Academic Integrity is a core value of Vancouver Community College (VCC; the College). Recognizing that Academic Integrity is a culturally informed construct and taking a developmental approach, VCC is committed to the following values as parts of Academic Integrity: intellectual and academic honesty, truthfulness, fairness, respect, responsibility, dignity, integrity, and compassion. This policy integrates Indigenous and diverse ways of beings into the resolution of student academic misconduct and to building capacity for intercultural understanding.

Vancouver Community College (VCC; the College) has the right and responsibility to set academic standards and to enforce these standards. 

This policy sets out the College's standards for Academic Integrity, the consequences for breaching these standards, and the process by which an alleged offence is reviewed and actionable.