Can you confidently draw the line between academic integrity and academic misconduct? Pop by the display on Main Street and East Gate to discuss a few common (and tricky!) scenarios to decide which actions would constitute academic misconduct.

• Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Main Street)
• Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 12:30 to 2:15 p.m. (East Gate)

What values inform your decisions in academic writing? Visit the Library's table on Main Street and at East Gate to play a matching game connecting the values of academic integrity to situations you will face as a scholar. There will be prizes!

• Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (East Gate)
• Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Main Street)

Why are honesty and integrity important to the MRU community? Why are honesty and integrity important to you as a student? Visit the Office of Student Community Standards (OSCS) table on Main Street and East Gate to learn more about the contest, and how to submit your creative interpretation of why integrity is important to you. Prizes for contest submissions!

• Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Main Street)
• Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (East Gate)

When it comes to Academic Integrity on campus, our values include honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility, and courage. Come speak to us at the Good Human table on Main Street and East Gate to learn how these values can help foster an environment on campus where kindness and mutual respect guide all interactions, aiding community members to care about one another as human beings. Stickers and goodies will be available!

• Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. (East Gate)
• Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. (Main Street)

Sign up for free sessions to learn from well-respected international academic integrity experts and students! This year’s theme is “All Hands on Deck: Making Academic Integrity Everyone’s Job,” and here are just a few of the fascinating sessions that fall on October 16 in our time zone:

• Building momentum in academic integrity, not just an office!
  9 a.m. Calgary time (4 p.m. UK time)
  Amanda McKenzie, University of Waterloo Canada; Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant, University of California San Diego, USA; Dr. Greer Murphy, University of California Santa Cruz, USA; Dr. Victoria Malaney Brown, Columbia College, USA; Dr. Kelly Ahuna, University at Buffalo, USA; Mary Davis (Chair)
  
  
• What role do librarians play in academic integrity?
  11 a.m. Calgary time (6 p.m. UK time)
  Josh Seeland, Assiniboine College, Canada; Kathleen Oakey, Sheridan College, Canada; Isabel Virgo, Oxford Brookes University, UK; Dr. Vanessa Earp, Kent State University, USA; Javier Oyarzún, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Benson Ali, American University of Nigeria; Marie O’Neill, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland; Dr Jennie Miron (Chair)
  
  
• Why are academic integrity and ethos essential for students and their future careers? Student panel discussion
  2 p.m. Calgary time (9 p.m. UK time)
  Student Working Group Members and other student volunteers, Iryna Pavlova and Rachel Gorjup (Chairs)
  

Location: Online (Register for sessions here)

Navigating conversations about suspected academic misconduct can be complex and charged for both faculty and students. In this interactive workshop, we’ll invite faculty to share their challenges with and approaches to the meetings that are required as part of the MRU academic misconduct process. We’ll share some possible pitfalls and best practices, while also giving participants the opportunity to practice approaches in various scenarios. Join your facilitators, for a 90-minute session to help develop and hone your skills when it comes to having sensitive conversations with students.

Faculty workshop facilitated by Nicky Renault, Manager, Office of Student Community Standards; and Lauren Cross, Writing and Learning Strategist, Student Learning Services, and sessional instructor, General Education

• Wednesday, Oct. 16 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (Register here)

Location: Online 

This workshop explores academic integrity in the context of generative AI, encouraging you to rethink its meaning through a values-based perspective. Additionally, it introduces a framework for you to self-evaluate your own assessments against the potential for AI-hijacking.

Faculty workshop facilitated by Tim Magee, ADC

• Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. (Register here)

Text-matching software is a learning technology that helps students improve their academic writing and promotes academic integrity. This one-hour session will provide information about leveraging the Brightspace LMS for the purpose of text-matching.

Faculty workshop facilitated by Andrew Reil, ADC, and John Cheeseman, ADC

• Thursday, Oct. 10 from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. (Register here)

This 60-minute self-paced module in D2L will strengthen your understanding of why academic integrity is vital to our MRU community, explain how it’s defined in the MRU policy, and help you feel more confident when making decisions related to your academic work.

Click this link to D2L, log in using your @mtroyal.ca credentials, and then select the “Enroll in Course” button. (If you’re already enrolled, you’ll see “Open Course.”)