It is the student's responsibility to make sure they are aware of the University’s regulations with regard to plagiarism and cheating.
The McGill University Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies “General Information, Regulations and Research Guidelines” states that:
“In submitting work in their courses, students should remember that plagiarism and cheating are considered to be extremely serious offenses.”
Although not exhaustive, the following definition is indicative of what constitutes “plagiarism”:
To plagiarize is to take the work (either ideas or words) of another person and pass them off as one’s own. Although it is not necessary to state the source of well known or easily verifiable facts, students are expected to acknowledge the sources of ideas and expressions they use in their written work, whether quoted directly or paraphrased. This applies to diagrams, statistical tables and the like, as well as to written material, and materials or information from Internet sources.
The Code of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedures | Office of the Dean of Students - McGill University includes sections on plagiarism and cheating, and we refer to you that information here: Academic integrity | Office of the Dean of Students - McGill University.
The Division of Clinical and Translational Research shall pursue any disciplinary action should any such offense be committed. The consequences or penalty of such an act may go as far as expulsion from the University.