Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – forged academic record – submitted forged academic record to employer – Student did not attend hearing – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – Student admitted guilt and cooperated with the University – Student expressed contrition – misconduct undermined integrity of the recruitment process – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – five-year suspension; seven-year notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism, unauthorized aid, and academic dishonesty – course work purchased from commercial provider of essays – failed to attribute ideas and expressions from an academic source – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offence – mitigating factors of using only four paragraphs of the Purchased Essay and personal issues – aggravating factor of previous academic offence – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 5-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until her graduation from the University; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – Student created the Essay by stringing together copied blocks of text from unattributed sources – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided pursuant to the Statutory Powers Procedure Act – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – University submission on penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; 3-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication.
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.ii.2 of the Code – breaking and entering – attempting to alter exam – ASF – admission of guilt– prior offence – Mr. C factors – recommendation of expulsion; five-year suspension; transcript notation until graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid and academic dishonesty – Student had unauthorized exam aids on his desk during the final examination – Student signed an Acknowledgement of Possession of Unauthorized Exam Aid(s), but this was not admitted as evidence of guilt because the Student may not have understood what he was admitting to – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – prior academic offence – University submission on penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; the earlier of either a 3-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript or a notation until his graduation from the University; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – Student used significant portions others’ work without attribution, too extensive to be done accidentally – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until his graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – plagiarism and forged documents – Student appropriated verbatim text from academic sources – Student altered Verification of Illness form to extend the projected illness end date – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offence of plagiarism – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero; 3-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until her graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(a), and s. B.i.1(f) of the Code – plagiarism, forged documents, and concoction – hearing adjourned for Student to obtain legal advice – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offence of plagiarism – aggravating factor of short timeframe between last academic offence and the current charges – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in both courses; 4-year suspension; the earlier of either a 5-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript, or a notation until her graduation; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(c), s. B.i.3(b), s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – impersonation, academic dishonesty, and forged academic records – had another personate them at final exam - forged T-Card - finding of guilt – phrase “ought to have known” is established on an objective test – a plea of not guilty and contesting an offence not an aggravating factor, but is not an indication of remorse which can be a mitigating factor – sanction- grade of zero in the course; 5 year suspension; recommendation for expulsion; case reported to Provost for Publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(f) of the Code – plagiarism and concoction – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided pursuant to the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and the University Tribunal Rules of Practice and Procedure – finding on evidence – Student knew or ought to have known he was committing plagiarism given his years of academic experience – finding on guilt – two prior academic offences of plagiarism – acknowledgement of responsibility not considered a mitigating factor given previous warnings and academic discipline – aggravating factor of disregarding previous warnings – high likelihood of repeating the misconduct – more serious offences must receive more serious sanctions than lesser offences – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 3-year suspension; notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until his graduation from the University; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – information not available – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing not provided given the delayed service of notice and the Student’s likely residence abroad – hearing adjourned sine die for the University to consider other service of notice to the Student
Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a), s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – forged academic record, unauthorized aids, plagiarism – Student hacked into the computer account of the Course Teaching Assistant to alter the mark recorded for his assignment – Student hacked into another student’s computer account, copied the student’s work, and submitted it as his own work – hearing not attended, but Student’s counsel did attend – guilty plea – University still required to prove its case even though the Student did not challenge the evidence – Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – the Student’s agreement to permanently withdraw from the University was an important factor in the Panel’s decision to accept the Joint Submission on Penalty – grade assignment of zero; 4-year suspension; permanent notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aid – Student’s Essay improved dramatically from his previously submitted essay and the high level of writing was inconsistent with his level of English – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided pursuant to the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and the Code – finding on evidence – finding on guilt for the charge of plagiarism – other charges withdrawn – plagiarism unusual in the sense that there was no original text to compare with the Essay, but the Student had still represented someone else’s work as his own – prior academic offence of plagiarism and unauthorized aid – University submission on penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 3-year suspension; 4-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism – Student purchased coursework from a commercial provider of essays – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided pursuant to the Statutory Powers Procedure Act and the University Tribunal Rules of Practice and Procedure – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – University submission on penalty accepted – commercial element puts offence at highest end of plagiarism spectrum - grade assignment of zero in the Course; 3-year suspension; 4-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – forged documents – Student falsified bank statements purporting to show payment to the University – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – prior academic offence of unauthorized aid – mitigating factors did not outweigh the Student’s deceitful actions – University submission on penalty accepted – 5-year suspension; recommendation of expulsion; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(f) of the Code – concoction – Student fabricated data and research results – hearing not attended – Student requested that the Tribunal proceed in his absence – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – consideration of Mr. C factors relevant to sanction - 5-year suspension; recommendation of expulsion; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aid – Student’s assignment very similar to another student’s assignment – not necessary to determine whether the Student or the suspected collaborator drafted the original content – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided as per the Rules of Practice and Procedure – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – aggravating factor of failing to respond to the Course Instructor’s emails – University submission on penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero in the Course; 2-year suspension; 3-year notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – unauthorized aid - substituting completed test booklet for blank booklet during in-class test – factual issue – insufficient evidence to satisfy onus of proof on University – possibilities inconsistent with inference of guilt – student not guilty
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.1(c), and s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – plagiarism, impersonation, and unauthorized aid – Student plagiarized computer code for an assignment from an online software repository – Student used other University students’ computer accounts to send an email impersonating the Course professor in an attempt to obtain the examination – Student copied from his lab partner during the final examination – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – mere reference to medical reasons to explain missing the hearing did not constitute a request for adjournment – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – no prior offences – three offences committed within a short amount of time considered to be three first-time offences – Student’s statement that he was depressed and anxious was not sufficient to be considered as a mitigating factor – aggravating factors of lack of remorse and the severity of the student’s deception – grade assignment of zero in both courses; 5-year suspension or a suspension until the Governing Council’s decision on expulsion; corresponding notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript; recommendation of expulsion; case reported to Provost for publication
Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – forged academic record – Student falsified her transcript from another university in an application for admission to the Faculty of Arts and Science and her application for on-admission transfer credit – Student gained admission to her Major program on the basis of a forged course –hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided; Student acknowledged that the hearing would proceed in her absence – Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilt – University submission on penalty accepted – Student graduated before the forgery came to light, making cancellation of credits and degree recall the only relevant sanctions – cancellation of the forged 1.50 transfer credits; permanent notation of the offence on the Student’s academic record and transcript; case reported to Provost for publication; recommendation of degree recall