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Roommates
Sharing a room with someone is similar to other relationships
-- to be successful it requires openness, flexibility, and respect.
Right from the beginning, it is very important to communicate openly
with your roommate. Learning to live with another person, to acknowledge
and respect each other's differences, and to allow one another the
space to grow is one of the most valuable parts of the residence experience.
These pages provide a guide to roommate relations, and give you some
helpful information to read and consider before you arrive. By keeping
these guidelines in mind, you can pave the way to a happy and healthy
relationship with your roommate.
Roommate
Bill of Responsibilities
Your enjoyment of life in residence
will depend, to a large extent, on the thoughtful consideration
you demonstrate for your roommate and your neighbours. Your
basic responsibilities include the following:
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- The responsibility to maintain a clean
area in which to live.
- The responsibility to respect a roommate's
belongings.
- The responsibility to resolve grievances.
Residence staff are available for assistance in resolving
conflicts.
- The responsibility to allow roommates
to read and study free from undue interference in one's
room. Unreasonable noise and other distractions inhibit
these activities.
- The responsibility to allow roommates
to sleep without undue disturbance from noise, guests,
etc.
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- The responsibility to allow a roommate
free access to one's room and facilities.
- The responsibility to provide a roommate
with privacy.
- The responsibility to allow a roommate
to be free from fear of intimidation and physical or emotional
harm.
- The responsibility to ensure that guests
respect the rights and privacy of the host's roommate
and other residents.
- The responsibility to provide reasonable
cooperation in the use of the room telephone.
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Roommate
Request - Optional
You may request one roommate for a double room or
one roommate for suite-style accommodation. Your requested roommate
must also list you as a requested roommate for the two of you
to be placed together. Roommate requests are given the highest
priority – above all other requests; for optimal placement,
it is advisable for you and your requested roommate to rank your
lifestyle preferences in a similar manner. If both roommates do
not list identical lifestyle preferences, room assignment will
be based on the preferences of the roommate with the most favourable
lottery number. Please note that requests for three roommates
to live together will not be accepted.
The majority of students do not choose a roommate
and are matched with a roommate based on the applicable information
they provide on this questionnaire. (Don't worry – many favourable
comments have been received about our roommate-matching process.)
Please note: In order to be placed together
on a Faculty-based, Scholar's Electives Program or Academic Excellence
Opportunity Floor, you and your requested roommate must be in
the same faculty/program. If your requested roommate is not in
the same faculty/program and it is of a higher priority to be
placed on one of these floors than to live with your requested
roommate, please submit a separate request in writing to the Residence
Admissions Office.
Roommates in Suite-style Residences: Once
you know your residence assignment, if you and your requested
roommate are placed in a suite-style residence (Alumni House,
Elgin Hall or Essex Hall) and you wish to share a suite with two
other students who have also been placed in the same residence,
please forward a request in writing to the Residence Admissions
Office by August 10, 2002. All four students must submit a request.
In addition, requests for three roommates to live together will
not be accepted.
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