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Case 440

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Hannaford, Julie

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of Code – plagiarism – course work purchased from commercial provider of essays – guilty plea – Agreed Statement of Facts – integrity of Code debased by cheating through commercial transactions – enterprise of purchasing work and severity of threat recognized – difficulty of detection required message to be sent about severity of offence and commitment to eradication - severity of sanction not diminished by its inability to curtail commercial providers of essays – serial offences - understanding of severity and seriousness of offences not acquired – adverse medical and personal circumstances not sufficiently connected to offence nor sufficient in kind to reasonably give rise to suspension of judgment - assignment of zero for two courses; recommendation that the Student be expelled as per s. C.ii.(b)(i) of Code ; and report to Provost

Case 441

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Trachuk, Laura

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division - s. B.i.3(a) of Code – forged academic records - falsified academic records submitted to mislead faculty members into supporting dental school application – adjournment with conditions attached - Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – proposed penalty reflected nature of offences and sent deterrence message – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - recommendation that the Student be expelled as per s. C.ii.(b)(i) of Code; five-year suspension pending expulsion decision; and report to Provost - cost of external disbursements requested – see case of Mr. K and s. C.II.a.17(b) of Code - costs awarded - Student ordered to pay costs no later than six months from hearing date

Case 477

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

David, Rodica

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 2 - 2+ years )

Suspension ( 2 - 2+ years )

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d), s. B.ii.1(a)(ii), s. B.ii.1(a)(iv), and s. B.i.1(b) of Code – plagiarism – assignments copied from assignments by another student – Agreed Statement of Facts – hearing not attended – sworn affidavit provided - guilty plea to charges under s. B.i.1(b), s. B.ii.1(a)(ii) and s. B.i.1(d) of Code – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – case of Mr. C criteria addressed and met by sanction - no character evidence except admission of guilt and acknowledgement of misconduct - grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; two-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost

Case 510

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Fishbein, Bernard

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division - s. B.i.3(a) of Code – forged academic records - altered Transcript of Consolidated Academic Record submitted to employer – guilty plea – Agreed Statement of Facts - Joint Submission on Penalty accepted - recommendation that the Student be expelled as per s. C.ii.(b)(i) of Code; five-year suspension pending expulsion decision; and report to Provost

Supportive Leaves Process Flowchart

Type of Content

File

Case 786

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Halwani, Sana

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 3 - 3+ years )

Suspension ( 2 - 2+ years )

NOTE: Heard together with Case #785
Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b), s. B.i.1(a), s. B.i.3(b) of the Code – unauthorized aid, forged documents, and academic dishonesty – obtained an unauthorized aid for a final exam while on a bathroom break – destroyed the aid after it was discovered – denied having the aid – initial hearing not attended – Student claimed he was ill and, though skeptical, the Panel accepted this and adjourned the initial hearing – later hearings attended – finding on evidence – not necessary to determine how the Student obtained the unauthorized aid – non-expert statistical evidence not accepted – finding on guilt – 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

Non-Academic Discipline & Appeals Process Flowchart

Type of Content

File

Report 404

Type of Content

Academic Appeal Committee Report

Chair

Waddams, Stephen

Outcomes

Appeal allowed

Toronto School of Theology (TST) – appeal from TST decision terminating Student’s candidacy for degree of Doctor of Theology – Notice of Appeal to Academic Appeals Committee filed late – exceptional circumstances apply because TST’s own appeal committee erred in refusing jurisdiction to hear Student’s appeal – underlying purpose of exception is to prevent general rule from causing inequity – adequate notice of right to appeal not given to Student – seeking legal advice does not displace exceptional circumstances and cannot of itself create a strict new time period – appeal allowed – matter remitted to Graduate Studies Council Academic Appeals Committee

Report 405

Type of Content

Academic Appeal Committee Report

Chair

Stewart, Hamish

Outcomes

Appeal dismissed

Faculty of Arts and Science – preliminary hearing in writing to determine whether deadline for filing academic appeal could be extended by more than 28 years - former student appealed decision made in 1991 by the Faculty’s Committee on Standing – power blackout interrupted final exam and prevented student from handing in final essay – student was unable to attend rescheduled exam date or submit final paper, which he destroyed –– Faculty refused to grant extension to submit course work, but permitted special examination for later date – student wrote special exam and received final grade of D- in the course - no sufficient record on which Academic Appeals Committee could decide present appeal due to passage of time and Faculty’s reasonable document retention protocol – no information in available materials on reasoning supporting decision of Faculty’s Committee on Standing – no information about how former student’s position compared to that of other students affected by blackout – such information highly relevant to assessment of reasonableness of Faculty’s decision – former student offered no explanation for waiting more than 28 years to appeal from Faculty’s decision – student showed no exceptional circumstances justifying lengthy extension of 90-day appeal deadline - appeal dismissed

Case 1082

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Akintan, Omo

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of Code – plagiarism – Student knowingly represented as his own idea or expression of an idea the work of another – Student purchased work from on-line source - Student did not attend hearing – proper service effected on Student – finding of guilt – barring mitigating circumstances, expulsion is likely sanction for purchase of work submitted for academic credit due to insidiousness of this form of plagiarism – goal of deterrence paramount in these cases - prior offences typically considered aggravating factor that tips scale in favour of expulsion – concurrent offences - commission of two academic misconduct offences in quick succession is aggravating factor that speaks to Student’s character - in absence of participation by Student, Panel unable to assess individual rehabilitation - grade of zero; five year suspension from date of order; recommendation of expulsion; and publication by Provost of notice of decision and sanctions with Student’s name withheld.

Case 990

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Chaudhury, Shantona

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 5+ years )

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – Student purchased the work of another from an on-line source and represented it as her own for course credit – Agreed Statement of Facts (ASF) – Joint Submission on Penalty (JSP) – guilty plea – Tribunal should accept JSP unless exceptional circumstances apply – “purchased essay” offences are among most serious offences student can commit in university setting – expulsion most likely sanction for “purchased essay” offences – prompt acknowledgement of wrongdoing and cooperation with discipline process may justify less severe sanction than expulsion – mitigating factors included early admission of misconduct, guilty plea, cooperation with discipline process – no exceptional circumstances warranting rejection of JSP - grade of zero; five-year suspension; notation of sanction on Student’s academic record and transcript; and publication by Provost of notice of decision and sanctions with Student’s name withheld.

Case 940

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Varah, Dena

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Suspension ( 3 - 3+ years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – Student knowingly represented as his own the work of another for academic credit – Student admitted to knowingly failing to attribute ideas and expressions of another in four papers submitted for academic credit and a take-home examination – Agreed Statement of Facts (ASF) – Joint Book of Documents (JBD) - guilty plea – no agreement between parties on appropriate penalty – issue of extenuating circumstances central – mitigating factors included no prior convictions – ASF – no criminal behaviour; death of Student’s mother –mental health difficulties – no mandatory minimum sentence for plagiarism – Tribunal not bound by previous decisions but should attempt to be consistent in approach to penalty – expulsion not appropriate penalty due to significant mitigating factors and no aggravating factors - grade of zero in each course; three-year suspension; three-year notation on the transcript; and a report to the Provost for publication

Case 1051 (In Writing)

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Chaudhury, Shantona

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 3 - 3+ years )

Suspension ( 3 - 3+ years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d)of Code  – plagiarism – Student knowingly represented as her own an idea or expression of an idea or work of another in two papers she submitted for a course – Student included verbatim or near-verbatim passages from sources that were either not referenced or improperly referenced – Rule 47 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure (written hearing) - guilty plea - Agreed Statement of Facts (“ASF”) - Joint Book of Documents (“JBD”) - Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty (“ASFP”) – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – prior offence - Discipline Appeals Board decision in S.F. (Case No. 690, October 20, 2014) - grade assignment of zero in the course - suspension from the day the Panel made its order to the earlier of (1) three years from the date of the Panel’s order, or (2) May 31, 2023 - notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript from the day the Panel made its order until graduation - report to the Provost for publication of the decision and the sanctions imposed, with the Student’s name withheld.

Case 994 - Sanction

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Embry, Dean

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 4 - 4+ years )

Suspension ( 3 - 3+ years )

Trial Division – ss. B.i.3(a), B.i.3(b), 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 replicates 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 – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – Book of Documents on Sanction – JSP accepted – a grade assignment of zero in the course; three-year suspension; four-year notation on transcript; report to the Provost for publication. 

Case 1080

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Dann, Erin

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 3 - 3+ years )

Suspension ( 2 - 2+ years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged document – Student knowingly altered or falsified a document or evidence required by the University of Toronto, or uttered, circulated or made use of any such altered or falsified document, namely, a signed University of Toronto Verification of Student Illness or Injury Form, which he submitted in support of his petition for a late withdrawal from a course – ss. 6 and 7 of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act - Rules 9 and 17 of the University Tribunal Rules of Practice and Procedure and the University’s Policy on Official Correspondence with Students - finding of guilt - grade assignment of zero for course - two-year suspension – three-year notation on the Student’s transcript - report to Provost of the decision and sanctions imposed, with the Student’s name withheld.

Case 1052

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Akintan, Omo

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of Code  – forge, alter or falsify an academic record  – Student knowingly forged or in any other way altered or falsified an academic record, and/or uttered, circulated or made use of such forged, altered or falsified record, whether the record be in print or electronic form, namely a University of Toronto transcript – Student did not attend hearing – valid and proper service was effected on the Student – admission of guilt – Agreed Statement of Fact (“ASF”) – Joint Book of Document (“JBD”) – finding of guilt –  five-year suspension – a recommendation that the Student be expelled, further to s. C.ii.(b)(i) of the Code – report to Provost for publication.

Report 410

Type of Content

Academic Appeal Committee Report

Chair

Katz, Ariel

Outcomes

Appeal allowed

SGS – Faculty of Information – request for an extension – standard for procedural fairness in decision to terminate doctoral Student’s enrollment in her program – unconscious bias – level of supervision from supervising committee – level of supervision below standards – Committee on Standing – Guidelines for Departmental Monitoring of Progress Through the PhD – comments provided to the Student in Annual Progress Review – Baker v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration), [1999] 2 SCR 817 – appeal allowed.

Case 1077

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Embry, Dean

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 3 - 3+ years )

Suspension ( 2 - 2+ years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code  – plagiarism – Student knowingly represented an idea or expression of an idea or work of another as their own in an assignment - Student did not attend hearing – reasonable notice of hearing provided – Rule 14 and 9 of the Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure – finding of guilt – plagiarism strikes at the very heart of academic integrity and requires a significant sanction – no extenuating or mitigating circumstances as Student did not participate in the hearing – the lack of participation in the process is not an aggravating factor – lack of participation is not evidence that the Student has no insight or is not remorseful – final grade of zero in the course; two-yearsuspension ; notation of the sanction on the Student’s transcript; and publication of notice of decision and sanctions with the Student’s name withheld. 

Case 1054 - Appeal

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Jackson, Patricia

Outcome/sanction

Dismissed

Discipline Appeals Board – Student appeals finding of guilty arguing Tribunal erred in allowing the University to call reply evidence – University cross-appeals acquittal of a charge under s. B.i.1(a) of the Code – R. v. Krause, [1986] 2 SCR 466 - R. v. Sanderson, 2017 ONCA 470 - it is an important element of a fair hearing that the University should not split its case, leading in reply evidence that it could and should have made part of its initial case against a student - in general terms, the principles enunciated in cases such as R. v. Krause and R. v. Sanderson, 2017 ONCA 470 apply. However, the Tribunal is not bound by the strict rules of evidence and there have been in the past, and there may in the future be, circumstances where fairness justifies the calling of reply evidence which might not be permitted in a criminal case - no obligation on the University to prove the contents of the Agreed Statement of Facts and it would be unwise and a waste of hearing resources to have multiple witnesses confirm facts that the parties have agreed to - as soon as the Tribunal found that the Student’s conduct is an offence under s. B.i.1(a) of the Code, the offence under s. B.i.3(b) ceases to apply.

Report 411

Type of Content

Academic Appeal Committee Report

Chair

Faherty, Sarah

Outcomes

Appeal dismissed

UT – Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering – request to expunge transcript – appropriateness of expungement – Statement Concerning Change of Student Personal Information in Official Academic Records – Governing Council’s Transcript Policy – accuracy of academic records is fundamental to the integrity of the University and cannot be falsified; therefore, expungement is not an appropriate remedy - Retroactive withdrawal (WDR) same impact as expungement – decision of the Academic Appeals Board affirmed – appeal dismissed.

Case 905

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Pinto, Andrew

Outcome/sanction

Notation on transcript ( 5+ years )

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division - s. B.i.3(a) – forged academic record – Student had completed degree requirements – no prior offence - Agreed Statement of Facts – Joint Submission on Penalty – start date delayed for two months to allow student to transition his research and not disadvantage other students on his research team - suspension of five years, transcript notation for seven years, and report to the provost.

Case 1041

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Harrison, Douglas

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 4 - 4+ years )

Suspension ( 3 - 3+ years )

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized aid – Student knowingly used or possessed an unauthorized aid or aids or obtained unauthorized assistance in a final exam - Student did not attend hearing – reasonable notice of hearing provided – University’s Policy on Official Correspondence with Students – Rule 9(c), 13, and 17 of the University Tribunal’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (“Rules”) - ss. 6 and 7(3) of the Statutory Powers Procedure Act (“SPPA”) – calculated and pre-meditated effort to cheat - finding of guilt  – s. C.ii.(b) of the Code – final grade of zero in the course; three-year suspension; a four-year notation on the Student’s transcript; and publication of notice of decision and sanctions with the Student’s name withheld.  

Case 1597

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Laubman, Shaun

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 5+ years )

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.ii.2 of Code – unauthorized aid – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Student possessed cell phone and earpiece during midterm exam – Student paid third party to supply answers during midterm exam – guilty plea - Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – Student expressed remorse for their actions in apology letter - sanction proposed in JSP consistent with prior decisions of the Tribunal – JSP was reasonable – undertakings proposed in JSP not enforceable by the Tribunal - final grade of zero in the Course; five-year suspension; seven-year notation on Student’s academic record; and report to Provost.

Case 1573

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Bandali, Sabrina

Outcome/sanction

Expulsion

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 5 years )

Suspension ( 5 years )

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – Student used a smart watch and cell phone to receive answers during a final exam – Agreed Statement of Facts – Supplementary Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Student did not appreciate gravity of the offence and showed disregard for the discipline process – Severity of the offence and detriment to University were aggravating factors – Strong need for general deterrence - recommendation of expulsion; final grade of zero in the Course; corresponding notation on the Student’s academic record; and a report to the Provost for publication.

Case 1608

Type of Content

University Tribunal Decision

Chair

Harrison, Douglas

Outcome/sanction

Grade Assignment of 0 for course

Notation on transcript ( 3 - 3+ years )

Suspension ( 2 - 2+ years )

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(a) of Code – forgery – Student submitted three Verification of Student Illness Forms in support of petition for final exam deferral – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) - Student expressed remorse for their conduct – no prior academic offences - Severity of the offence and detriment to University were aggravating factors –- Strong need for general deterrence – JSP was reasonable and not unconscionable - final grade of zero; two-year suspension from the University; three-year notation on the Student’s academic record; and a report to the Provost for publication.