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Scholarly, Research and Creative Activity (SRC) Integrity Day

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Join us for TMU’s inaugural
Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Integrity Day
Thursday, September 18, 2025

The event is open to all TMU faculty, students and research staff.

This event will offer the opportunity to engage with experts and peers in an informative and interactive day of learning about the foundations of research integrity and TMU’s related resources and policies. Key topics for the day include navigating conflicts of interest, self-plagiarism and building a culture of research integrity at TMU.

Learn more about Scholarly, Research and Creative (SRC) Integrity at TMU.

SRC Integrity Day Program
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Event Details

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025

Time: 9:00 A.M. EDT – 3:30 P.M. EDT

Location: TRSM Commons (TRS 1-148 and 1-150), 7th Floor, 55 Dundas St W, 7th Floor

Open to: TMU SRC Community

Registration Deadline: September 10, 2025

 (google form)  Register  (external link) 

Feature Presentation: Dr. Cary Moskovitz

Dr. Cary Moskovitz, Director of the Text Recycling Research Project (external link)  (funded by the National Science Foundation), Professor of the Practice in the Thompson Writing Program, Duke University.

Dr. Moskovitz will discuss the various ethical and legal complexities of text recycling in research writing and explain best practices for recycling material across a range of research contexts.

Researchers often need to repeat some content from their papers, especially when the same methodological approach, experimental apparatus or statistical analyses are used in related studies. Researchers may also have reason to repeat some background material, such as discussing prior research or theoretical frameworks.

Reusing material from one’s previously published papers in a new paper is one kind of text recycling. Others include reusing material from a published article in one’s dissertation, reworking a conference paper into a journal article and translating one’s work into a different language. Some kinds of recycling are widely considered appropriate and even standard practice. Others, especially manipulating text to disguise a previously published paper and submitting it as a new work, are universally condemned and may lead to disciplinary action.

Given the wide variety of ways that researchers might recycle text, they are often unsure about what is and isn’t ethical or legal.

SRC Integrity Day Program

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM Registration and Networking Breakfast
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM

Welcome, Land Acknowledgement & Opening Remarks

Speakers:

  • Dr. Steven N. Liss, Vice-President, Research and Innovation and Research Integrity Officer, TMU
  • Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, TMU
9:40 AM – 10:00 AM

Presentation: “The Foundations of SRC Integrity at TMU”

Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation.
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

Panel Discussion: “Upholding Integrity in Research: Perspectives and Challenges”

Moderator: Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, TMU. 

Panellists: 

  • Dr. Rich McCulloch, Executive Director, Research Services, TMU
  • An Chi Lee, Director, Research Security, TMU
  • Zakiya Atcha, Director, Research Ethics, TMU
  • Lei Jin, Associate Dean of Libraries, TMU 
  • Dr. Chris Webb, Assistant Vice-President, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives (Interim), TMU
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Refreshment Break
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Presentation: “Navigating Conflicts of Interest” 

Speakers: 

  • Dr. Chris MacDonald, Chair, Law and Business and Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Business Management, TMU
  • Dr. Nancy Walton, Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Yeates School of Graduate Studies & Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, TMU 
11:30 AM – 12:15 PM

Interactive Workshop: “Practical Strategies for Promoting Research Integrity”

Facilitators: 

  • Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, TMU
  • Dr. Rich McCulloch, Executive Director, Research Services, TMU
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch: “Principles and Practice” 

Join SRC Leaders from across the university to network and participate in a SRC Integrity scenario game over lunch. 
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM

Deep Dive Talk: “Text Recycling {aka Self-Plagiarism} What Researchers Need to Know”

Speaker: Dr. Cary Moskovitz, Director of the NSF-funded Text Recycling Research Project (TRRP), Duke University 
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM Refreshment Break
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

Fireside Chat: “Building a Culture of Research Integrity at TMU”

Speakers:

  • Dr. Steven N. Liss, Vice-President, Research and Innovation and Research Integrity Officer, TMU
  • Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation, TMU
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM

Closing Session: “Key Takeaways and Next Steps”

Dr. Naomi Adelson, Associate Vice-President, Research and Innovation. 

Contact

For any questions, please email researchevents@torontomu.ca.

 (google form)  Register  (external link) 



 

The 2025 SRC Integrity Day is supported by The Secretariat on Responsible Conduct of Research (SRCR) Education and Training Support (SETS) grant (external link)  and the Panel on Research Ethics (PRE), the Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research (PRCR), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).