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Formerly known as the office for Students with Disabilities (OSD), Student Accessibility & Achievement provides support services and reasonable accommodations to students with documented disabilities of either a permanent, temporary, or episodic nature.  

Examples of the SA&A supports available include exam accommodations, note-taking support, learning resources, peer-to-peer supports, and assistive technology. 

To learn more about the services offered by SA&A and what you need in order to register, kindly visit the SA&A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page. 

If you would like to make an appointment with an Access Advisor to discuss your barriers and what resources and accommodations will help you succeed at Â鶹AV, please contact AS&A »å¾±°ù±ð³¦³Ù±ô²â.Ìý

International Student Services (ISS) supports international students at Â鶹AV. ISS aims to ease the transition of international graduate students to a new school, a new home, and a new country.   

• Visit ISS' New Students webpage to learn more about International Student Orientation, events and workshops, the International Buddy Program and other resources that will help you prepare for the academic culture at Â鶹AV. 

• The ISS Work & Permits webpage also provides information to help international students navigate on- and off-campus work, internships, and post-graduation work permits.  

The Â鶹AV Library & Archives is your place to find anything and everything you may need to support your academic work and research. Additionally, you may book quiet study spaces and access e-resources through the Library.

• Your faculty is assisted by a Liaison Librarian, a subject-specific research expert dedicated to helping you find what you are looking for. Additionally, your Liaison Librarian has compiled a that can introduce you to the most relevant journals, databases, and other research materials for your field of study. 

• Â鶹AV Library also provides a wide-range of research-related workshops and seminars including making effective use of citation management software, developing introductory programming skills, and improving your research techniques as a graduate student. 

Tutorial Services provides student-centred academic supports to the Â鶹AV community.

• The Tutor Matching Program is a peer tutoring service that matches requests for academic assistance (for any course offered at Â鶹AV) with qualified tutors selected from their bank of private tutors. Tutorial Services offers thanks to partnerships with various units across Â鶹AV. 

•  Tutorial Services also hosts a wide range of useful Learner Supports which are tools and resources covering online learning, time management, learning and memory, note-taking strategies, and test-taking. Additionally, there are a variety of webinars available on-demand.

Visit the website to learn about all the resources that are available to support you and your road to academic success. You may also consult the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page or tutoring.service [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Tutoring%20service%20for%20graduate%20student) (reach out to them directly).

The Â鶹AV Writing Centre offers a variety of courses and workshops to help improve your writing skills. Within the Â鶹AV Writing Centre, Graphos offers different ways for graduate students to become more efficient, precise, and effective scholarly communicators. The services offered by Graphos are designed to address three focal points of the graduate experience: research, funding, and publication. The services include: 

• 1-credit courses that complement your degree program, including courses for students who are new to academic communication in English. 

• Workshops that tackle key writing topics in a hands-on format that can apply to your seminar papers, conference talks, or fellowship proposals. 

• Peer Fellowship Writing Groups that provide feedback and support during the fellowship writing process and provide a safe space to sharpen arguments and structure ideas. 

• Writing Commons, a space in which Graphos creates the right conditions for you to write productively during thesis retreats and other events.