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 If you have a question about a grade for the purpose of learning where you could improve or what you need to focus on to ensure academic success, you are encouraged to contact your course leader to set up an appointment to bring forward your questions.

Please note, the primary focus of such a meeting is purely pedagogic - and not an avenue to challenge a grade received.

If the grade you have questions about is a final examination in an NURS course, please review the School of Nursing Policy on Reviewing Undergraduate Examinations. 

If you wish to appeal a grade you've received for a course, please visit the information on appealing grades at the School of Nursing. 

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies requires that you, as a graduate student, must remain continuously registered in courses until your degree is completed, except for periods when you may be away on an approved leave.

Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies - Continuous Registration policy

Plagiarism, as defined by the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS),  is intellectual theft. It occurs when an individual submits or presents the oral or written work of another person as his or her own. This definition, taken from the UBC Calendar, applies to draft work and oral presentations as well as to final submissions. Failing to properly cite the work of another also constitutes plagiarism, even if it is accidental. Plagiarism constitutes serious academic misconduct.

As graduate students at the School of Nursing, you are students of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS). G+PS is responsible for holding all graduate students in its graduate programs to the highest possible standards of academic conduct. This duty applies to the full spectrum of student academic activities, from coursework to the thesis and / or dissertation. 

Therefore every case of suspected plagiarism must immediately be reported directly to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, following the procedures outlined.

Canvas is UBC's primary learning platform for delivering online course content. In Canvas, instructors can share materials (text or multimedia), enable student collaboration and discussion, manage assignments and quizzes, and assign grades. There are variety of ways technology has been integrated including as a primary means of delivering courses and programs (distance learning), to support and enhance face-to-face learning experiences (blended learning) and to support the self-directed and self-regulated learning of students and faculty.

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Professional conduct is required of all students in the School of Nursing.  Students are in a program that ensures that graduates can meet the BCCNP Professional Standards for Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners and maintain the practice competencies required to be eligible for professional licensure as Registered Nurses in the province of British Columbia. As future members of a profession, current students are required to act professionally.

"Plagiarism, which is intellectual theft, occurs where an individual submits or presents the oral or written work of another person as his or her own. Scholarship quite properly rests upon examining and referring to the thoughts and writings of others."  (From UBC Academic Calendar: Academic Misconduct)

"Academic honesty is essential to the continued functioning of the University of British Columbia as an institution of higher learning and research. All UBC students are expected to behave as honest and responsible members of an academic community. Breach of those expectations or failure to follow the appropriate policies, principles, rules, and guidelines of the University with respect to academic honesty may result in disciplinary action." (From UBC Academic Calendar: Academic Honesty)

Students are responsible for informing themselves of the guidelines of acceptable and non-acceptable conduct for graded assignments established by their instructors for specific courses and of the examples of academic misconduct set out below.

Academic misconduct that is subject to disciplinary measures includes, but is not limited to, engaging in, attempting to engage in, or assisting others to engage, in any of the actions described below. 

***Please familiarise yourself with the UBC Academic Misconduct Policy and the School of Nursing Policy on Student Misconduct**

The British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) is B.C.'s nursing regulatory college. As of Sept. 4, 2018 — CLPNBC, CRNBC and CRPNBC joined together to become BCCNM. There are Standards of Practice for each designation of nursing: LPN, NP, RN and RPN. These standards assist nurses to provide safe, competent and ethical care by setting the requirements for practice.​

In 2005 the College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC) was formed. Prior to that nursing in BC had been regulated through the Registered Nurses Association of BC (RNABC), which was replaced by the CRNBC. Under provincial legislation (the Health Professions Act), it is the duty of College of Registered Nurses of BC (CRNBC) to protect the public through the regulation of registered nurses, nurse practitioners and licensed graduate nurses.

 "The Canadian Nursing Students' Association (CNSA) is the national voice of Canadian nursing students. …..As a member of CNSA, you have the opportunity to interact with other nursing students on educational, professional, and social levels. CNSA members connect with each other through annual national and regional conferences, CNSA member forums, Facebook, and Twitter."

Please visit the CNSA Website to learn more.

All UBC BSN Students have the opportunity to join the CNSA.