Campus reopening and COVID-19 health and safety questions for the York...
My colleague Lassonde Engineering Professor James Andrew Smith (Twitter) has been one of the fiercest and most persistent advocates for a safe return to campus during the COVID-19 pandemic. He has...
View ArticleAround the Web: COVID is airborne so enough with the bullshit hygiene theatre
COVID-19 is airborne, people. Let’s get our shit together and take the right kinds of precautions. Let’s just say that I was at a meeting yesterday and the biggest brag was about installing yet more...
View ArticleAround the Web: COVID-19 is airborne and hygiene theatre is the wrong response
COVID-19 is airborne, people. Let’s get our acts together and take the right kinds of precautions. Let’s just say that I was at a meeting the other day and the biggest brag was about installing yet...
View ArticleCOVID Chronology: Canadian universities’ response from vaccine mandates to...
This post is a chronology of events around the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian universities. It is focusing on the period from summer 2021 when the vaccine mandate issues began to percolate up. It goes...
View ArticleAround the Web: Using CO2 monitors to indirectly measure air quality and help...
The purpose of this post is to promote measures that will ensure a safe return to campus for Ontario, Canadian and global universities. But first, what constitutes a safe return to campus? What...
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COVID Chronology: Canadian universities in Winter 2022 balancing back to...
This post is a chronology of events around the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian universities. It is focusing on the period from early January until early March 2022. In other words, the initial...
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COVID Chronology: Canadian universities prepare for the summer term with mask...
This post is a chronology of events around the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian universities. It is focusing on the period from mid-March 2022 until the beginning of May 2022. In other words, the end of...
View ArticleThe COVID Information Series: Scientific evidence supporting continued COVID...
In summer 2021, the advocacy challenge in higher education in Canada (and beyond) was to get COVID vaccine mandates in place for the 2021-2022 school year. That effort was largely successful. In...
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COVID Chronology: Canadian universities sleepwalking through the summer as...
This post is a chronology of events around the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian universities. It is focusing on the period from May 2022 until early September 2022. In other words, a mostly fairly...
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COVID Chronology Fall-Winter 2022-2023: Most Canadian universities have given...
This post is a chronology of events around the COVID-19 pandemic for Canadian universities. It is focusing on the period from September 2022 to June 2023. In other words, the year in which Canadian...
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