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Student success is a key priority at Northern College (Northern), and academic integrity is a cornerstone of student success.

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PROCEDURE

I. PROCEDURE STATEMENT

Student success is a key priority at Northern College (Northern), and academic integrity is a cornerstone of student success.

Northern’s academic integrity approach is grounded in guiding principles of academic freedom for faculty in their domain of expertise, transparency, accuracy, and fairness. These guiding principles enhance Northern’s commitment to student success by delivering high-quality education while supporting a positive learning environment.

This procedure aims to ensure a high standard of academic integrity by offering a streamlined and centralized procedure. During this process, part-time and full-time faculty report academic integrity violations through the same channel to the academic integrity officer.

The academic integrity officer, assigned by the senior vice president of academics, receives all the evidence of alleged violations and the suggested sanction from the faculty. The student receives the academic integrity report alert simultaneously and is offered support during the process from advising. Ongoing support and professional development are offered to help faculty provide evidence and improve accuracy and fairness, especially regarding generative artificial intelligence. Appendix 7 of this document will provide best practices in providing evidence.

Northern is committed to using academic integrity violations as an educational opportunity. The first line of action after proven academic integrity violations is education and student support. The remediation stage ensures that the sequence of sanctions provided in section V is fair and effective. The detailed step-by-step of the process will be presented in the section IV.

  • II. Northern is committed to using academic integrity violations as an educational opportunity. The first line of action after proven academic integrity violations is education and student support. The remediation stage ensures that the sequence of sanctions provided in section V is fair and effective. The detailed step-by-step of the process will be presented in section IV.

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Source: https://www.northerncollege.ca/uploads/2025/07/A24-PR1_Academic-Integrity.pdf