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COVID-19 Update – August 27th, 2021

October 21, 2021 webmaster

Dear Colleagues, I’m sure most of you have seen President Hall’s statement early this evening about the fact that an agreement was reached “with the Ministry of Advanced Education, Skills and Training, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) and our partners at BC’s research universities to implement a program of rapid testing and vaccine status self-declaration for the fall.” https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/notices/2021+notice-president-statement-covid-testing+notice?fbclid=IwAR0Eirvag2FpPr5bgDI9Qb40grVtzSFIxD37n5y4-8eRtik52pp7CGy5E3E As you are aware, the Faculty Association has been advocating for some time for a program that requires either vaccination or the alternative…

COVID-19 Update – September 29th, 2021

October 1, 2021 webmaster

Dear Colleagues, We have received many questions from you about current COVID issues and have now received a number of responses from the administration on these matters that I’m pleased to share with you. Rapid testing The rapid testing site on campus (at the back of the Continuing Studies building) is currently in operation. Those who have not self declared through the Thrive app, or who have declared that they are not vaccinated or that they are only partially vaccinated, are required to…

Statement from UVic Indigenous faculty on July 1

September 27, 2021 webmaster

Dear Canada, As we pause to acknowledge the recent “discovery” of disappeared and murdered Indigenous children across Canada, we urge Canadians to spend time in remembrance on the 154th anniversary of Canadian confederation. Thousands of Indigenous people were taken to Indian residential schools and hospitals by the Government of Canada and many never returned home. Lest we forget, this is not a discovery for Indigenous Peoples, but rather, the recovery of relatives who died during legislated colonial genocide that has spanned…