Orientation Pass

(OPass)

Your ticket to OWeek

The OPass is a student’s ticket to OWeek and grants access to all the fun events. The OPass also covers exclusive constituency merchandise and swag. For almost all incoming students, the OPass fee is automatically included in your tuition. Students who do not have the OPass automatically added to their accounts may still be eligible to attend OWeek. If the orientation fee was not included in your tuition, you can opt-in once you arrive on campus.

How do I get an OPass?

For some students, the OPass fee is automatically included as a student fee on their tuition bill, while other students have to opt-in to the OPass. Don’t worry! Even if your OPass fee isn’t automatically included in your tuition you’re still eligible to participate in OWeek. The students listed below, along with other new-to-Western undergraduate students whose Orientation Fee is not already included, just have to buy their OPass when they arrive on campus. Those students include:

Fanshawe-Western Collaborative Nursing students
Transfer students
Exchange students
Western English Language Centre (WELC) students
Visiting students that aren’t coded as first-year
Advanced-standing students entering upper-year with permission
Part-time (less than 3.5 credits)
Late admission students
  • Fanshawe-Western Collaborative Nursing students
  • Transfer students
  • Exchange students
  • Western English Language Centre (WELC) students
  • Visiting students that aren’t coded as first-year
  • Advanced-standing students entering upper-year with permission
  • Part-time (less than 3.5 credits)
  • Late admission students

You can purchase an OPass (opt-in to OWeek) once you arrive on campus at the InfoSource in the UCC from Sunday, September 3rd until Saturday, September 9th.

Location: InfoSource, Main level of the UCC across from the Spoke
Sunday, September 3rd
12:00 noon to 6:00 pm
Monday, September 4th
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Tuesday, September 5th
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Wednesday, September 6th
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Thursday, September 7th
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Friday, September 8th
9:00 am to 9:00 pm
Saturday, September 9th
11:00 am to 8:00 pm

Location: InfoSource, Main level of the UCC across from the Spoke

  • Sunday, September 3rd (12:00 noon to 6:00 pm)
  • Monday, September 4th (9:00 am to 9:00 pm)
  • Tuesday, September 5th (9:00 am to 9:00 pm)
  • Wednesday, September 6th (9:00 am to 9:00 pm)
  • Thursday, September 7th (9:00 am to 9:00 pm)
  • Friday, September 8th (9:00 am to 9:00 pm)
  • Saturday, September 9th (11:00 am to 8:00 pm)

How Do I Know If I’ve Been Charged The OPass Fee?

If you are a main campus student, you can confirm your OPass purchase as part of your tuition, by visiting your Student Center account. You can find the OPass fee by clicking on “Student Financials” > “Statement of Account” > “Fall/Winter 2023″ and look for the “Orientation Week Fee” under “Ancillary Fees”.

If you do not see the OPass fee in your Ancillary fees OR you previously chose to opt-out of the OPass and now want to opt-in, you can purchase an OPass prior to OWeek. 

Want to opt-out of your OPass? The deadline has already passed for the 2023-24 academic year. For more information, click here.

OPass Subsidy

The USC Orientation Staff recognizes that transitioning to Western University comes with financial barriers. This OPass Financial Accommodation Form is meant to make participating in Orientation Week more financially accessible to our incoming students. While we would like to financially support all of our incoming students, our OPass Subsidy Fund for the year is limited and it is not guaranteed that you will receive any or all of the funding requested.
*Only students at Main Campus are eligible to apply/receive the OPass subsidy.
*All applications will be assessed anonymously.

If you have any additional questions, please contact Meredith Macfarlane at vpop@westernusc.ca for more information.

If you are interested in applying for this fund, please click here.

FAQ

The cost of purchasing an OPass is $143.14 ($126.67 plus $16.47 HST) for all new main campus, Huron and King’s students. 

The purchase of an OPass is not mandatory. However, students who have opted-out or who choose not to opt-in (students who were not automatically charged an OWeek fee in their tuition have to manually opt-in, see above under “How do I get an OPass”) will not receive a wristband and therefore not be able to participate in exclusive OWeek events such as opening and closing ceremonies, faculty day or events such as Global Village or subsequent performances.

Details are still being finalized. Check back here regularly for updates.

Please visit this page for more information regarding Brescia students.

A student can present their broken wristband to receive a free replacement. Students who lose their wristband can receive a replacement so long as they present their student ID and pay the $25 replacement fee. No further replacements for lost wristbands will be possible after the first replacement. Wristband replacement takes place at the InfoSource in the UCC during operational hours.

OPass Subsidy FAQ

Newly implemented last year, this subsidy targets incoming Western students hoping to attend Orientation Week. This Subsidy covers the OPass (Orientation) Fee, allowing incoming students to participate in Orientation Week (OWeek) despite financial barriers. 

To apply for this OPass Subsidy, you must be a new student at Western University on main campus, meeting the OPass eligibility requirements (please see www.oweek.ca for more info). If you are an affiliate student you are not eligible to apply for this subsidy.

Although we hope to accommodate every student that applies, our OPass Subsidy Fund is limited each year and therefore it is not guaranteed you will receive the subsidy. Depending on the number of applicants, there will either be partial or full coverage of the OPass fee.

Once this form closes all of the data is compiled by USC Staff; names and any extra personal information are removed from the applications. The anonymous applications are then assessed by a panel made up of USC Staff. 

This application form for the OPass Subsidy will be open on August 10th and close on August 26th 11:59pm. 

You apply for the Subsidy through this link https://westernusc.forms-db.com/view.php?id=457212

You can also access it on the westernusc Instagram account (@westernusc) through the linktree in their bio.