Academic Integrity Events

Below are our upcoming events! If you have ideas for events or would like to collaborate, please contact us at academic.integrity@kpu.ca.

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For Students

Live Orientation Session for New International Students

  • Wed, Dec 10, 2025

  • 9:00 - 10:00 AM, Online

  • Click here for more information!


KPU Welcomes You Orientation - Richmond

  • Mon, Jan 5, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 PM

  • Richmond Campus - Meet the Academic Integrity team and learn about the resources and supports available to new students.


KPU Welcomes You Orientation - Surrey

  • Tues, Jan 6, 2026

  • 12:00 - 1:30 PM

  • Surrey Campus - Connect with the Academic Integrity team and explore the supports available to you as a new KPU student. 


Welcome Week - Surrey

  • Wed, Jan 7, 2026

  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Surrey Campus - Join us for Welcome Week and discover academic integrity resources that can support your success throughout the term.


Welcome Week - Richmond

  • Tues, Jan 13, 2026

  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Richmond Campus - Join us for Welcome Week and discover academic integrity resources that can support your success throughout the term. 


Welcome Week - Langley

  • Thurs, Jan 15, 2026

  • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Langley Campus - Join us for Welcome Week and discover academic integrity resources that can support your success throughout the term. 


International Peer Mentor Spring Welcome Social

  • Thurs, Jan 15, 2026

  • 12:00 - 2:00 PM

Surrey Campus (Cedar Conference Room) - Mentors and mentees can enjoy fun activities and prizes while learning about the academic integrity supports available to them. 

For Faculty & Staff

Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity Lunch and Learn!

  • Friday, Dec 5, 2025

  • 12:00 - 1:00 PM, Online

  • Click here to register!

Presenter: 

Alana Abramson has been teaching in the Criminology department for KPU for the last 15 years and has been involved as a research, trainer and practitioner of restorative justice since 1999. Her doctoral work focused on restorative justice and post-secondary educational settings, and she is passionate about finding innovative, meaningful, and relational ways to enhance the lives of students and faculty. 


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For Students

KPU Welcomes You

Mon, Aug 25th - Thurs, Aug 28th, 2025 
Various KPU Campuses

We will be part of the Student Resource Fair during the KPU Welcomes You orientations. Come by to complete a quick academic integrity game, get some treats, and meet our Academic Integrity Student Ambassadors! 

Register for KPU Welcomes You at: https://www.kpu.ca/orientation/fall 

Welcome Week/First Year Festival - Student Resource Fair

Come by our booth to engage in some fun activities with the KPU Academic Integrity Unit!

Details at: https://www.kpu.ca/fyf 

Academic Integrity Booth on-Campus!

  • Wednesday, Nov 19th from 2:30 - 4:30 PM

  • KPU Surrey Campus Library (Arbutus Building 1st floor)

  • Drop by for a few minutes to meet your academic integrity student ambassadors, play a game, learn about available resources and get some snacks and swag!

Draft Coach On-Campus Events 

Come by our booth on the following days:
Tues, Feb 13th 11:30-1:30pm @ Civic Plaza 6th Floor Open Space
Wed, Feb 14th 2:30-4:30pm @ Surrey Campus Library Entrance
Tues, Feb 27th 10:00-12:00pm @ Langley Campus Library Entrance
Tues, Mar 5th 11:00-1:00pm @ Richmond Campus Across from the Library

  • Learn about what Draft Coach is and how it can help you uphold academic integrity and improve your writing
  • See a demonstration by a Student Ambassador on how to use Draft Coach
  • Ask questions about Draft Coach or Academic Integrity at KPU
  • You can also get a chocolate!

Draft Coach Workshop for Students

Tues, Sept 2nd, 2025
1:00-1:30PM
Online - Drop-in

Attend the workshop to learn:

  • What Draft Coach is
  • How it can help you with your writing and upholding academic integrity
  • Suggestions on how to use this tool

Workshop details at: https://www.kpu.ca/academicintegrity/students/draftcoach/workshops 

Long Night Against Procrastination- Integrity Table

When: Monday, Dec 1st from 5 -9 PM

Where: KPU Surrey Campus Library (Arbutus Building 1st floor)

Drop by for a few minutes for some fun activities and swag!

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Faculty of Arts Trivia Night - Integrity Table

When: Thurs, March 28th 4-6pm
Where: KPU Surrey, Grassroots Cafe
Register at: https://bit.ly/FOATriviaNight

Come by to play some games, learn about academic integrity resources, and get some swag!

ChatGPT Event for Students: Artificial Intelligence & Academic Integrity

Have you heard of ChatGPT or other generative artificial intelligence technologies? Do you have questions about their relationship with academic integrity?

Come check out our ChatGPT Table on the first floor of the KPU Surrey Campus Library

Tuesday, April 11th, 2023
11:30AM - 1:30PM

Drop by for a few minutes to spin the wheel of integrity, ask any questions you might have, and get a chocolate egg!

For Faculty

Introduction to Student Academic Integrity, Policy ST2 Workshop for Faculty

  • Tues, Oct 21st 12:00-12:30PM, Online

Want to learn about or get a refresher on the current Student Academic Integrity Policy? Join us for a 30-min online session - email academic.integrity@kpu.ca to register.

Draft Coach Info Session for Faculty

  • Wed, Oct 29th 12:00-12:30PM, Online

Join us to learn about a new tool for students called Draft Coach! Email academic.integrity@kpu.ca for the link.

Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity

Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity Lunch and Learn
Fri, Sept 19th 12:00-1:00PM, Online

Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity One-Day Interactive Workshop
Fri, Oct 24th 9:00-4:00PM, Online

Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity at KPU: Call out for Research Participants  (KPU Students & Faculty)

KPU students and faculty are invited to participate in a voluntary focus group that will take the form of a circle process exploring perspectives and experiences related to restorative justice (RJ) and academic integrity at KPU. There will be a separate student focus group and a separate faculty focus group. The goal of this circle is to gather insights that may inform future initiatives, training, or policy development related to restorative justice.

Details

If you are interested in learning more or signing up for this circle, please email alana.abramson@kpu.ca  

Restorative Justice in the University Classroom 
When: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 from 12:00-12:45PM 
Location: Online

Restorative justice is an approach to harm and conflict based on Indigenous ways of being and knowing and promising practices supported by social psychology, neurobiology, and education. This presentation introduces the philosophy and practices of restorative justice and how these could be helpful in supporting faculty to have difficult conversations with students about everything from coming in late, interpersonal conflict, and academic integrity transgressions. 

Presenter: Alana Abramson has been teaching in the Criminology department for KPU for the last 15 years and has been involved as a researcher, trainer and practitioner of restorative justice since 1999. Her doctoral work focused on restorative justice and post-secondary educational settings and she is passionate about finding innovative, meaningful, and relational ways to enhance the lives of students and faculty.

Recording

Academic Integrity Speaker Series

The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI (Presented by Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant)

  • Fri, Oct 3rd 12:00 - 1:00 PM, Zoom

  • Presenter: Dr. Tricia Bertram Gallant

  • Registration: Click here to register!

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Webinar: Academic Integrity, Student Success, and Human Rights in a Postplagiarism Era

Mon, Mar 24th, 2025
12:00-1:00
Zoom

Presenter: Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton (Professor and Research Chair at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary)

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Academic Integrity in the age of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges for Educators and Administrators

This event is open to all KPU employees.

When: Wednesday, April 5th, 2023 from 12:00-1:00PM
Location: Online

Recording

For All KPU Members

BC Academic Integrity Day

Mon, Oct 28th, 2024 
10:00-4:00
KPU Richmond Campus


Open to all BC post-secondary students, staff, and faculty 

For details, visit: https://www.kpu.ca/bc-academic-integrity-day-2024 

Register Now!
 

KPU Academic Integrity Month 

Open to all KPU students, staff and faculty!  

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