{"id":208,"date":"2019-06-19T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T17:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/?page_id=208"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:33:56","slug":"mission-mandate-and-philosophy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/pmc\/about-pmc\/mission-mandate-and-philosophy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandate, Mission and Philosophy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Mandate, Mission and Philosophy\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mandate\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mandate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Provide academic accommodations for students with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create awareness at Carleton University through the provision of educational and communications materials, professional development and other campus activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide individualized support services for students with disabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Work co-operatively and in consultative capacity with the various faculties, schools and administrative units on campus to support services, research, teaching and program initiatives which relate to disabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide leadership in the identification and resolution of issues concerning access to post-secondary education for persons with disabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitate, in co-operation with others, the transition of students with disabilities from school, college and community to the university and from university to community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve the physical accessibility of Carleton, making buildings more accessible to persons with disabilities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide student assistance through the support of a Volunteer program, which includes scribes, note-takers, tutors, and other necessary services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve access to the teaching experience with classroom accommodations such as sign language interpreters<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide the facilitation of academic accommodations (e.g., extended time, alternate formats etc.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide mediation between staff and student if the necessity arises<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"mission\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To foster equal access to the university experience for students with disabilities while maintaining academic standards through provision of academic accommodations and support services, in partnership with the Carleton community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"philosophy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Services and programs for students with disabilities at the Paul Menton Centre are based on the values of integration, individualization, and independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 lg:grid-cols-3 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Inclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">The Paul Menton Centre is dedicated to fostering an inclusive university community that empowers students with disabilities to fully participate in all aspects of Carleton&#8217;s academic and social life. Through a shared sense of responsibility across the institution, we collaborate with faculty, staff, and the university community to promote equal access and opportunities for students with disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Individualization<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">Each student with a disability experiences their disability in a unique way, and this experience may vary depending on the situation. As such, accommodations and support services should be individualized to meet disability-related needs of the student with a disability without compromising essential academic requirements and standards.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Independence<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"cf0\">The primary goal of support services and programs is to empower students towards self-directed learning, fostering independence and autonomy. By adopting an independence-oriented approach, we acknowledge that developing self-sufficiency is crucial for academic success and lifelong learning, both within the university and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mandate Provide academic accommodations for students with disabilities. 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