Accessibility, Accommodations, and Graduate Supervision: Faculty Workshop

This workshop was rescheduled to November 27, 11:00am – 1:00pm.

Facilitated by Dr. Pearl Levey​, Accommodations Specialist for Practicums/Placements/Laboratories​, Accessibility Services​, Sezgi Ozel​, Team Lead, Graduate and Professional Programs​, Accessibility Services​, Aziza Kajan, Director, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision​, and Lauren Pais, Case-Coordinator, Centre for Graduate Mentorship and Supervision​.

This workshop is designed to support graduate supervisors and graduate unit administrative faculty to understand the responsibilities for accessibility, accommodations and supporting students with disabilities in graduate research programs. In this session, you will gain insight into the accommodation process from start to finish including:

• The impact of our own biases and misunderstandings around disabilities and accommodations
• The philosophy of accommodating in graduate school
• The legal expectations, and roles, for accommodating
• What accommodations can look like in the context of graduate supervision
• Strategies for supportive communication regarding disability within the supervisory relationship

This workshop will be facilitated by experts from the University of Toronto Accessibility Services Office who will offer practical advice and answer your questions on best practices in accommodation.

Questions? Email us at cgms@utoronto.ca.