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Academic Accommodation Procedure For Students With Disabilities, Office Of The Dean Of Students, Student Experience & Enrolment Management, Centre For Equity And Inclusion

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The purpose of this procedure is to assist in implementing Sheridan’s Academic Accommodation Policy.

Academic accommodations considered in this procedure will be guided by the following principles:

• Inclusion and full participation

• Respect for dignity

• Individualization

  These principles will enable Sheridan’s commitment to ensure all students realize their full potential.

Alton's Sidewalks, Jenna Flemming

Faculty of Applied Health and Community Studies - Exceptional Student Work, 2017

This reflection and PowerPoint presentation were part of an assignment in the course Policy and Justice in an Aging Society (Year 2, Semester 1) in the Social Service Worker Gerontology program. The purpose of this assignment was to engage in advocacy work on issues and promote change and solutions by raising awareness.

Jenna describes her process for advocating for change "I decided to advocate for change to the lack of accessibility of sidewalks. I chose to focus on this because it is an issue I see everywhere, it effects a lot of people including seniors, people with disabilities or parents …

Pedagogy For A Plugged-In Age, Independent Study 2017, Andrew Hladkyj

Publications and Scholarship

This is an independent study for Hladkyj's graduate studies in Strategic Foresight and Innovation (MDes) at OCAD University. The study’s goal is to establish a “lay of the land” informing how technology and pedagogy might be designed in the Web Design Graduate Certificate program Hladkyj spearheaded at Sheridan College.

The research consists of a literature review validated by primary sources, composed of four 30-minute, semi-structured expert interviews with college-level design educators, administrators, and students (both current and former).

A modified, “human-centred” STEEP V (Social, Technological, Economic, Environmental, Political, Values) framework provides context to the findings.The output is actionable and threefold: …