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Public Health guidance and University of Waterloo operations may have changed. For the most up-to-date information, please visit our COVID-19 frequently asked questions.
This message was originally sent to current graduate students by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor.
I know you may still have questions about what fall term will look like. With change happening so quickly, I want to share more detail about the coming months and the fall term so you can plan for September with confidence.
As of today, you can view details of every faculty’s plan for the fall term on our website.
While a lot of our courses will be available to you online, many of you will want to come to Waterloo in the fall. We want you to know that we are putting steps in place to keep you safe when you are on our campus including detailed physical distancing plans for classrooms, labs and other shared spaces.
We anticipate being able to restart on-campus research activities, including in-person research, throughout the summer, depending on the directives we receive from public health. We aim to offer as much on-campus research as is possible for fall 2020. You can expect more information on what access to labs and research spaces to be shared in the coming week.
We’ll also be making some places like libraries, study spaces and other spots on campus available so you can live and learn here in Waterloo. You can be sure that our academic and personal supports for graduate students such as the Writing and Communications Centre or Campus Wellness remain available to you both on campus and remotely.
In the meantime, you can explore your on-campus graduate student housing options. Columbia Lake Village offers an expanded graduate student and family housing community of two- and four-bedroom townhouses, right on campus. Our residences will be fully operational. Learn more about how we’re changing to create a safe space for you.
In short: if you want or need to be in Waterloo, we will be here to support you and we will have measures in place to keep you safe.
Here’s a brief summary of our course plans by faculty, but please check your faculty’s page for details of your own courses and research activities.
If your course is delivered online, it may have real-time activities like online seminars and tutorials. If these elements are part of your course, we have asked our instructors to make sure that no students in the class are disadvantaged if they are unable to participate in real time.
You can also visit the schedule of classes for graduate students for detailed information.
We want to do everything we can to make sure you get the best experience of Waterloo no matter where you are studying. If you have any questions about your courses, please reach out to your graduate officer.
Please email coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca.
The University of Waterloo acknowledges that much of our work takes place on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our main campus is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is co-ordinated within the Office of Indigenous Relations.