An Instagram account using the hashtag #ENOUGHISENOUGH is protesting the requirements, which were announced on Monday
A student protest is planned for noon Saturday at the campus’s concrete beach, according students4agency, an Instagram account whose hashtag ENOUGHISENOUGH is protesting the mask and vaccination requirements.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The school’s faculty association supports the COVID-related policies, with officials issuing a statement on Wednesday that “our priorities are to keep everyone safe and to minimize any disruption to teaching and learning which might result from widespread outbreaks.”Article content“The USC is aware of students’ concerns about the recent COVID updates shared by Western University,” USC president Ethan Gardner said.
But Brescia also “encourages students to submit their vaccination status through Western’s online portal” and says it is “readily prepared to receive student concerns regarding their submission of a vaccination status.”Article content Western officials said the main campus masking requirement will be reassessed after Thanksgiving weekend, with the goal to lift the mask mandate “as soon as possible.”This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.“The pandemic is not over, as much as we might like it to be,” said political science professor Andrew Chater. “Our students take classes at Western’s main campus so, to me, it makes sense to align our policies.
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