Code of Conduct and EDI

EDI Principles

Our lab is committed to establishing an equitable, diverse, and inclusive lab community that is free from harassment, bullying, and discrimination, where all individuals feel valued. We strive to remove barriers that have been encountered by equity deserving groups. We are committed to building a lab where all HQP feel heard and supported and where diverse perspectives are recognized as essential for scientific progress. We recognize that trainees come with different backgrounds, abilities and needs, including balancing family commitments. It is our mentorship and supervision that must adapt to such situations and challenges.

U of C Mission Statement

Code of Conduct and Expectations

  1. Working Hours

    1.1       The normal Lab hours are from 8:30 to 16:30, Monday to Friday. You are expected to report to the Lab every working day, unless otherwise agreed upon. 

     

    1.2       No part-time employment or consulting in any related area is to be undertaken during or while you are engaged as a researcher in this Lab without prior written consent of your Supervisor. This shall in no way affect any other policy or requirement regarding employment, including but not limited to the UofC policy regarding off-campus employment, Immigration Canada restrictions for study permit holders, and guidelines for Faculty of Graduate Studies or UCVM award holders.

  2. Access to Lab

    2.1       You are expected to keep your working area clean at all times.

     

    2.2       You are expected to exercise great care when using the equipment provided to you for your research.  You are also expected to become familiar with all safety policies which apply to work in the Lab.

     

    2.3       You are not permitted to leave your personal property in your working area, unless permission has been granted by your Supervisor.  Neither the University of Calgary nor your Supervisor shall be responsible for any loss or damage to your personal property left in the Lab.

     

  3. Conditions for Use of Computers

    3.1      A desktop PC (the “PC”) will be made available to you during the term of your studies with the Lab. You may also be given access to a laptop PC (the “Laptop”) from time to time for work to be completed outside the Lab.

    3.2      The PC and Laptop (together called the “Computers”) will at all times be the property of the University of Calgary. Your Supervisor may ask for return of a Computer at any time for inspection or maintenance. 

    3.3      You are not permitted to use a PC or Laptop for personal purposes, nor are you permitted to download any software to the PC or Laptop without written permission from your Supervisor.

    3.4      Computers shall not be removed from the Lab without the authorization of your Supervisor.  In no event shall Computers be transported outside of Canada without written authorization from your Supervisor.

    3.5      You are subject at all times to penalties under Canadian laws which apply to downloading pornography and theft of copyright-protected material.

  4. Publication

    4.1       Your Supervisor reserves the right to be the first to publish any research results you obtain while working in the Lab.

    4.2       Any thesis, abstracts or papers you prepare must be reviewed and approved in advance by your Supervisor prior to publication. This includes reports, seminars or presentations of your lab work.

    4.3       You have the right to use the results of your work in the Lab for your thesis.

    4.4       Once your thesis has been successfully defended, the Lab reserves the right to use your data both during and after the completion of your work and/or graduate program with the Lab. You will be author/co-author on publications that include results obtained in your research. 

  5. Research Results

    5.1       The research program in this Lab was conceived by your Supervisor, and reflects a continuation of work developed by your Supervisor over time with the support of grants and other funding obtained by your Supervisor.

    5.2       All current research results are tied to prior work by your Supervisor and you hereby renounce any right to claim personal ownership of any data or innovation emerging from your work. 

    5.3       You are required to report the results of all your work to your Supervisor, including any innovations which emerge from your work.

    5.4       Your supervisor reserves the right decide, on a fair and equitable basis, how credit and ownership for innovations will be allocated among individual researchers in the Lab.  Allocations shall be determined within a reasonable period of time.  Credit and ownership will be based on the relative contribution of all researchers and your Supervisor to the innovation.

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  6. Use of Your Name

    6.1       Your name may be listed on a website for the Lab and on grant applications and reports prepared by your Supervisor or other researchers both during and after the completion of your work in the Lab. Additional written consent for use of name may be applicable in future.

  7. Ethics and Plagiarism

    7.1       If you are a graduate student, you are expected to understand and comply with conflict of interest and ethical rules of conduct for graduate students at the University of Calgary. We strongly recommend you familiarize yourself with all applicable policies, including by not limited to, the Guidelines on Integrity in Scholarship, available from the website of our Faculty of Graduate Studies.