Plagiarisma complex issue requiring a holistic institutional approach - Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
What are your thoughts on
Plagiarism? Different cultures may deal with it in unique ways. Here in Canada it is taken very seriously. What can we do in our institutions to improve the challenges faced by students on divergent approaches to this topic?
Matt Wheatley from the International Education Centre at
Algonquin College offers a workshop every Fall covering this topic. This is what Matt has to say about plagiarism:
"Plagiarism, whether done deliberately or accidentally, is defined as presenting someone else's work, in whole or in part, as one's own, and includes the verbal or written submission of another work (for example, ideas, wording, code, graphics, music, and inventions) without crediting that source. This includes all electronic sources (for example, the internet, television, video, film and recordings), all print and written sources (for example, books, periodicals, lyrics, government publications, promotional materials, and academic assignments), and all verbal sources (for example, conversations and interviews)".
This free event will be held on September 15, 2010
The Mamidosewin Aboriginal Student Centre was created as a comfortable space for First Nations, Inuit and Métis students to relax, study or visit with other Aboriginal students in an environment that honours the diversity of our culture. The centre offers the following services: 
