Andrew has edited his work and made some changes.

Original Source

The Sixties Scoop is the catch-all name for a series of policies enacted by provincial child welfare authorities starting in the mid-1950s, which saw thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and families, placed in foster homes, and eventually adopted out to white families from across Canada and the United States. These children lost their names, their languages, and a connection to their heritage. Sadly, many were also abused and made to feel ashamed of who they were.

Andrew's Work

The Sixties Scoop refers to a group of policies that took Indigenous children from their families and put them in foster homes in the mid-1950s (Dart, 2017). As a result of these policies, the children lost their cultural identities (Dart, 2017). In this paper, I will examine the impact of the Sixties Scoop on...

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Dart, C. (2017, Nov 19). Birth of a family: The Sixties Scoop explained. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/the-sixties-scoop-explained
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According to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters, is Andrew’s work an example of plagiarism?

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Andrew has edited his work and made some changes.

Original Source

The Sixties Scoop is the catch-all name for a series of policies enacted by provincial child welfare authorities starting in the mid-1950s, which saw thousands of Indigenous children taken from their homes and families, placed in foster homes, and eventually adopted out to white families from across Canada and the United States. These children lost their names, their languages, and a connection to their heritage. Sadly, many were also abused and made to feel ashamed of who they were.

Andrew's Work

The Sixties Scoop refers to a group of policies that took Indigenous children from their families and put them in foster homes in the mid-1950s (Dart, 2017). As a result of these policies, the children lost their cultural identities (Dart, 2017). In this paper, I will examine the impact of the Sixties Scoop on...

Source:

Dart, C. (2017, Nov 19). Birth of a family: The Sixties Scoop explained. Retrieved from https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/the-sixties-scoop-explained
Links to an external site.
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According to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters, is Andrew’s work an example of plagiarism?

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The question asks whether Andrew’s edited work constitutes plagiarism according to the Code of Behaviour on Academic Matters. 
Option 1: Yes. The claim would be that Andrew copied the ideas or wording from a source without proper attribution or with insufficient transformation. In general, plagiarism involves presenting someone else’s ideas or exact phrasing as your own. If Andrew had copied large blocks of text verbatim without quotation marks or without an adequate citation, that would be a stronger case for plagiarism. However, in this scenario, Andrew’s work includes parenthetical citations to Dart (2017) after some statements, indicating attribution. This reduces the likelihood of plagiarism, because proper attribution is a key defense against it. For this option to be entirely accurate, one would need to show that the paraphrase was so close to the original that attribution alone did not suffice or that there was no citation at all. 
Option 2: No. This would reflect the view that Andrew’s use of the source is permissible under standard academic practice because: (a) he provides an in-text citation (Dart, 2017) after the paraphrased statements; (b) he rewrites the information in his own words rather than lifting exact sentences; and (c) he situates the material within his own analysis, rather than presenting the original text as his own. Paraphrasing with proper citation can be acceptable, provided the paraphrase is sufficiently distinct from the source language and the ideas are properly attributed. In this case, the statements about the Sixties Scoop appear to be summarized and reworded, with citation to the original source, which aligns with common academic standards to avoid plagiarism. 
Consider potential pitfalls: if any phrases are unusually close to the source’s wording or if the paraphrase mirrors the source’s structure too closely, those could still constitute plagiarism despite a citation. The presence of the citation Dart, 2017 helps. If the assignment requires additional sourcing or a broader synthesis beyond a single source, or if there’s a failure to cite all ideas derived from the source, that could alter the assessment. 
In sum, the argument for Yes hinges on unverifiable details about the closeness of paraphrase and absence of sufficient transformation, while the argument for No rests on the explicit citation and paraphrasing approach. Without more information about verbatim text, quotation marks, and the extent of paraphrase, both positions hinge on how strictly the institution interprets paraphrase versus direct copying. 
If one weighs typical academic standards, the inclusion of a citation after paraphrased statements generally supports a No for plagiarism, assuming the paraphrase is sufficiently distinct and no uncredited ideas are taken. The presence of the citation weakens the case for plagiarism in many codes of conduct, though it is not an absolute safeguard if the paraphrase is too close or if multiple sources are used without proper attribution.

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