Submission Guidelines for The Dissertation in Practice at Western University

Rights and Permissions

Before submitting a paper to the repository, please be sure that all necessary permissions have been cleared.

  • You retain the copyright to your paper and grant us the nonexclusive right to publish this material, meaning that you may also publish it elsewhere.
  • After you submit your paper, we will create an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version of it and publish it on the site. You will be notified by e-mail when the paper is posted.

    By checking the box below, I grant the Repository on behalf of Western University, the non-exclusive right to distribute my submission (the Work) over the Internet and include it as part of the Repository.

    I warrant as follows:

    1. that I have the full power and authority to make this agreement;
    2. that the Work does not infringe any copyright, nor violate any proprietary rights, nor contain any libelous matter, nor invade the privacy of any person or third party;
    3. that the Work has not been published elsewhere with the same content or in the same format; and
    4. that no right in the Work has in any way been sold, mortgaged, or otherwise disposed of, and that the Work is free from all liens and claims.
    5. that once peer-reviewed, the Work is deposited in the repository, and it may not be removed.

    A paper may be updated or removed from public view by sending a request to the system administrator at EdD.graded@uwo.ca. However, a citation to the original version of the paper will always remain on the site.

    NOTE: It is suggested that you print this page for your records.

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