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11.1.

Academic Freedom and Intellectual Property

The Intellectual Property policy was specifically designed to promote and encourage innovation and generate new research amongst faculty and staff. Traditional intellectual property (IP) policies in the Ontario College system have supported a College-owned IP model, whereby the College owns almost all of the IP produced by its employees. This is in on contrast to traditional IP policies in the Ontario university system, whereby IP is almost exclusively owned by faculty members. Centennial College bridges the gap between these two IP ownership models as the policy articulates a shared IP ownership model negotiated between the College and its employees. This allows staff members to own the IP rights to any work produced outside of their regular job duties, as well as allows faculty members to own the IP rights to all learning materials/activities that have not been commissioned by the College to produce. By sharing the ownership of IP, staff members are provided an incentive to conduct research and generate materials which they can commercialize and market to both public and private institutions.

IP produced by Centennial College students in the course of their studies, shall be owned by students except where the College pays the student for the works they create or the student uses College resources and facilities to create the works, outside of their course

requirements, or where the work is based on the College’s proprietary information. Centennial College aspires to pursue and disseminate knowledge, and recognizes that academic freedom is fundamental to the realization of the College’s commitment to

academic excellence. Academic freedom refers to the ability to engage freely and openly in scholarship, research and innovation activities. It includes the right to question and

challenge traditional norms and the freedom to define research questions, attempt to answer to those questions by way of unrestricted and proper investigative techniques and to share knowledge gained to students, colleagues and members of the general public. The College have drafted a statement of academic freedom that supports these principles.

See electronic Policies file (Section 16) for the following College policies and procedures on academic freedom and integrity:

 Intellectual Property Policy

 Academic Freedom Statement (draft)

11.2.

Academic Honesty

Centennial has a policy that recognizes the general responsibility of the College and its faculty members and staff to ensure standards of academic conduct and of its students to be aware of and comply with such standards. What constitutes breaches of academic honesty is identified as well as penalties that may be applied.

Faculty members review academic honesty and the associated policy with students in class, usually at the beginning of each semester. The academic honesty policy, and students’ responsibility to be aware of and follow it, is referenced on all course outlines, which faculty are obliged to provide to and review with students. The academic honesty policy is posted on the College’s policies website.

In an effort to ensure the highest academic standards, Centennial College has acquired a license with Turnitin.com, which helps determine the originality of student generated work. The college’s approach is to use the tool, to help students understand why plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty, and how to appropriately use and reference work which is produced by others. While faculty members have the option of using Turnitin when students submit assignments, students themselves can check the originality of their work as many times as necessary prior to formally submitting the assignment.

Centennial College has an Interim Tariff agreement with Access Copyright, the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency that allows an educational institution and persons acting under its authority to legally photocopy from published works within specific limits. The College has also adopted the ACCC Fair Dealing Policy. This permits the use of copyright protected material for the purposes of research, private study, review, criticism, or news reporting without permission or payment of royalties.

See electronic Policies file (Section 16) for the following College policies and procedures on academic honesty:

 Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

 Academic Honesty and Plagiarism Procedures  Integrity in Research and Scholarships, section 3.1

 Procedures For Responding To Inquiries Related To Integrity  Fair Dealing Policy

11.3.

Ethical Research

Centennial College is legally and morally committed to ensuring that research activities involving humans conducted in its name meet all ethical standards and policies accepted by the Tri-Council (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC). All research involving human subjects

conducted at, or under the auspices of, Centennial College follows Tri-Council guidelines and requires ethics review and approval by the Centennial College Research Ethics Board (REB) prior to the study starting as per the College’s Research Ethics Policy. This includes work by Centennial faculty, staff and students and researchers external to the College who intend to conduct research at Centennial. We expect researchers to be familiar with the Tri- Council guidelines on research ethics. Educational tools such as a sample application form, sample consent form, an alternate consent form, and a consent checklist are available on the Applied Research and Innovation Centre (ARIC) website:

http://www.centennialcollege.ca/applied/ethics.

The use of animals in research is governed by the policies of the Canadian Council on Animal Care. An animal care protocol must be completed and approved by the REB.

See electronic Policies file (Section 16) for the following College policies and procedures on ethical research standards:

 Research Ethics Policy

 Research Ethics Policy - Involving Animals, Biohazard Agents, or Radioactive Materials

11.4.

Online Courses

The Online, Blended and Hybrid Modes of Delivery policy includes College direction to follow Canadian copyright law for all digital material that might be used in online, blended or hybrid modes of delivery. The policy demands respect for digital rights management

systems and Centennial’s Intellectual Property policy which extends tocomponents of eLearning courses and materials contributed to object learning repositories.

See electronic Policies file (Section 16) for the following College policies and procedures thataddress copyright and intellectual property issues: