BC Academic Integrity Network
BC Academic Integrity Day
October 13, 2023
Hosted this year by the University of British Columbia, BC Academic Integrity Day is a forum to connect, learn and share resources to inspire best practices in academic integrity and to advance scholarship and professionalism. We invite students, faculty, and practitioners from across higher education institutions in BC and beyond to attend and participate in the discussion. The day will feature a networking lunch and resource sharing opportunities.
The full program and session descriptions from the event can be downloaded here.
Schedule:
9:00am – 9:15am Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15am – 10:45am Panel: Academic Integrity Research in BC
11:00am – 12:30pm Panel: Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and Academic Integrity
12:30pm – 1:15pm Networking Lunch
1:30pm – 3:00pm Panel: Students as Partners in Academic Integrity
3:00pm – 3:15pm Closing Remarks
Session Details
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Heather Berringer, Associate Provost, Academic Operations and Services, UBC Okanagan
Dr. Christina Hendricks, Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President Teaching and Learning pro tem, UBC Vancouver
Dr. Ainsley Rouse, Academic Integrity Senior Manager, Office of the Provost and Vice-President Academic, UBC Vancouver
Panel: Academic Integrity Research in BC
Research into academic integrity can help inform evidence-based decision making, refine and improve programming, identify emerging trends, and shape approaches to policy, awareness and education. This panel brings together scholars and practitioners from diverse disciplines to discuss their area of research and share perspectives on academic integrity in higher education. Presentations will be followed by discussion and Q&A.
Moderator:
Kirsten Bennett, Senior Manager Strategic Projects, Office of the Provost and Vice- President, Academic, UBC Okanagan
Panelists:
Dawn Cunningham Hall, Assistant Registrar, Registrar’s Office, Vancouver Community College
Indigenous Perspectives on Academic Integrity in Post-Secondary Institutions in British Columbia
Dr. Joel Heng Hartse, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Understanding why some multilingual international students in BC pay for academic “help”: an agnostic approach to academic integrity research
Dr. Jessica Kalra, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC Vancouver
Fostering a Culture of Integrity Using Social Constructivist Pedagogy in STEM
Dr. Lilach Marom, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Putting Plagiarism Under Scrutiny: Punjabi International Students and Barriers Within Canadian Higher Education
Dr. Laurie McNeill, Associate Dean Students and Professor of Teaching, Department of English and Language Literatures, UBC Vancouver
‘Heart’ Starters: New Applications of the “Cheating Hearts” Project Findings
Panel: Generative Artificial Intelligence Tools and Academic Integrity
Moderator:
Dr. Ainsley Rouse, Academic Integrity Senior Manager, Office of the Provost and Vice -President Academic, UBC Vancouver
Panelists:
Dr. Brenna Clarke Grey, Coordinator, Educational Technologies, Thompson Rivers University
Radical Transparency and the AI Moment: What a Culture of Academic Integrity Might Mean Moving Forward
Dr. Anita Chaudhuri, Assitant Professor of Teaching, Department of English and Cultural Studies, University of British Columbia Okanagan
AI & I: Contemplating about an ‘uncertain ally’
Dr. Janette Tilley, Associate Dean, Faculty of Language, Literature and Performing Arts, Douglas College
The View from the Dean’s Office: Intersections of Pedagogy, Policy and Procedure
Kamil Kanji, Vice-President, Academic and University Affairs, AMS and Student Senator
Networking Lunch
Moderators:
Amanda Brobbel, Senior Manager, Language and Learning Services, Centre for Scholarly Communication, Student Learning Hub, UBC Okanagan Library
Dr. Jared Taylor, Academic Integrity Program Manager, Academic Integrity Hub, UBC Vancouver
Panel: Students as Partners in Academic Integrity
Moderator:
Dr. Anita Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and Faculty Advisor on Academic Integrity, UBC Okanagan
Panelists:
Naeem Nedaee, PhD candidate, UBC Okanagan
Jiayi (Nancy) Lu, Undergraduate student, UBC Okanagan
Nataasha Khattar, Doctoral student, UBC Okanagan
Rachel Tait, Undergraduate student, University of the Fraser Valley
Riley Farkas, Undergraduate student, University of the Fraser Valley
Ximena Cayo Barrantes, Undergraduate student, UBC Okanagan
We thank BCcampus for sponsoring the Students as Partners in Academic Integrity panel.
Closing Remarks
Kirsten Bennett, Senior Manager Strategic Projects, Office of the Provost and Vice- President, Academic, UBC Okanagan
Program subject to change.