Thread by @MHendr1cks

Happy #McGill200! Some of you may have heard that @mcgillu is opposed to a vaccination mandate... this is not true! McGill University is a research and learning community of students, faculty, and staff who've all been worn pretty thin by the pandemic. 1/5

So it's no surprise that McGill University--from our health scientists and legal experts to our faculty (@maut_apbm) and student (@theSSMU) associations--is in fact strongly in favor of a vaccine mandate that would allow us to teach, learn, and work as safely as possible. 2/5

However, a small group of employees who have been entrusted with a lot of power--power intended for the promotion and support of our academic mission--refuse to act. Perhaps in order to avoid political discomfort, but we don't know. No credible reasons have been given. 3/5

Maybe they've mistaken an imaginary entity--a legal fiction called the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning--for McGill University, which is made up of real people who can get sick. Maybe they lack the moral sense to know which of these is the higher priority. 4/5

So I'm proud of McGill University, but have lost confidence in those we entrusted with the power to govern our academic lives, who are failing to act in the interest of our wellbeing or our mission--a mission that is about knowledge and service to society. #McGill200 5/5