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Weather-Related Exam Cancellation – March 11, 2026

Due to inclement weather in the Montreal area, the university has suspended all in-person activities on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. As a result, all exams scheduled with Student Accessibility and Achievement (SAA) on this date have been cancelled.

SAA is currently working with instructors to reschedule affected exams. To allow sufficient time for coordination, instructors have been asked to reschedule exams to the week of March 16, 2026 or later.

  • Students: No action is required at this time. You will receive updated information once a new exam date has been confirmed.
  • Instructors: Once a new exam date is determined, please notify the SAA Exam Team by submitting a Modify an Exam (including contents, delivery, or schedule) request through JIRA and include the updated exam details.

Thank you for your patience and collaboration as we work to reschedule all impacted exams.

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Students who are registered with Student Accessibility and Achievement have access to a wide range of equipment, software, and support. 

If you need help learning how to use a specific program or application, please contact us.

Assistive Technology

Some of our assistive technology is limited to students who have active academic accommodation plans with our service. In these cases, access to these tools must be include in your accommodation plan. 

Assistive Software available at our Exam Center: 

Access is limited to students who have an active accommodation plan with our service. In these cases, access to these tools must be included in your accommodation plan. 

  • Microsoft Office 365 

  • Word Q 

  • Antidote 

  • Dragon 

  • Kurzweil 3000 

  • Zoom Text 

  • Wynn 

  • JAWS 

  • Adobe Acrobat 

Assistive Equipment available through our Exam Center: 

Access is limited to students who have an active accommodation plan with our service. In these cases, access to these tools must be included in your accommodation plan. 

  • CCTV – print enlargers 

  • Scanners 

  • 19- and 21-inch computer monitors 

  • Adapted keyboards 

Alternate Format Texts

If your accommodation plan includes access to alternate format materials, you can make your request through ClockWork's Alternate Format Request module.

We offer a variety of adaptive technological solutions for those who have disability-related difficulties accessing print materials, including:

  • Digital text: We help you obtain digital textbooks or course packs for reading with computer software. We can also assist you with creating digital texts using our scanners.
  • Braille: We help you to locate Braille materials and we also have a braille embosser and tactile image enhancer on site.
  • Text enlargement: We help you to locate large print texts. You can use our CCTVs to read enlarged print or, when applicable, large print can be produced on our photocopier. All Student Accessibility and Achievement computers are equipped with screen magnification software.
  • Text-to-speech computer software: All our computers are equipped with screen reading software that reads digital text.
  • Recorded books: We help you access what you need from libraries of audiobooks.
  • Adapted exams: An exam can be read onto audiotape, scanned for use with assistive technology, brailled or enlarged.

To qualify for alternate format materials, students must be registered with Student Accessibility and Achievement and have a documented print-related disability. 

Other Sources for E-Texts

  • McGill Library
  • The McGill Library Course Reserves section, where your instructor will place all course materials (e.g., textbooks, journal articles) to borrow and read online.
  • Google has scanned searchable electronic materials 
  • Gutenberg
  • Amazon.ca (Kindle or audible formats)
  • HathiTrust (digitized titles from libraries around the world)
  • VitalSource for affordable e-text materials and a searchable database of various university texts (available for download for offline access on iPad/Android phones and tablets) 
  • Bookshare (membership required) 
  • Internet Archives (online non-profit library)
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HathiTrust Digital Library

Find digital versions of thousands of books currently only available as hard copies in our libraries. To access the HathiTrust, login with your McGill email and password.

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