Accessibility Advisor (Term)

at University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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Closing date

27 November 2026

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Type of post

Administration and business
A support post, not a teaching post.

First seen

9 November 2026, on a public job listing

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Date Posted: 11/09/2026

Req ID: 50915

Faculty/Division: UofT Mississauga

Department: UTM: Accessibility Services

Campus: University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM)

Position Number: 00026276

Existing Vacancy: Yes

Description:

About us:

U of T Mississauga—the second largest campus of Canada’s top-ranked university and the only research university in Ontario’s booming Peel Region—is one of the world’s great catalysts of human potential.

Our employee community hums with the energy of 3,400 faculty, librarians and staff, who power our campus with curiosity, connection and care. We work together to spark life-changing research and innovation, make an indelible mark on the world by building equitable cities and societies, enable healthy lives, create a sustainable future and ignite entrepreneurship. Above all, we prioritize student success, and seek to give our 16,500 students the lift of a lifetime through learning and discovery. We love to open opportunities available nowhere else for our community to achieve their ambitions and make their unique contributions to Canada and the world.

This work all comes together on a spectacularly green campus, alongside the Missinihe-ziibi (Trusting Creek or Credit River), where we seek to honour truth, reciprocity and reconciliation on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, Seneca and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We’re thrilled to welcome those who want to learn more about us and to be part of what we do.

Working Hours: Monday-Friday 8:45am- 5:00pm. This role is four (4) days on-site.

Term end date: July 2028

Your opportunity:

Accessibility Services provides academic accommodations and services for students with disabilities

and promotes a fully integrated university experience by ensuring that students have the

opportunity to access and participate in all areas of student life. In partnership with a variety of

Student Affairs and academic departments, Accessibility Services provides comprehensive

programming throughout each student’s university career to foster greater resiliency and promote

the development of knowledge and skills that are transferrable to their future goals.

Using a holistic approach, you will work with an ethno-culturally and academically diverse

student population performing an assessment of students’ needs primarily related to learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), and acquired brain injuries (ABI) with co-morbid conditions, ensure that appropriate documentation has been received, review and assess confidential

medical/psychological documentation; assess, plan, implement, evaluate and adapt

accommodations based on the student’s individual disability-related needs; assist the students

in self-monitoring the effectiveness of accommodations; make referrals to internal and external

supports as appropriate. In addition, you will facilitate the student’s knowledge about their

disability, addressing the strengths and challenges the disability brings to their academic

pursuits and daily life activities; determine if assistive technology would assist the student,

referring when required; assess, recommend, and provide appropriate documentation to

support the use of funding for disability-related expenses.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Researching and recommending alternative approaches and possible accommodation solutions as part of the duty to accommodate

• Advising course instructors and staff on student accommodations issues

• Reviewing and approving disability related educational expenses through the OSAP Bursary for Students with Disabilities (BSWD)

• Writing confidential student accommodation summaries

• Providing case management support to students requiring the coordination of multiple services

• Determining the reasonability of an accommodation in relation to a student's disability

Essential Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in counselling, psychology, education, social work or acceptable combination of equivalent experience.

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