Procedures and guidelines regarding leaves of absence, types of leaves (e.g. compassionate, medical, parental and other) can be found on the College of Graduate and Post Doctoral studies (CGPS) website.
The Graduate Chair is the Director of the School of Rehabilitation Science. The Director or designate (i.e., Program Chair) has the authority to approve a first-time leave request for up to 12 months for medical or compassionate reasons. All leave requests must first be discussed with the Director or designate prior to submission of requests to CGPS as per the procedures and guidelines. Authorization by the Director or designate is required before the CGPS can process any request.