Bienvenue à McGill!
Welcome to McGill!
Orientation Fall 2009
Professor Jane Everett
Dean of Students
Fall 2009
Office of the Dean of Students
Office of the Dean of Students
Brown Student Services Building, Suite 4100
3600 McTavish Street
514.398.4990 / [email protected]
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Who are we??
 Dean of Students
 Professor Jane Everett
 -4990/ [email protected]
 Associate Dean of Students
 Dr. Linda Jacobs Starkey
 -4990/ [email protected]
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What exactly does the Office of the Dean
of Students do?
 We work with policies and procedures involving important aspects
of the student experience, such as academic advising, academic
integrity and student discipline.
 We actively promote opportunities for student recognition, by
coordinating, for example, the Rhodes Scholarship, Forces
AVENIR and Goldman Sachs Foundation programs.
 In our advocacy, planning and information roles, we work with
student executives, the Deans and other colleagues across the
campuses at large.
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The Office of the Dean of Students (2)
 The ODoS plays a communication and liaison role as well:
 Communication with families (with due regard for students'
right to privacy)
 Critical incident/student crisis procedure planning;
messaging to students and families in crisis situations
 Liaison with the ombudsperson and the equity educator
 Liaison with Security Services and Student Services
 Communication with the local community
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The McGill community
 Like all other members of the McGill
community, you have certain rights... and
certain responsibilities.
 These are set out in McGill’s
Handbook on Student Rights and
Responsibilities, also known as the
Green Book.
www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/about/
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You have the right to…
 receive in the first week of classes, for each course you take, a
written outline that includes the evaluation criteria.
 exam accommodation for Religious Holy Days.
 submit essays, theses and exams, in English ou en français.
 expect that staff and faculty will act towards you in a professional
manner.
 expect that your privacy and your dignity will be respected by all
members of the McGill community.
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You have the responsibility to…
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be informed: read your handbooks, and activate your official McGill e-mail
address ([email protected]).
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understand your program requirements and ask questions about them if you
don’t.
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inform yourself about McGill’s safety procedures (reassure your loved ones:
let them know you’ve checked out the Security and Fire Prevention Services
website).
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respect the privacy and dignity of all members of the McGill community and
treat our campus neighbours with respect.
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uphold, promote and practise Academic Integrity.
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McGill’s Position on Academic Integrity
 “The integrity of University academic life and of the
degrees the University confers is dependent upon the
honesty and soundness of the teacher-student
learning relationship and, as well, that of the
evaluation process. Conduct by any member of the
University community that adversely affects this
relationship or this process must, therefore, be
considered a serious offence.”
(Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures)
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Educate yourself = Protect yourself (1)
 Know how McGill defines plagiarism (consult the Green Book and
www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/students/ ). Do not assume that you
already know what plagiarism is and how to avoid committing it.
 For instance, did you know that using material from the Internet without
identifying the source is plagiarism? Plagiarism covers all types of media,
print, electronic, visual, audio...
 A reminder: In the course of your reading and research, you will come
across ideas that you want to use for your assignments. Since these are
not your own ideas, you must acknowledge each of them with a full
reference, using the format required in your discipline, whether or not
you use the exact wording of the authors whose ideas you have
borrowed. Remember also that you must use quotation marks when
you reproduce another person’s exact words, in addition to identifying
the source from which you took them. Ask your instructor – not another
student – for guidance if you do not know the correct way to format
references.
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Educate yourself = Protect yourself (2)

Know how McGill defines cheating (consult the Green Book and
www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/students/test/ ). Do not assume that you
already know what cheating is and how to avoid it.
 For instance: did you know that it’s considered cheating if a student submits the
same assignment or paper for two different courses, without the instructor’s
explicit permission? It’s also considered cheating if a student submits, without
prior permission, work done in a previous course (at McGill or elsewhere).
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Take care in group work. Ask the instructor – not another student – how
much collaboration is allowed and what kind(s) are permitted.
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Avoid sitting near friends or study partners in exams and leave all
unauthorised exam items at home.
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Fair Play
 Every new McGill student receives a copy
of FAIR PLAY at the ID Centre. Copies
are also available online.
www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/honest/
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In closing...
 Make sure we have your emergency contact information on your
MINERVA record. Today! Providing your cell phone #
ensures you will receive alerts that affect your health & safety
(Minerva >Personal Menu >Mobile Device Form >Opt-in).
 Take a moment as well to program your cell phone so it can
speed dial the number for Security Services: 514-398-3000.
 We mean it when we say “Welcome and Bienvenue”! Help us
help you make McGill your community. Knock on doors and
talk with people. Some of these conversations could lead to your
best learning moments.
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