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Any update on the timeline for re-opening research activities on non-COVID research?
Are first year students required to be on campus if all classes are online?
Are staff members who work in teaching labs going to be allowed to return with research labs personnel?
Are study permits being evaluated for international students?
Are there fewer incoming first-year students as a result of COVID-19, or was recruitment and acceptance pretty much done?
Are there plans to extend the SOLA/OLA co-op student help into the fall term, in case we are still in the same position requiring social distancing in the winter?
As a graduate student, we rely on teaching income heavily. What if I am asked to teach a non-online course or hold office hours in the coming Fall term and am not comfortable with doing so?
Can graduate students take online courses in Fall 2020?
Can I apply to move into residence starting in January instead of this fall?
Can I still apply for the Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP)?
Can the re-opening plan be communicated in a clear and consistent manner to avoid confusion? Currently, we’re receiving multiple emails from various sources and sometimes the information contradicts each other.
Could you advise what will occur around Salary Increase Advice, reflecting the merit adjustment?
Could you provide some thoughts on whether synchronous and scheduled teaching may be considered for the fall term assuming remote learning continues into the fall?
Currently, we have to go through four levels of approval to get approval to attend campus to pick up an item from our offices. Is there a plan to automate or simplify this process?
Do we have a time set for opening the lab (phase 1)?
Do you foresee layoffs in the future?
Due to the pandemic, there are delays in receiving my final marks/results in my home country. Can I submit these after the posted deadlines?
Due to this lockdown and spread of the disease, how will it affect Waterloo’s prestigious co-op program and its placements?
For courses held in person, do students have the option to participate online?
For programs that rely on labs for learning, such as some engineering programs, will labs be in person in the fall term?
For the fall term, will we be receiving numerical grades? Will CR/NCR grades be used as an option for the spring and/or fall terms?
For the food services staff that obviously are not employed right now, are they receiving any sort of remuneration?
Given that we are holding back 15% of the operational budget, are we saving very much now by closing the campus?
Graduate students are finding that many accommodations are specific to undergraduates. How do we do research? Teach? With the decrease in research productivity, how do we apply for scholarships or bursaries?
Has the University saved money moving to a virtual environment?
Has Waterloo done a survey of incoming students and if so, what are the results re:their plans for coming to campus vs. staying home, and wrt deferring to either Winter or Fall?
How are students being consulted for the fall term?
How are students being consulted in planning for the fall term? How involved are WUSA/GSA in discussions and making decisions?
How are you supporting international students at this time?
How can alumni help the current students with the jobs in such difficult times?
How can I make the most of my first year in UW as a health studies student? How can I have better co-op terms?
How can we help curb cheating during online-based exams?
How do you plan to address this change to campus culture due to isolation? How can we make campus culture more inclusive and accessible to everyone?
How do you think continued economic closure is going to affect co-op opportunities outside of Canada, in particular, the United States?
How is teaching quality being monitored for the spring term?
How is the University adapting co-op positions that can't be performed online, especially in the areas of engineering and science? What are the University’s strategies?
How many deferrals will you be allowing for students enrolled in one of the faculty of mathematics program?
How tough is it going to be to find a co-op for Winter 2021, considering the Fall term is going to be online?
How will implementation of the strategic plan 2020-2025 be impacted by the changes in our environment in response to COVID-19?
How will labs and other interactive coursework be completed? Will an orientation week still be planned if schooling is online in September?
How will the same quality learning be given during online classes than for on campus courses?
How will the University continue to support the internationalization strategy when there are no opportunities for student/staff/faculty mobility in spring 2020, and likely into fall 2020, please?
How will the university will help with financial support of graduate students?
How would an online fall term provide upcoming students with a University of Waterloo first year experience and connections?
How would the clubs be operated?
I am a future graduate student reconsidering starting my program in fall. I have deferred my acceptance once before, will it be an option for future fall students to defer a second time?
I am an international student and was admitted to study at Waterloo in the fall, should I apply for a study permit?
I am teaching a large class this fall. I would like to have an assigned class time, so that I can teach online in real-time. Will I be given an assigned time in Fall 2020 (unlike the spring term)?
I had a 1 year + 1-year contract. I'm sure some are in the same situation, but wasn't approved for my 2nd year. Not a new employee yet about to be let go. Priority was said to save jobs, but how is this showing that?
If a lecture or lab required for my specialization is only offered in the Fall and it does not run in-person this Fall, how can I expect to graduate "on time" by April 2021?
If co-op is mandatory for my program, how can I be sure that I will get the placement and experience that I need to graduate?
If fall term classes will be held online, what support can students expect to help them connect with each other and experience the unique UWaterloo campus community?
If majority of the classes are online, except for in person labs. Would I be penalized for chooses to stay at home in the West Coast?
If the University of Waterloo finds itself facing large scale staff layoffs as a result of the current and evolving situation, would it consider asking staff/faculty if they would take a wage cut to maintain jobs?
If Waterloo can't afford to reduce tuition, and the current funding model doesn't allow it, are you advocating at the province or federal government to get more funds and change this over-reliance on tuition in future?
If we need to attend on-campus classes, can we attend them at other universities?
If you expect lower student enrollment numbers, then should staff not get paid less as they have a lower professor-to-student ratio, and a smaller workload? Also, then should students not get a lower cost of tuition?
In addition to the hiring freeze currently underway at UWaterloo, do you anticipate any job losses?
In terms of choosing classes, is the deadline pushed back if we aren't sure they will be online or in-person? Or does the original deadline still hold?
In what ways do you see UW contributing the new normal both in Canada and around the world? Do you see UW increasing its' international reach and social impact?
Instead of doing a 15% holdback across the board, was there any consideration in customizing reductions based on each department or faculty’s ability to absorb the loss?
Is my deposit fee refundable if I change my plans to live in residence due the pandemic?
Is there a consideration to waive graduate student tuition for Fall 2020, especially for students who have to stay in their programs for an extra term past their funding?
Is there a specific timeline to allow graduate researchers to return to the lab?
Is there a way to change program from computer engineering to software engineering during first year?
Is there, currently any difference in the income for online versus on-campus courses, and if so roughly what percentage difference?
Just wondering in light of our financial situation if the University might be considering an early retirement incentive?
Long term, will the university change policies that currently limit and discourage work from home?
Many universities around the world are opening their research labs around June 1st. Will we be doing the same?
My financial situation has been immensely impacted by the pandemic, is there be a decrease on the minimum course load required to be considered a full-time student?
One slide referred to "Industry partners saying remote working is here to stay in one form or another and those ready to adapt ... will thrive". Who are these "partners"?
Should I apply to live in residence this fall term?
Should I make plans to move to Waterloo this fall?
Should staff be concerned that their jobs, i.e. hours/pay will be reduced?
Should we be converting all in person courses to online for Fall/Winter delivery?
Should we expect to still have some in-person exams for the fall term?
Since the University is planning some face to face instruction for courses in Fall that must deliver content that way, has the ICPC also planned an academic exit strategy for these face to face courses in the Fall term?
Waterloo acceptance rate, especially for engineering is about 15%. Why do we expect a drop in enrolment? Can’t we adjust the offers sent accordingly?
What conditions need to be met when we re-open facilities on campus?
What does the strategy to return to work look like?
What if students or staff do not feel comfortable returning to campus? Some people are required to use public transit and others have compromised immune systems or live with those who do.
What is being done to support the mental health of students as they adapt to the difficulties of COVID-19?
What is the likelihood of campus opening this fall? And do we defer our offer if it does?
What is the likelihood of campus opening this fall? And do we defer our offer if it does?
What is the likelihood of campus opening this fall? And how do we defer our offer if it does?
What is the status of O-Week and Fall Convocation?
What is the university doing to support fall co-op students? How will we attain jobs?
What is UW doing to maintain these key department advising staff, especially those on contract, who are imperative to ensuring a quality program is offered to students by UW and ensure UW is continued to be viewed in such high-regard?
What is Waterloo's plan for ensuring that students can continue to have a good student experience if they may not be able to congregate and socialize in groups for the foreseeable future?
What mental health supports are available for sessional faculty and post-doctoral students?
What mental health supports are available to University of Waterloo employees?
What will happen if my study/work permits are set to expire during this time?
What will our Fall and subsequent semesters look like? Have we done any brainstorming around possibilities of fully remote, partly remote or some other ideas?
What would it take for satellite campuses to open again?
When can we expect to see the financial report for the past fiscal year?
When considering the university's finances, has there been increased lobbying of the provincial and federal government for more support?
When I return to Canada to study, will I need to self-isolate before I can come to campus?
When looking at reopening labs for undergrad and grad student work and research, how will Fine Arts practicum courses that are the Arts-equivalent to STEM labs be considered?
When the university does open, do you see staff coming back at once? In waves? Alternating days to risk exposure? Continuing to work from home if possible?
When we do return to in-person course delivery, what do you foresee that transition looking like?
When will phase 1 of return to work start?
When will the University divest from its fossil fuel investments?
Why are international work terms not available this upcoming fall term? I am currently an international co-op student, I am currently home in my home country and can find a job in my home country itself for fall.
Why did the university take so long to suspend classes or to take decisive action on COVOID-19?
Why is the tuition fee increased from winter term to spring term by almost $2000 for international students?
Why is the University charging full price for tuition when everything is online?
Why preserve all employees? Why not lay off the least productive and least essential to free up money for the most productive?
Will all instructors be encouraged to build their material as if classes were to be delivered online?
Will allowing graduate students to attend in person classes be a priority?
Will an informative session similar to this be held for MBET program?
Will course load be reduced (not by a big amount but by a slight amount) in order to accommodate the stressful times worldwide right now?
Will Fall 2020 classes be offered completely online or will Waterloo be opening it’s campus for students?
Will graduate students be able to return to the lab before the fall term barring they can adhere to physical distancing rules?
Will I be able to defer my Fall Session admission to January? What will happen to my Scholarship and GRA?
Will instructional practices be adjusted to accommodate incoming first year students in maths and sciences who may have missed out on some specific curriculum expectations from Grade 12 calculus, sciences etc.?
Will international fall 2020 students be allowed to defer to winter 2021 (i.e. january 2021) owing to the pandemic?
Will professors be holding office hours after lectures?
Will small departments be amalgamated or closed as a result of budget concerns?
Will staff be required to wear face masks when campus reopens?
Will students be able to have a reduced course load if they feel overwhelmed by doing 5 courses entirely online?
Will the new six-visit cap on visits in a 12-month period with Counselling Services be removed?
Will the university be leveraging Policy 39 & 59, in terms of offering further incentives, in order to reduce salary expenses?
Will the University be providing increased financial support for students?
Will the University continue to admit international students even if borders remain closed due to the pandemic?
Will the University provide a complete breakdown of where spring and fall term tuition fees are going?
Will there be a schedule of classes with set times this fall?
Will there be additional hand sanitziers be made available on campus when it reopens?
Will there be an online option for any in-person courses for students across the country/international students?
Will there be an option for first years to begin in the Winter Semester instead of a September start? Instead of deferring a full year?
Will there be any reduction/hold back in PhD funding?
Will there be in person lab courses in the Fall 2020 and Winter 2021?
Will there be Orientation activities for first-year students?
Will there still be any work-study positions available for incoming students?
With the current need for creating and delivering courses online, do you think it could be an opportunity for the University to expand this teaching model with the support of our experts at the CEL and CTE?
With the financial situation being so unknown, why was the option of not getting our yearly salary increase brought up as an option?
Would UW consider not giving staff the 2% salary increase? This way it hits everyone evenly and also helps reduce the overall operating budget?