Academic Integrity Week Fall 2022

October 17 – 21, 2022 is Academic Integrity Week at Algonquin College.

At Algonquin College, we work together to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success, and we do so with integrity. The fundamental values of academic integrity are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage (ICAI, 2021). Algonquin College’s policy on academic integrity explains what academic integrity means at Algonquin.

In order to support this success, the Academic Integrity Office and Student Support Services have teamed up to offer a week full of skill-building and information sessions. Check out the calendar of events and participate in the art contest. What does academic integrity mean to you? We want to know! All students are invited to create and submit original art/work to our contest.

“Turning dreams into reality takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” Jesse Owens

Art Contest October 2022

Note: *Submissions must be received by October 23rd at 11:59 pm Ottawa time (EST)*

Contest Rules:

  • Submissions can be made by individuals and/or teams but all contributors for the submission must be named and only one prize awarded.
  •  Submissions may only be made by Algonquin College students.
  •  Individuals or teams may enter more than one submission.
  •  The submissions will be judged by a group of members of the College community.
  •  Submissions must relate to the designated themes regarding academic integrity.
  • By entering this contest, individuals and teams give permission to the College to publish their submissions in any manner they wish e.g. on the web, on YouTube, on College posters, etc.
  • All submissions must adhere to academic integrity and copyright rules.

Themes:

  • Integrity Starts With You: why it is important
  • What Academic Integrity Means To Me
  • How Everyone Can Support Academic Integrity

Submissions Will Be Judged On:

  • Theme.
    Does your submission make people think about academic integrity and its importance? Does it encourage others to act with integrity? We are specifically looking for submissions that promote the values of integrity: trust, respect, responsibility, honesty, fairness, and courage; and what it means to act with integrity even in the face of stress, pressure or disappointment.
  • Medium.
    how well does the chosen medium (poster, TikTok, drawing, poem, etc.) convey the message?
  • Focus.
    Is your submission educational e.g. teaching other students about academic integrity or the consequences of misconduct, or promotional e.g. convincing students what they should do vs. what they should not?
  • Originality.
    is your submission created specifically for this contest, free from academic misconduct e.g. plagiarism, and created by the person/people who submitted it?
  • Creativity.
    Does your submission take an interesting approach to conveying the message?

Prizes:

  • 1st Place – gift certificate valued at $125
  • 2nd Place – gift certificate valued at $75
  • 3rd Place – gift certificate valued at $50

Entrance Instructions:

  1. Decide if you are going to submit individually or as a team.
  2.  Start creating! Your submission should be original, creative and promote academic integrity. All submissions must be original work and any sources referenced on your Entry Form.
  3. Submissions must be accompanied by the Entry Form that gives the title of your entry, the names of the creators, an acknowledgement section listing all sources used in the creation of the submission.
  4.  Submissions must be received by October 23rd at 11:59 pm Ottawa time (EST) at the Academic Integrity Office (acaio@algonquincollege.com). If the submission is being hosted on the web (e.g. on YouTube) you can simply email the entry form including the url of the submission.
  5. Entry forms must be signed by the individual or team as appropriate to confirm that they have abided by these rules.

Click here to download the Entry Form

Calendar of Events Workshops from October 17th to 21st

Note: all workshops are one hour.

Monday, October 17th

Tuesday, October 18th

  • 11 am: Contract Cheating Detection Checklist (Online) —click to join via Zoom
  • 1:00 pm: Starting a Paper – Finding the Sources You Need (Online) —click to register
  • 1:00 pm: Test-Writing and Dealing with Test Anxiety – Ace that Test, Part 2 (On-Campus) —click to register

Wednesday, October 19th

Thursday, October 20th

  • 9:00 am: Study Skills: Exam Prep (Online) —click to register
  • 10:00 am: Academic Integrity (LFS) Courses: What are they and what do they teach students as part of Learning Opportunities? (Online) —click to join via Zoom
  • 11:00 am: Academic Integrity Incident Reporting(Online) —click to join via Zoom

Friday, October 21st