Academic Integrity and Equity

Equity and Student Conduct

I feel strongly that we should collectively work to produce and maintain an equitable, respectful, and safe learning space for all of us participating in History 594.

Even when disagreement over the issues at hand occurs (which it must!), all discussion and critique must take place in a respectful and constructive manner.   We share the responsibility for creating spaces–in class and on this blog–where everyone feels welcome to speak their mind.

Harassment of any kind is unacceptable. Concerns about harassment can be brought to Coll or Paige),  the History Department Head Eagle Glassheim (eagle.g@ubc.ca), or the Ombudsperson for Students (ombuds.office@ubc.ca). Your concerns will remain confidential.  Additional support services for students are listed on the History department’s website here:  http://www.history.ubc.ca/content/student-resources

Academic Honesty

Academic honesty is at the heart of any good faith education process.   Please do your part to preserve the integrity of the education experience that we are creating together in History 594 by ensuring that you do not commit plagiarism in any form.

Plagiarism means claiming someone else’s work (arguments, evidence, or words) as your own, without crediting him or her. Plagiarism can include:

  • pasting material from the internet or another essay into your work, without any attribution
  • citing a source in your footnotes, but retaining the original author’s sentences outside of quotation marks (or changing only a word or two of their original writing)
  • using another scholar’s specific arguments or historical evidence, in your own words, but without acknowledging your source in the footnotes
  • submitting another person’s work as your own

You can face severe penalties from the university if you are found to have plagiarized. If you have questions about when and how to ascribe information or ideas to others, please come see me so that we can discuss appropriate citation techniques.

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