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Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aids – use of Answer Key from previous year – use of another student’s work – uncited excerpts – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted for three of four charges – guilty plea for plagiarism of previous year’s Answer Key rejected – Joint Submission on Penalty – second offence – prior offence involved similar misconduct and was therefore a serious aggravating factor – Student pleaded guilty early and was cooperative – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted -- grade assignment of zero in two courses; suspension just under five-years; notation on transcript just under five-years; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – forged documents and forged academic records– email sent to four professors containing false information and forged academic records – emails containing fraudulent information are not forged documents – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea accepted for charges under s. B.i.3(a) but rejected for charges under s. B.i.1(a) – modified guilty plea to charges under s. B.i.3(b) accepted – Joint Submission on Penalty – first offence – Student admitted guilt early and cooperated throughout – Student had only one credit remaining to graduate – Student expressed genuine remorse at hearing – transcript forgery among the most serious offences – misconduct involved considerable planning and deliberation – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – suspension and notation deemed to have commenced the date the Joint Submission on Penalty was signed by the Student to avoid unintended increase in severity of sanction -- five-year suspension; seven-year notation; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.i.3(a) of the Code – forged documents and forged academic records – documents purporting to be transcripts from other universities submitted in support of two applications for admission to the University and one application to transfer to St. George campus – Student did not attend hearing – Student was given reasonable notice of Hearing – evidence presented by way of affidavit – finding of guilt – egregious conduct that caused serious harm to the integrity of the academic process – five-year suspension; 7.0 credits cancelled; recommendation that the Student be expelled; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged documents – submitted falsified documents in support of petition for seven courses on different occasions – Agreed Statement of Facts - guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty – Panel would have considered a more severe penalty absent the joint submission – threshold to reject a joint submission is high - Panel accepted Joint Submission on Penalty with regret grade assignment of zero for course; five-year suspension; six-year notation on transcript; report to Provost

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid – Student brought completed Mid-Term Exam Booklet into final exam -- Student took materials seized by professor and fled – inability to determine whether materials were aids or not attributable to actions of the Student; Student must therefore provide credible, cogent evidence to support his contention – post-offence conduct more consistent with guilty mind than honest panic – finding of guilt – first offence – extraordinary post-offence conduct and deliberate deception is an aggravating factor – positive reference letters given little weight because authors were unaware of alleged misconduct – evidence of personal tragedy does not mitigate when used to support factual innocence rather than contextualize guilty conduct – grade assignment of zero in the course; three-year suspension; four-year notation on transcript; report to Provost for publication -- Decision issuance delayed for reasons beyond Student’s control; suspension and transcript notation deemed to begin on final day of hearing rather than date of issuance