Student Awareness Statements
A number of faculty at Dalhousie have chosen to require that their students sign a declaration indicating that the
work they are turning in is their original work and not copied or purchased. If the students plagiarize after signing
such a statement, this statement can form part of the evidence considered by the Academic Integrity Officer.
With permission of the authors, examples of some declarations follow:
▪ Dr. David Egan – School of Physiotherapy
“I hereby declare that the work presented in this paper, except as acknowledged in the text and references, is my
own original work and that it has not been submitted for academic recognition or credit at Dalhousie or any other
university, neither has it been copied, retrieved by any means, or purchased, in whole or in part, from any other
source.”
Signed:
Dated:
▪ Dr. Phil Cox – Faculty of Computer Science
“I declare that I have read and understand the Dalhousie University policy on Intellectual Honesty
(http://ug.cal.dal.ca/UREG.htm#12). I also declare that the answers attached are my own work, done without
collaboration, and that I have fully disclosed all information sources that I used in preparing them (other than class
notes and text).”
Signature:
Date:
▪ Faculty of Computer Science
“I have read and understood the University Regulations on
Intellectual Honesty
Discipline
Senate Discipline Committee
as described in the Dalhousie University Graduate Calendar, and also on the World Wide Web in the following URL:
http://ug.cal.dal.ca/UREG.htm#12
I have also read and understood the following:
1) The Faculty of Computer Science Plagiarism Policy
http://www.cs.dal.ca/graduate/studentinfo/plagiarism
2) “Plagiarism and Collusion” by Dr. Peter Hitchcock
http://www.cs.dal.ca/graduate/studentinfo/avoid-plagiarism\
3) “Plagiarism avoided: taking responsibility for your work,” by the Faculty of Arts, University of
British Columbia
http://www.arts.ubc.ca/arts-students/plagiarism-avoided.html
Signature:
Date:
Name (printed):