Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Appeal Number: 7189
Decision Date: February 8, 2021
Associate Dean: Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Student Name: Dalia Alrayes
Student Email: 16da23@queensu.ca

Course: PHIL 157
Term: Fall
Year: 2020
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: FILM 236
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: HIST 263
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: PHIL 259
Term: Fall
Year: 2018
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: RELS 131
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline

Course: SOCY 122
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2019
Category: Drop a course after the academic deadline


Dear Dalia Alrayes:

I was sorry to read of the circumstances you outlined in your letter of appeal. No doubt that has been difficult to deal with and I will grant your appeal to drop FILM 236, HIST 263, PHIL 259 (F 2018); RELS 131, SOCY 122 (FW 2018/19); and PHIL 157 (F 2020) past the academic deadline based on that circumstance.

I encourage you to continue to work with your health care providers including your QSAS Advisor who can help support both your health and academics.

Going forward, I encourage you to pause and evaluate your progress in courses during week 7 of the term and if you have been unable to keep up with the course requirements or feel that dropping a course is in your best interest, you should do so by the week 8 drop date deadline.

Note that any change in academic registration may impact government or private-firm student financial assistance eligibility and/or funding. Please consult with the Student Awards Office, Office of the University Registrar, Gordon Hall, to understand the potential implications of changes to course or program registration and/or the consequences of not successfully completing the required course load.

Yours sincerely,


Jenn Stephenson, Ph.D.
Associate Dean (Academic)


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