Teaching & Learning
Resources for faculty & staff
- The Centre for Accessible Learning has published a resource outlining the Centre鈥檚 top ten tips for making online learning more accessible.
- The Centre for Educational Excellence provides a list of resources related to accessibility for supporting student success in remote learning.
- Canvas Support鈥檚 Universal Design and Accessibility page provides links to instructor guides.
- Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women鈥檚 Studies at SFU, Coleman Nye (she/her), has shared her top Tips for an Accessible Learning Environment.
Be sure to reference the resources listed under the faculty and instructors tab on our website for additional information and guides for implementing accessible teaching practices.
Resources on Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
The DO-IT Centre promotes awareness and accessibility through providing educational resources to postsecondary faculty and administrators. Their website contains a plethora of resources related to universal design to help educators apply these principles to their educational instruction.
Quick DO-IT Links:
Information on disability accommodation for employees & staff
尤物视频 has a duty to reasonably accommodate employees with disabilities. The responds to the University鈥檚 obligations under the British Columbia Human Rights Code to accommodate employees with disabilities. Employees seeking workplace accommodations should reference SFU Human Rights Office鈥檚 FAQs to enhance their understanding of disability accommodation within the workplace.
If you are an employee with a disability seeking workplace accommodation, notify your supervisor in writing and/or consult with the Wellness & Recovery Office; email: rtwdm@sfu.ca or phone: (778)782-6698.
Resources for students
Health & Counselling Resources
- My SSP 鈥� My SSP is an app available for all SFU graduate and undergraduate students that provides students with free and immediate mental health support through call or chat. Counselling services are confidential (within the limits of the law) and available 24/7. Counselling and support services are available in multiple languages and provide options for culturally relevant counselling.
- Virtual 尤物视频 鈥� Health and Counselling provides multiple virtual programs such as drop-in supports, support groups, events, and workshops.
Library Resources
- SFU library provides
- The Library liaison for students with disabilities is: Mark Christensen, Access Services / 778.782.4081 / mark_christensen@sfu.ca.
Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Resources
鈥� This resource is WIL鈥檚 Accessibility Support space and provides students with information about accessibility and accommodations for students鈥� work-experience journey.
Simran Ahmed (she/her) is Work Integrated Learning鈥檚 Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Educator. She is available to support you in your work-exploration journey, specifically if you have any questions or concerns related to accessibility and accommodations. Feel free to contact her via email: simran_ahmed@sfu.ca
Educational resources on disability awareness & disability justice
- 鈥� 鈥淪ins Invalid is a disability justice-based performance project that incubates and celebrates artists with disabilities, centralizing artists of color and LGBTQ / gender-variant artists as communities who have been historically marginalized.鈥�
- 鈥� The Disability Visibility Project (DVP) was founded by disability advocate, Alice Wong. The DVP collects the oral histories of people with disabilities.
- 鈥� This resource defines disability justice and its principles. The website contains resources related to disability justice and its various intersections.
- 鈥� This list contains resources created by the autistic community.
Academic Journals
Disability Studies is an academic discipline that uses an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach to examine and understand disability. Here are a few key journals on disability studies to explore:
All of these journals can be accessed online through the