  We present optical spectroscopy and spectropolarimetry of the Type IIb SN
2008aq 16 days and 27 days post-explosion. The spectrum of SN 2008aq remained
dominated by Halpha P Cygni profile at both epochs, but showed a significant
increase in the strength of the helium features, which is characteristic of the
transition undergone by supernovae between Type IIb and Type Ib. Comparison of
the spectra of SN 2008aq to other Type IIb SNe (SN 1993J, SN 2011dh, and SN
2008ax) at similar epochs revealed that the helium lines in SN 2008aq are much
weaker, suggesting that its progenitor was stripped to a lesser degree. SN
2008aq also showed significant levels of continuum polarisation at p_cont =
0.70 (+/- 0.22) % in the first epoch, increasing to p_cont = 1.21 (+/- 0.33) %
by the second epoch. Moreover, the presence of loops in the q-u planes of
Halpha and He I in the second epoch suggests a departure from axial symmetry.
