Member Bulletins & Advisories

Mandatory Masks & Vaccinations on BC Campuses: Relevant Media Coverage

Mandatory Masks & Vaccinations on BC Campuses: Relevant Media Coverage

Sign the Petition calling for Mandatory Vaccinations and Masks   Relevant News & Opinion Pieces: Opinion: Canada’s universities and colleges have broken their students’ trust – The Globe and Mail, August 16th. Federal vaccine mandate sparks talk of what B.C. will do – Times Colonist, August 15th. Opinion:Yes to vaccine mandates. Yes to vaccine passports – Globe and Mail, August 12th. Ontario universities require vaccination to be on campus; ‘more clarity’ next week at UVic – Times Colonist, August 14th….

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NEWS RELEASE – August 17, 2021

NEWS RELEASE – August 17, 2021

Petition from University Faculty, Staff and Students at BC Universities and Colleges Calls for Vaccine, Mask Mandate VICTORIA – The University of Victoria Faculty Association, in collaboration with faculty members at UBC and SFU, has submitted a petition with over 2,000 signatures from faculty, students and staff at post-secondary institutions across British Columbia to Premier John Horgan, Public Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and BC Minister of Health Adrian Dix, calling for vaccine and mask mandates on campus. “With the…

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COVID-19 Update – July 26, 2021

COVID-19 Update – July 26, 2021

Dear Colleagues, I hope that all is well with you all, and that you are having some time to relax and enjoy the summer weather. I wanted to give you an update about the campus reopening, specifically about Step 3 of BC’s Restart Plan, so that you are aware of what COVID-19 guidelines and recommendations are currently in effect on campus. In this email I will also address some of the University’s plans for the fall, and the Association’s responses…

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Unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən & W̱SÁNEĆ Territories

We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

We acknowledge the devastation that government-created residential schools and Indian hospitals have inflicted on the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and the ongoing effectics of concentric trauma that continue to this day.

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