SSC Card Access

The perimeter doors in the Social Science Centre are all on the Chubb Card Access system. Some doors are exit only doors. Social Science faculty and staff can only open the perimeter entrance doors after hours by using your Western One card. Simply hold your card in front of the proximity card reader until the light changes to green. The locking mechanism will release and then you can pull or push the door to open.

Social Science faculty, staff and graduate students should be in the card access database by default. If your card is an HID iCLASS card and you are unable to gain access to the building, please either email ssc-cardaccess@uwo.ca or call the SSTS main office at 519 661-2152 (x. 82152). If you require immediate assistance for after hours building access trouble, please contact the Campus Police at 519 661-3300 (x. 83300).

Non-Social Science persons who require perimeter door access to the Social Science Centre must complete an application form found on our Accounts and Access page. Please check SSC Building Card Swipe Access Only. Note that only applicants with a formal affiliation with Social Science will be approved. For example, Adjunct faculty, thesis students whose advisor is in Social Science, working in 8200, etc. Requests to study in the Social Science Centre will not be approved.

Application Form

There are many internal doors in the Social Science Centre that are also on the Chubb Card Access system. As above, you need to use your Western One card to access these rooms.  Access to these rooms is controlled by the individual departments. If you have difficulty getting access to one of these rooms, please check with the department first before emailing ssc-cardaccess@uwo.ca or calling the SSTS main office at 519 661-2152 (x. 82152).  If you require immediate assistance for after hours access trouble, please contact the Campus Police at 519 661-3300 (x. 83300).

Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Social Science have access to some internal doors in the Social Science Centre such as the Reading Room and the Undergraduate Computer Lab. This access should be granted automatically. If you are unable to gain access to these rooms during regular business hours, please either email ssc-cardaccess@uwo.ca or call the SSTS main office at 519 661-2152 (x. 82152). If you require immediate assistance for after hours access trouble, please contact the Campus Police at 519 661-3300 (x. 83300).

Be Aware of Schedules: Card access to undergraduate rooms is based on the schedules posted on the doors. If you leave a room after hours, you will not be able to get back in and you will need to contact Campus Police to get your belongings.

Psychology

There is a separate Chubb Card Access system in Psychology on the 8th floor and in the Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR) building which is also associated with Psychology. Both of these are maintained by staff in Psychology.  To get access to these facilities, please contact Francis Boon. You must apply separately for access to the perimeter doors to the Social Science Centre if you will require access outside of the building hours as shown above.

Other

Card access in any buildings external to the Social Science Centre, such as Lawson Hall and Westminster Hall, are maintained by the local department in consultation with the Campus Police.  The card access for the StatsCan Research Data Centre (RDC) in SSC 1030 is maintained by the staff in the RDC.

If your card is not opening a door:

• Check your card:  Social Science members should ensure that their Western One photo ID card has HID iCLASS on the back bottom left corner. If your card is not the right type, or it is not working and visibly damaged, please go to Student Central, WSS 1120 in the Western Student Services building.
• Hold card longer: If you have one of the new MiFare cards you may experience difficulty with the card readers. The MiFare cards are identified on the back of the card in the bottom left corner with HID iCLASS MIFARE. In most cases, holding the card to the reader for 3 to 4 seconds will allow the card to be read.
• Lost card: If your card is lost, please go to Student Central, WSS 1120 in the Western Student Services building.
• Access trouble during regular business hours: Please either email ssc-cardaccess@uwo.ca or call the SSTS main office at 519 661-2152 (x. 82152).
• Access trouble after hours or on weekends: Please contact the Campus Police at 519 661-3300 (x. 83300).