Academic Honesty

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Election 2023: Graduate Student Members on Standing Committees and Councillors at Large

Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Standing Committees Academic Planning & Policy Committee Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Awards Committee Petitions Committee Members at Large Social Sciences/Humanities Research Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Health Studies/Sciences Research Creative Arts Professional Degrees Standing Committees Student, Graduate Program in bio student, Graduate Program in entry entry entry

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Standing Committee Election

Faculty Members’ Biographical Statements Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Shobna Nijhawan, Graduate Program in HumanitiesShobna Nijhawan is Associate Professor of Hindi in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and appointed to the graduate programs in the Department of Humanities (since 2007) and the School of Gender, Women and Feminist Studies (since 2015). Her main […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Decanal Search Committee Election 2022: FGS Staff Member

FGS Staff Biographical Statements Jordyn Gray-McInnisAs the Executive Officer within the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) and someone who works closely with the Dean in realizing the strategic vision and initiatives of FGS, I have a vested interest in the outcome of the work of the search committee. I recognize the significance of this search […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Decanal Search Committee Election 2022: Graduate Student Members

Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Md Abdullah Asad, Graduate Program in Civil EngineeringI am deeply interested to serve as a graduate student representative to the 2022 FGS Decanal Search Committee as I believe I can help make recommendations to search the new FGS Dean. I served in some committees as graduate student representative which has improved […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Council Decanal Search Committee Election 2022: Additional Call to Faculty Members

Faculty Members’ Biographical Statements Kevin Tasa, Graduate Program in AdministrationKevin Tasa is the Associate Dean, Academic at Schulich and an Associate Professor of Organization Studies. He has served as the Area Coordinator for Organization Studies, the Director of the Master of Management Program, and the Director of the MBA program at McMaster University. He has […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Standing Committee Election

Awards Committee Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Kathleen Cherrington, Graduate Program in Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies I am enrolled full-time at York University’s Graduate Program in Gender, Feminism and Women’s Studies. My doctoral research is titled: Sex Workers’ Feminist Art Activism: Creative Resistance in Nairobi, Kenya – an extension of my Master’s MRP titled,  Counterhegemonic Artistic Cultural Productions in […]

Graduate Academic Petitions

What is a Petition? A petition is a formal request for a change to an anticipated academic pathway or a waiver of an academic regulation or deadline. Every petition will, on its way to the Faculty of Graduate Studies, pass through the student’s graduate program director (GPD) for their recommendation. Graduate program assistants (GPAs) are […]

Faculty of Graduate Studies’ Standing Committee Election

Appeals & Academic Honesty Committee Graduate Students’ Biographical Statements Ryan Lee, Graduate Program in HumanitiesI am writing in interest for the position of Graduate Student Volunteer in the Appeals and Academic Honesty Committee. My name is Ryan Lee, currently heading into the second year of my PhD studies in Humanities. During my studies at York, […]

Leave to Appeal

Appeals of Petitions Decisions: Procedural Guidelines Definition: Leave to AppealAn appeal that can only be pursued once you have been granted leave (permission) by the Appeals and Academic Honesty Committee that will hear the appeal. 1. Parties to a petition are persons who are directly affected by the petition decision and who have participated in the original petition submission. 2. […]

Academic Honesty

For support and services on academic integrity matters, please visit Academic Honesty Supports and Services. Academic Honesty and Why It Is Important York University's Senate Policy on Academic Honesty is an expression of the academic conduct appropriate to and expected of students studying and researching in Academe. These expectations, particularly with respect to plagiarism, are grounded in […]