Guelph, Canada

University of Guelph

Record status

Policy statusReviewed evidence-backed recordReview: Agent reviewedClaim coverage6 reviewedEvidence-backed claims6Reviewed6Candidate0Official sources5Source languageenPublic JSON/api/public/v1/universities/university-of-guelph.json

Policy profile

Coverage score85/100Coverage labelbroad public coverageReview: Machine candidateAnalysis confidence81%

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

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

Security and procurement

No source-backed public claim about AI security review or procurement is present in this profile.

The current public tracker record does not contain claim evidence about security review, procurement, vendor approval, risk assessment, authentication, SSO, or enterprise licensing.

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

6 reviewed evidence-backed public claim

Academic Integrity

The University of Guelph states that submitting AI-completed materials without instructor permission constitutes an offence under its academic misconduct policies.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence97%

Normalized value: unauthorized_ai_submission_academic_misconduct

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Submission of materials completed by AI, without permission of the instructor, constitutes an offence under the University’s academic misconduct policies, either as a form of plagiarism or the use of unauthorized aids.

Ai Tool Treatment

For University of Guelph courses, acceptable student use of AI is determined by the course instructor and may vary by discipline, program, and assessment type.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence96%

Normalized value: course_instructor_determines_acceptable_ai_use

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Acceptable use of AI should be determined by the course instructor and may vary across disciplines, programs and types of assessments.

Academic Integrity

The University of Guelph Office of Teaching and Learning says generative AI plagiarism detection software is not currently approved for use at U of G and instructors should not submit student work to generative AI detection tools while more is being understood.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence95%

Normalized value: genai_detection_software_not_currently_approved

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Generative AI plagiarism detection software is not currently approved for use at UofG. This software will continue to be reviewed and may be available in the future.

Privacy

University of Guelph information-security guidance says staff and faculty should not enter Internal, Confidential, or Restricted University data into public AI tools, and should avoid entering PII into generative AI tools not reviewed and approved by Information Security.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence94%

Normalized value: sensitive_university_data_and_pii_restricted_in_public_or_unapproved_ai_tools

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Internal (S2), Confidential (S3) and Restricted (S4) University data should never be entered into a public AI tool (e.g., ChatGPT), such as including sensitive information in a generative AI prompt.

Source Status

The University of Guelph has public official guidance pages for generative AI in teaching and learning, including an AVPA resource page and Office of Teaching and Learning provisional recommendations.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence93%

Normalized value: public_official_genai_teaching_guidance_available

Original evidence

Evidence 1
The following guidance and resources are available for University of Guelph faculty, instructors, staff, and teaching assistants as they navigate the impact of Generative AI on teaching and learning.

Teaching

The University of Guelph library student guide tells students to check the syllabus or ask the instructor before using generative AI for coursework.

Review: Agent reviewedConfidence89%

Normalized value: students_check_syllabus_or_instructor_before_coursework_genai_use

Original evidence

Evidence 1
Always check the course syllabus or check with your instructor before using gen AI in for your course work. At the U of G acceptable use of AI is determined by the course instructor and may vary across disciplines, programs, and types of assessments.

Candidate claims

0 machine or needs-review claim

Official sources

5 source attribution

Information Security Guidelines for the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence

ithelp.uoguelph.ca

Snapshot hash
323605fcca67b9e499316b9fa76fdb9586133fc0ee9acead7b31b1f69d88389a

Change log

Last checkedMay 16, 2026Last changedMay 16, 2026Open change log

Corrections

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