Niagara College

Locker refunds will be issued for students officially withdrawing from their program. To officially withdraw from your program students must submit a formal written notification to the Registrar’s office within 10 business days of the beginning of a semester. Once you have done this, please email your locker refund request to [email protected]. Provide your full name and student ID. Refunds will be processed back to your original card used for your locker rental payment within 3 weeks.

All lockers within Niagara College are the property of the college and are subject to applicable policies. Niagara College reserves the right to alter the policies governing the use of lockers with appropriate notice.

1. Use of a locker by a person other than to whom it is issued is forbidden.
2. Niagara College reserves the right to open a locker with or without the consent of the student to whom the locker is registered in case of an emergency situation or in instances where locker procedures are being abused.
3. Flammable materials, dangerous chemicals, explosives or weapons of any kind are prohibited inside the lockers.
   1. Illegal or controlled substances such as drugs or alcohol are also strictly prohibited.
4. Niagara College reserves the right to change the combination on any locker after the termination date of the rental period indicated.
5. Any violation of these policies will result in cancellation of locker privileges without refund.

Purpose

The College makes lockers available to students to facilitate the daily storage of their learning materials and items related to their studies. The College manages lockers to ensure responsible use of property and for the health and safety of individuals.

Agreement / Acknowledgement

The College establishes rules, guidelines and procedures to ensure responsible use and to control the contents of its lockers. By utilizing the College’s lockers the students, acknowledge and agree; that locker use is a privilege and subject to immediate termination without notice and to such rules, guidelines and procedures established by the College from time to time, in its discretion.

Guidelines

1. A limited number of lockers are available to registered students.
2. Students can register for a locker in the Niagara College Locker Assignment system.
   Students need to complete the on line process to register and obtain a locker, and is based on availability.
3. Locker registrations are valid only for the paid term during the academic year. Outside of that time all locker contents must be removed. After each locker paid term, any lockers that have not yet been vacated or reissued will be emptied, and contents held by the Facilities Management services department (FMS) for 14 days. After that time, items will be disposed of.
4. Lockers are for individual use only and are not to be shared. Locker contents are the sole responsibility of the registered occupant of the locker.
5. The College is not in any way responsible for locker contents or liable for the loss of or damage to items stored in lockers.
6. No person shall store in a locker: guns, ammunition, weapons of any kind, explosives, prohibited drugs, illegal or illicit items or substances or other items deemed by the College to be harmful, offensive or inappropriate.
7. The College may in its sole discretion carry out or authorize searches/inspections for any reason. The following is a partial listing of examples of when the College will exercise its discretion without notice:
   • Locker abandonment
   • Suspected contents that may be illegal, illicit or deemed by the College to be harmful, offensive or inappropriate
   • At the request of or generally in cooperation with police authorities
   • Investigative purposes related to suspected or alleged criminal, illegal or inappropriate activities
   • Risk to the general good of the College
   • Risk to the general good of the student or student population
   • Unregistered locker
   • Physical damage to or defacing of the locker
   • Odors (spoiled/rancid food, garbage or smelly contents)
8. The College works with the local police authorities and maintains the right in the College’s sole discretion to allow police to carry out specific and random searches/inspections of locker contents. Such searches /inspections may be carried out with or without notice to the locker’s occupant and with or without the occupant being present. Such police activity may include but is not limited to: random drug or weapon searches of lockers, backpacks, book bags, briefcases, containers, jackets, and parkas.

Lockers are the property of Niagara College. At no time does the College relinquish its exclusive control of lockers which are assigned to its students for the students’ convenience and temporary use. Students are to use lockers exclusively to store school-related materials. Students are responsible for any items placed in the lockers and Niagara College will not be responsible for the loss or damage of the students’ goods under any conditions; therefore, students shall not store valuable items in the lockers. Students will be held responsible for damage to lockers beyond expected wear.

Inspection of the interior of lockers may be conducted by College officials, for any reason at any time, without notice, without student consent, and without a search warrant. The personal possessions of students within a College locker may be searched only when College officials have a reasonable suspicion that the search will uncover evidence of a violation of provincial or federal law or college policy. As soon as practical before the search of a locker, the College officials will provide notice of the search to students whose lockers will be searched unless disclosure would impede an ongoing investigation by police or school officials.

Requests for location of lockers will be considered, but due to limited availability, locker location may be determined by the College. If a student who is mobility impaired requests a locker, preference will be given for an accessible location.

If a search of a student locker yields contraband, College officials will seize the item and, where appropriate, turn it over to Niagara College Security Department who may follow standard procedures regarding criminal activity. Contraband may be used as evidence in internal College disciplinary proceedings against the student. Contraband is defined as any unauthorized item or substance possession of which is prohibited by College policy and/or provincial or federal law. It includes but is not limited to weapons and “look-alikes”, alcohol beverages, controlled substances and “look-alikes”, equipment or records belonging to the College, and stolen property.

A student found to have violated the general use statement for College owned lockers shall be subject to discipline in accordance with the College’s Student Code of Conduct, which may include suspension, exclusion, or expulsion, and the student may, when appropriate, be referred to Niagara College Security.