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Trial Division – ss. B.i.3(a), B.ii.2 and B.i.1(d) of the Code – intention to commit the offence of forging or in any other way altering or falsifying an academic record - the Student did or omitted to do something for the purpose of carrying out that intention – online order for stamp and a seal embosser that replicate the official stamp and seal used by the Office of the Registrar at the University of Toronto Mississauga (“UTM”) - plagiarism - the Student knowingly represented as her own an idea or expression of an idea or work of another in a term paper that she submitted – actus reus – mental element – mere preparation - Deutsch v. The Queen [1986] 2 SCR 2 - reasonable inferences drawn from evidence – competing inferences available - Agreed Statement of Facts (“ASF”), a Joint Book of Documents (“JBD”).

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b), s. B.i.1(d), s. B.i.3(b) and s. B.ii.1(a) of the Code – unauthorized aid, plagiarism, academic dishonesty, party to an offence – aiding and abetting plagiarism – aiding and abetting unauthorized aid– 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 in both courses affected by the charges; 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.