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Hi all--I think two other things that SFUFA could request or demand of the university would be the imposition of capacity restrictions in all rooms on campus, or at least for all lectures over a certain size, so that we don't have 400 students sitting without
any possibility of distancing in lecture halls. Such capacity restrictions would be consistent with current restrictions in the province on organized indoor gatherings. As I understand it, the only thing the university has done to "ensure" the safety of lecture
halls and classrooms is to check the ventilation.
In addition, SFUFA could advocate for faculty to be able to switch their courses to online instruction, regardless of any demonstrated medical need for vaccine exemption, etc. This would be good to implement at a university-wide level so that individual chairs and directors and faculty don't have to negotiate these matters on a case by case basis.
Chris
Christopher Pavsek, PhD
Associate Professor of Film School for the Contemporary Arts Simon Fraser University 149 West Hastings Vancouver, BC V5N 1X4 cpavsek@sfu.ca 778-782-4672
I respectfully acknowledge that I work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
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