Freedom of Information/Privacy Act
Under the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA), a student must grant us permission to release any information about them to a third party, even if that third party is a parent. This means that you’ll only have access to information about your student’s grades, courses, class location, academic status, residence status, and/or fees owing if your student has granted us permission in writing to share this information with you.
What does this mean?
For Students:
Your student account information is yours to manage. If your parent(s) are involved with your affairs and require specific information regarding your financial student account, you may wish to give authorization for others to contact the Student Accounts Office on your behalf. This may include relatives, faculty, public and private organizations. Students wanting to give authorization for others to contact the Student Accounts Office on their behalf must give consent on their myTrent Portal-Release of Information Form
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Student logs into myTrent.
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Clicks on the Academics tab.
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Finds the Release of Information form under Forms.
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Clicks on the link to Add or Release Name.
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Completes the form with the required information.
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Checks off the Release Academic Records box and submits the form.
For Parents:
If your student has not given their authorization to release information, our staff is available to provide general information regarding our processes and procedures.
Parents and Supporters:
Parent or supporter of a Trent student? That makes you part of the Trent family, too. After all, you have an important role to play in supporting the success of your Trent student. That’s why we created this website—to help you provide that all-important, behind-the-scenes support. Visit www.trentu.ca/parents-supporters/