Student Safety

To help prepare for a potential emergency, orient yourself to some of these key safety measures.

Emergency Alerts

Please ensure you have subscribed to the University of Alberta emergency alerts via the following this link: Emergency Alert | Protective Services. These alerts will provide timely notices of critical emergency events affecting the campus community. In addition, banner updates will be provided at the University of Alberta main homepage.

Muster Points

Most pre-clerkship teaching takes place in one of the buildings listed below. Please familiarize yourself with the respective evacuation muster points for each of these spaces:

Katz Group Center for Pharmacy and Health Research (Katz)
North West Corner of Katz (87 Avenue and 114 Street)
Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA)
Green Area North East of Building and Turn-around South of Building
Clinical Sciences Building (CSB)
West side - lawn in front of outpatient residence
Medical Sciences Building (MSB)
East side of building - Parking Lot C
Zeidler Ledcor Clinical Training Center (CTC)
East side of building - Parking Lot C

Should an alarm be activated in the building that you are in, please ensure you evacuate the building without delay, using the closest marked exits and moving to the appropriate muster point.

For additional University wide information regarding emergencies, please visit Emergency Information and Procedures.

Additional Emergency Resources

All University of Alberta students should be familiar with this webpage, which includes information about safety and security for all members of the campus community: Staying Safe: Safety & Security Information.

Additionally, these University of Alberta policies are specific to safety and security for the university community:

  1. Health Safety and Environment Policy
  2. Personal Injury Policy
  3. Bloodborne Pathogens Policy
  4. Sexual & Gender-Based Violence Policy
  5. Sexual Violence Disclosure and Complaints Procedures
  6. Discrimination, Harassment and Duty to Accommodate Policy
  7. Discrimination and Harassment Prevention Procedure
  8. Helping Individuals at Risk Procedure
  9. Ethical Conduct and Safe Disclosure Procedure
  10. Emergency Preparedness Policy
  11. Emergency Procedures

Clinical Sites

You will spend time at clinical sites throughout your four years of medical school. As a result, it is important to know about safety and security in these environments as well. AHS Protective Services is responsible for maintaining a secure environment for patients, staff, students, and visitors; in essence the security of people, property and information. When working in AHS clinical sites, you can also call on AHS Protective Services for services such as escorts to hospital parking lots and the LRT and other security concerns.