Enhancing Institutional EDI Knowledge of Disability and Academic Accessibility: 

• ALS recognizes that for many summer courses, there is a changeover in faculty teaching the course that occurs mid-way through the semester. 

• For Humber specifically, if the new faculty member taking over is assigned as an instructor of the course on MyHumber/Banner, then they may already notice student Accommodation Letters on the ALS Faculty Web Portal. 

• As faculty, if you are only teaching the first half of a course, we recommend that you alert the incoming faculty about which students in the course already have existing accommodation letters.  

• Remember, although most student Accommodation Letters are available on the Faculty Web Portal, some students prefer to share their letters directly with faculty independently and these will not be listed on the portal. To ensure this is addressed, we recommend that an announcement is made asking students who have chosen to distribute their Accommodation Letter independently to submit the letter to the faculty taking over for the second half of the semester.  

• We also encourage new faculty taking over the course to reach out to students with Accommodation Letters in the course and confirm you reviewed the letters on file and are happy to support the student moving forward. 

• If you have any questions about accessing the faculty web portal, feel free to reach out to us at accessible-learning@humber.ca.  

Visit our ALS Information for Faculty website to learn more about accommodating students with disabilities. 

Please email us at accessible-learning@humber.ca with suggestions for key accessibility-related topics that you would like us to address through the Communiqué.