CARLETON UNIVERSITY Human Rights Policies and Procedures [Part 1]
3. Academic Accommodation Policy for Students on the Basis of Sex or
Family Status: Student Parental Leave
Principles
1. The Student Parental Leave Policy is intended to recognize the need for leave at the
time of a pregnancy, birth or adoption and to permit a pause in studies in order to provide
full-time care in the first year of parenting a child or for health-related parental
responsibilities.
Policy: Graduate Students
2. Either parent may request up to three terms of leave, which must be completed within
12 months of the date of birth or custody or request for leave for health-related family
responsibilities. Where both parents are Graduate students seeking parental leave, the
total number of terms of leave may not exceed four.
3. While on parental leave, Graduate students do not register or pay fees to Carleton
University. Students on parental leave who wish to make use of library, e-mail, Carleton
Central, or other university facilities or consult their supervisor or other faculty members
should consult the Dean of their Faculty or the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral
Affairs.
4. Graduate students on parental leave are not eligible to receive fellowship or
scholarship support from Carleton University but they may defer their fellowships or
scholarships until they return from leave. In the case of other fellowships or scholarships,
the regulations of the particular granting agency will apply. Teaching and research
assistantships are subject to the provisions of the CUPE 4600 Collective Agreement.
5. The terminal date of the degree program in which the Graduate student is registered
will be extended by the duration of the parental leave taken. Normally, the start and
finish of the leave will coincide with the beginning and end of a term.