---
title: "Tips for Seneca Students About Involving Their Parents or Family Members"
type: "wiki"
space: "School of ECE Field Placement"
author: "Tracy Rogers"
created: 2024-09-17T13:55:07Z
updated: 2025-03-19T23:44:32Z
tags: ["consent", "meetings", "parent"]
url: "https://students.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/276/school-of-ece-field-placement/wiki/view/14648/tips-for-seneca-students-about-involving-their-parents-or-family-members"
---

# Tips for Seneca Students About Involving Their Parents or Family Members

### Tips for Seneca Students About Involving Their Parents or Family Members

1. **Handle Your Own Interactions**: Try to manage your communications with professors and staff on your own. It’s a great way to build independence and confidence.
2. **Consent for Sharing Information**: If you want Seneca to share your information with your parents, you need to give your consent. This is usually done by filling out a Consent to Release Information form from your Seneca email.
3. **Academic Records**: To release your academic records to your parents, complete the Consent to Release Information form. This form can also be used by other departments if needed.
4. **Parental Contact**: If your parent contacts Seneca staff, make sure you’ve given your consent for them to share any information. It’s important that you’re included in these communications, especially in email replies.
5. **Meetings and Emails**: If your parent is joining a meeting or email conversation, remember they are there to support you, not replace you. Stay involved in the communication process.
6. **Confirm Consent Privately**: Before any meeting with your parent, confirm your consent privately with the staff. Make sure you know what information will be shared during the meeting.

These tips can help you navigate involving your parents while maintaining your independence and ensuring your privacy.

### Consent to Release Information

You can grant third party persons and institutional access to your Seneca Polytechnic records by following these steps:

1. Log in to [Student Home](https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fstudenterp.senecacollege.ca%2Fpsp%2Fps%2F%3Fcmd%3Dstart&data=05%7C01%7Cmimi.janjic%40senecacollege.ca%7C0fb902b132c943b9845c08db62b11d07%7Ceb34f74a58e74a8b9e59433e4c412757%7C0%7C0%7C638212285051803814%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=QLFM%2F%2BTaGuJftRSOIP6BZEeNxaxeOWKE7FVzJsJjbp4%3D&reserved=0).
2. Select the “Profile” tile.
3. Select “Consent to Release Information”.

Seneca’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act [personal information collection notice](https://students.senecacollege.ca/spaces/134/forms/home).