Access and Equity Services
Access and Equity Services (AES) is responsible for providing, along with faculty, reasonable accommodations for students who experience barriers to their education on the basis of a prohibited ground(s), including disability, religion, family status and gender identity.
- Address
- E1, Administration Building, University of Saskatchewan
Hours and contact
General hours
- Monday - Friday: 8:30 am - 12:00pm, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
AES - Ask Us!
If you have a quick question, try sending it to us using our online form!
If you need to meet with an advisor and are registered with AES, request an appointment through Accommodate.
- AES is no longer able to offer drop-in appointments
General inquiries
- 1-306-966-7273
- 1-306-966-7276 Voice/TTY
- aes@usask.ca
- 1-306-966-1170 Fax
Register with Access and Equity Services
If you require an academic accommodation due to a disability, religious reason, your family status or your gender identity, register with AES. Services and programs provided by AES are only available to students who have registered with AES.
Registration with AES is a 3-step process
You can register with Access and Equity Services (AES) at any point during your studies. However, you must register with AES before our deadlines in order to request accommodations for exams. Review our exam accommodation request deadlines.
- Obtain required documentation
- Complete our online pre-intake form & include your required documentation
- Attend an intake appointment
Step 1: Obtain required documentation
You must provide appropriate documentation to register with AES. Depending on your circumstances, different documentation is needed:
- Medical-based disabilities and pregnancy: A licensed health care practitioner must fill out an AES Medical Questionnaire.
- medical-based disabilities can include physical disability, neurological impairment (including ADHD), mental health disorder, chronic illness, addiction, temporary medical condition (for example, a broken limb or resulting from surgery)
- Learning disabilities: A psycho-educational assessment completed within the last five years by a registered psychologist who is licensed to diagnose must be provided.
- Religion/Creed: you must complete the AES Religion/Creed Accommodation Request Form
- Family status: you must complete the AES Family Status Accommodation Request Form
- Gender identity or other protected categories and prohibited grounds not listed: you must provide a statement that includes the following:
- describe the specifics of your situation
- the barriers you are encountering, and what steps, if any, you have taken to ease those barriers.
Step 2: Complete our online Pre-Intake Form & include your required documentation
Have your required documentation available in a scanned PDF or similar format before filling out the Pre-Intake Form. Please do not submit image files. If you do not know how to scan documents into PDF format using your smartphone refer to these guides:
Provide information in all required fields and when instructed, attach your required documentation.
If you are unsure of which documentation you need, or require accommodations or assistance in completing the Pre-Intake Form, contact our front desk at aes.advising@usask.ca or 306-966-7273.
Step 3: Attend a registration appointment
After your Pre-Intake Form submission has been reviewed, you will be contacted via your USask email to schedule a registration appointment with an advisor through Accommodate.
If you have questions, review our how-to articles. If you can't find what you're looking for, contact us at aes@usask.ca or use our online form to ask us a question.
About academic accommodations
USask is guided by Saskatchewan's Human Rights legislation and the university's Duty to Accommodate policy.
Accommodations are supports or services that allow a student with a disability, or other accommodation needs, a fair opportunity to engage in academic activities and fulfill essential course and program requirements. Accommodations are meant to level the playing field for students; they are never meant to provide an advantage to students. Accommodations are not the same as modifications; you must still meet the learning outcomes of your program.
How are they administered?
Some accommodations can be arranged by an instructor (e.g. record lectures, extensions for assignments) while other accommodations are managed by AES. Accommodations managed by AES include classroom changes, exam accommodations, assistive technology, note-taking, and alternative format materials.
Faculty information
If you have a student in your class that needs accommodations and you have questions, please contact us.
Instructor guide for accommodating students with disabilities
Information for instructors regarding accommodations for students is available, including updated information for online learning accommodations.
Questions
If you need help using our resources or have questions about AES or academic accommodation, check out the information below.