Category: University of Western Ontario

Western University Will Require Students to Receive COVID Booster, Wear Masks in Classrooms This Fall

Western University in London, Ont., will require all students enrolled in the upcoming fall semester to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and to have received at least one booster shot, as well as to wear masks during the duration of all classes and seminars on campus. The vaccine and in-class masking requirement will apply to all…


Organizations That Impose COVID Mandates Must Also Be Responsible for the Harms They May Cause, Says Ethicist

Organizations that impose COVID-19 mandates must also be responsible for the harms those mandates could potentially cause and cannot be absolved by claiming they were following orders from Health Canada, says ethicist Dr. Julie Ponesse. Ponesse was fired from Ontario’s Huron University College in September after refusing to comply with the its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine…


Organizations That Impose COVID Mandates Must Also Be Responsible for Harms They May Cause: Ethicist

Organizations that impose COVID-19 mandates must also be responsible for the harms those mandates could potentially cause and cannot be absolved by claiming they were following orders from Health Canada, says ethicist Dr. Julie Ponesse. Ponesse was fired from Ontario’s Huron University College in September after refusing to comply with the its mandatory COVID-19 vaccine…