Documents Overview
1. Introduction
Off-campus activities provide meaningful and robust learning opportunities. Experiential learning opportunities also go beyond expected classroom work and regular academic activities and, therefore, come with increased inherent risk.
In the event of an injury or accident, the court would consider if the associated risks of activities were accurately represented in waivers and informed consent forms and if safety was considered in student information forms and planning and reporting documents.
To ensure a safe and equitable environment, documents must be signed prior to arrival at your destination and:
- Customized to the specific activity or risk.
- Waivers should be provided in advance and reviewed with participants prior to signing.
- Transparent of external partners or groups organizing, hosting or sponsoring the activity.
- Transparent in obvious or foreseeable risks associated with the activity and provide a description of the risks.
- Signed in the presence of a witness; parental or guardian consent must be obtained for participants under 18.
- Must be held for seven years after the end of the event or activity for which the form was signed.