Faculty must teach, but there is no policy I can find that says the administration can specify the mode of instruction.

I assume if such a power existed, the provost would have put it in this memo, which he didn't.

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@maut_apbm @CAUT_ACPPU Our policies predate the existence of the technology to teach remotely. They simply don't address it--so they will need to at some point. But McGill spent the last year arguing remote teaching is a great substitution for in person (to support enrollment).
@maut_apbm @CAUT_ACPPU So basically this memo is instructing deans to instruct chairs to bully faculty who are at risk or have at risk family members into endangering themselves and their family members.

And for what? It think you get like a $5k salary bump to be department chair here?
It is striking to contrast the @mcgillu administration's refusal to use a power they do have (a vaccinate mandate) with their eagerness to use a power they don't have (threatening faculty for choosing their own mode of instruction).
@mcgillu Very difficult to argue that a mode of instruction that is in use now, has been used for the last 18 months, and is supported by university IT infrastructure is somehow not an acceptable form of course delivery at this university.
@mcgillu My heart goes out to colleagues with medical concerns in their family, unvaccinated children, etc. You don't deserve these demeaning threats while you continue to make extraordinary efforts to protect your family and educate your students.

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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
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