Questions?
Please email coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca.
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 employees by the director of safety, Kate Windsor.
As of today, Waterloo Region officially moved into the “red zone” of the Province of Ontario’s COVID-19 response framework.
Being in this red or “control” zone means some changes to campus operations. In-person classes, labs, research, and other operations will continue as they have been.
As we continue our efforts to prevent COVID-19 on campus, the University is also prepared to effectively deal with cases of the virus in various scenarios. We have protocols in place to address individual cases of COVID-19, outbreaks and scaling back campus operations.
We will continue to adapt to any new guidance from the Province of Ontario and public health authorities. Department heads, managers, instructors and others responsible for operational safety plans should be prepared for what an eventual shift to the “grey” or lockdown category of the Province’s framework might mean for your area and plan accordingly.
The Safety Office is working on what a lockdown would mean for classes and labs, and we will provide further guidance to affected groups later in the week.
If you have any questions, contact coronavirus@uwaterloo.ca.
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.