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On behalf of the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development (ICNGD), I would like to welcome our new students to the Master of Northern Governance and
Development program!
You are about to embark upon an innovative learning experience designed to build on the capacity of existing and emerging leaders—particularly from northern Saskatchewan. You will learn about key issues related to northern governance and development using an interdisciplinary approach that includes economics, native studies and political studies. You will build on both your practical and theoretical skills in addressing northern policy challenges. In the process, you will also have a lot of fun!
Our program truly captures the diversity of the North, which is also reflected in our student body. Our students come from northern Saskatchewan and the global Circumpolar North and possess education and expertise in a number of different disciplines and fields. The one common denominator is that all our students have been chosen based on their demonstrated and emerging leadership in the North—in their families, workplaces, communities and Nations.
In fact, the ICNGD is a direct beneficiary of the leadership provided not only by our students, but also by other northern researchers, industry representatives, and provincial, northern, municipal and First Nations and Metis leaders. These individuals have guided our development and continue to provide valuable direction.
Again, my sincerest congratulations and best wishes to all our new students as you embark on this exciting new educational endeavour!
Sincerely,
Dr. Ken Coates
Director, International Centre for Northern Governance and Development
University of Saskatchewan

ICNGD Staff ........................................................................................................................... 1
Student Information .............................................................................................................. 1
Program Policies .................................................................................................................... 3
Program Requirements .......................................................................................................... 4
International Field School ...................................................................................................... 8
2015-2016 Tuition and Rates ................................................................................................. 9
Standards of Conduct and Academic Honesty ...................................................................... 13
Academic Misconduct Procedures ....................................................................................... 15

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ICNGD Office:
International Centre for Northern Governance and Development
231 Kirk Hall, 117 Science Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C8
Website: www.usask.ca/icngd
Phone: (306)966-1238
Email: info.icngd@usask.ca
Fax: (306) 966-7780
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00-4:30pm
MNGD Program Support:
Tessa Mannix
D’Lee Johnson
Emmy Neuls
Michelle Suteau
Ken Coates
Paola Chiste
Stan Yu
Dazawray Landrie-
Parker
Joelena Leader
Title
Graduate Secretary
Financial Officer
International Projects
Officer
Manager of Student
Programs & Services
Graduate Chair
Research Officer
Research Associate
Research Associate
Research Associate
Phone
966-1238
966-8097
966-1380
966-8433
966-5136
966-1624
966-6234
966-8776
966-1609
Email tessa.mannix@usask.ca dlee.johnson@usask.ca emmy.neuls@usask.ca michelle.suteau@usask.ca ken.coates@usask.ca paola.chiste@usask.ca stan.yu@usask.ca dazawray.parker@usask.ca joelena.leader@usask.ca
PAWS Campus Portal
PAWS offers Personalized Access to Web Services for students. PAWS contains a variety of web-based tools, including email, calendar and groups, and gives you access to a wide range of information and services such as registration, transcripts, grades, course home pages, library tools, financial information and more.

Visit www.paws.usask.ca
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PAWS Email
PAWS Email is web based, allowing you to access email anywhere, anytime. The ICNGD staff will use this email as a means to contact you. You must have an NSID and password to access your email through
PAWS. Email is the primary communications channel between ICNGD staff and MNGD students.
Students are required to read emails sent from the ICNGD office, and students are assumed to have knowledge of the content. If you fail to read key e-mail notices, you may miss essential deadlines or other program obligations or events.
To access PAWS Email, go to www.paws.usask.ca
and click on the Email and Calendar link. PAWS Email will open in a separate window.
Your NSID and password were sent to you when you confirmed your acceptance online. If you were previously a student at the University of Saskatchewan, your PAWS account will be reactivated. If you experience any difficulty with your PAWS account, i.e. forget your NSID or password, please contact the
IT Help Desk at 966-4817.
Forwarding Your Account
Email messages you receive at one email address may be automatically forwarded to another email address. You can forward messages sent to your @mail.usask.ca email address to another email address by logging in to My IT Services (MITS).
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Log in to MITS at https://mits.usask.ca/login.seam
with your NSID and password.
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Click on “Forward Email” in the left menu.
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Enter the email address you want to forward your @mail.usask.ca email to.
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Click the “Set Forwarding” button.
After you have set forwarding, send a test message to your account to confirm the forwarding is set correctly.
University of Saskatchewan Student Card
Free cards are produced for all registered students for all terms. Replacement cards cost $20.00.
You do not require a new student card every year. Your card is automatically activated when you register in at least one class. Even if you are not enrolled in classes for a year or two, your card is reactivated when you return. So, please do not throw away your card.
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Identification is required when requesting a student card. Please be prepared to produce one of the following forms of identification:
 Photo drivers’ license
 Passport or citizenship card
University of Saskatchewan Campus ID Card Office located in the Main bookstore, Marquis Hall.
Please Note: Due to high volume during the back to school period the Campus ID Card Office will be temporarily relocated to Upper Place Riel from August 19th - September 13th.
Campus ID Card Office
Marquis Hall, 97 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 4L3
Website: www.usask.ca/consumer_consumers/cardoffice/
Phone: (306) 966-4468
Email: cardoffice@usask.ca
Fax: (306) 966-7416
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30
Professionalism and Expectations of an MNGD Student
Professionalism
During the International Field School you are representing the University of Saskatchewan, the MNGD
Program and the ICNGD, and more importantly Canada. Please be sensitive and respectful to the culture, values, life styles and other aspects of the society that you visit. Since you will be travelling in a group, please be a team player and treat your classmates, instructor, tour leader, drivers and tour guides with respect, courtesy, care, and professionalism.
Class Attendance
Class attendance is required, either in person, via video conferencing at your designated site location, or via teleconference. If it is essential to miss a class, you must notify the instructor beforehand and provide a valid reason why you cannot attend. If you miss a class due to illness or an unavoidable conflicting appointment, a student should always notify the instructor by e-mail or by phone prior to missing the class. When a student misses a class, the student is still responsible for all material covered in that class. In some instances, a student may be asked by the course instructor to complete additional work to make up for the missed class session.

Entering a class late or leaving early is disruptive for both the instructor and classmates and should be avoided. If you must arrive late or leave early, you should notify the instructor in advance and make every effort to minimize the disruption caused by late entry or early exit.
Computer Use
You may use your computer in the classroom only to take notes or access materials as permitted by your instructors. Using your computer in class for e-mail, instant messaging, or surfing the web is forbidden – except for during official class breaks.
Cell Phone Etiquette
The use of cell phones during class or events is disruptive to those in attendance. Students are asked to turn off their cell phones and to not answer calls or texts during classes, speakers, or any other formal setting or presentation.
Event Attendance and Attire
There are many events for which professional attire and demeanor are expected. Keep in mind that as an MNGD student, you represent not only yourself but also the MNGD program and the ICNGD.
Minimum Grade Requirements
In order to be in good academic standing, you must maintain a cumulative GPA of 70% for all MNGD courses taken after attaining graduate status at the University of Saskatchewan. In order to successfully pass a course, you must obtain a grade of at least 60%. Failure to obtain a grade of 60% in a course means you will have to take the course. In addition, your cumulative GPA must remain above 70% in order to graduate from the MNGD program.
Program Planning
The MNGD program can be completed in 24 months. However, keep in mind that students frequently exceed this 24 month period, due to other time constraints such as work and family commitments.
Registering for MNGD Courses
It is the student’s responsibility to register themselves for each of the required MNGD courses. Students must be self-registered by the registration deadline:
Fall/Winter 2015-2016
Term 1
Term 2
Spring/Summer 2016
Registration Deadlines
Thursday September 17, 2015
Monday January 18, 2016
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Term 1
Term 2
TBA http://www.usask.ca/programs/calendar.php
TBA http://www.usask.ca/programs/calendar.php
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Select Registration in the Registration Channel in PAWS.
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Select Add/Drop Classes.
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Select the term you want to register in.
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Enter the course reference numbers (CRNs) for the classes you want to add and click Submit
Changes.
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The Add/Drop Classes page will be displayed again. Scroll to the bottom of the page to view all added classes and/or registration error messages.
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After registering for Fall Term 1 (September to December), you should also register for Winter
Term 2 (January to April) to ensure you get the classes you need.
Visit http://students.usask.ca/current/registration/ for more information on registration.
If you do not register by the deadlines, you will have to fill out the Class Override and/or Late Enrolment in a Class form ( http://students.usask.ca/pdf/sesd-pdfs-other-forms/classoverride.pdf
) and get both the instructor and the head of the department offering the class to sign it for approval. Submit the completed form to Student Central to be registered in the class. A non-refundable $35.00 fee is charged for each class added.
Student Central
Administration Building
105 Administration Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2
Website: students.usask.ca
Phone: (306)966-5790
Email: askus@usask.ca
Fax: (306) 966-6730
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30
Modes of Delivery
Students have the option of attending courses at a distance or from their home community. In addition to in-person instruction in Saskatoon, courses are delivered to northern communities using flexible learning formats. In the past, we have video conferenced to students in Pinehouse, La Ronge, Creighton,
Southend, Prince Albert, LaLoche, Deschambault Lake and Ile a la Crosse.
Students also travel to one of the following partner universities for a 10-day field school:
Nordlands University
North-Eastern Federal University
Umeå University
UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Courses
The MNGD program consists of the following course requirements:
GSR 960
NORD 836.3
INDG 810.3
NORD 990
NORD 847.4
NORD 857.4
NORD 860.4
NORD 992
POLS 858.4
NORD 838.2
POLS 855.4
Introduction to Ethics and Integrity
Strategic Communication for Northern Development
Aboriginal Self Determination Through Mitho-Pimachesowin
Graduate Seminars
Circumpolar Innovation
Northern Resource Economics and Policy
Internship
Project
Methodology and Planning
Communication II: Negotiations and Consultation
Topics in Northern Governance
These courses comprise the basic structure for the fundamental development of your MNGD program.
Successful completion of all core courses is a requirement of the MNGD program. From these courses, students will comprehend:
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Political, social, and cultural contexts of communications in the North, including a better comprehension of media, corporate, and community stakeholders.
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Conceptual, theoretical, methodological, ethical, and political issues of relevance for public policy and program planning, analysis, and evaluation.
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Scientific and technological innovations and the potential for such developments for northern and remote regions, including a better comprehension of barriers to development and successful initiatives in the circumpolar world.
In addition the program develops research skills and provides students an opportunity to implement research methodologies (including indigenous methodologies) for community-based research related to
Northern Governance and/or Development.
NORD 836 – Strategic Communication for Northern Development
NORD 836 introduces students to communications with a focus on professional communications and applied academic research relevant to the provincial North in Saskatchewan and Canada. Students will learn the form and function of key professional documents, such as the formal report and the press release, as well as principles of oral communications in a professional environment. Through the experiences and perspectives of a variety of communication specialists from the North, students will also be exposed to communications in a northern environment.
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NORD 857 – Northern Resource Economics and Policy
NORD 857 explores the economic concepts related to the management of renewable and nonrenewable resources in the northern world. Students will examine competing theories in resource and environmental economics and learn to apply analytic models. Students will also compare and contrast international resource policies that enhance their understanding of how resources are distributed and managed, and how different economic and policy regimes contribute to sustainability. This course will have a field school component that will involve international travel.
NORD 860 – Internship
NORD 860 provides students an opportunity to conduct applied research for a northern community organization, industry, or government. Based on consultation with northern communities and organizations, a series of well-defined internships will be developed and assigned to each student. The goal of the internship is for students to engage in practical research and discovery around critical issues in Northern governance and development while developing confidence, capacity, and skills in professional leadership, research and evaluation.
NORD 847 – Circumpolar Innovation
NORD 847 examines the manner in which scientific and technological innovation is shaping the
Circumpolar world. Nations around the world have identified innovation as being the cornerstone of economic competitiveness and critical to everything from job creation to environmental sustainability.
Comparatively little effort, however, has been made to develop the research capabilities, highly qualified personnel and commercial environments necessary to promote northern economic and social development. This course looks at the global role of scientific and technological innovation and examines ways in which new technologies and new commercial processes can have a beneficial impact on the North.
NORD 990 – Graduate Seminar Series
NORD 990 provides professional training and information to students in the Master of Northern
Governance and Development program. This course will consist of monthly seminars plus a student research poster presentation.
NORD 992 – Project
NORD 992 requires students to write a research paper of 10,000 to 12,000 words based on original research carried out within Northern and Aboriginal communities during the NORD 850 internship. The research paper is the final component of the program.
POLS 855 – Topics in Northern Governance
POLS 855 examines issues of Northern governance, politics, and policies within a Circumpolar comparative perspective. This course explores diverse topics such as regional governance, devolution,

co-management, self-government and land claims, resource development, Arctic sovereignty, climate change, and international cooperation. Students will gain an understanding of the key issues facing the
Canadian and Circumpolar North in the 21 st century.
POLS 858 – Policy Planning and Evaluation in Northern Communities
POLS 858 provides students with an overview of various conceptual, theoretical, methodological, ethical, and political issues of relevance for policy and program planning, analysis and evaluation. This course also provides students with an opportunity to produce documents that are commonly used for policy and program planning, analysis and evaluation in the governmental and non-governmental sectors in northern communities. Students will critically analyze policy issues, make policy presentations, and create policy documents.
GSR 960 – Introduction to Ethics and Integrity
GSR 960 is a required course for all first year graduate students at the University of Saskatchewan. The purpose of this course is to discuss ethical issues that graduate students may face during their time at the University. All students will complete modules dealing with integrity and scholarship, graduate student-supervisor relationships, conflict of interest, conflict resolution and intellectual property and credit.
The International Field School offers MNGD students insight into the challenges and opportunities of governance and development in another part of the Northern Circumpolar world. In the past, students have travelled to Umeå (Northern Sweden) and UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Northern Norway).
The field school is a fully-funded international field school experience. Students spend 10 days in a northern region outside Canada engaging in a series of academic and guest lectures, meetings with key industry officials, and applied research exploration. Students spend approximately half their time inside the classroom and the remainder of their time meeting community stakeholders and exploring the region. In previous field schools, students have toured a mine, fished for ice crabs, visited a world famous snow hotel, and observed reindeer herds in their natural habitat.
Information Sessions
The following sessions are mandatory:
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Introduction Meeting
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International Travel Orientation
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Final Itinerary & Departure Preparation
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Michelle Suteau and Tessa Mannix, will provide email communication related to the above requirements and their due dates.
Tuition and fees are assessed each term. Graduate students must register at the beginning of each term and arrange for payment of the required tuition and fees.
Domestic Graduate Rate
$1,268 per term*
$3,804 per year*
International Graduate Rate**
$1,902 per term
$5,706 per year*
* For graduate students, a typical student is enrolled on-campus in a full-time thesis program and taking three terms per year.
** International graduate tuition rates are 1.5 times the domestic graduate rate.
Graduate Student Fees per year* On Campus Off Campus
Athletic
Recreation
$82.48
$66.98
Student Services
Graduate Student Association
(GSA)
$45.00
$67.30
Canadian Federation of Students $11.46
GSA Health Insurance
GSA Dental Insurance
GSA Transit
Total Fees
$225.56
$185.61
$211.32
$895.71
$22.00
$40.00
$5.50
$67.50
*Rates given are in accordance of 2015-2016 school year, and are subject to change
The athletic, recreation, and student services fees fund specific university activities. Fees in the shadedgreen areas are collected on behalf of student groups for authorized purposes.
Those students who are already covered by an equivalent health and/or dental insurance plan, can opt out and receive a credit to their student account for the amount of the plan. For instance, Treaty Status people can opt out by providing a copy of their Treaty Card.
For more information, visit: www.usask.ca/tuition .
For further explanation and information on payment deadlines and penalties at the University of
Saskatchewan, visit: http://students.usask.ca/current/paying/pay.php/.

Payment Methods
A statement of tuition and student fees will be sent to students on a regular basis, however, payment is due regardless of whether or not a statement is received. In fact, depending on when students register and/or add classes, they may not receive a statement.
It is important to check your account balance in PAWS. You can view your account summary in the
Tuition and Fees channel in PAWS.
1) Online Banking or Telephone Banking
To pay your tuition using online banking or telephone banking, simply add the University of
Saskatchewan as a payee at any of the banks listed below. You will be asked for an account number for the University of Saskatchewan; use your eight-digit student number.
 Bank of Montreal
 Scotia Bank
 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
 Royal Bank of Canada
 Toronto Dominion Bank
 HSBC Bank
 Credit Unions (check on your credit union online banking site for University of Saskatchewan under payees)
Payments are considered received by the university on the day they are processed by the bank.
2) Online Credit Card
You can pay your account balance online with a MasterCard credit card by choosing Pay Tuition and
Fees Online in the Tuition and Fees channel in PAWS.
Please note: credit card payments can only be made online (credit cards cannot be used for in-person payment); MasterCard is the only accepted credit card; a 1% administration fee is charged for online credit card payments.
The University of Saskatchewan is committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality and security of your personal and credit card information. For further details, please visit our Privacy and Security
Information page.
3) At Financial Institutions or Automated Banking Machine (ABM)
If you have received a statement in the mail, it can be paid at any financial institution or ABM in Canada.
The detachable payment stub on the statement has micro-encoding for processing by the financial institution.
 At a financial institution: take the original statement along with a method of payment (cash, cheque, bank draft, money order) to the financial institution. Please note that financial
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 At an ABM: include the stub portion along with the payment in the envelope provided at the
ABM and follow the on-screen prompts. Payments are considered received by the university on the date of the bank stamp on the back of the payment stub.
Payments processed by the financial institution on the payment due date will be treated as paid on time.
4) In-Person
Payments can be made in-person at Student Accounts and Treasury on the main floor of the
Administration Building on campus. The regular hours of business for Student Accounts are 08:30 to
16:30, Monday through Friday, except for holidays. Students can pay in-person using cash, cheque or debit card. Credit cards cannot be used for in-person payment.
In order to avoid line-ups, students are strongly encouraged to make payment by online banking or telephone banking, at a financial institution or through PAWS using MasterCard.
5) Mail
Mail your payment using a cheque or money order. Do not send cash in the mail. Payments sent through the mail must be received by the payment due date to avoid late payment charges.
 Write your eight-digit student number on the cheque
 Make cheque or money order payable to: University of Saskatchewan
 Mail to: University of Saskatchewan, Student Accounts, Room E40, 105 Administration Place,
Saskatoon, SK., S7N 5A2
Student Accounts and Treasury
E40-105 Administration Place
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon SK S7N 5A2
Phone: (306)966-4595
Email: students_accounts@usask.ca
Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30
Payment Deadlines
Tuition is assessed when you register for classes and is owed upon assessment.
The last day to pay before late payment penalties can be found at http://students.usask.ca/current/paying/pay.php#PaymentDueDates .

Late Payment Penalties: A late payment penalty equal to 1.5% per month (19.6%/year) of the outstanding amount is charged on the due date. After the due date, unpaid past due amounts are charged a 1.5% late payment penalty at the end of each month until paid in full.
Account Information
A statement of amounts owing will be mailed to all students with outstanding accounts on a regular basis (usually the middle of each month).
BUT don't wait for a statement - you can check your balance owing anytime in the Tuition and Fees channel in PAWS.
Fall & Winter Terms:
2014-2015
Term 1
Term 2
Spring & Summer Terms:
Due Date
September 30, 2015
January 29, 2016
2016
Term 1
Term 2
Due Date
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Suspension of Service Dates
Suspension of service means students will not receive grades through PAWS, official transcripts, or their parchments upon graduation, and they are not eligible for re-registration until all overdue accounts have been cleared with the University. Nonpayment of tuition and fees does not constitute an official withdrawal from the university - students must withdraw from classes through the Registration channel in PAWS.
University services may also be suspended for overdue amounts owing to other university departments or affiliated units.
If payment is not received on or before the payment due date, student services will be suspended one working day after the payment deadlines (listed above).
In order to avoid late payment fees, tuition and fees for classes in the above terms are due on the specified dates regardless of what day a specific class starts. Tuition and fees for classes spanning both terms will be split between the terms: half will be due on the Term 1 due date and half will be due on the Term 2 due date. The exception is health and dental fees, which, if assessed, are all owing in Term 1.
If payment is not received on or before the payment due date, a Late Payment Fee equal to 1.5% will be charged monthly on any past due balance. Amounts that remain past due will be charged the Late
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Payment Fee on a monthly basis (19.6% annual) until the balance is paid in full. Students who add a class after a payment deadline must pay their fees immediately for that class to avoid incurring a Late-
Payment Fee.
Failure to make payment by the stated deadline will result in the withholding of future services by the
University and in some cases can result in the termination of student status.
In addition, accounts that remain past due will be sent to a collection agency.
Academic Honesty
Integrity is expected of all students in their academic work – class participation, examinations, assignments, research, practice – and in their non-academic interactions and activities as well.
What Academic Integrity Means for Students
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Perform your own work unless specifically instructed otherwise.
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Check with your instructor about whether collaboration or assistance from others is permitted.
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Use your own work to complete assignments and exams.
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Cite the source when quoting or paraphrasing someone else’s work.
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Discuss with your instructor if you have any questions about whether sources require citation.
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Follow exam rules.
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Discuss with your instructor if you are using the same material for assignments in two different courses.
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Be truthful on all university forms.
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Use the same standards of honesty with fellow students, instructors, and administrative staff.
Integrity in Non-Academic Activities
Misconduct that disrupts the activities of the university or harms the legitimate interests of the university community could be the cause for non-academic disciplinary action.
Guiding Principles
The university documents that lay our rules and procedures are the Student Academic Misconduct
Regulations (University Council) and the Standards of Student Conduct in Non-Academic Matters
(University Senate). Both documents are based on the same Guiding Principles:
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Freedom of Expression
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Mutual Respect and Diversity

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Commitment to Non-Violence
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Commitment to Justice and Fairness
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Security and Safety
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Integrity
For more information:
Office of the University Secretary
212 College Building, 107 Administration Place
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A2
Phone: (306) 966-4632
Email: university.secretary@usask.ca
The following constitute academic misconduct that may be the subject-matter of an allegation under these Regulations: a) Providing false or misleading information or documentation to gain admission to the university or any university program; b) Theft of lecture notes, research work, computer files, or other academic or research materials prepared by another student or an instructor or staff member; c) Using work done in one course in fulfilment of any requirement of another course unless approval is obtained from the instructor by whom the material is being evaluated; d) Presenting the work of someone else as one's own; e) The supply of materials prepared by the student to another student for use by that student as the work or materials of that student; f) Alteration or falsification of records, computer files, or any document relating to a student's academic performance; g) Violation of the university’s Responsible Conduct of Research Policy; h) Fabrication or invention of sources; i) Failure to observe any stated rule with regard to the procedure used in an examination(or an activity undertaken for academic credit) where such a failure could result in the student gaining relatively greater credit; j) Altering answers on a returned examination; k) When prohibited, removing an examination from the examination room; l) Seeking to acquire or acquiring prior knowledge of the contents of any examination question or paper with the intention of gaining an unfair advantage; m) Possessing or using notes or other sources of information or devices not permitted by the course instructor in an examination; n) Consulting or seeking the assistance of others when writing a "take home" examination unless permitted by the course instructor; o) Providing false or misleading information with the intent to avoid or delay writing an examination or fulfilling any other academic requirement; p) Failing to observe the terms of any agreement not to disclose the contents of an examination; q) Misrepresenting or conspiring with another person to misrepresent the identity of a student writing an examination or engaging in any other form of assessment; r) Knowingly doing anything designed to interfere with the opportunities of another person to have his or her contribution fully recognized or to participate in the academic program;
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Adequate attribution is required. What is essential is that another person have no doubt which words or research results are the student's and which are drawn from other sources. Full explicit acknowledgement of the source of the material is required.
Examples of plagiarism are: i.
The use of material received or purchased from another person or prepared by any person other than the individual claiming to be the author. [It is not plagiarism to use work developed in the context of a group exercise (and described as such in the text) if the mode and extent of the use does not deviate from that which is specifically authorized]. ii.
The verbatim use of oral or written material without adequate attribution. iii.
The paraphrasing of oral or written material of other persons without adequate attribution w) Unprofessional conduct or behaviours that occur in academic or clinical settings or other work placements, or that are related to the student's area of professional practice.
“Academic Misconduct” is the term the University of Saskatchewan uses to describe cheating. There is an onus on every student to become informed about academic misconduct. When an instructor believes a student is guilty of academic misconduct, the following procedures are used:
Informal Procedure
Many cases of alleged academic misconduct on the part of students result from misunderstanding or carelessness. When in infraction is suspected, the instructor may speak informally with the student to discuss the matter.
If the student concedes having committed academic misconduct, and if the infraction is deemed by the instructor to be minor enough not to warrant a formal hearing, then the instructor and student may agree on an appropriate remedy.
Remedies available to an instructor are limited to the following:

a) The grade on the work that is the subject of the infraction may be reduced to a failing grade or a zero, or by a percentage appropriate to the degree of the academic misconduct; or b) The student may be asked to resubmit or re-write the examination, assignment or other work.
These penalties are considered to be informal measures and do not result in a permanent record of academic misconduct, If it appears that the academic misconduct was of a more serious nature and therefore that a formal hearing is warranted, or if the student disputes the charge of academic misconduct or the penalty proposed, then either the instructor or the student may request a formal hearing.
Formal Procedure
For more serious allegations of academic misconduct, or in the cases where the student disputes the allegation or the penalty, a hearing board will hear the matter. The procedures for hearings are described in the Regulations.
The board shall rule that one or more of the following sanctions be imposed: a) that the student be reprimanded or censured; b) that a mark of zero or other appropriate grade be assigned for the entire course, for an assignment or for an examination, or that a credit or mark for the course be modified or cancelled; c) that an examination be rewritten, an assignment be redone or any other academic performance be repeated; d) that the student(s) be required to submit an essay or assignment relating to the topic of academic misconduct, or to prepare and/or deliver a presentation on that topic; e) that the student(s) be suspended from the University for a specified period of time; f) that the student(s) be expelled permanently from the University; or g) that the conferral of a degree, diploma or certificate be postponed, denied or revoked.
A penalty imposed by a hearing board is reported to the student’s college and to the university, and becomes a part of the student’s record. A finding in academic misconduct in research funded by an external agency is reported to that agency. Further appeal of a haring board decision or penalty is permitted only on grounds of unfair procedure or new evidence.
For more information, please contact:
Integrity and Student Conduct website: www.usask.ca/university_secretary/honesty/
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