Get involved and volunteer with SAS!

Many members of the university community are involved in the work of the University of Guelph Student Accessibility Services. If you're interested in joining our team, please consider one of the following opportunities:

Exam Proctors

We hire part-time casual staff each semester to help monitor exam rooms while students are writing their exams. These staff members are not current undergraduate students. More information will be posted here during our next hiring cycle.

Peer Helpers

Student Accessibility Services has a team of Peer Helpers [1] who assist students with disabilities with academic and practical needs in the following roles and beyond:

• Guiding: assist students in getting to their classes or anywhere else on campus they need to go.
• One-to-one mentoring: provide academic support in areas such as time-management, organization, and more. Help students transition into university life and feel connected to the campus community. Connect students with relevant campus resources to support their academic growth and promote personal development.
• Workshops & Social Events and Fundraising: opportunity to lead the organization and facilitation of workshops and social events for SAS registered students.
• Outreach: assist in promoting events and volunteer opportunities through social media, posters, and outreach efforts.

Required Time Commitment: 5 hours/week (~60 hours/semester).

Work-Study Students

These students are employed through the Work Study Program [2], which offers opportunities for students with demonstrated financial need. These part-time staff members help run our volunteer notetaking service.

Volunteer Notetakers

Support your peers while enhancing your own learning! Becoming a volunteer is easy and looks great on your resume. Volunteer notetakers agree to share their notes from their own regular classes. This helps students in those same classes who face barriers to taking their own notes. Students receiving notes may have:

• Dexterity impairments that make writing difficult

• Information processing challenges that affect notetaking speed or organization

• Other functional limitations requiring notetaking support as an academic accommodation

By volunteering, you’re directly contributing to your peers' academic success, and many notetakers report that the process also helps improve their own learning and study habits!

→ Learn more about becoming a Volunteer Notetaker [3]