{"id":10898,"date":"2025-01-05T08:58:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T13:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/ressource-personnel\/parenting-and-caregiver-policy-some-examples\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T09:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:02:20","slug":"parenting-and-caregiver-policy-some-examples","status":"publish","type":"member-resource","link":"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/en\/staff-members\/tools-for-staff-members\/parenting-and-caregiver-policy-some-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Parenting and caregiver policy: some examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of higher education establishments have introduced policies aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of personal life and studies for students in parenting or caregiving roles. Several policies are accompanied by tools for students, teaching and administrative staff to facilitate their application. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quebec.ca\/famille-et-soutien-aux-personnes\/personne-proche-aidante\">Quebec Government<\/a> defines family caregivers as follows: \u201d <em>a person who provides support to another person with a temporary or permanent physical, psychological, psychosocial or other disability, regardless of age or living situation, with whom he or she shares a dependency relationship, whether familial or otherwise (free translation).<\/em> \u201cAbout the parental status, it&#8217;s up to the institutions to define it, particularly with regard to the length of the pregnancy, the role of step-parent or whether or not the children live with the student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are a few policy examples (non-exhaustive list):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bire.uqam.ca\/inclusion\/politique-12\/#:~:text=Une%20personne%20%C3%A9tudiante%20parente%20ou,lien%20avec%20ses%20responsabilit%C3%A9s%20familiales.&amp;text=Accorder%20un%20d%C3%A9lai%20suppl%C3%A9mentaire%20%C3%A0,ou%20avec%20une%20p%C3%A9nalit%C3%A9%20r%C3%A9duite.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/secretariatgeneral.umontreal.ca\/public\/secretariatgeneral\/documents\/doc_officiels\/reglements\/enseignement\/regl20_21-politique_soutien_parents_etudes.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usherbrooke.ca\/decouvrir\/fileadmin\/sites\/decouvrir\/documents\/direction\/politiques\/2500-044.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/resolutionsuqat.uquebec.ca\/resolutions\/PP\/2011\/Politique_de_Conciliation_Famille_Etudes_(PCFE)_2023-04-18_VERSION_FINALE_annexes_2023-08-10.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cvm.qc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/POL-relative-aux-parents-aux-etudes-20260326.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C\u00e9gep du Vieux Montr\u00e9al<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csfoy.ca\/services-aux-etudiants\/parents-aux-etudes\/politique-relative-aux-parents-aux-etudes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C\u00e9gep de Sainte-Foy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10897,"template":"","resource_category":[77],"resource_member_type":[70],"class_list":["post-10898","member-resource","type-member-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_category-parent","resource_member_type-examples-of-practice"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Parenting and caregiver policy: some examples - Station SME<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stationsme.ca\/en\/staff-members\/tools-for-staff-members\/parenting-and-caregiver-policy-some-examples\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Parenting and caregiver policy: some examples - Station SME\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A number of higher education establishments have introduced policies aimed at facilitating the reconciliation of personal life and studies for students in parenting or caregiving roles. 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