Senate Discipline Committee

Purpose

The purpose of the Senate Discipline Committee (SDC) is to hear all complaints or allegations of violations of academic integrity regulations and non-academic misconduct by students in accordance with the jurisdiction and procedures established by Senate.

The Senate Discipline Committee has jurisdiction to hear:

1 Complaints referred to the Senate Discipline Committee under the Code of Student Conduct

Code of Student Conduct [PDF - 355kB]

2 Allegations of academic offences referred to the Senate Discipline Committee under the Faculty Discipline Procedures Concerning Allegations of Academic Offences

Faculty Discipline Procedures [PDF-79KB]

3 Reports referred to the Senate Discipline Committee under the Sexualized Violence Policy

Sexualized Violence Policy [PDF-303.2KB]

Membership

Elected voting members:

Eight faculty members, one of whom shall be elected chair on an annual basis by the members of the committee.

Student voting members

Four student members appointed annually by the Dalhousie Student Union; and
One student member appointed annually by the University of King’s College Students’ Union none of whom are members of the Senate Appeals Committee.

To view a list of current SDC members, visit the Standing Committees Members page

Responsibilities

a) Forming panels from among its members to hear allegations concerning violations of academic integrity regulations by students, in accordance with the jurisdiction and procedures established by Senate;

b) Forming panels from among its members to hear complaints concerning violations of the Code of Student Conduct, in accordance with the jurisdiction and procedures established by Senate;

c) Forming panels from among its members to hear complaints concerning violations of the Sexualized Violence Policy by students, in accordance with the jurisdiction and procedures established by Senate; and Approved by Senate March 9, 2011; Revised by Senate May 22, 2018; and

d) Through its panels, conducting the hearings described in section 1(a), (b), and (c) above.

a) Meeting a minimum of once annually to receive training concerning the jurisdiction and procedures established by Senate for this committee, the proper conduct of hearings, and other relevant legal principles (for new members, attendance being mandatory);

b) Meeting more frequently as required to review its operation or to address emerging policy issues as required from time to time; and

c) Meeting a minimum of once annually with the academic integrity officers.

Download the Senate Discipline Committee Terms of Reference [PDF-90.8KB]

Policies and procedures