Bienvenue à McGill! Welcome to McGill! Orientation Fall 2009

1. Bienvenue à McGill!Welcome to McGill!Orientation Fall 2009 Professor Jane Everett Dean of Students Office of the Dean of Students

2. Office of the Dean of StudentsBrown Student Services Building, Suite 41003600 McTavish Street 514.398.4990 / jane.everett@mcgill.ca

3. Who are we?? • Dean of Students • Professor Jane Everett • -4990/ jane.everett@mcgill.ca • Associate Dean of Students • Dr. Linda Jacobs Starkey • -4990/ linda.starkey@mcgill.ca

4. 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.

5. 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

6. The McGill community • Like all othermembers of the McGill community, you have certain rights... and certain responsibilities. • These are set out in McGill’sHandbook on StudentRights and Responsibilities, alsoknown as the Green Book. www.mcgill.ca/students/srr/about/

7. 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.

8. You have the responsibility to… • be informed: read your handbooks, and activate your official McGill e-mail address (firstname.lastname@mail.mcgill.ca). • understand your program requirements and ask questions about them if you don’t. • 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). • respect the privacy and dignity of all members of the McGill community and treat our campus neighbours with respect. • uphold, promote and practise Academic Integrity.

9. 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)

10. Educate yourself = Protect yourself (1) • Know how McGill defines plagiarism (consult the Green Bookand 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, didyou know thatusingmaterialfrom the Internet withoutidentifying the source isplagiarism? Plagiarismcovers 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.

11. 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: didyou know thatit’sconsideredcheating if a studentsubmits the sameassignment or paper for twodifferent courses, without the instructor’s explicit permission?It’salsoconsideredcheating if a studentsubmits, withoutprior permission, workdone in a previous course (at McGill or elsewhere). • Take care in group work. Ask the instructor – not another student – how much collaboration is allowed and what kind(s) are permitted. • Avoid sitting near friends or study partners in exams and leave all unauthorised exam items at home.

12. 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/

13. 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 yourcell phone soitcan 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.