Can I check the status of my petition?
If you have submitted a petitions request, please log into the petitions portal for regular status updates. If you are having difficulties, please email lapspet@yorku.ca for further support.
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Academic Petitions
How do I submit a petition?
Upload all supporting documents (Course Performance Summary, Attending Physician’s Statement, academic plans, death certificate, etc.) prior to submitting your request. You will receive an email confirming the documents that were included with your application. Submit a Petition
What is a Petition?
A petition is an online written request for the waiver of a Faculty's regulation or deadline. Students have the right to petition on reasonable grounds for special consideration. The Faculty's Petitions Committee will review the petition request and make a decision on a case by case basis.
Petition Confidentiality
At the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, the petitions process is confidential. Information and documentation submitted in relation to a petition is restricted to office staff and Committee members involved in the decision-making process. Petitions and appeals are considered anonymously. Where a petition includes allegations about the actions or advice of an employee […]
Notification of the Results of your Appeal
The appeal decision letter is sent as an attachment to the email address indicated on the original Petition Application. If your appeal is denied, information regarding the procedures to request leave to appeal to the Senate Appeals Committee will be included in the decision letter.
Notification of the Results of your Petition
The petition decision letter is sent as an attachment to the York email address indicated on the Petition Application. Under normal circumstances petitions can take from 4 to 8 weeks, and sometimes longer, depending on whether or not the petition initially is complete, or is awaiting supporting documentation; the time needed to aquire additional information […]
What is an Appeal?
An appeal is a written request for the alteration of the decision made on a petition and will be considered by a different panel on the Committee on Student Academic Petitions and Appeals. Appeals will be permitted only on the grounds of: new evidence, evidence of procedural irregularity in the committee's consideration of the case. […]