ST35 – Unsuccessful Financial Aid & Award Applications

Records of applications or nominations for scholarships, bursaries, awards, loans, work-study or work-placement jobs, or other financial aid programs which do not receive the award or aid applied for.

This records class is a Personal Information Bank.

Responsible Unit | Information Steward | Information Confidentiality Classification | Retention | Disposition ´¥ÌýAuthority | Retention Rationale | Version Information

Content & Scope

The records include application or nomination forms, supporting documents, and related correspondence.

Responsible Unit

  • Registrar's Office, Student Awards & Financial Aid.
  • Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs.
  • Units responsible for administering scholarships, bursaries, and awards.

Information Steward

  • Registrar, for undergraduate student case files.
  • Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, for graduate student case files.

Information Confidentiality Classification

Highly Restricted.

Retention

1 year after the decision process has been completed.

Disposition

Secure Destruction.

Note

Responsible Units should document the disposal/destruction of official records using the University records destruction form or equivalent documentation, to verify that we are following our records retention rules.

Authority

University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ Act, 1972.

Retention Rationale

Retention is based on regulations to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act requiring that personal information be retained for a minimum of one year after its use, unless the individual to whom the information relates consents to its earlier disposal (RRO 1990 Reg 460, s 5(1)).

Approval Date

26 July 2010