Community Supports
Discover community supports for:
Academic Accommodation Support
Academic Accommodation Support (AAS) works directly with incoming and returning students looking for help with their academic accommodations. AAS works with any student who requires academic accommodation regardless of program or course load.
Library Accessibility Services
Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries is committed to providing equal access to services and collections. The library provides access to course readings, research texts, and videos in accessible formats, as well as various adaptive software in select workstations in the library.
Learning Support
Student Life and Learning Support focuses on building diverse communities and providing support to learners. They offer opportunities for individuals to discover their talents, explore various skills, express their identities, create meaningful friendships and connections, and build their learning success toolkit.
Scholarships and Awards for Students with Disabilities
View scholarship and award opportunities for students with disabilities. This page also lists external scholarships with specific eligibility criteria, supporting students based on various factors such as academic achievement and specific disabilities.
Community Student Engagement Group for Accessibility (CSEGA)
CSEGA works to increase engagement and support of students with disabilities by identifying, removing and preventing barriers to their full inclusion in campus life.
Tri-Mentoring Program
The mission of the Tri-Mentoring Program is to facilitate students' learning, leadership, and employment through mentoring, learning support and leadership training. The program matches first year students with upper year students in the same program or with similar interests in order to help incoming students successfully transition into their first year.
TMSU Student Access Collective
The Collective works with the TMU community to fight ableism, audism and sanism both on and off campus. The Collective holds social events throughout the year for students with disabilities and community members.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Mental Health and Wellbeing website has information for all students, staff and faculty. It offers resources so that you can get support for yourself or others. The resources on this website are available on-campus, in our communities or online, so you can access the support you need, in the way you need.
Centre for Student Development and Counseling (CDSC)
The CSDC offers free, confidential counselling services in a professional and friendly environment. Services are provided by a team of psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists and counselling interns.
Employees with Disabilities Community Network
The Employees with Disabilities Community Network includes employees with visible and non-visible disabilities. Through their mutual support, members provide a diverse perspective of their experiences of living and working with disabilities.
Wellbeing and accommodation
If you require accommodation as an employee with a newly acquired, temporary, or permanent disability, or are returning to work following illness or injury, Workplace Wellbeing Services can help ensure you have the support you need.
Evacuation plans for employees requiring assistance
Employees with disabilities and their leaders should work together to identify any individualized needs related to emergency information and procedures.
Academic Accommodation Support (AAS) for faculty
Academic accommodation is a shared responsibility and a collaborative process between students, faculty and instructors, university administration, and AAS.
Schedule requests for faculty
Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA) members are provided the opportunity to submit accommodation requests regarding teaching schedules, including those related to dependent care responsibilities, medical conditions, and religious observance.
Accessibility and amenity information
Learn more about entrances with accessibility features, single-occupancy and all-gender washrooms and change tables.
Public parking locations and rates
There are multiple parking options close to campus. All parking lots have accessible parking options.
Access tours
Explore the best barrier-free routes of travel around campus, both indoors and out. Includes locations of elevators, accessible washroom facilities, and more!
Campus maps
View a visual map of campus. Find parking, elevators, single stall washrooms and accessible ramp locations on campus.
WalkSafe program
The free service pairs you with a uniformed security crew member to escort you to various locations on campus, including the subway and nearby parking lots. Please let the dispatcher know if you have accommodation requirements.
Human Rights Services
Human Rights Services works with members of the TMU community to promote a learning, work and living environment free of discrimination and harassment. Services are available to all members of the TMU community including students, staff, faculty and visitors.
Service animals
Service animals are welcomed on campus. Please read the Animals on Campus Policy for more details.
Technology supports
Learn about recommended browsers and assistive technology combinations for university websites and applications.
External community resources
Explore external community resources and services available within Ontario and Canada.