Moving Forward Summer Transition Program

Moving Forward is a summer transition program specifically designed for new, incoming students who self-identify as having disabilities and who are entering any level of post-secondary education at any institution. This program is also for students who have not yet attended a Moving Forward orientation event.

This program supports students by:

• helping you navigate academic accommodations at the post-secondary level
• introducing you to online, hybrid, and in-person learning, lectures and note-taking
• giving you strategies for managing life in and out of the classroom
• teaching you university-level academic learning strategies and skills
• connecting you with a community of peers and Accessibility Services staff
• helping you transition to the next stage of your academic career

Get Started sessions

Moving Forward: Get Started sessions are designed to introduce you to Accessibility Services, accommodations and tips to prepare you for post-secondary learning. There are multiple Moving Forward: Get Started opportunities, with some programming days specifically designed with certain populations in mind. Sessions are two hours in length and offered throughout July and August.

Moving Forward: Get Started is a precursor of our larger Moving Forward Orientation events.

Orientation events

We offer two Moving Forward Orientation events at the end of August, a two-day undergraduate orientation (August 26 – 27) and a one-day graduate orientation (August 29). These Moving Forward Orientation events will provide a more in-depth overview of Accessibility Services, accommodations, and tips to prepare you for post-secondary learning, including an in-person campus tour, social opportunities, mock lectures, presentations from campus support services as well as breakfast and lunch!

Join us for a series of workshops, panels and strategy sessions to get familiar with Accessibility Services and accommodations, and learn tips to prepare you for post-secondary learning!

You may also consider Transition Day.

Interested in learning more about Accessibility Services and Moving Forward? Check out our video playlist.