Society for Students with a Disability

09/05/2025

The countdown to our Annual Mental Health Resource Fair starts today! Keep checking our Instagram for more updates including accessibility information, prize/giveaway reveal and more. 💕☺️ We are soooo excited to host these amazing organizations and artists!!

09/02/2025

We are doing a newsletter giveaway for campus kick-off! If you sign-up for our monthly newsletters you will be automatically included on the draw. 🎉☺️ You can find the link in our bio.

08/28/2025

💙🧡The SSD is recruiting volunteers to facilitate our peer support groups! Join us for a Zoom info session at 5 pm on September 15th if you’d like to learn more about this volunteer role. If that time doesn’t work for you or you’d like to get involved sooner, then email uvicssd@uvic.ca and we can send you a recording of last year’s info session and set up a meeting to discuss next steps. Info session registration link in bio.🧡💙

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08/26/2025

🌟🧠Announcing our third annual Mental Health Resource Fair! Come learn about 20+ organizations offering services that support mental health and wellness, and check out our vendors. The fair will take place in the Michèle Pujol Room in the SUB on Friday, September 12th from 10 am to 2 pm. There will be door prizes! Stay tuned for more info.🎉🌟

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08/19/2025

🌈 We have room for more vendors at next month’s Mental Health Resource Fair, and there is no fee to join! Email uvicssd@uvic.ca if you are interested or have questions. Image description in comments.

08/18/2025

06/30/2025

Canada Disability Benefit applications are open! Apply today to receive your first payment in July, but applications will remain open after that. Links in bio for more info, applications, and a benefit estimator tool. Image description in comments.

04/22/2025

📢 We want to hear from YOU! 📢

The SSD is collecting demographic data and community feedback to plan our programming and events for next school year. We also want to know which communities we are serving and which communities we need to engage with further. If you are an SSD community member, have attended any of our events or programs, or are just interested in what we do, please fill out the survey here: https://forms.office.com/r/wcW27NL4wG! This information will help us inform what students want to continue to see from us and also what ideas folks have for new offerings.

If you have any questions, please email Marissa at edussd@uvic.ca.

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04/16/2025

The SSD, along with other student, staff, and faculty groups, has sent a letter to UVic Senior Administrators raising serious concerns about current and potential academic accommodation changes and how they are impacting disabled students, their instructors, staff, and graduate supervisors. All students deserve an equitable access to education. 
 
To read the full letter, check out the link in our bio.

03/20/2025

Autism Week is quickly approaching! Check out our event details and share in the comments which events you are excited to attend! Event registration can be found https://linktr.ee/uvicssd. Registration is highly encouraged, however drop-ins are also welcome. We cannot wait to see you there!

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03/20/2025

🌟 SSD Council Meeting 🌟
📅 Thursday, March 27th
🕓 4:00 - 5:00 PM
📍 ON ZOOM (Link in our bio!)

Join us for an engaging discussion on updates and initiatives that impact the SSD community. Share your ideas, voice your concerns, and help shape the future of our organization!

💬 Your voice matters—let’s make it heard.

See you there! 👩‍💻🧑‍💻

03/12/2025

♾️ The SSD invites you to join us for Autism Week! ♾️

Coinciding with Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, Autism Acceptance Week, and World Autism Day, the Society for Students with a Disability is putting on a series of fun and educational events and workshops during the first week of April. All events are open to both autistic and non-autistic folks! Registration for all events is OPEN NOW at https://forms.office.com/r/vxVmQ37Ft9.

We are so excited to bring this week of fun, knowledge sharing, and community to students. We will be posting more details about each event soon!

Are you interested in volunteering at Autism Week events? If so, please contact Marissa at edussd@uvic.ca. We cannot wait to see you all there!

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