Niagara College Toronto is committed to supporting you in completing your studies with integrity. This means avoiding plagiarism, and properly citing sources in your assignments. The Niagara College Libraries + Learning Commons has compiled many helpful resources to make sure students are citing their sources correctly. If you need more support in making sure that you understand how to prepare citations and to avoid plagiarism, please e-mail library@niagaracollegetoronto.ca for help from our librarian.

Every student at Niagara College - Toronto is required to uphold the highest standard of academic integrity in order to ensure successful progression through the program and completion of all the required modules in order to graduate. Any student engaged in Academic Dishonesty (detailed definitions outlined below) which defined as any action that is not conducive to the principles of integrity, honesty, respect, fairness and responsibility and that is engaged in to obtain any type of academic advantage or credit will be penalized accordingly.

Cheating

Cheating is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents that he or she has mastered information on an assignment, test, project or other academic exercise. This can also include assisting another student in misrepresenting their mastery of the course information. Examples include but are not limited to: copying from another student's test paper or assignment; allowing another student to copy from a test paper or assignments; and using the course textbook, electronic devices, or other material such as a formula sheets not authorized for use during a test

Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct includes tampering with grades, taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a test; stealing, buying, selling or distributing all or part of a test, answer key, or other document; or impersonating another student, or permitting someone to impersonate you, in any assessment.

Fabrication

Fabrication is the intentional use of invented information or the falsification of research or other findings. Examples include inventing data or a source of information; listing sources not used in a bibliography; and submitting another’s works as one's own.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the use of ideas, words, images, phrases, or digital content belonging to or produced by another and claiming it is one’s own instead of using proper referencing procedures. When a student submits a work for credit and places his/her name on it, the student is certifying that the work is their own original submission unless otherwise acknowledged and attributed.

Re-Use of Work

Submitting one’s own work for credit in more than one course without the permission of the instructors, or re-submitting work, in whole or in part for which credit has already been granted is not permitted under this policy.

Penalties

The penalties for Academic Misconduct are are follows:

First Offence - A mark of zero.

Second Offence - A mark of zero or unsatisfactory in the course.

Third Offence - Program suspension.

Fourth Offence - College expulsion.

However, as per policy, the College also has discretion to assess the nature of the offence and recommend a more or less punitive outcome.

*Please refer to the College's official policy on Academic Honesty for more information.