Academic Discipline Process-Flowchart

AIO notifies
AIO notifies Professor and
Professor . Case is Student. Case is
closed. closed.

If No: If Allegation
If No: AIO meets is not If Student
AIO informs with Proven: Accepts
Student of Professor, Assessment
Professor allegation and Student and and Penalty: Decision is
student rep. If Allegation Ratification
files If Yes: sends materials. Agreed reported to
(optional) / is Proven : of
allegation AIO Pending grade is recommenda Student,
Is Student AIO assesses assessment
against determines if assigned. AIO tion is Professor,
guilty of prior allegation and penalty
Student with material If Yes1: considers reported to AIO and
offense? AIO by Vice-Chair
Faculty Discipline AIO in supports AIO may request penalty/ Vice-Chair (Student
Registrar and
apprioriate prima facie checks then entered
Process Senate Vice-Chair If meeting recommends (Student Affairs)
Faculty case approval to does not Affairs ) into Senate
database for penalty to and DSU
within 10 meet with occur in 5 discipline
prior Student Senator
working days student and may working days database
academic If Student
offences. assign penalty or
for prior offence reasonable If Penalty Rejects
case. time: exceeds AIO Penalty:
jurisdiction:
OR if Yes:

Senate Discipline AIO forwards

Vice-Chair
Outcome of
allegation to Senate hearing is
Process (Student
Senate Discipline reported to
Affairs)
Discipline Committee Vice-Chair
notifies
Committee holds hearing2 (Student
student
(SDC) Affairs)

1
If yes, and the allegation involves more than one student ('common allegation') the AIO shall meet with the students, may recommend a finding of guilt, but cannot recommend a penalty for the repeat offender.
Penalty, in this case, can only be determined by the Senate Discipline Committee. Note: students may still reject the finding of the AIO and have the entire matter heard by SDC.
See paragraph 9 of the Faculty Discipline Procedures Concerning Allegations of Academic Offences for full procedures.
2
For procedures surrounding Senate Discipline Committee hearings, see the Senate Discipline Committee Jurisdiction and Procedures
K. Miller/B. Mann Sept 2016