After suspending its face-to-face courses for two weeks, the University of Montreal will call its students back to campus as of January 31.
Posted at 3:59 p.m.
In a note sent to its community, the university explains that priority will be given to teaching and research. Administrative staff will have to continue working from home.
Wearing a mask will be compulsory, but contrary to what prevailed last fall, teaching staff will have to wear it during class. “The measure is temporary and will be reviewed periodically depending on the epidemiological situation,” writes the University of Montreal.
In the food courts, a maximum of six people will be able to sit at the same table.
Officially, CEGEPs and universities have been authorized by Quebec to bring students back to classrooms since last Monday.
McGill University, where 96% of students have received two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, will resume face-to-face classes on Monday.
“The situation in the Quebec health network is extremely serious, and if senior management deemed that the resumption of face-to-face classes at McGill risked worsening it, we would opt for the continuation of distance education,” said writes this week Fabrice Labeau, first assistant principal vice-executive.
Other universities have chosen to maintain courses remotely. At the University of Quebec in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, we have chosen not to resume in-person classes until 75% of students have received their third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.