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Trial Division - s. B.i.1(d) and s. B.i.1(b) of Code – plagiarism and unauthorized aid – submitted test containing passages plagiarized from internet - portions of website unconsciously memorized from study notes and inadvertently reproduced in answers - hearing adjourned sine die - expert examination of memory abilities refused – expert opinion evidence – explanation not believable and no other explanation for reproduction of material – finding of guilt – no remorse because offence not admitted to – no prior offences - notation for same period as suspension because coursework for degree potentially completed before start of suspension - inappropriate to delay resumption of academic career beyond suspension - grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; two-year notation on transcript; and report to Provost

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(a) of Code – forged documents – forged letters, forged Motor Vehicle Accident Report, false information and forged fax in support of false information – two courses – hearing not attended – hearing adjourned to locate Student and serve notice of hearing – guilty plea – Agreed Statement of Facts - credibility doubted and testimony unreliable - egregious and reprehensible actions – repeated lies to professors, forgery of documents and implication of third party – clear and calculating attempt to avoid full accountability - events a reaction to stress of learning about becoming a father - lies began before learning about becoming a father – inconsistencies between character and core values of University not made up by possibility of success in meeting acceptable academic threshold - University submission on penalty accepted - grade assignment of zero for two courses; 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

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(b) of Code – unauthorized aid – possession of formulae relevant to subject matter of exam – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – Joint Submission on Penalty – second academic offence – second offence occurred in term immediately following first offence – offence committed in honour system - offence discovered by chance – deterrent required – grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; two-year notation on transcript; and report issued to Provost

Trial Division - s. B.i.3(a) of Code – forged academic records – forged transcript misrepresenting marks and GPA – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – repetition of offence unlikely due to period of anguish between commission of offence and hearing – no premeditation – scope of offence contained - extenuating circumstances influenced severity of sanction - University submission on penalty accepted - five-year suspension; five-year notation; and report to Provost

Trial Division - s. B.i.1(b) and s. B.ii of Code – unauthorized aid – allowed another student to copy from exam answers – Agreed Statement of Facts – guilty plea – identical answers – other student admitted to receiving assistance – extenuating fact of other student’s illness not helpful given honest options available – mitigating facts of guilty plea, expression of remorse, personal relationship with co-defendant, acceptance of appropriateness of sanctions – medical attention or deferral not sought – guilt not admitted at earliest opportunity – hearing three years after commission of offence - sufficient credits to graduate – Joint Submission on Penalty accepted – grade assignment of zero for course; two-year suspension; three-year notation; and report to Provost