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Petition Type: New
ID: 10288
Submitted: April 10, 2023 at 3:10:25 PM
First Name: Sydnee
Last Name: Maclellan
Pronoun: She/Her
Preferred Name: Sydnee
Student Number: 20287361
Email: 20sem11@queensu.ca
Degree Program: BA
Plan: POLS
Level of Study: 2
Petition Categories
Petition Categories: Drop a course after the academic deadline, Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Code: SPAN 111
Term: Fall
Year: 2021
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: EMPR 110
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: HLTH 102
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Tami Morgan
Code: POLS 110
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Dr. Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant
Code: PSYC 100
Term: Winter
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Jeffrey Wammes
Code: PHIL 151
Term: Summer
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline
Code: POLS 211
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Elizabeth Baisley
Code: POLS 230
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Paul Gardner
Code: POLS 250
Term: Fall
Year: 2022
Petition Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor's Name: Colin Farrelly
Level 1 Status
Status: Granted with ConditionsLevel 2
Appeal Type: Level 2
ID: 303
Submitted: January 10, 2025 at 4:50:16 PM
Relevant Petition: 10288
Decision(s) Being Appealed: Drop a course after the academic deadline: PHIL 151, Summer 2022
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 211, Fall 2022 (Elizabeth Baisley)
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 230, Fall 2022 (Paul Gardner)
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 250, Fall 2022 (Colin Farrelly)
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 211, Fall 2022 (Elizabeth Baisley)
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 230, Fall 2022 (Paul Gardner)
Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses: POLS 250, Fall 2022 (Colin Farrelly)
Appeal Grounds
Appeals to the Board of Studies must include a letter based on one or more of the Grounds for Appeal (Appeal Regulation 3.4). What are the grounds you are basing your appeal on?
- The Associate Dean's decision did not follow the rules of procedural fairness. A breach of procedural fairness includes such things as the Associate Dean failed to:
- Make a reasonable decision in your appeal. A “reasonable” decision is one that is based on evidence, thought out and supported by facts and logical inferences from the facts. To be reasonable, the decision must contain adequate reasons for the conclusions.
Appeal Grounds Details: I have new documentation for the members of the Board of Studies to consider.
Appeal Letter
Appeal Letter: Dear Members of the Board of Studies,
I would like to first thank you for allowing me to Appeal the decision of Petition #10288. I understand Petition #10288 was denied due to the lack of documentation I was cognitively and physically capable of providing at the time. For context, then, I was navigating several debilitating and distracting, eventually diagnosed, mental health
disorders. Given my severe mentally illnesses, including diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder and General and Social Anxiety Disorders, and symptoms of Post traumatic Stress Disorder, I could not face anything reasonably or productively. Life was impossible. I could not coordinate additional information and documentation for Petition
#10288 – I could barely manage what was happening – if I was managing at all. I have provided all I have available currently and have requested additional police reports. While I await this document, I confirm I can get documentation from the police service involved that all is true, and the reports are being retrieved for this appeal. I have been told waits can be lengthy due to resourcing. Thus, I would prefer not to wait for to have them in hand as additional delays are compromising my recovery. And I really appreciate all the support.
Thank you kindly,
Sydnee Maclellan (Student No. 20287361)
I would like to first thank you for allowing me to Appeal the decision of Petition #10288. I understand Petition #10288 was denied due to the lack of documentation I was cognitively and physically capable of providing at the time. For context, then, I was navigating several debilitating and distracting, eventually diagnosed, mental health
disorders. Given my severe mentally illnesses, including diagnosed Major Depressive Disorder and General and Social Anxiety Disorders, and symptoms of Post traumatic Stress Disorder, I could not face anything reasonably or productively. Life was impossible. I could not coordinate additional information and documentation for Petition
#10288 – I could barely manage what was happening – if I was managing at all. I have provided all I have available currently and have requested additional police reports. While I await this document, I confirm I can get documentation from the police service involved that all is true, and the reports are being retrieved for this appeal. I have been told waits can be lengthy due to resourcing. Thus, I would prefer not to wait for to have them in hand as additional delays are compromising my recovery. And I really appreciate all the support.
Thank you kindly,
Sydnee Maclellan (Student No. 20287361)
Documentation
Document: ADHD Summary Report.pdf
Document: car-1.pdf
Document: Doc_by_Scan_Shot-5.pdf
I plan to submit additional documentation at a later date: I plan on submitting two additional police reports regarding the home invasion and the car break in as soon as they are sent to me.

