Prepare for convocation

Accessibility at convocation

Students

Student Accessibility Services (SAS) is here to provide supports for students with disabilities. Reach out! If you need help and support as a student, we are here for you. Please contact SAS a minimum of four weeks before your convocation ceremony date for assistance with seating, sign language interpretation, or other accessibility support.

Contact Student Accessibility Services

Phone: 204-474-7423

Email: student_accessibility@umanitoba.ca

Guests

There are mobility-friendly seating areas on the main floor of IGAC. There are two wheelchairs available to take guests from the front of IGAC to the accessible seating area, however, the wheelchairs are not available for use during the ceremony or reception.

For guests with accessibility or mobility challenges, there is room for one support person to be seated with you. Should you have any questions, please ask an usher in a blue gown.

Family and friends attending convocation

To help ensure each graduate can have people attend the ceremony to cheer them on, we kindly ask that you limit your in-person guests to 5 people. Family and friends also have the option of attending the ceremony virtually on the UM website.

Guests should use the designated entrance to IGAC and should not accompany graduates to the Field House. 

Doors to IGAC open one hour before the scheduled start of the ceremony. Guests are advised to be in their seats at least 15 minutes prior to the beginning of the ceremony. All guest seating is bleacher seating, which should be accessed from the third-floor level. Please use caution when going up or down the stairs.

Children are welcome, but keep in mind the ceremony is approximately two to two and a half hours long. Due to fire regulations, baby strollers cannot be left in the aisles of IGAC. 

For family and friends who are unable to attend the ceremony, a live webcast of the convocation ceremony will be broadcast.

Parking at convocation

Complimentary parking is available in the U Lot off Chancellor Matheson Road and in the Q Lot on Dysart Road, across from St. Paul's College.

Accessible parking is also available in the P Lot on Sidney Smith Street.

The public parkade, located on Ralph Campbell Road off Sidney Smith Street, is available for parking, but an hourly rate is charged.

Please note that complimentary parking for Convocation will be available starting 2 hours before the ceremony begins. Complimentary parking will be available all day.