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This message was originally sent to employees from president and vice-chancellor Feridun Hamdullahpur.
Effective Tuesday, February 16, Waterloo Region will transition out of the provincial shutdown and into the Red – Control zone of the province’s revised COVID-19 response framework.
This allows us to gradually resume some teaching, research and other operations in line with our safe and staged return to campus. We expect to return to our operating levels from before the holiday break when the provincial stay-at-home order began on December 26.
We plan to share updates for undergraduate and graduate students early next week to help them prepare for return after reading week.
While I am pleased to move out of the shutdown and resume some operations, we must remember that the Red – Control zone still means stringent measures to contain the spread of the virus remain in place. We should stay home as much as we can, remain diligent and continue to do our part by following all government and University safety protocols.
It is also important as we continue working in pandemic conditions to remember to seek support if you need it, and to continue to take care of yourselves and each other.
Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. I hope to share news with more positive developments in the near future.
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.