BC Academic Integrity Network

BC Academic Integrity Day

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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.

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.  

Kirsten Bennett, Senior Manager Strategic Projects, Office of the Provost and Vice- President, Academic, UBC Okanagan

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

Dr. Ainsley Rouse, Academic Integrity Senior Manager, Office of the Provost and Vice -President Academic, UBC Vancouver

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

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

Dr. Anita Chaudhuri, Assistant Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, and Faculty Advisor on Academic Integrity, UBC Okanagan 

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.

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