The Access Blog

Category: Current Students

  • NEADS National Student Awards Program

    The NEADS National Student Awards Program is offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities, who often have greater barriers to participation in higher education, as well as extra costs because of their disabilities. Students must currently be registered in and continuing at post-secondary institution and provide documented proof of registration…

  • ASD Study

    Do you have Autism? Or Asperger’s Syndrome or PDD-NOS? Are you a Post-secondary Student? This study wants to give you a chance to share your voice! Participants will be asked to fill out some forms and complete a one-on-one audio-recorded interview regarding their experiences as a post-secondary student. Participants may enter a draw to win 1…

  • The Canadian Hard of Hearing Scholarship

    The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association Scholarship Program is now accepting applications for its 2017 program. Applicants to this Scholarship Program must be either hard of hearing, deafened or oral deaf. Eligible applicants may be first-time or returning post-secondary students at a recognized College or University. Students should be registered in or planning to register for…

  • SRDC Assistive Technology Survey

    The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) – a Canadian non-profit research organization – is currently conducting a study on behalf of the provinces of British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island and the Canada Student Loan Program, Permanent Disability Working Group. The project is being led by BC’s Ministry of Advanced Education to…

  • CDSA Student Paper Competition

    ELIGIBILITY: • Students may be at the undergraduate or graduate level at any Canadian college or university • Students must be the sole author of the submission SUBMISSIONS: • Submissions should follow the guidelines of The Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, a peer-reviewed journal (please see http://cjds.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cjds/about/submissions) • Only original work is to be submitted…