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Trial Division - sanction decision - s. B.i.1(b) of Code - unauthorized aid - student submitted forged exam - zero on course, two year suspension, three year notation, publication of the decision with the name of the Student withheld

Discipline Appeal Board – Student appeal – reasonable notice of hearing – delivery of notice during an academic suspension – delivery of notice via email – no evidence about who accessed email account or which specific emails had been read – exceptional circumstances – s. 7(b) of the Code – Appeal allowed, matter remitted to a new hearing

Discipline Appeal Board – Student appeal from sanction – request to set aside order of expulsion - s.B.ii.2 – s. B.i.3(a) – forged academic record – third offence – Board need grant little deference given its very broad powers – deference given on the issue of credibility – expulsion generally penalty for forgery when prior offence – Appeal dismissed – recommendation for expulsion

Discipline Appeal Board – Student appeal from sanction – request to set aside order of expulsion and impose a suspension - s. B.i.1(a) and s. B.i.1(d) of the Code – eight offences committed during a six month period - falsified personal statement in petition for academic accommodation – plagiarism – course work purchased from commercial provider of essays – guilty plea – Agreed Statement of Facts – conduct during the hearing relevant in determining the Student’s character as well as likelihood the Student would follow University rules in the future – Panel entitled to give little weight to medical evidence where author not available for cross-examination – appeal dismissed - assignment of zero in the affected courses; immediate five-year suspension pending expulsion; and report to Provost

Discipline Appeal Board – plagiarism – Section B.i.1(d) of the Code – requirement of medical corroboration in request for adjournment – student not present – notice – deliberate delay – procedural fairness – factors to consider in denying a request for adjournment – appeal dismissed – final grade of zero in the affected course, degree recall and cancellation, permanent notation on transcript, removal of thesis from library, recommendation of expulsion, publication of decision with name withheld