Public lecture to explore the ethical challenges and opportunities of AI in education

Mount Saint Vincent University is pleased to host Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton, a sought-after speaker and expert on AI and academic integrity, for the 2026 edition of the President's Visiting Lecture Series on Teaching and Learning.

When: Thursday, March 26, 2026, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: The Multi-Purpose Room (MPR) on the 3rd floor of the Rosaria Student Centre at MSVU [map]

This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.

AI is changing the way we learn and engage; new academic approaches are needed.

In this session, Dr. Eaton will explore how ideas about cheating and plagiarism (or academic integrity) are changing in the age of AI. She'll discuss the ethical challenges and opportunities presented by AI and other advanced technologies, and explain her award-winning "postplagiarism framework", which focuses on how to develop educational practices that consider authorship, transparency, critical thinking and ethical use of AI.

The session will introduce practical strategies for educators, students, and administrators to foster a culture of integrity, ensuring that technology serves as a tool for learning rather than a substitute for original thought and ethical conduct.

About Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton
Dr. Sarah Elaine Eaton has written and presented extensively on academic integrity and ethics all over the world and is regularly invited as a media guest to talk about academic misconduct. She is a professor and research chair at the Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Canada and an Honorary Associate Professor, Deakin University, Australia. She has received research awards of excellence for her scholarship on academic integrity from the Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (2020) and the European Network for Academic Integrity (2022).

Dr. Eaton is the editor-in-chief of the International Journal for Educational Integrity and Second Handbook of Academic Integrity (2024). Her books include:
- Plagiarism in Higher Education: Tackling Tough Topics in Academic Integrity,
- Academic Integrity in Canada: An Enduring and Essential Challenge (Eaton & Christensen Hughes, eds.),
- Contract Cheating in Higher Education: Global Perspectives on Theory, Practice, and Policy (Eaton, Curtis, Stoesz, Clare, Rundle, & Seeland, eds.),
- Ethics and Integrity in Teacher Education (Eaton & Khan, eds.) and
- Fake Degrees and Fraudulent Credentials in Higher Education (Eaton, Carmichael, & Pethrick, eds.).

Dr. Eaton lived in Halifax from the age of 10 until she moved to Calgary to pursue graduate studies, where she has lived ever since.

About the President's Visiting Lecture Series at MSVU
Through the President's Visiting Lecture Series on Teaching and Learning, Mount Saint Vincent University hosts an expert educator to support faculty in enhancing their teaching and to support flexible learning approaches. In addition to sessions offered for faculty, all visiting experts host a free public lecture (open to all).

With thanks to Saint Mary's University for their support of Dr. Eaton's upcoming visit to Halifax.