Submit an Academic Petition or Appeal

Submission Number: 13420
Decision Date: September 17, 2025
Associate Dean: Dorit Naaman (Associate Dean Academic)
Student Name: Paige Turner
Student Email: 22bvb7@queensu.ca

Course: PHYS 115
Term: Fall
Year: 2023
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Anne Topper

Course: CHEM 112
Term: Fall/Winter
Year: 2023
Category: Request credit (CR) standing in a course or courses
Instructor: Alaina Boyd, Hugh J. Horton

Dear Paige, 

I have reviewed your petition to waive the deadline related to the 2023 Fall and 2024 Winter terms. After reviewing your file, I have decided to grant your request.

I have granted this request as the documentation that you supplied attests to an unaccommodated disability. I will also allow you Credit Standing in PHYS 115 (F23) and CHEM 112 (FW23/24) after the academic deadline, without a subsequent petition request. Your final grades in these courses will be replaced with a CR notation on your transcript.

Going forward, I would suggest that you consider registering with Queen’s Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) if you have not done so already, so that you can obtain ongoing support from an Accessibility Advisor who can help manage the ongoing impacts of your health on your academics.

Also, you should know that it is your responsibility to pause and evaluate the impact of extenuating circumstances on your coursework prior to the drop deadline of the term. If you fall behind in a course or find the material too difficult, you should drop the course by deadline. The drop deadlines, outlined in the “Important Dates” section on the Faculty of Arts and Science web page, have been established to ensure fair and equitable treatment of all students.

Sincerely,

Dorit Naaman, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)