Campus support for Coronavirus outbreak

This message was originally sent to the University of Waterloo students and employees by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor, Michael Beauchemin, president of the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association, and Naima Samuel, president of the Graduate Student Association.

With the news of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan affecting the people of China and the world, we wanted to reach out and let you know that the University of Waterloo, the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association and the Graduate Student Association are thinking of our students, especially many of our international students whose family and friends may be impacted by the illness and the efforts to contain its spread.

Please know that the University is taking ongoing steps to ensure the safety of our campus community and that we are working with our partners locally and nationally to stay up-to-date and prepared for any new developments. We do not take this situation lightly and as a proud internationally focused institution we know that many of our students, faculty and staff are facing challenges due to the rising outbreak.

If you have any questions or issues we have set up a dedicated email address –coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca – to offer you support.

We are here to help in any way we can and we will continue to look for ways we can support our community during this time.