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Fw: on another point: : Without mandatory vaccines, more campus shutdowns are inevitable




From: Lyn Bartram
Sent: July 29, 2021 11:26 AM
To: Christopher Pavsek
Subject: Re: on another point: : Without mandatory vaccines, more campus shutdowns are inevitable
 

The UBC AMS (the student society) sent a letter to the Board and the Executive either late last week or early this week demanding more protection. They are unhappy with the current model, saying (and my number might be wrong ) that a very large majority of students favour mandatory vaccinations, at least in residence, and the requirement for masks in lectures. (similar to UofT and others.) 

"UBC students are looking to their University’s leadership to go beyond the bare minimum by taking the extra measures of mandating vaccinations in student residences, mandating masks in lecture halls, and clearly addressing community concerns to ensure the place students call home feels safe enough to be their home." 

https://www.ams.ubc.ca/stories/open-letter-to-ubc-on-student-concerns-about-returning-to-campus/
www.ams.ubc.ca
Dear UBC Executives and the Board of Governors, On behalf of the Alma Mater Society (AMS) of UBC, we are writing in regards to the health, safety, and well-being of the UBC Community as we return to campus this fall. On July 21st, 2021, the AMS Council unanimously passed a motion to call on the…


From: Christopher Pavsek <cpavsek@sfu.ca>
Sent: July 29, 2021 11:22:49 AM
To: Lyn Bartram
Subject: Re: on another point: : Without mandatory vaccines, more campus shutdowns are inevitable
 
Hi Lyn--What's the UBC AMS example you mention? I'm not familiar with it (and honestly haven't been following the issue too too closely, and selfishly so, since the large class I am teaching this fall is online.)

ALso, I didn't mean to imply that you were demanding from the univ. things they cannot provide; it's that there have been more than a few emails talking about how the university is not protecting us, as if it were their decision. That said, they sure could push back more against the ministry.

Thanks
Chris

On Jul 29, 2021, at 11:14 AM, Lyn Bartram <lyn@sfu.ca> wrote:

Agreed. But look at the example from the UBC AMS. Perhaps we should be organizing pressure ourselves.

From: Christopher Pavsek <cpavsek@sfu.ca>
Sent: July 29, 2021 11:11:21 AM
To: academic-discussion@sfu.ca
Subject: Re: on another point: : Without mandatory vaccines, more campus shutdowns are inevitable
 
Regarding frustration with the university's lack of a vaccine requirement: my understanding, which might be incorrect, is that SFU must follow provincial direction on any vaccine mandate. That direction comes from the Ministry of Health and the Min. of Adv. Education, or whatever it's called these days.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

So if faculty and staff want to pressure the university to implement a vaccine requirement, pressure would have to be applied to the university and to the relevant levels of government.

Such requirements are common in the US.

Best
Chris

On Jul 29, 2021, at 10:46 AM, Lyn Bartram <lyn@sfu.ca> wrote:



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Christopher Pavsek, Ph.D., MRM-Planning
Associate Professor of Film
Simon Fraser University
149 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC V6B 1H4
Canada
cpavsek@sfu.ca

I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.