Kingston, Canada

Queen's University at Kingston

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage7 reviewedEvidence-backed claims7Reviewed7Candidate0Official sources6Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/queens-university-at-kingston.json

Policy profile

Coverage score85/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence77%

AI disclosure

No source-backed public claim about AI disclosure or acknowledgement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about disclosing, acknowledging, citing, or declaring AI use.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

Academic integrity

Queen's University at Kingston has 1 source-backed public claim for academic integrity; deterministic analysis status: conditionally_allowed.

Conditionally AllowedMachine candidateConfidence76%Evidence1Sources1

Research guidance

No source-backed public claim about research AI use is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about research use, publication ethics, research data, grants, or human-subjects compliance.

Not MentionedMachine candidateConfidence0%Evidence0Sources0

AI tools

Derived tool records0

No tool-level evidence is published for this record yet. Broad AI tool mentions are not expanded into named tool conclusions.

Evidence-backed claims

7 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Privacy

Queen's guidance directs users working with internal or confidential data to use only Queen's-approved AI tools such as LibreChat and Microsoft Copilot with Queen's single sign-on.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence92%

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Original evidence

Evidence 1
If you are using internal or confidential data, use only Queen’s-approved AI tools like LibreChat and Microsoft Copilot with Queen’s single sign-on. If only general data is involved, external tools may be acceptable with caution.

Security Review

Queen's AI Applications page states that the university has conducted security and privacy assessments for generative AI software and uses those assessments to identify risks and inform use guidelines.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: ai-applications-security-privacy-assessed

Original evidence

Evidence 1
To ensure the safe and appropriate use of generative AI software, the university has conducted a series of security and privacy assessments through the Security Assessment Process (SAP). These evaluations help identify potential risks, protect user privacy and institutional data, and inform appropriate use guidelines.

Teaching

Queen's common course policies state that course outlines will include a statement indicating whether generative AI tools are permitted in a course and under what conditions.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence91%

Normalized value: course-outline-ai-permission-statement

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Statement and Guidance for Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tools Your course outline will include a statement indicating whether generative AI tools are permitted in your course and under what conditions. Review that statement carefully and speak with your instructor if you have questions.

Other

Queen's describes responsible generative AI use through five guiding principles for students, staff, and faculty, including checks for whether a use is prohibited, permitted, encouraged, or required.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

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Original evidence

Evidence 1
Queen’s promotes the responsible use of generative AI across our community and has defined five guiding principles to help students, staff, and faculty make informed, effective decisions about integrating it into their work. Each principle below includes quick self-assessment questions to help users judge whether a use is prohibited, permitted, encouraged, or required.

Teaching

Queen's CTL guidance says instructors should specify parameters for AI tool use in courses and advise on terms of use through a syllabus statement.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence90%

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Original evidence

Evidence 1
Provide students guidance: Instructors should specify the parameters for AI tool use in their courses and advise on terms of use via a syllabus statement. Academic integrity: Unauthorized use of generative AI is considered a departure from academic integrity.

Academic Integrity

Queen's Library Generative AI guide says unauthorized use of generative AI tools is considered a departure from academic integrity.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence89%

Normalized value: unauthorized-generative-ai-departure-academic-integrity

Original evidence

Evidence 1
As of July 2024: There is no overall ban on the use of generative AI tools. Instructors should provide students with specific parameters for AI use in the course syllabus. Unauthorized use of generative AI tools is considered a "departure from academic integrity."

Privacy

Queen's Library Generative AI privacy guide warns users not to assume that data input into an AI tool is private and confidential.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence88%

Normalized value: do-not-assume-ai-input-private-confidential

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Always read the terms of use or privacy statements of the AI tool you're using. Some AI tools will use your inputted data (and the associated output) to further train or audit their models. Do not assume that any data you input into an AI tool is private and confidential.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

6 source attribution

Change log

Last checkedMay 15, 2026Last changedMay 15, 2026Open change log

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