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Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(d) of Code and B.i.1(b) – plagiarism – unauthorized assistance – Student did not attend hearing – Student had reasonable notice of charges and hearing – Hearing proceeded in Student’s absence - Student submitted written assignments with verbatim or near verbatim similarities to online sources in two different courses – Student submitted a take home exam containing verbatim or near verbatim similarities to online sources – finding of guilt – Student did not cooperate with the disciplinary process – no mitigating factors – strong need for general deterrence for repeat offenders – no prior offences – final grades of zero in both courses; a three-year suspension – four-year notation on Student’s academic record; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(c) of Code – personation – Student arranged for a friend to attend a graded interview on his behalf – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – knowing personation a serious offence that warrants a severe sanction – no prior offences – no basis to deviate from five-year suspension recommended by the University – five-year suspension; notation on Student’s academic record until graduation; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(a) of Code – forgery – Student submitted three Verification of Student Illness Forms in support of requests for academic accommodations in three different courses – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – Student expressed remorse for their conduct – Student faced mental health challenges at the time of the offence – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) - severity of the offence and detriment to University were aggravating factors – Student’s cooperation and mental health challenges were mitigating factors - strong need for general deterrence – accepting JSP would not bring administration of justice into disrepute - final grade of zero in each of the three courses; four-year suspension; five-year notation on Student’s academic record; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.3(e) of Code – forgery – Student submitted a forged, altered or falsified document purporting be screenshot of ACORN ‘Payments’ Page to Registrar’s Office – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding of guilt – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – Student cooperated with the disciplinary process – no mitigating factors – no prior offences – JSP was reasonable and appropriate – five-year suspension; permanent notation on Student’s academic record; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized aid – Student did not attend the hearing – Student consented to hearing proceeding in their absence – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Student used miniature earpiece, cellphone and smartwatch during an examination - finding of guilt – Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – Student expressed remorse for their conduct – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) - Severity of the offence and detriment to University were aggravating factors – Sanction proposed in JSP consistent with prior decisions of the Tribunal – JSP was reasonable – final grade of zero in the Course; five-year suspension; seven-year notation on Student’s academic record; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.i.1(c) of Code – unauthorized aid – personation – Student did not attend the hearing – Student received sufficient notice of the Charges and the hearing date – Student possessed cell phone during a final exam in a course – Student hired third party to write term test in another course – finding of guilt – Student did not participate or cooperate in disciplinary process – no evidence of extenuating circumstances - recommendation for expulsion; five-year suspension, or until the Governing Council makes its decision on Expulsion; final grade of zero in the Courses; report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.i.1(d) of the Code – unauthorized assistance – plagiarism – Student committed academic misconduct in three different courses (the “Courses”) - Agreed Statement of Facts – Student collaborated with another Student during online term test in first course – Student’s code submission in second course contained similarities to submissions by other students – Student submitted answers that were similar to prior-year submission by another student – guilty plea – finding of guilt - Agreed Statement of Facts on Penalty – Joint Submission on Penalty (“JSP”) – Student had one prior academic offence – Student cooperated with disciplinary process – JSP was reasonable - five-year suspension from the University - five-year notation of the sanction on the Student’s academic record and transcript - final grade of zero in the Courses - publication with Student’s name withheld.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(d) and B.i.1(b) of Code – plagiarism - unauthorized aid – Student did not attend the hearing – reasonable efforts made to provide Student with notice of the Charges and the hearing date – Student submitted reading assignment in a course – answers were not responsive to the question posed in assignment – submission did not appear to be the Student’s original work – evidence of misconduct of other students had little probative value in absence of evidence of complicity to support direct nexus between the Student charged and other students - Student not guilty of obtaining unauthorized assistance where means through which offensive material was obtained could not be identified – finding of guilt on alternative plagiarism charge – Student used an unauthorized aid during final exam in another course – finding of guilt – no evidence of extenuating circumstances – prior misconduct suggested likelihood of repetition of offence – offences strike at the heart of University’s values of honesty and integrity – final grade of zero in the courses; a three-year suspension; and a four-year notation on the Student's academic record and transcript; and a report to the Provost for publication.

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged academic records – forged Degree Certificate – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – no prior offences – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – the character of the Student – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – recommendation that the Student be expelled; five-year suspension pending expulsion decision; corresponding notation on transcript; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of Code – plagiarism – copying verbatim work from a published article – s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forgery – forging letters of nomination – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilty – no prior academic offences – finding on character of the student – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – University submission on penalty accepted – final grade of zero in the course – recommendation that the Student be expelled; five-year suspension pending expulsion decision; corresponding notation on transcript; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1 (b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – unauthorized aid – Student submitted assignment with answers substantially similar to answers posted on the internet – submitted assignment with portions of the answers identical to answers posted on the internet – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior offences – mitigating factors – aggravating factors – likelihood of repetition – character of the Student – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero for course; three-year suspension; notation on transcript until graduation; and a report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1 (d) of Code – plagiarism – knowingly represented an idea or an expression of an idea or work of another on a test – submitted test with answers similar to answers posted on Chegg.com – hearing not attended by Student– reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding of guilt – no prior academic offences – character of the Student – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; three-year notation on transcript; and a report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized aid – student collaborating for assistance on course quiz – s. B.i.1(f) of Code – concocting sources – misrepresenting sources in term paper – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – one prior academic offence – aggravating factor – character of Student – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – University submission on penalty accepted – grade of zero in both courses; three-year suspension; four-year notation on the Student’s transcript; and report to Provost for publication

Trial division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – Student collaborated on term test – widespread cheating – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – no prior academic offences – character of the Student – likelihood of repetition – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – University submission on penalty accepted – grade of zero in the course; two-year suspension; three-year notation on the Student’s transcript; and a report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.3(a) of Code – forged documents – falsified letter and transcript – s. B.i.1(f) of Code – concoction – concocting assignment sources – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – character of the Student – likelihood of repetition - detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – University submission on penalty accepted – recommendation that the Student be expelled; five-year suspension pending expulsion decision; corresponding notation on transcript; and report to Provost.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – Student collaborated with others on term tests – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – two prior academic offences – mitigating factors – Student cooperated – character of the Student – likelihood of repetition – detriment to the University occasioned by the offence – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – final grade of zero; four-year and four-month suspension; notation of the sanction on the Student’s academic record and transcript for a period of six years or until graduation, whichever comes first; and a report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(a) – forged document – forged Verification of Student Illness or Injury form – s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized assistance – assistance on a paper – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – prior academic offences – mitigating factors – seriousness of the offence – detriment to the University – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – final grade of zero in both courses; suspension from the University for a period of three years and six months; notation of the sanction on the Student’s academic record and transcript for a period of five years; report to Provost for publication

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) – unauthorized assistance – unauthorized assistance on Term Tests and Final Assessments – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – finding on Agreed Statement of Facts – finding of guilt – finding on guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty - four prior academic offences – deterrence – detriment to the University – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – final grade of zero in both courses; a suspension from the University for a period of five years; a corresponding notation on the Student’s academic record and transcript until graduation; and a report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – unauthorized aid – using unauthorized on term tests in two different courses – hearing not attended – reasonable notice of hearing provided – finding on evidence – finding on guilt – character of the student – detriment to the University – University submission on penalty accepted – a final grade of zero in both courses; a suspension from the University for a period of three years; a notation of the sanction on the Student’s academic record for a period of four years, and a report to the Provost for publication.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(b) of the Code – possession of unauthorized aid – Student did not attend the hearing – The University provided reasonable notice of the hearing and charges – The hearing proceeded in the absence of the Student - Student had earpiece used to communicate with a third party during an exam – Student refused to disclose the identity of the third party to the Dean’s Designate - finding of guilt – no positive character evidence – withholding of information about the identity of the third party and failure to participate in disciplinary process was non-cooperative – commercial element was an aggravating factor – recommendation for expulsion; five-year suspension; five-year notation on the Student’s academic record; final grade of zero in the course.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(b) and B.ii.2 of Code – use and possession of an unauthorized aid – Student wore earpieces and miniature camera during final exam to receive assistance during a final exam in a course – Student asserted that their possession of electronic devices was an act of negligence – Evidence of prior academic misconduct admissible during offence stage of hearing for the limited purpose of rebutting statements made by the Student as to prior misconduct – Student lied about prior academic misconduct – finding of guilt – No extenuating circumstances – Student had three prior academic offences – strong likelihood of repetition of offence – final grade of zero in the Course; recommendation for expulsion; five-year suspension; permanent notation on Student’s academic record; report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(c) of the Code – personation – Agreed Statement of Facts - Student had another individual write their term test – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – Student cooperated with discipline process – Academic misconduct was serious, pre-meditated and had commercial element – JSP was reasonable - final grade of zero in the Course; five-year suspension; notation on Student’s academic record until graduation; report to Provost for publication.

Trial Division – ss. B.i.1(d), B.i.1(b) and B.ii.1(a)(ii) and B.ii.2 of the Code – plagiarism - Student submitted a quiz and assignment containing passages with verbatim or near verbatim similarities to an online source in two different courses - use of an unauthorized aid – Student not enrolled in the course at the time of the offence - Student took photos of final exam and intended to send them to another person who offered exam ghostwriting services – finding of guilt – no extenuating circumstances – high likelihood of repetition of offence – persons who participate in organized schemes to cheat must be punished severely – need for general deterrence – recommendation for expulsion - final grade of zero in both courses – publication.

Trial Division – s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – plagiarism – Student submitted an essay purchased from an individual online – Student did not attend the hearing – University provided reasonable notice – Hearing proceeded in the Student’s absence – finding of guilt - misconduct was serious and had commercial element – proper approach in case of purchased essay cases is to presume that expulsion is appropriate remedy absent mitigating factors – no mitigating or extenuating circumstances – Student had one prior offence - recommendation for expulsion.