Students with Disabilities

Inclusion and Diversity Statement

The UBC Faculty of Dentistry recognizes the importance of embracing diversity and providing the needed support for all students. Accordingly, we encourage and welcome all students who identify as living with a disability to apply to our program.

For more information regarding UBC’s accessibility policy, please visit UBC’s Centre for Accessibility: https://students.ubc.ca/about-student-services/centre-for-accessibility

Disability Resource Centre

To request an accommodation for disability-related reasons, please register with UBC’s Centre for Accessibility (CFA) using the link below. Once completed, submit an accommodation letter and/or exam reservation request through the CFA student log-in portal. Accommodations and disability status of students is kept confidential and does not affect a student’s admission status or academic standing.

Technical Standards

Any prospective or current student with concerns about whether or not they can achieve the required skills and abilities for the Bachelor of Dental Surgery due to disability-related reasons should contact the UBC Centre for Accessibility. The Faculty of Dentistry provides reasonable accommodations to students on a non-discriminatory basis consistent with UBC policy, the BC Human Rights Code, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, to support them to meet required skills and abilities. See Policy 1.17 Health, Disability, or Personal Issues Impacting Program Participation.

Applicants with disabilities will be considered in accordance with UBC’s policy on Academic Accommodation for Students with Disabilities. This policy does not eliminate the need for evaluation or the need to meet essential learning outcomes. Students seeking academic accommodation due to disability must:

  • Provide the necessary documentation to the Centre for Accessibility (the University does not provide or assume the cost of diagnostic services); and
  • Bring the request for academic accommodation or for changes in accommodation needs to the attention of the appropriate personnel in a timely manner in order to allow for the arrangement of accommodations.
  • Students with disabilities are encouraged to pursue their studies as long as their continued involvement does not pose a health or safety hazard to themselves or others and as long as they are able to meet the core requirements for a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. The Faculty of Dentistry will make every reasonable effort to ensure that any modified course of training will meet professional licensing requirements. However, licensing requirements and decisions are within the sole jurisdiction of the BC College of Oral Health Professionals (BCCOHP).
  • Accommodations and disability status of students are kept confidential and do not affect a student’s admission status or academic standing.

Interview Accommodations

Students with disabilities have the right to receive reasonable accommodations throughout the interview process.

To request an accommodation for disability-related reasons, please register with UBC’s Centre for Accessibility (CFA) using the link below. Once completed, submit an accommodation letter  through the CFA student log-in portal. Accommodations and disability status of students  is kept confidential and does not affect a student’s admission status or academic standing.

Commonly requested accommodations:

  • Ensuring that the interview space is accessible for an individual who uses a wheelchair or can not walk long distances/navigate stairs.
  • Providing interview questions in alternative formats.
  • Using video conferencing instead of a phone interview.
  • Providing sign language interpreting or captioning.
  • Providing written materials in accessible formats, such as large print, braille, or electronic text.

If you are an interviewer and are looking for more information on providing accommodations for your candidates, please click here.

For more information, please contact the Centre for Accessibility at (604) 822-5844.