CALGARY — An Alberta judge says the University of Calgary can rescind a master’s degree awarded to a student 15 years ago before allegations he plagiarized parts of his thesis. John Measor was awarded a master of arts degree by the University of Calgary in 2003. The University of Calgary re-examined the document and found “it contained substantial plagiarism.”The university provost demanded Measor return his degree and the registrar of the university rescinded his master’s. Measor lost a number of appeals at the university level before taking it to court. He argued the university couldn’t rescind a degree already granted to a student, that the three tribunals had no jurisdiction to consider the alleged plagiarism and that the whole procedure was unfair.

Source: National Post September 19, 2018 20:26 UTC