Support Accessible Education at UVic: Sign & Share the Petition

Dear PEA members,

We are writing to ask for your support in addressing an urgent and growing crisis in academic accessibility at the University of Victoria.

Students with disabilities at UVic have a legal right to medical accommodations and an accessible learning environment. While other leading institutions have implemented effective solutions to manage rising accommodation requests, UVic has fallen behind, creating undue strain on students and support staff.

This is why students, student societies and unions from across campus have come together in solidarity to demand immediate action. UVic can and must do better.

This is not just an administrative failure—it is a human rights issue. We are calling on the University to act now.

Please read and sign our petition: https://bit.ly/UVic-Accessible

We are calling on the University of Victoria to:

1. Take action to immediately increase resources and support to meet the accessibility needs of students at UVic.

2. Make a binding commitment to a long-term system of centralized coordination of accommodated exams and midterms in appropriate spaces with adequate staff support.

3. Convene a working group—by no later than January 1, 2026—that is adequately resourced, supported by the administration, and includes members recommended by the major student and union groups on campus.

4. Charge the working group with administering a survey of students who access accommodations and the employees who support and teach them. The working group will review and report the results by March 1, and implement the necessary changes.

This petition is supported by a coalition of instructors, staff, undergraduate students, and graduate students at UVic who are directly affected by these issues—and who believe that every student deserves an equal chance to learn and succeed.

Sign the petition now and help us spread the word by sharing it widely with your networks. Together, we can hold UVic accountable to ensuring accessible learning on campus.

In solidarity,

Stephen Portman
Labour Relations Officer