The Office of Academic Integrity (OAI) is a promotional and educational unit that communicates the importance of academic integrity and the core value of integrity at the University of Waterloo. We work with various faculties, students, instructors, and academic support units to promote information and resources to make integrity-aligned decisions.
The OAI established in 2008 in response to the recommendations outlined in the report: "Toward a Level Playing Field: Enhancing Academic Integrity at the University of Waterloo" (PDF).
Some of the initiatives the OAI is involved in include:
- Custom presentations and workshops to undergraduate and graduate students during orientation and in-class
- The Undergraduate Academic Integrity Module, an open access online module designed to introduce students to the values of integrity
- The re-design and support for the Graduate Academic Integrity Module (Grad AIM), a mandatory module for all new graduate students
- Academic Integrity modules for students in STEM
- Academic Integrity Competency Mapping, a project designed to identify and implement academic integrity skills at the first-year level
- Promoting the educational uses of Turnitin through workshops and presentations
- Academic Integrity Remedial Workshops are for students who've committed academic misconduct. These workshops are only accessible to students referred to take it by their Associate Dean