Among the key findings, a majority of academic staff report they are working more than before the COVID-19 pandemic, with almost one-third working an additional 10 hours or more per week; 84 percent say they are experiencing somewhat or much higher stress levels due to the pandemic, caused by the need to balance work and dependent care, the challenges with teaching and research, and job insecurity; 68 percent say they are worried about the challenges of remote teaching; and two-thirds indicate they are doing less research or none at all due to the inability to attend conferences, dependent care responsibilities, inability to access labs or offices, not being able to conduct in-person research, and increased teaching demands. “Days ahead of the curve and prioritizing students, staff, and the greater Ottawa community every step of the way,” commented Dwaine A. Taylor. We are so incredibly proud of you. In the short term, it would mean additional government funding to allow universities to reduce tuition fees, as COVID-19 changes the student experience. An associate professor of microbiology and immunology at McGill also spoke out this weekend in support of German research that found children could just as easily transmit COVID-19 as adults – findings that come as Quebec and P.E.I. Students who meet the eligibility requirements may receive a one-time grant of up to $750. And yesterday’s funeral for George Floyd was a reminder for Canada that the racism that manifested in George Floyd’s killing is often structurally supported by our own institutions. Noting that science-based decision-making is paramount to the nation’s pandemic response, Evidence for Democracy has penned an open letter asking the federal government to enshrine the Chief Science Advisor role in legislation. A total of 340 packages were delivered to students in residence. The University of Calgary is also maintaining a COVID-19 dashboard, but there are currently no recent cases to report. In less than a month, a petition asking the minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship to “offer reasonable accommodation through an extension of the post-graduate work permit time limit to international graduates who[se] work experience accumulation was negatively impacted by COVID-19″ has received nearly 2,800 signatures. The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies has postponed all 3 Minute Thesis contests until further notice. . The Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents announced the new policies yesterday, less than a week after the province’s chief medical officer required non-medical face masks to be worn in indoor public places. These issues recently came up at Wilfrid Laurier University, where math students were told they would need to have a standalone webcam and tripod setup in order to write their finals. With more than 2 million new applications submitted to EI in the past few weeks, now could be a good time for jobless Canadians to look into upgrades. The Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is officially cancelled for 2020. Statistics Canada has been roundly critiqued for its slow pace in supplying national-level data during this fast-moving crisis. The feds really heaped on the news yesterday. Yesterday we told you about some efforts by students to persuade universities to issue refunds on the previous winter term and to reduce fees for the upcoming fall term.
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These competitions, part of the government’s rapid-response research funding package, are looking for new ways to adapt and grow Canada’s mental health system in response to the restrictions and growing need caused by the global pandemic. Students have been calling for reduced tuition fees, quickly approach the fall term and students start registering for courses, Appeals are being made in the media by international students at L, Students in New Brunswick have concerns about, the level of food service they’ll be paying for through dining fees, A professor at the University of British Columbia has even. … Starting Wednesday, March 18 and for the remainder of the term, instruction will be delivered through online and other means. The astrophysicist and Queen’s University professor won the Nobel Prize in 2015 for his work on neutrinos. University of Guelph, too: no face-to-face classes will be held for the rest of the term. For most of the province’s universities, that means libraries and labs are closed, and all but essential research activities are cancelled or ramping down.