What you need to know!
Dear friends of the graduate student community,
Thank you for your support in helping to share this invitation with disability and/or neurodiverse-identifying graduate students of McMaster! Details are below and event poster is attached. Please share with your networks!
- Project Launch: GRADS ARE Rad (Resources Accessibility Disability)
- An invitation for graduate students who identify as neurodiverse and/or neurospicy and/or disabled and their allies at McMaster.
- Registration: Please register through our event page
- Event Date and Time: Wednesday, November 27, 2024 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM.
- Location: Mills Library (in person) – details in registration
- Description of event: This event will introduce disability-identifying graduate students and allies to a newly funded project aimed at supportive grad school navigation, resources, and community connection. Find community, learn about plans ahead, and help to co-create resources to support you while navigating graduate school with a disability.
- Refreshments: Boxed lunches will be served (registration required)
- Optional activity: Bracelet making
- Resource spotlight: Library resources for graduate students
Who the event is for
Any McMaster graduate student who identifies as neurodiverse and/or neurospicy and/or disabled or allies. If you are seeking resources or curious about what support is available during your graduate school journey, this event is for you!
Join us for low-key refreshments and to learn more about the Grads are Rad project goals, plans for the coming months, and ways to get involved
Accessibility
- This event is wheelchair accessible.
- All-gender washrooms are adjacent to the space.
- A range of seating options are available.
- Accessible Building Map here
- Dietary restrictions and accommodation requests to be noted via registration form