Confidentiality
The university recognizes that student disability records contain confidential information and are to be treated as such. Therefore, documentation of a student’s disability is maintained in a confidential file in the Executive Vice-President of Academic Affairs Office and is considered part of the student’s education record. Information related to a disability may be disclosed only with the permission of the student or as permitted by the university’s student records policy and federal law. At the same time, however, a student's right to privacy must still be balanced against the university’s need to know the information in order to provide requested and recommended services and accommodations. Therefore, in the interest of serving the needs of the student, the provision of services may involve the Executive Vice-President of Academic Affairs or his staff disclosing disability information provided by the student to appropriate university personnel participating in the accommodation process.