel viewed the misconduct as a lapse in judgment – Student could have taken steps to acknowledge her error in judgment – Specific deterrence goal had been met since Student indicated acceptance and respect of the Panel’s findings – not a case for general deterrence – Panel not bound by precedents to impose a minimum two-year suspension for this type of offence – pleading not guilty is not an aggravating factor in and of itself – grade assignment of zero for course; four-month suspension with an adjusted start date; three-year notation on transcript; report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – provided and sold assignments to students – hearing not attended – reasonable notice given – Student had been selling assignments through a commercial company called Complete Tutoring – Ms. S.’s affidavit that she had purchased her assignment from Student – affidavit admitted in her absence – Student admitted to charges at the meeting with the Dean’s Designate – finding of guilt – plagiarism is the most serious and egregious of academic offences and it is rare for the University to be able to get to the provider – recommendation that the Student be expelled; five-year suspension

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – submitted practicum report containing plagiarized passages – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – second offence – Student admitted guilt early and cooperated with the University – Student agreed to attend program on academic integrity before registering for any further courses – grade assignment of zero in the course; suspension just under five years; notation on transcript until graduation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.I.1(d) and s. B.I.3(b) of the Code – plagiarism – verbatim or near verbatim excerpts – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence of guilt – little evidence relating to character of the Student – University submission on penalty accepted partially - need for rehabilitation – final grade of zero in the course; two-year suspension; two-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(e) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – alteration of test prior to remarking – plagiarism – credit previously obtained – Student not present, representative present – Agreed Statement of Facts – Joint Submission on Penalty – guilty plea – additional offence committed between offence and hearing – one prior offence – Student permitted to write a deferred examination – grade of zero in the course; five-year suspension; five-year transcript notation; report to Provost for publication; Panel to deal with implementation issues of deferred exam

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid – collaboration with another student on midterm – Students not at hearing – collaborating student admits guilt – finding of guilt – second offence – grade of zero in the course; two-year five-month suspension; four-year academic record notation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – Student not at hearing – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – uncited material in paper – Student does not respond to messages – finding of guilt – grade of zero in the course; two-year suspension; academic record notation until graduation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a), s. B.i.1(c) and s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – ASF – personation – forgery – forged T-Card - Dean’s Designate meeting - Student appears at hearing –Students do not appear at hearing– previous incident not elevated to prior offense due to timing – finding of guilt – grade of zero in the courses in question; five year suspension; suspension deferred to allow completion of courses; academic record notation