SAIT’s expectations for non-academic conduct

AC.3.4.3 Student Academic Conduct policy and procedures outline definitions, governing principles and sanctions for first offences, second offences and third misconduct offences. The procedure’s four schedules set out:

Student non-academic misconduct includes a student’s behaviour that:

  • threatens the safety, well-being or dignity of/respect for members of the SAIT community
  • adversely affects SAIT, a member of the SAIT community, or SAIT’s reputation, educational mission and objectives
  • breaches civil or criminal laws
  • breaches SAIT’s policies or procedures.

It includes many different types of behaviour, such as being disruptive, purposely causing harm or offence to a member of the community, misconduct involving property, smoking, alcohol or drug use and improper use of dangerous objects.

It also includes situations where a student retaliates against another student in relation to academic or non-academic misconduct proceedings.

Non-academic misconduct policies and procedures

SAIT’s approach to student non-academic misconduct is intended to be educational, prevent future student misconduct, address breaches proportionately to their severity and repair the harm done by a student’s non-academic misconduct to the SAIT community.

In collaboration with the Office of Community Conduct, all members of the SAIT community share the responsibility to create a working and learning environment where student non-academic misconduct is discouraged, reported and addressed.

This environment includes:

  • SAIT’s main campus and all satellite campuses (both physical and online)
  • SAIT’s facilities
  • SAIT’s student residences
  • SAIT-sponsored functions, field trips, work-integrated learning activities, or when a student acts as a designated representative of SAIT or of a student organization, club or team
  • study-abroad activities or programs
  • SAIT related platforms and social media or other online platforms where a connection to SAIT is established

The consequences (or “sanctions”) for non-academic misconduct depend on many factors, such as the misconduct’s circumstances, severity, and effect on others, whether it is a first or subsequent offence for the student, and whether the particular situation involves multiple types of misconduct by the student.

Consequences can range from an apology to permanent expulsion from SAIT.

Contact us

Office of Community Conduct

MB 201, Stan Grad Centre, Main Campus

Student.conduct@sait.ca

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