Those planning to attend the University of Guelph this fall will have to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The school announced on Thursday that vaccines will be mandatory for all faculty, staff, and students at both campuses in Guelph and Ridgetown, as well at all indoor U of G-managed field stations.
“This mandate is in place for the balance of the 2021-22 academic year,” says President Charlotte Yates. “This decision was made by the University’s Executive Team with strong support from Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health and Chatham-Kent Public Health as a measure to protect the University from outbreaks, to protect individuals from severe disease, hospitalization and death, and to continue to promote a healthy environment in which we learn, work and live.
Yates says the vaccine mandate requires widespread institutional consultation and action, and officials will be working with the university’s senate, board of governors, and other groups to work out the specifics.
Those who cannot be vaccinated based on medical or other grounds recognized by the Ontario Human Rights Code can request an accommodation.
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