Accommodations
Accommodation levels the playing field to support your success. It reduces or removes barriers to learning to ensure fair and equitable access to classroom, testing or co-op/fieldwork environments.
Accommodation is introduced when a protected characteristic (as defined by provincial human rights legislation) may place you at a disadvantage compared to other students who are not affected by a protected characteristic: e.g. (dis)ability. Accommodation recognizes difference.
Accommodation does not provide an unfair advantage over other students as you are still expected to demonstrate that you’ve met the learning outcomes set for the course.
See below for examples of types of accommodations and how they work at Dalhousie.