Capital Project (Level 3): Report of the Project Planning Committee for University of Toronto Mississauga Residence (Phase IX) – Project Scope and Sources of Funding (Presentation)
Name Change of Degree: Master of Pastoral Studies (TST)
Type of Content
Calendar of Business Item
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Originating Cycle
Cycle 6A
Portfolio
Office of the Provost
Actions
For Confirmation
Case 1490
Type of Content
University Tribunal Decision
Chair
Wood, Alexi
Outcome/sanction
Degree suspension or recall
Trial Division – section B.i.1(f) of Code – submission of academic work containing purported statements of fact that had been concocted – Student did not attend the hearing – Panel was satisfied the hearing could proceed in the Student’s absence – Student fabricated data used in their thesis and in an essay published in a journal – finding of guilt – the offence in question was one of the most serious offences, which had the potential to jeopardize the integrity of the University and its degrees and risked enormous detriment to the University – final grade of zero in the course; recommendation to Governing Council to recall the Student’s degree; permanent notation on the Student’s academic record; report to the Provost for publication.
Discipline Appeals Board – Student sought to challenge the decision on liability and sanction made by the Tribunal – The Student’s notice of appeal did not disclose any basis for Panel to interfere with the Tribunal’s Order – The Panel found no reversible error in fact or in law in the Tribunal’s decision – appeal dismissed.
Trial Division – sections B.i.1(b) and B.i.3(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – cheating, academic dishonesty or misconduct - Student did not attend the hearing – Panel was satisfied the hearing could proceed in the Student’s absence – Student collaborated with other students on several term tests and final exams in three different courses – obtaining unauthorized assistance on an academic examination is a serious offence that strikes at the heart of academic integrity – the appropriate sanction must send a strong message to other students that such misconduct is considered a serious offence – the onus is on the Student to put forward any mitigating circumstances – no mitigating circumstances as Student did not participate – final grade of zero in each course; four-year suspension; five-year notation on the Student’s academic record; report to the Provost for publication.
UTM – consolidation of two appeals of decisions of UTM Academic Appeals Subcommittee – credit / no-credit (“CR/NCR”) notations in two courses - request for early return from three-year academic suspension – no evidentiary basis to support Student’s claim of timely request for CR/NCR notation - no information submitted to demonstrate change of circumstances following suspension – appeals dismissed.
UT – Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering – request by Student to continue studies at U of T Engineering – request for Aegrotat standing – request for an assessed mark – request for Late Withdrawal without academic penalty on compassionate grounds – decision of the Academic Appeals Board was not reasonable – appeal allowed.