President’s Visiting Lecture Series presents Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton (bio below)
Beyond Plagiarism: Fostering Academic Integrity in the Age of Generative AI
Thursday, March 26, 2026 from 7:00pm-8:30pm (on campus in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR), 3rd floor of the Rosaria Student Centre.)
This lecture will explore the evolving landscape of academic integrity in higher education, moving beyond traditional notions of plagiarism to address the ethical challenges and opportunities presented by generative AI and other advanced technologies. Dr. Eaton will unpack her award-winning postplagiarism framework, which focuses on how to develop educational practices that uphold human dignity and social justice. The session will introduce practical strategies for faculty, students, and administrators to foster a culture of integrity, ensuring that technology serves as a tool for learning rather than a substitute for original thought and ethical conduct.
Faculty Workshop: Applying the Postplagiarism Framework
Friday, March 27, 2026 from 9:00am-1:00pm (on campus in the Multi-Purpose Room (MPR), 3rd floor of the Rosaria Student Centre.)
Registration required (links below). Lunch is included. Cost is $100 + HST.
Building on the public lecture, this interactive workshop will focus on practical applications of the postplagiarism framework. Participants will engage in case studies, policy discussions, and assessment redesign exercises to develop actionable strategies for promoting academic integrity in their own contexts.
Registration for MSVU Faculty & Staff
Registration for Non-MSVU University Faculty & Staff
Bio of Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton
Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, PhD, is a professor and research chair at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada and an Honorary Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia. She has received research awards of excellence for her scholarship on academic integrity from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSSHE) (2020) and the European Network for Academic Integrity (ENAI) (2022). Dr. Eaton has written and presented extensively on academic integrity and ethics all over the world and is regularly invited as a media guest to talk about academic misconduct.
Dr. Eaton is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Educational Integrity. Her books include Plagiarism in Higher Education: Tackling Tough Topics in Academic Integrity, Academic Integrity in Canada: An Enduring and Essential Challenge (Eaton & Christensen Hughes, eds.), Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy (Eaton, Curtis, Stoesz, Clare, Rundle, & Seeland, eds.), and Ethics and Integrity in Teacher Education (Eaton & Khan, eds.) and Fake Degrees and Fraudulent Credentials in Higher Education (Eaton, Carmichael, & Pethrick, eds.). She is also the editor-in-chief of the Second Handbook of Academic Integrity (2024)