The following STATEMENTS must be included on all course outlines:
 
1) NEW –  Right to submit in English or French written work that is to be graded  [approved by Senate on 21 January 2009]:  
 
In accord with McGill University’s Charter of Students’ Rights, students in this course have the right to submit in English or in French any written work that is to be graded.
 
This right applies to all written work that is to be graded, from one-word answers to dissertations.
 
This statement is not needed for courses in which acquiring proficiency in a language is one of the objectives or for courses in which students do not submit written work that is to be graded.
 
Instructors who cannot grade French written work should consult their Chair/Director or Dean, in faculties without departments, to make arrangements for grading French submissions.

2) Academic Integrity statement [approved by Senate on 29 January 2003]:
 
McGill University values academic integrity.  Therefore all students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures (see www.mcgill.ca/students/srr for more information).
 
You may use this french translation of the Academic Integrity statement on your course outlines as you see fit:
 L'université McGill attache une haute importance à l’honnêteté académique. Il incombe par conséquent à tous les étudiants de comprendre ce que l'on entend par tricherie, plagiat et autres infractions académiques, ainsi que les conséquences que peuvent avoir de telles actions, selon le Code de conduite de l'étudiant et des procédures disciplinaires (pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez consulter le site www.mcgill.ca/students/srr).
 
N.B. Failure by an instructor to include a statement about academic integrity on a course outline shall not constitute an excuse by a student for violating the Code of Student Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures [Senate, 29 January 2003].

RESOURCE DOCUMENTS
The links found directly below will lead you to relevant resource documents regarding Academic Integrity that you may find helpful in planning a class discussion on issues related to academic integrity.  Both at the beginning of your course and when assigning papers, essays or lab reports, engaging students in such discussions is a positive way to foster an ethos of integrity that is vital to our teaching and research missions. 

 The documents may also help you raise issues of academic integrity with your graduate students and research assistants.  You might consider discussing it with them as a group or individually as appropriate to your discipline and the student's program. 
 
- www.mcgill.ca/files/students/AI-InstructorsResource.pdf
- www.mcgill.ca/files/students/AI-InstructorsResourceGraduateStudents.pdf