Dismissal Policy
Dismissal Policy Guidelines
1. Vancouver Lions Gate College Inc. may dismiss a student from a program on any of the following grounds:
- Absenteeism for longer than four (4) consecutive days without informing the school and provision of a doctor’s note may result in dismissal.
- Cheating or plagiarism
- Physical abuse of institution’s property
- Theft or non-accidental damage to the institution’s property
- Behavior displaying insubordination, refusal to cooperate with instructors and schedules
- The use of alcohol or nonprescription drugs is prohibited while in attendance at the institution
- Flagrant disrespect of institution’s rules of conduct and policies
2. The process by which a student may be dismissed from a program is as follows:
- If college finds the misbehavior of a student, and decide to dismiss the student after investigation, the principal will send a dismissal notification to the student with the reason of dismissal.
- The student can appeal against the dismissal within 5 business days after the dismissal notification is received.
- The college will review the appeal, and make a decision within 30 days after the appeal is received to decide if the dismissal decision should be kept or overturned.
- If the student is not satisfied with the final resolution, he/she can he or she may file a complaint with the Private Training Institutions Branch (privatetraininginstitutions.gov.bc.ca).