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While progress is being made, queer students at some universities still face challenges from administration.

The Gazette Students could face delays with exam grades and professors could see an increased workload. More than 2,300 McGill teaching assistants are preparing to strike after months of failed negotiations with the university and are warning of a...

Global News Saint Mary’s University under fire for pausing on-campus employment program The student association at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax is calling on the school to reinstate a 20-year-old job program that has provided students with on-campus employment. CBC...

Global News USask requiring students, staff to have COVID-19 vaccinations on campus this fall All students, faculty and staff will be expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 this fall term before entering campuses, according to the University of Saskatchewan. Global...

Building on the research that was done may help prepare for future pandemics.

CBC - The National Several universities requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccines Several Ontario universities have announced that COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory for students on campus. CTV News COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for Carleton University students, staff and faculty this fall Carleton University says...

The majority of perpetrators are men, while women with disabilities and Indigenous women are the most likely to be targeted.

Global News COVID-19: U of T to require all those on campus to be vaccinated or have negative test result The University of Toronto will require all those intending to be present on campus this fall to be fully...

The Globe and Mail University of Ottawa makes COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for in-class learning The University of Ottawa will make vaccination mandatory for in-class learning, becoming only the second postsecondary school in Canada to do so amid growing calls...

The Toronto Star Colleges, universities stick with masks indefinitely Despite the loosening of Manitoba’s mask mandate, several post-secondary institutes will require students, staff and visitors to continue donning face coverings on campus for the foreseeable future. CTV News Quebec bars will...

Some academics argue it should have been part of regular funding programs, or more focused.

CTV News Should post-secondary schools mandate vaccines for on-campus learning? With a new school year quickly approaching and COVID-19 case numbers going up across Canada, some are beginning to ask whether post-secondary institutions should require staff and students to...

The Toronto Star ‘A recipe for disaster’: Western University profs will avoid the classroom due to lack of campus vaccination policy Adrian Owen works with ICU patients who’ve had severe brain injuries, including those whose brains were harmed by...